Communication Arts : Photography Competition

Communication Arts Photography Competition : 2004 - present

(First) Deadline: March 16, 2012.  Photography Competition Categories/Fees $35- $70

This is a prestigious competition.

"Any photograph first printed or produced within the last twelve months prior to the deadline is eligible. Selected by a nationally representative jury of distinguished designers, art directors and photographers, the winning entries will be distributed worldwide in the Communication Arts Photography Annual and on commarts.com, assuring important exposure to the creators of this outstanding work".

http://www.commarts.com/Competitions/photography

the Annual Gallery - all categories

Winners editorial category

2011 : Erik Almås, photographer, Stephen Kamifuji, art director
2010 : Antonio Bolfo, photographer, Karen Frank, photo editor
2009 : Dan Burn-Forti, photographer,David Curcurito, design director
2008 : Mattias Olsson, photographer, Alexander Duckworth, creative director
2007 : Russ Quackenbush, photographer, Tina Casey, QAS Productions, producer
2006 : Antonin Kratochvil, photographer, Hannu Laakso, design director
2005 : Craig Cutler, photographer, Scott Brown, art director
2004 : Diana Koenigsberg, photographer, Alicia Jylkka, Julia Moburg, art directors

WPO : Facebook Monthly Photo Competition

For those of you that live with seasons or currently able to enjoy an 'indian summer', here's a "enter-one-image-for-free-competition" at WPO.

Facebook Monthly Photo Competition - October 2011

"Enter our Facebook Monthly Photo Competition for your chance to win prizes for sharing in WPO's passion for photography. Each month we give you a different theme, ask you to take an original and inspiring photo that fits the theme, then enter it!

The theme for October is 'Autumnal Colours', draw inspiration from the rich colours of Autumn and be as creative as you like in interpreting this theme!" 

Entry Start: 1st October 2011 Entry Close: 31st October 2011

http://www.worldphoto.org/competitions/facebook-monthly-photo-competition-october-2011/

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© Judith den Hollander - Dutch autumn stuff from 2009. No, I won't submit one. Yes, I just felt like sharing today.

Hasselblad Masters

Hasselblad Masters Awards : 2001 - present

Truly a great source of inspiration to me : the work of the Hasselblad Masters!

Check out who made it to the finals this year and bring out your vote(s).

To all photographers listed = I'm sure you must be excited to be among the finalists = I say congratulations.

"Hasselblad is proud to introduce the 110 Masters Finalists for the Hasselblad Masters Awards 2012 and invites you to view the work of these exceptional photographers and vote until October 31, 2011 for your favorite images".

http://www.hasselblad.com/masters/masters-finalists.aspx

International Garden Photographer of the Year

International Garden Photographer of the Year : 2008 - present

Deadline : 30th November 2011

"The competition is open to everyone anywhere in the world. Images do not have to be taken in a specified year. There is no distinction drawn between professional and amateur photographers. There are eight categories to enter and a special section for people under 16 years of age. There is a fee for entering the competition which helps to cover the expense of mounting and touring the exhibition. This fee is £10 for 4 single images, or £25 for a portfolio. Under 16s can enter for free. A book of the exhibition is normally produced each year".

Prizes for Competition 5 - 2011/2012
- Single image (International Garden Photographer of the Year) £5000
- Portfolio: Royal Photographic society Gold Medal Plus £2000

http://www.igpoty.com/

Winners

Colin Roberts
Marianne Majerus
Jonathan Berman
Claire Takacs

Prix Pictet

Prix Pictet : 2008 - present

Since my last post on this award, things have evolved. I agree that the Prix Pictet is now one of the leading prizes in photography. Prize money, recognition, publicity for the laureates and short listed photographers are quite epic. Awareness for sustainability is well raised.

Exhibition of photographs made by Chris Jordan 

"Launched in 2008 by the Geneva-based private bank Pictet & Cie, the Prix Pictet has rapidly established itself as the world’s leading prize in photography and sustainability. It has a unique mandate – to use the power of photography to communicate vital messages to a global audience. The goal is to uncover art of the highest order, applied to confront the pressing social and environmental challenges of the new millennium.

The Prix Pictet has two elements: the prize of CHF 100,000 awarded to the photographer who, in the opinion of the independent jury, has produced a series of work that speaks most powerfully to the theme of the award; and the Commission, awarded by the Partners of Pictet & Cie, in which a shortlisted photographer is invited to undertake a field trip to a region where the Bank is supporting a sustainability project.

American photographer Chris Jordan was invited to undertake the third Price Pictet Commission.

The fourth theme of the Prix will be Power.  

Between now and January 2012 a network of 180 experts from five continents, acting as nominators for the prize, will scan the globe in search of images that are both of the highest artistic merit and have the narrative power to provoke and disturb, but also to inspire".

