The “Prix de la Photographie, Paris” (Px3) strives to promote the appreciation of photography, to discover emerging talent, and introduce photographers from around the world to the artistic community of Paris. Winning photographs from this competition are displayed in Paris and published in the high-quality, full-color Px3 Annual Book.

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Book

Book Proposals

Fine Art

Nature

Portraiture

Awards

Px3 Photographer of the Year
Both professional and non-professional photographers compete for the top award, the Px3 Photographer of the Year and 3,000 Euros. The winner’s work is publicized internationally, receives the spotlight at all events, is exhibited in Paris, and published in the Px3 Annual Book.

Px3 Best New Talent (Non-Professionals and Students Only)
Non-professional photographers compete for the Px3 Best New Talent Award and 2,000 Euros. The winner’s work is publicized and exhibited in Paris and published in the Px3 Annual Book.

Certificates in all Categories
All 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners from both the professional and non-professional categories will receive a Px3 certificate, personalized press release, and a Px3 winner’s logo for professional purposes.

Honorable Mentions
Px3 judges award several Certificates of Honorable Mention to both professional and non-professional entries to acknowledge talent as they deem fit.

Public Choice Awards
39,481 votes were tallied in the first annual Prix de la Photographie Paris. The names of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place Subcategory Public Choice Winners are listed in the Px3 Annual Book.

Fees

Entry fees cover the cost of administration and promotion.
To make Px3 globally accessible, Px3 discounts entry fees for certain countries.

Professional Photographers
$30 for each photograph entered
$50 for each series (2-5 images with a unifying theme) or book
Same photograph or series, additional category: $25 per category

Non-professional and Student Photographers
$20 per photograph entered
$40 for each series (2-5 images with a unifying theme)
Same photograph or series, additional category: $15 per category

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The renowned photographic competition, the Leica Oskar Barnack Award will be announced for the 32nd time in the year 2011. Entries (professional photographers only) for the Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2011 will be accepted as online submissions between 15 January and 1 March 2011. Entries for the Leica Oskar Barnack NEWCOMER Award are open to all (prospective) photographers who are aged 25 years and under.

An international jury awards the Leica Oskar Barnack Award / Leica Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award to photographers whose unerring powers of observation capture and express the relationship between man and the environment in the most graphic form in a sequence of a minimum of 10 up to a maximum of 12 images. Entry submissions must be a self-contained series of images in which the photographer perceives and documents the interaction between man and the environment with acute vision and contemporary visual style – creative, groundbreaking and unintrusive.
This year, the value of the competition prizes has been increased. For the first time, the winner of the “Leica Oskar Barnack Award will receive a Leica M9 camera and a lens worth 9,500 euros in addition to a cash prize of 5,000 euros. For the “Newcomer Award” the prize has also been increased. The winner will receive a Leica M9 camera and a lens.

The “Leica Oskar Barnack Award” competition is open to all professional photographers. To take part, participants must send in a series of photographs taken in 2010 or long-term projects containing at least one photo from 2010.

The “Leica Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award” competition is open to any (prospective) professional photographer aged 25 or under at the time of entering. To take part, participants must send in a series of photographs taken in 2010 or long-term projects containing at least one photo from 2010.

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The competition opened on 1 February 2011, with a prize fund of up to £20,000. The British Wildlife Photography Awards in 2011 are your chance to win a prestigious photography award and cash prize of £5,000.

The British Wildlife Photography Awards were established in 2009. The key aims of the Awards are to:

• Recognise the talents of photographers practicing in the UK, while at the same time highlight the great wealth and diversity of Britain’s natural history.
• Celebrate British wildlife, in all its beauty and diversity, through a collection of inspirational photographs.
• Showcase the very best of our nature photography to a wide audience and engage all ages with evocative and powerful imagery.
• Encourage discovery, exploration, conservation and enjoyment of our natural heritage.
• Raise awareness about British biodiversity, species and habitats.

