Photocompete

• Copyright: Lens Culture recognizes you retain full ownership of the copyright in each photograph. You grant Lens Culture with a right to use the photograph for promotional activities.
• Entry fee: $35 per image, or $60 to submit two to five images in SINGLE IMAGE CATEGORY; $75 in PORTFOLIO CATEGORY
• Entry deadline: 18th September 2010
• Who can enter: Open to all photographers, over 18 years of age, worldwide.

 

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