Photocompete

• Copyright: Copyright of all images submitted to the Cord Prize and displayed on cordprize.com will remain the property of their owners. Artists agree that their images may be used for promotional and press materials for the Cord Prize
• Entry fee: $30 for up to 16 images
• Entry deadline: 2nd June 2013
• Who can enter: Open internationally to artists of any age above 18 years

The inaugural Cord Prize invites early and mid-career artists who are working within the field of photography to apply. Against this setting, applicants to the inaugural prize are invited to submit up to 16 images from a wholly or partially photo-based practice, made using any photographic process or medium. Applications should be accompanied by a resume and text of up to 400 words which includes a detailed description of your practice and research. You may also wish to contextualise your practice within what you see as the significant cultural issues at play within contemporary art photography.

Prizes:

• First prize: $10,000
• Second prize: $1,000
• Third prize: $500
• Twenty-two artists will be selected for online exhibition and a piece of writing will be commissioned from the award jurors

Jurors: Diana Edkins and Charlotte Cotton

The jurors’ selection will be announced on Monday 17th June

Image requirements: jpeg format, up to 2000 pixels on the longest side, with a 2mb maximum file size

Online submission of digital photographs via the website.

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