| Copyright | The copyright of any submitted work will be retained by its creator/submitter. However, all participants should have independent, complete, clear, and uncontested copyright of any and all submitted works. By submitting work to this competition, entrants accept that HUAWEI has the right to use their submissions for campaigns and product and brand marketing for two years for free, including but not limited to using submissions in network media, print media, printings, photography exhibitions, retail stores, road shows, digital content, out-of-home media and other marketing activities. |
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| Eligibility | Open to all photographers, worldwide. |
| Finish | 31 July 2019 |
| Entry fee | Free |
FinishedPrizes:
- Grand Prize Winner will receive $20,000
- Category Winners will receive $6,000
Categories:
- #Emotion Tag
Expressing instant emotions by means of photography. - Hello, Life!
Sharing the emotion or the inspiration in everyday experiences. - Faces
Experimenting with identity and the power of portraiture. - Going the Distance
Discovering new places and new experiences thereby using new features of phone camera, for instance tele-lens, super wide angle or macro-shooting - Life Now
Filming stories in less than 30 seconds. - Storyboard
Telling a story in 9 frames – a grid of photos that develop a meaningful or intriguing narrative.
Images must be produced using HUAWEI phones, without restriction as to when you recorded the images/videos or which model of HUAWEI phone you used.
Image requirements: The length of the image’s shortest side must be at least 1,000 pixels, and the data volume of a single image shall not exceed 20 MB.
Online submission of digital photographs via the website.
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