The Shortlist will be announced at the festival Les Rencontres d’Arles in July 2012.

http://www.prixpictet.com/

Winners

Power :
Growth : Mitch Epstein - USA, Chris Jordan - USA (Commission)
Earth : Nadav Kander - Britain, Ed Kashi - USA (Commission)
Water : Benoit Aquin - Canada, Munem Wasif - Bangladesh (Commission)

APO Photo Contest

APO Photo Contest : 2001 - present

Deadline : 29 February 2012

I came across a photo contest that I had not seen before. The APO contest however has been around :  six competitions since 2001.

I read through the rules and could not find anything unusual with regard to photo rights.  "APO-Asian photographers", you might want to check it out. BTW, should one of you have had experiences with the APO Photo Contest, don't hesitate to share them over here.

"Photos must show scenes from everyday life reflecting either productivity, sustainable development, or both. Productivity means “improved or better ways of doing things,” while sustainable development means “progress with due regard for environmental protection.” This photo contest is intended to depict only positive aspects related to the theme".

http://www.apo-tokyo.org/wp/news/apo-2012-photo-contest.html

Winners

2010 Dang Thi Huong Hoa(Vietnam)
2008  Subin Pumsom (Thailand)
2006  Hoang Thach Van (Vietnam)
2004  Chawalit Pumpo (Thailand)
2002  Lai Dien Dam (Vietnam)
2001  Hoang Kim Thanh (Vietnam)

International Street Photography Award

The Street Photography Awards : 2011 - 2012

People,  browse your photo files or get your camera to wander the streets; submit a work that is unique in style and depth :

Deadline : Thursday 5 January 2012

"The International Street Photography Award is looking for exceptional, international photographers that display a unique style and depth of work in the genre of street photography. The genre crosses over into portraiture, documentary and art photography.

The International Awards are open to photographers from anywhere in the world and photographs may be taken anywhere in the last 10 years. 

The international winner receives:

• Solo exhibition in London including: working with a festival curator, gallery hire, printing & framing solution, PR and your own private view. Venue TBC, 2011's exhibition was alongside Vivian Maier at the German Gymnasium

• £2,000 cash

• All-expenses-paid trip to the exhibition launch in London*

• An Olympus PEN camera

• An Award catalogue is produced including all finalists through Blurb. The winner receives an Awards catalogue and £100 book voucher from Blurb to print their own photo-book.

• A Crumpler Muffin Top camera bag

• A Thames & Hudson photo-book"

TOTAL VALUE: £10,000

http://www.londonstreetphotographyfestival.org/

Winners

2011 Jesse Marlow and Philip Cheung.

Winners galleries

Fujifilm Student Awards

Fujifilm Student Awards : 2008 - present

I am quite curious to see what students will make out of the 2012 theme :  'Extreme' on F-I-L-M.  Must be fun such a challenge...  (Although this tends to be a 'national' competition, I thought I should flag it).

Deadline :  29 February 2012.

"The overall winning photographer will win: £200 worth of Fujifilm film, a Trophy and the title 'Fujifilm Student Photographer of the Year 2012'. Up to 30 Merit runner-up winners will each receive 10 rolls of Fujifilm film. We hope to announce further prizes shortly. College Prize: Certificate and £200 worth of Fujifilm film".

http://www.fujifilmstudentawards.co.uk/

"Shooting on film encourages a 'quality not quantity' mind set. Aim to get everything right before pressing the shutter; to achieve the perfect image that doesn't require post production".

A silver halide is one of the compounds formed between silver and one of the halogens — silver bromide (AgBr), chloride (AgCl), iodide (AgI), and three forms of silver fluorides. As a group, they are often referred to as the silver halides, and are often given the pseudo-chemical notation AgX. Although most silver halides involve silver atoms with oxidation states of +1 (Ag⁺), silver halides in which the silver atoms have oxidation states of +2 (Ag²⁺) are known, of which silver(II) fluoride is the only known stable one.

The light-sensitive chemicals used in photographic film and paper are silver halides. Read more : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_halide

Winners

2011  Clélia Maumene
2010  Anne Marie Atkinson
2009  Andrew Partner
2008  David Wala

Previous merit winners

Aftermath Project grant

2012 Aftermath Project grant. Deadline : November 1, 2011

Submissions for the 2012 Aftermath Project grant cycle are now open. Thanks to the ongoing generous support of the Foundation to Promote Open Society, we will be giving one $20,000 grant, as well as naming four finalists. The work of our grant winner and finalists will be published in “War is Only Half
the Story, Vol Six.” 

