Running alongside the
Sony World Photography Awards, the world's largest photography competition, the
ZEISS Photography Awardinvites photographers from all over the word to submit works responding to the brief ’
meaningful places’.
Photographers are asked to see beyond ordinary places and document the importance of a particular place or collection of places that somehow bear significance to each other.
Bodies of work should include a
minimum of 3 and a maximum of 10 imagesand particular attention should be given to the edit of your work. A brief description of your place and inspiration, may accompany the submission.
Un-publishedwork entered into the competition must have been taken between the dates of
January 1st 2012and
February 5th 2016.
Publishedwork instead may have been taken at any point in history, but must have been commissioned or acquired or first published between the dates of
January 1st 2015and
February 5th 2016.
Images should be no smaller than 800KB and no larger than 5MB. Images should be either
JPEGor
TIFFfiles. All images must be saved in the
RGBcolour model and
EXIFdata must be left in the image file.
All entrants must be able to supply a high resolution image suitable for printing in exhibitions should the image be required.
There is no entry fee.
Eligibility
Open to all photographers worldwide over 18.
Prize
One winning photographer will be given a free choice of
ZEISS camera lensesworth 15,000 Euro (
approx. 16,150 USD), the opportunity to work individually with
ZEISSand will be flown to London to collect the award at the
Sony World Photography Awardsgala ceremony in
April 2016.
Moreover, the winner and other selected photographers will be showcased at
Somerset House, London, from
22nd April – 8th May 2016and on the
World Photography Organisationwebsite.