| Copyright | Photographers entering this contest retain all rights to the Intellectual Property(IP) of their images. By submitting your images, you are granting the Miami Photo Salon a limited non-exclusive license to use your images only to publicize this contest in print and online now and in the future. |
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| Eligibility | Open to all photographers, worldwide, 18+ |
| Finish | 15 August 2015 |
| Entry fee | $45 per 3 photographs; $20 for each additional image. |
FinishedTheme: Contemporary World: Singularity and contradictions.
Present-day society in our global village. From a fragmented reality to a complex puzzle, the planet around us is a dance of images, colors, sounds, and shapes, that form an encrypted message about who we are and how the world we live in is.
Prizes:
- Different prizes and awards for over $5,000 are waiting for the participants to make an impression on the jury. Artists selected will be listed at the entrance of the Salon, also in the catalog, and in the event web site, all of which is a reward itself.
- Prizes include a solo exhibit April 15, 2016 at the Cuban American Phototheque Foundation, a People’s Choice Award of $500, a Best in Show Award of $2,500. and more awards to be announced. by our sponsors in the following weeks.
There is a limit of 25 images each photographer may submit to the MPS festival. Online submission of digital photographs via the website.
Image requirements: JPEG format only; No smaller than 1920 pixels on the longest side of the image; 72 ppi; No larger than 3 MB. Selected artists will be required to send a high resolution copy of their selected work to Miami Photo Salon.
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