Winners and commended entrants will have their work showcased in a national touring exhibition and in a stunning book published by AA Publishing. Now in its third year these awards celebrate and recognise the talents of photographers of all nationalities practicing in the UK, while at the same time, highlight the great wealth and diversity of British natural history.

Prizes

Adult Competition

The title of British Wildlife Photographer is given to the photographer whose single image is judged to be the most striking and memorable of all the entries. The photographer of the overall winning image is awarded a first prize of £5,000.

Adult categories

The prizes for each of the adult categories will have a total value around £1,000. Each category prize includes: (or equivalent)

• Canon PowerShot G12 Camera
• Canon Pixma Pro 9000 MK II Printer
• RSPB Binoculars

Video award

Canon LEGRIA HF S21 High Definition Digital Camcorder (value £969.00).

Young Awards

There are three special awards to encourage participation by young people, schools and youth community groups.

• Young British Wildlife Photographer (Up to 11 years old) £300
• Young British Wildlife Photographer (12 to 18 years old) £500
• The British Wildlife Photography Award – for Schools, Youth and Community Groups is given to the group submitting the portfolio judged to be the most memorable, striking and best set of themed images. The prize for the best school youth or community group is Serif Design Suite – value £3,000. A copy of the Serif Design Suite for each of the contributors (£149)* which contains five software titles covering; graphics, photo editing, digital video, DTP and web design. The school or organisation will receive a 50 user license on the Serif Design Suite (£2,199) and a Digital Video camera (£149)
  *Maximum of five individual copies of the software for the winning entrants.

Serif is the publisher of the award-winning software range that includes PagePlus ®, PhotoPlus™, DrawPlus ™, WebPlus™, AlbumPlus™, MoviePlus™, PanoramaPlus™ and Digital Scrapbook Artist ® and more. Founded in 1987 with the aim to develop low-cost alternatives to high-end publishing and graphics packages, Serif has been repeatedly praised for its powerful yet easy-to-use software which enables businesses, educational establishments, and ordinary PC users to achieve professional-quality results whatever their level of experience.

Categories

Animal Portraits

We are looking for an image that captures the character or spirit of the subject in an imaginative way. We want to be able to get a sense of the animal’s “personality” from the photograph. All species will be considered.

Animal Behaviour

Entries can show unusual, interesting, amusing or remarkable behaviour being exhibited, or depict something familiar in a new light. Show the judges something they don’t know or haven’t seen before, or invite them to look again at what they thought they already knew.

Urban Wildlife

Wherever we live, wildlife can be found alongside us in our towns and cities. We are looking for an original image that shows wild animals or plants within an urban or predominantly man-made environment.

Hidden Britain

Reveal to us the secret universe that is life on a small scale – a life that is all around us but rarely seen. This category is for invertebrate species only. Category sponsored by Buglife.

Coast and Marine

We are looking for an imaginative photograph that reveals the nature or behaviour of marine wildlife, or creates a sense of place or occasion. Marine and maritime species near the sea, underwater, at the sea shore and coastal zone only will be considered. Category sponsored by WWF.

Wildlife in my Backyard

Gardens represent a vital habitat for some of our most threatened species. Whether it is common or rare, we want to see stunning photos of wildlife in your garden, back yard, balcony, or any space where you, your friends or family do something to encourage nature. Category sponsored by the Countryside Council for Wales.

Habitat

We are looking for an imaginative and original image that powerfully portrays the importance of the environment and ecosystems that sustain the wildlife within them. This includes animals, plants and the relationships between them; for example a butterfly feeding on nectar or rooks roosting in a tree. Category sponsored by Countryside Jobs Service.

Living Landscape: Connectivity

Category sponsored by The Wildlife Trusts. Being connected to the natural world is great for our health, our happiness and for the future. All are inextricably linked. And so The Wildlife Trusts are working on a recovery plan for nature. It’s their vision to create a resilient environment; one rich in wildlife and great for people. What they call ‘A Living Landscape’.

