Photo Competition: Leica Oskar Barnack Award
Leica Oskar Barnack Award International Photo Competition is to a memorial to Oskar Barnack (1879–1936), the inventor of the Leica. Professional photographers are invited to submit their photos online starts on January 15 2011 to March 1 2011 t www.leica-oskar-barnack-preis.de.
The winner will receive a Leica M9 camera and a lens in addition to a cash prize of 5,000 euros. Entry submissions must be a self-contained series of images in which the photographer perceives and documents the interaction between humans and the environment with acute vision and contemporary visual style – creative, unobtrusive and groundbreaking.
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Carl Zeiss Photo Contest: Light is my Language
Photographers are invited to enter their pictures and shows how they interpret “The language of light.” You can use a DSLR or even a camera phone as long as it uses a ZEISS lens.
To participate, upload your best photo under the theme “Light is my language” to the official Carl Zeiss Group on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/groups/carlzeisslenses) and tag it with ZEISSContest2010. Photos can be submitted until 16 January. 10 Best photos will be selected by jury. The Flickr community will then select the three best photos from the 10 selected by the jury using the add to favorites function.
First place winner will win choice of ZEISS SLR lens. Second place will get a Nokia N8 smart phone. And third place winner will receive a Sony DSC-TX9 compact camera with ZEISS optics.
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One Life – an International Photography Competition
One Life is an international photography competition open to all backgrounds, styles and perspectives. You are invited to submit photography illuminating your perspective, what you love, your travels or anything else that shows your world and experience. This competition is about honoring your vision and demonstrating that, with all our differences, we are one community connected by our love of images.
Your Photos Tell Stories. Submit Your Best Images Now.
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3rd Ward Art Open Call is Awarding $5,000!
What would you create for $5,000, three months in NYC, and your very own art show?
You have the vision and now 3rd Ward is offering you a place in the international art world.
3rd Ward is a New York City based arts organization that was founded on the principles of creating unique opportunities for artists and present innovative artwork. Offering interdisciplinary art education programs, photo studios, wood and metal shops, media labs and office spaces, the facilities have been serving hundreds of creatives since 2006.
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Photo Award – Images to Stop Tuberculosis
The Stop TB Partnership has launched the 2010 Images to Stop Tuberculosis Photo Award competition. The award, which has the goal of promoting creation of outstanding photos depicting prevention and treatment of tuberculosis (TB), is sponsored by the Lilly MDR-TB Partnership.
Photographers are invited to submit their work for consideration. An international jury of photography experts and representatives from UN and other partner organizations and chaired by internationally renowned photojournalist Gary Knight will select the winning photographer. The winner will receive US$ 5000 in prize money and a US$ 5000 grant to produce photo reportage about TB, a disease that takes the lives of nearly two million people each year.
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Photographers Wanted for Exposure
International EXPOSURE Photo Contest Deadline is May 31, 2010
EXPOSURE is an international open call for photography. This opportunity is open to photographers of all backgrounds and levels. Rewards and benefits will be given to all who participate. One photographer will be awarded a Manhattan gallery reception and an international publicity campaign. The Grand Prize winner will also receive a choice of $10,000 in cash or 1 year living rent-free in a $1.2 million apartment in NYC.
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May 31, 2010 11:59pm
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National Geographic – Energizer Ultimate Photo Contest
The 3rd Annual Energizer Ultimate Photo Contest is happening now! Send in your best photos-in categories like Animals/Wildlife, Travel, and Weather-for a chance to win a National Geographic Expeditions trip for two to Greece and a feature in an upcoming issue of National Geographic magazine. Entry is open until June 30th at http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pictela.
National Geographic photographer Jim Richardson serves as a contest judge, and will also be doling out photography tips and participating in a Q&A session on the contest website. ALL photography skill levels are encouraged to enter – one of last year’s winners was shot by a zoo employee on a regular point-and-shoot camera!
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Photography Book Now Competition
Photography Book Now is an international-juried self-published book competition, and a celebration of the most creative, most innovative, and finest photography books – and the people behind them. The competition features a grand prize of $25,000 and is now accepting submission through 11:59 pm PDT on July 15, 2010. Entries will be accepted in three categories – Fine Art, Editorial, and Photography Portfolio.
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2010 EPSON International Pano Awards
The EPSON International Pano Awards is dedicated to the art of panoramic photography. The contest is now open for all photographers (pro & amateur) worldwide with a combined prize pool of over US$13,000 in cash and prizes.
The judging panel includes some of the world’s top panoramic photographers and industry professionals, including Christian Fletcher, David Hugh Evans, Nick Rains, Jaspal Jandu, Peter Eastway, Christian Fleury, Tom Putt, Glenn Beanland, Michelle Novak and Doug Segal.
Entry fees for Open awards for professional, non-professional and student photographers are US$18 per image, or US$38 for 3 images entered at once (max total 6 images per entrant). You can also submit your photos under the Amateur category which is open to non-professional and student photographers only. Entry fees are US$16 per image, or US$34 for 3 images entered at once (max total 6 images per entrant)
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30th Annual Spring Photography Contest
This year Photographer’s Forum Magazine and SIGMA present the 30th Annual Spring Photography Contest. 1st Place winner will get $2,000 & Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 EX DG Macro lens. The 2nd Place winner gets $1,000 & Sigma 12-24mm f4.5-5.6 EX DG ASP HSM lens and cash for the 3rd-4th Place winners.
The Contest is open to all amateur photographers, both student and non-student worldwide. Early entry Deadline is April 19, 2010 with early entry fee of $3.95 per photo entered (uploaded/postmarked on or before April 19, 2010).
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