Summer Music Photography Contest
| Deadline: August 29th, 2008 |
We’re looking for YOUR Summer Music Moment! Show us the crowds! Show us the artists! We’re looking for the moments, the music, the scene through your eyes.
Billboard and PDN have joined forces to produce the first annual SUMMER MUSIC MOMENT photography contest, the ultimate music photography contest for amateur shooters. The SUMMER MUSIC MOMENT photography contest is the premium source for music lovers and photographers alike.
Prizes will be awarded in the following categories:
- Performance
- Crowd
- Place
- Spontaneous Moment
There will also be one grand prize winner overall.
Amateur Prizes
Grand Prize: $1,000 cash, an iMac 24 inch 3ghz with photoshop, a point and shoot camera, published on Billboard.com and in a September 2008 issue of Billboard Magazine.
First Place in Each Category: A digital camera, published on Billboard.com and and in a September 2008 issue of Billboard Magazine.
Fan’s Favorite: (professional and amateur categories will be combined. There will be ONE winner) A digital camera, Billboard and PDN-branded items, published online.
Amateur Fees
Single Entry: $15 per image
Series: $20 per series
Professional Prizes
Grand Prize: A professional D-SLR Camera, image(s) published in a September 2008 issue of Billboard Magazine and a one-year subscription to Billboard. Winning images will be published in the December 2008 issue of Photo District News and online.
First Place in Each Category: A digital camera, image(s) published in a September 2008 issue of Billboard Magazine and a one-year subscription to Billboard. Winning images will be published in the December 2008 issue of Photo District News and online.
Fan’s Favorite: (professional and amateur categories will be combined. There will be ONE winner) A digital camera, Billboard and PDN-branded items, published online.
Professional Fees
Single Entry: $35 per image
Series: $50 per series
Students: $20
A professional photographer:
- Earns more than 50 percent of his or her income from photographic sales.
- Is a member of such professional photo organizations as the National Press Photographers Association.
- Publishes photographs in books, magazines, newspapers, or online regularly.
International entries can be submitted.
Photos must be shot between May 1st 2007 (last year) and the deadline.
