The goal is to discover, reward, and promote talented, new, emerging and established photographers from around the world.
We’re looking for exciting images from every continent, and from diverse points of view: documentary, fine art, photojournalism, street photography, nature, sports, fashion, poetic, personal, abstract and human.
Categories:
- Portfolio
- Single image
Prizes:
- Portfolio Category:
Grand Prize $2,500
2nd Prize $1,000
3rd Prize $500 - Single Image Photo Awards:
Grand prize: $1,500
2nd prize: $500
3rd prize: $250 - 25 Honorable Mention photographs will win prominent placement of a single photo on the Award Winner’s Page in Lens Culture, including a link to your own personal or professional website.
For Portfolio category submit 10 to 15 photographic images that are linked — thematically, aesthetically, as a story, or simply as a range of your photographic talent. For the Single Image Award, you should submit one great image.
Applicants must submit their photos to us online at: http://lensculture.slideroom.com. After you have uploaded your images and information, you will be asked to pay your submission fee of $75 for the Portfolio category, or $35 (to submit one photo) or $60 (to submit two to five photos) for the Single Image category. For good image quality and fast upload, your image files should be less than 2 MB each, and sized around 1024 x 768 pixels @ 72 ppi.
Official website: www.lensculture.com/awards.html
Similar contests (may already be finished!):
- Lens Culture International Exposure Awards
- The National Press Photographers Association’s 2008 Best Of Photojournalism competition
- Yonhap International Press Photo Awards
- The Julia Margaret Cameron Photo Award
- The PDN THE LOOK Awards
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