This category is purposefully open to interpretation to encourage creativity and fresh and imaginative responses. Connectivity might be physical, sensory, seasonal or otherwise. We are keen to see how this category captures the imagination and how connectivity within the UK landscape is defined. Positive images illustrating how habitats, species, communities and individuals are all connected, and interconnect, within our natural environment, both in rural and urban settings, are encouraged. Whether images capture an imaginative or purely narrative approach; are simple or complex, the winning image will be breath-taking, mesmerising and powerful.

Some typical (and not exclusive) examples:

• Bee species pollinating crops directly links wildlife with the economy
• Salt marshes acting as a buffer between land and seas
• Hedgerows play a part in keeping the countryside ‘stitched’ together
• Estuaries are the connection for freshwater species with marine life
• Rivers connecting streams to the sea
• Sensory connections: the sights and sounds of everyday nature
• Children playing in a meadow, part of a bigger habitat restoration scheme
• Close up of a wall or pavement, showing the life these physical connections harbour eg lichens, invertebrates
• Practical conservation volunteers at work, the birth of a new habitat where people come to connect with nature
• Delight at witnessing a grandchild’s wonderment during their first wildlife encounter
• School parties connecting within their local community green spaces
• Symbolic images that epitomize our connection with nature and our landscape

British Seasons

For this category we are looking for a stunning portfolio of images. The portfolio needs to portray British wildlife at its very best in each of the four seasons; Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, or a portfolio of up to four from just one season. Each image needs to capture the essence of each season together with the wildlife subject, from any British location. The portfolio must work together as a set, themes are also encouraged. Each portfolio can either be four seasons or a single season. Category sponsored by RSPB.

Documentary Series

The documentary award can be a sequence of images of any British wildlife, conservation or environmental issue. The judges will be looking for innovation in story telling, within a portfolio of up to six images.

Wildlife on Video

The judges will be looking for the most inspirational and dynamic sequence (up to a minute) which clearly illustrates the unique power of video as a medium for capturing British wildlife. Any aspect of British wildlife will be considered. Category sponsored by Canon.

Some typical (and not exclusive) examples of short films:

• Creating a memorable portrait of a British wildlife species
• Highlighting a specific conservation issue related to British wildlife
• Showing unusual or remarkable behaviour
• About an individual animal such as a local fox who visits your garden or a special rescue case
• On a specific area or reserve that is special to you

Competition Fees

Credits (£5 per credit)

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The Lux Photography Awards is the newest and coolest photography competition around. We seek to find the best photographers in a variety of genres, and reward them with some of the best photography related gear from an amazing set of companies and individuals.

Who Can Enter The Lux Awards?
For 2010, the Lux Awards are open to anyone in the United States or Canada. We hope to have an international competition with equally great prizes in 2011!

Who is Behind Lux?
The Lux Photography Awards were developed at the Eclipse Photography Institute, the place for serious photographers to learn more about the business and art of photography all online and in High Definition Video. Learn more about Eclipse Here

What Can I Win?
Our goal is to make this the most unique photography competition around. You can win everything from new cameras to trips, bags and more. For the most up to date listing of Prizes and Sponsors, visit our Prizes page.

Are there different Categories? What about Entry Fees?
No matter what category you enter, the entry fees are the same: $12.00 per image for everyone! There is no limit on how many photographs you can enter.

Categories:
- The Natural World (Wildlife and Nature Images) **Everything Wild, No Man-Made Objects**
- Bodies in Motion (Sports)
- The Urban Landscape (Travel)
- Universal Faces (Portraits)

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Have you ever dreamed of seeing your travel photos published on the cover of Lonely Planet?  Well now’s your chance…

Lonely Planet and Pikeo are inviting photographers to submit their most unique and inspiring pictures of London, Paris, Barcelona and Istanbul. 

