Photocompete

• Copyright: You retain copyright to your photograph. Winning entries may be used in exhibitions and promotions directly related to the FENCE Competition for a period of 24 months from the date winners are notified.
• Entry fee: $40 for one series
• Entry deadline: 18th March 2016
• Who can enter: Open to all photographers, worldwide, 18+

Categories:

• Creatures
• Home
• People
• Play
• Streets
• Nature

Prizes:

• One Grand Prize Jury’s Choice Winner will receive prizes worth over $15,000!
  • A $5,000 Cash Prize
  • A Leica T Camera Package which includes an 18-56 lens, Visoflex, and Snap (option of orange/red, yellow, black or white).
  • A solo exhibition in a 20ft Container at Photoville 2016
  • A full page feature in PDN Magazine
  • A special edition fine-art print from the winning series gifted into the collection of all FENCE jurors
  • Inclusion on all FENCE 2016 installations
  • 1-year subscription to PhotoShelter, exclusive featured interview with the World Photography Organisation (WPO), recognition at the Photoville 2016 Opening Party.
• Three People’s Choice Winners (1st, 2nd, 3rd Place) will receive:
  • Inclusion in multiple FENCE 2016 installations
  • 12 portfolio prints of the selected image series
  • 1-year subscription to PhotoShelter, exclusive featured interview with the World Photography Organisation (WPO), recognition at the Photoville 2016 Opening Party.
• All Featured Photographers will receive:
  • Featured image series in multiple FENCE 2016 exhibitions
  • 1-year subscription to PhotoShelter, exclusive featured interview with the World Photography Organisation (WPO), recognition at the Photoville 2016 Opening Party.

In 2016, there will be FENCE exhibitions in the following cities:

• Brooklyn, New York
• Boston, Massachusetts
• Atlanta, Georgia
• Houston, Texas
• Santa Fe, New Mexico

Winners will be selected on or about April 24, 2016. You must enter a series to this competition only.

A photo series includes three to six images that convey a story around a particular theme.

Judging criteria: creativity, photographic quality and effectiveness in expressing the contest theme. Online submission of digital photographs via the website.

Image requirements: JPG format; long dimension of at least 1,400 pixels and be saved at 72 dpi; under 2 Mb in file size. If selected, you will be asked to submit high resolution image files for printing, measuring at least 3,200 pixels in height – either as JPEG or TIFF files.

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