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• Copyright: Copyright and all other rights remain that of the photographer. Any photograph used by New York Photography Awards shall carry the photographer’s credit line. All entrants understand and agree that any image submitted to the competition may be used by the New York Photography Awards and its media partners for marketing and promotional purposes of the competition only, including in any media such as exhibitions, print and digital media directly related to the New York Photography Awards competition.
• Entry fee: $30/image for professional and $25/image for amateur/student categories., $30/image for professional and $25/image for amateur/student categories.
• Entry deadline: 2nd December 2021
• Who can enter: Open to all photographers, worldwide.

Prizes:

• NY Photographer of the Year (Professional)
  -Receive the 2021 NY Awards statuette and a $3,000 cash prize
• NY Photographer of the Year (Amateur/Student)
  -Receive the 2021 NY Awards statuette and a $2,000 cash prize
• NY Category Winners (Professional & Amateur/Students)
  -$100 cash prize each

This award is open for photographers who wish to express their emotions and messages through their abstractive images, whilst incorporating the alluring sights of Big Apple’s cityscape.

Categories: New York Photography, Architecture Photography, Commercial Photography, Editorial Photography, Fine Art Photography, Nature Photography, People Photography, Black & White Photography, Covid-19 Related Photography and other special categories, such as Event Photography, Mobile Photography, Film Photography, etc.

All winners will be announced on December 16, 2021

Online submission of digital images via the website. There are no limits on the amount of entries you can submit.

Image requirements: JPEG/JPG, 1,920px wide, 300 dpi, RGB, and no larger than 4MB.

Judging criteria:

• Originality (Uniqueness of Concept / Expression of Theme)
• Creativity / Story / Mood
• Technical Execution (Composition, Color, Lighting, Exposure and Focus)
• Marketability / Newsworthiness / Current / Potential Social Impact
• Overall Impression / Wow! Factor / Memorable

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