Four winning shots will be chosen for the cover of Lonely Planet’s ‘Encounter’ guides to each city. The panel of judges consists of travel photography experts including representatives from the Association of British Photographers and Lonely Planet Images.

The winners of each cover will also receive a free trip to India, Russia, Morocco or Kenya courtesy of Intrepid Travel. In addition, twelve runners-up will receive prizes, as will a small selection of highly commended entries.

The winning images, plus Lonely Planet and Pikeo’s favourite shots, will be launched and showcased at a gallery exhibition in London when the guides go on sale next year.

The competition is open to those in the UK, France, Spain, USA and Canada and entries close on September 8, 2008.

Lonely Planet and Pikeo tips for a winning image:
- Images must be taken from a street perspective
- Use a reportage/documentary style
- Make the viewer feel they are actually there
- Have a central focal point
- Ensure composition is bold and colours are rich
- Avoid things looking staged by showing locals going about their everyday life
- Use iconic sights or architecture in an everyday context
- Always include people within your shots

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Our search for the Photographer of the Year is underway. Be part of this massive event – there are ten great categories and a top prize of £15,000 up for grabs!

The Digital Camera Photographer of the Year competition is the leading contest for anyone with a passion for digital photography and is open to both amateur and professional photographers of any nationality. Its aim is to reveal the most inspirational and imaginative photographers from around the globe. Last year, the competition attracted more than 81,000 entries from around the world. The competition is organised by the UK’s fastest-growing photography title, Digital Camera – the magazine for today’s photographer.

There are ten categories to choose from and you may choose to enter just one or all ten – and you can enter up to five photos in each of these categories. The submission and voting process is web-based so you’ll be able to track the progress of your pictures through this competition website.

The competition is open for entries until the end of September, when the category winners and overall winner will be selected by a panel of judges. The overall winner will get the coveted £15,000 main prize and be declared Digital Camera Photographer of the Year 2008.

Competition Categories
Urban
Hidden Britain
Action & Movement
Animals
Documentary
Dusk to Dawn
Landscapes
People & Portraits
Black & White
Creative Vision

The Prizes

The Digital Camera Photographer of the Year competition is a great opportunity to showcase your best images, as well as giving you the chance to show your appreciation for and comment on the work of other photographers. Naturally, there are rewards for the winners…

The Digital Camera Photographer of the Year 2008
The title of Digital Camera Photographer of the Year 2008 will be given to the photographer who is judged to have taken the most outstanding and memorable picture entered in the competition. The winning photographer will receive an incredible £15,000.

Category winners
You can enter up to five digital images in each of the ten categories. The prizes for each category are as follows:

1st: £1,000 plus a year’s free subscription to Digital Camera magazine and a year’s free membership to the Royal Photographic Society

2nd: £350 plus a year’s free subscription to Digital Camera magazine

3rd: £150 plus a year’s free subscription to Digital Camera magazine

All categories close 30th September 2008

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The focus of this year’s expanded competition is travel with winners sharing more than $70,000 worth of prizes from major sponsors including Abercrombie & Kent, Tarraleah Lodge, Nikon, SanDisk, AsukaBook, Asus and Vibe hotels. As well as a bigger prize pool, we’ve extended the opportunities for photographers – both professional and amateur – to be recognised for their exceptional work.

Finalists in all categories will also be part of an end of year winners’ exhibition with photos and video presented by Pixel Perfect Prolab. A selection of the winners’ images and stories will feature in the Australian Traveller magazine, be displayed in the stunning RovingEye coffeetable book by Asukabook and have the opportunity to be represented by RovingEye.

Winners this year will vie for two magnificent experiences from Abercrombie & Kent and Tarraleah Lodge in Tasmania. The winner of the newly introduced Single Shot category will take part in a trip-of-a-lifetime with A&Ks Turtle Rescue program, a seven day 5-star experience in Queensland’s Cape York region. The Lodge at Tarraleah has just recently been voted one of the 65 top new resorts by Conde Nast UK. The winner of the Photo Essay category will not only take home the sensational Nikon D300 DSLR but will spend five nights, all inclusive, lapping up the luxurious surrounds set in the heart of Tasmania’s wilderness area.