More information on the website
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The 2011 winner :
David Monteleone

The 2010 winners :
Monika Bulaj, Italy: “Afghanistan: not the war only”
Danny Wilcox Frazier, US: “Wounded Knee: generations endure a massacre”

The 2009 winners :
Asim Rafiqui (Sweden/US) - $25,000 grant, for his project, “The Idea of India: Religious and Cultural Pluralism as Resistance to Sectarian Conflict,” an exploration of the aftermath of religious conflict in India through documenting pluralist landscapes, shared sacred sites, shared cultural traditions and efforts at reconciliation within divided communities.
Louie Palu (Canada) - $15,000 grant, for his project, “Home Front,” which explores and compares the experiences of American Vietnam War veterans, and returning soldiers from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Palu’s project focuses on the emotional and psychological issues faced by soldiers who return from war and the long-term effects they deal with as they try to reintegrate into their families and society.

2008 : Kathryn Cook and Natela Grigalashvili

2007 : Jim Goldberg and Wolf Böwig
The Aftermath Project is a non-profit organization committed to telling the other half of the story of conflict — the story of what it takes for individuals to learn to live again, to rebuild destroyed lives and homes, to restore civil societies, to address the lingering wounds of war while struggling to create new avenues for peace.

Alexia foundation grant

Deadline : January 17, 2012.

The professional Alexia Grant recipient will receive $15,000 for the production of the proposed project. See the student rules for information about the student competition.
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More on the website

Previous winners and photo gallery (a good new feature on the new website) :

(www.walterastrada.com)

Bharat Choudhary and Amanda Berg, Bob Miller (2011)
Louie Palu and Juliette Lynch (2010)
Walter Astrada and Carl Kiilsgaard (2009)
Stephanie Sinclair and Matt Eich (2008)
("The professional winner for personal reasons relinquished the award") - Jeffrey Fehder (2007)
Balazs Gardi and Melanie Blanding (2006)
Marcus Bleasdale and Erika Schultz (2005)
Roger Lemoyne and Marie Arago (2004)
Matt Black and Christopher Capozziello (2003)
Kai Wiedenhoefer and Justin J. Yurkanin (2002)
Jan Dago and Tom Mason (2001)

The Alexia Foundation promotes the power of photojournalism to give voice to social injustice, to respect history lest we forget it and to understand cultural difference as our strength — not our weakness. Through grants and scholarships, The Alexia Foundation supports photographers as agents for change.

Emerging Photographer Grant

Burn - Emerging Photographer Grant : 2008 - 2012

The 2012 EPF submissions will open early 2012.

The Emerging Photographer Grant is designed to support continuation of a photographer’s personal project. This body of work may be of either journalistic mission or purely personal artistic imperatives. The primary intent is to support emerging photographers who will become the icons of tomorrow.

Anyone can enter the EPF Grant, there are no age restrictions… however, it is intended for  emerging photographers, who are the icons of tomorrow and not today…

http://www.burnmagazine.org/emerging-photographer-grant/

The 2011 Emerging Photographer Fund grant was awarded to Irina Werning for her essay ‘Back to the Future’.

The 2010 Emerging Photographer Fund grant was awarded to Davide Monteleone for his essay ‘Northern Caucasus’.

The 2009 Emerging Photographer Fund grant was awarded to Alejandro Chaskielberg for his 8×10 format essay on the Parana River Delta.

The 2008 Emerging Photographer Fund grant was awarded to Sean Gallagher for his essay on the environmental Desertification of China.

F Award

International Award for Concerned Photography

The fourth edition of the F Award will be in 2012

The F Award aims to award photography that documents and criticizes, that tells a story: dramas, struggles, abused rights, but also dignity; pain and consolation, desperation and hope; the loss of everything and the triumph of life’s new possibilities and lastly the things that people do to face all of this. In a word, life.

The F Award aims to promote photography as a means of transmitting information and creating awareness. Without photography what would we know of hunger in the world, of the likely outcome of every war, of the living conditions of “the other half” to quote the work of one of concerned photography’s pioneers?

The winner of the F Award gets a contribution of euro 20.000 and the possibility of publishing a book.

A special section, F25, for photographers under 25 will see the winner awarded with a one year scholarship in Fabrica’s photography area.

"They are concerned photographers. They take sides. They are people who wanted to show things that had to be corrected.. wanted to show things that had to be appreciated"
The Concerned Photographer, Editor Cornell Capa, Grossman 1972

The recipients of the awards are:

F Award 2010
Jérôme Sessini, France
Essay: So far from God, too close to America 

F25 Award 2010
Matt Eich, USA
Essay: Carry Me Ohio

F Award 2008

Leonie Purchas, Great Britain
Essay: In the shadow of things

F25 Award 2008
Abdul Munem Wasif, Bangladesh
Essay: Old Dhaka

The winning F project will receive a contribution of euro 20.000, the possibility of publishing a book and of having an exhibition of the selected work. The F25 winner (for photographers under 25), will be awarded a one year scholarship in Fabrica's Photography Department.

F Award 2007
Jessica Dimmock, Usa, "Ninth floor"

F25 Award 2007
Mikhael Subotzky, South Africa, "The Four Corners and the Outside".