aims to promote photography and photographers. The idea is to create new opportunities to present most valuable work to the audiences all over the world and to build a place where photographers can show different points of view and thrive through competition.
There is a total of seven categories:
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Advertising•
Architecture•
Fine Art•
Nature•
People•
Editorial•
SpecialThere is no limit to the number of individual images or image series each artist may submit. Images that have won prizes in other competitions or that have been submitted in other competitions currently underway are eligible. There is no time or date restriction on when the image was taken. Digitally manipulated images are accepted, although within reason and taste.
Files must meet the following specifications:
sRGBor
Adobe98colour space, 8-bit; Longest dimension should not exceed 1024 pixels (
minimum 600px width); Saved as a JPEG at a setting of 10 (
100%) or higher. No Watermarks / Copyright Units / Logos on images. Only bleed photographs without borders
Copyrightof the images will remain at all times with the photographer.
Entry fees (
after 14 May 2017 you'll have to add 5 USD):
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Non-Professional- Single: 15 USD / Series: 20 USD
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Professional- Single: 20 USD / Series: 25 USD
Eligibility
Open worldwide to all photographers, amateur and professional, over 18 years of age.
Prize
Winners of each sub-category will be awarded with:
Golden Star,
Silver Starand
Bronze Starawards. Winner of each
Professionalcategory will receive
500 USD, and winner of each
Non-Professionalcategory will receive
300 USD.
Moreover, the entrants with the highest final score in
Professionaland
Non-Professionallevel of expertise will be announced the major prize winners,
2,500 USDand
1,300 USD, with the titles:
Photographer of the Yearand
Discovery of the Year.