RovingEye believes in encouraging new talent and supporting the industry and the search for Young Australian Photographer of the Year does just that. The overall winner will take home a Nikon D60 DSLR with an AF-S 18-55mm f3.5-5.6G ED II lens. The winner will choose a Vibe hotel in any Australian capital city to spend five nights shooting the urban life of the city, which will be feature in the Australian Traveller magazine. To be judged by Alan Davies, the curator of the State Library of NSW, this is the ideal opportunity to be seen and judged by the best, to fast-track a young career and to be part of this exclusive community of winners.

RovingEye’s 2008 Expose your World photo competition is setting new benchmarks in providing opportunities to profile the works of known photographers and unearthing new talent both here and around the globe.  It’s a company on the move, and it wants to take as many talented photographers, writers and filmmakers along with them for the ride! 

Photography categories:

Photo Essay
- Australian Story
- A Traveller’s Tale
- Environmental Issue

Single Shot
- People
- Place
- Event

Young Australian Photographer of the Year
- People
- Place
- Event

Entry Fees:
Photo Essay (open category). $A20.00 per entry. No limit on entries
Single shot (open category). $A20.00 per entry. No limit on entries
Young Australian Photographer of the Year (aged 21 or under). FREE. Limit 10 entries

Copyright:
Entrants retain all copyrights and other equivalent rights to entered photographs. RovingEye reserves the permanent, non-exclusive right to publish, reproduce, display, distribute, and show on screen any winning photographs on websites, in photo exhibitions, tradeshows, or any other media which is under their management for the purpose of promoting the contest.

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The campaign “Cultures on my street”
How many times have you walked down a street in your neighbourhood and wondered just how so many different people came to live together in this particular place? Everyone has a story. Now that the borders within Europe are fading, people from an even greater mix of cultures and backgrounds are coming together, mingling their voices in an ever growing dialogue of their unique stories and experiences.

The competition
As Europe grows together in its diversity, the European Commission challenges YOU to capture your vision of intercultural dialogue and share it with the world in the competition “Cultures on my street”. All European residents, regardless of age or origins, are invited to participate. It’s as easy as grabbing your camera and stepping outside the front door.

Your photo
Inspiration for the theme could be found in the fields of education, religion, migration, science, culture, minority groups or youth. And remember, there are no borders to your imagination, so feel free to explore the possibility of retouching and editing your photos, or making photo collages and montages.

Voting and winning
Everyone who visits the official competition website has the chance to cast their vote for the photo they feel best captures the idea of Intercultural Dialogue. So after you’ve submitted your photos, tell all of your friends and family to check out your work … and vote you to the top!

A jury made up of established artists, leaders on intercultural dialogue issues and representatives of the European Commission will also select three photographers, recognising the creativity and technical quality of the photos, as well as the photographers’ ability to portray the theme of intercultural dialogue. The jury will review all submissions and select the winning entries at the end of June.

The prizes
Your photos could be used in materials that will encourage people from different cultures across Europe to breakdown the barriers of communication and start a meaningful conversation. And did we mention that you could also win fabulous prizes?

As if being able to share your creative masterpieces with the world was not enough, you could also have the chance to win one of the following, fabulous prizes!

Jury selected winners
The 1st prize is a professional digital EOS 5D camera from Canon with a 24 -105mm zoom lens. The first prize winner will also be rewarded with a trip to three European capital cities (2 days per city, for 6 days in total).
(The first prize has an equivalent value of approx. €5,000)
The 2nd prize is a professional digital D300 camera by Nikon with a 18-200 zoom lens. The winner of the second prize will receive a trip through two European capital cities (2 days per city, for 4 days in total).
(Second prize has an equivalent value of approx. €3,000)
The 3rd prize is a digital K10 D camera by Pentax with a 18-55 mm zoom lens and 55-200mm zoom lens, along with a two-day trip to one capital city in Europe.
(Third prize has an equivalent value of approx. €2,000)

Public’s Favourite award winner
The winner of the online voting will win a professional digital E3 camera by Olympus with a 14-54 zoom lens. The winner of “the Public’s Favourite award” will also be rewarded with a trip to three European capital cities (2 days per city, for 6 days in total).
(The prize has an equivalent value of approx. €5,000)

All winners will also be invited to the official competition awards ceremony, which will take place in September 2008.

The competition is open to all EU residents.

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The competition is open to all photographers, both professional and amateur, of 16 years and over who live in the UK. The Urban Photographer of the Year will be the person who, in the eyes of the judges, captures iconic observation on the theme ‘CITIES AT WORK’.

The objective is to explore work life in the UK’s towns and cities during any single hour of a 24 hour day. There will be 24 prizes, one awarded for each hour and from these will be chosen the Urban Photographer of the Year and two runners up.

You can choose to photograph any UK town or city at work at any hour. For example a photograph could capture Oxford at work at 10am, Liverpool at work at 2am, Bristol at work at 9pm and so on. You can enter up to 24 separate photographs but only one for each hour. Please ensure you read the Rules.

Prizes (for Urban Photographer of the Year and two runners up)

WINNER

The winner who will be given the Title of CB Richard Ellis Urban Photographer of the Year, will be awarded a personal photographic safari in Marrakech and the Atlas Mountains for two people. This includes return flights, transfers, accommodation, guides, meals and permits. This is a special prize that will enable the winning photographer and one companion to sample the truly unique city of Marrakech, where the 1200 year old Medina has housed centuries of learning, trade and a fascinating range of cultural influences. The Jamaa el Fna’a is a designated world heritage site and the Koutubia Mosque is the visible centre of all activity in the city.

Following Marrakech there will also be the chance to travel to La Roserie Hotel in the middle of the High Atlas Mountains as well having the option of crossing the tallest mountains in North Africa to the Sahara beyond. You will be consulted on your itinerary prior to departure.

In addition to this magical journey (valued at approx £5,000) the winner will also have the opportunity to display their photographic skills in Digital Photographer Magazine, one of the UK’s leading photography magazines. The best images of the trip will be featured in an editorial article in 2008.

FIRST RUNNER UP

The first runner up wins a week one-on-one course at the International Academy of Professional Photography with Martin Grahame-Dunn, FMPA, FRSA, FSWPP, FBPPA, QEP, Hon.FMPA. Martin is a Past National President of the United Kingdom Master Photographers Association and has also been a Director of the Federation of European Professional Photographers (FEP). Based in his school close to Cordoba and Seville he will create a week of personal tuition based on your input. As probably the top photographic mentor in Europe and as a Past Chairman of the Admissions and Qualifications Board he is uniquely placed to support you in gaining that step closer to your next qualification or to simply focus on the discipline of your choice. 
With great local connections Martin has hosted photographic trips into the old town of Cordoba. This includes return flights, transfers, accommodation, guides, meals and permits.

SECOND RUNNER UP

The second runner up will win a Wacom Cintiq 21 inch Graphics Panel. With its larger screen size of 21.3 inch, the flat drawing surface and the decreased distance between pen and display, the Cintiq 21UX let all previous Interactive Pen Displays pale in comparison. Experience a whole new meaning to on-screen work with the expanded Intuos3 technology. At the same time, the Cintig 21UX is the most efficient of all Interactive Pen Displays: It features ExpressKeys and Touch Strips on both sides of the display, to accommodate the needs of both left- and right-handers equally. The Cintiq 21UX comes together with the Cintiq Grip Pen, the unique Cintiq stand that enables you to rotate the display by 360° (if laying) and to tilt it by 10-60° as well as a separate pen stand and the required DVI and VGA graphics card adaptors.

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