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Several notable photo competitions, PDN‘s The Look, the IPAs, and the APA/NY Photo Contest, are accepting submissions, and the deadlines are drawing ever nearer. Read on for details…
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Anna Wintour, as photographed by Lauren Greenfield, who won the Grand Prize in last year's The Look contest. Click image to read more and to view the 2010 winners' gallery.
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PDN‘s The Look: Where Fashion Meets Art
Deadline: June 20.
Categories: Advertising; Editorial/Celebrity; Still Life/Accessories; Personal Work/Fine Art; Runway/Street Scene; Beauty; Debut [Student/Emerging].
Prizes: Grand Prize includes a Sony A850 DSLR ($1999.99 value), a SAL-2875 lens ($699.99 value), and a Milk Studios Prize package; six first-place winners receive a Sony NEX 3 camera and a $100 B&H gift card; all winners get a PDN Photoserve portfolio ($860 value); a page in the October 2011 issue of PDN, exposure in The Look contest online gallery, and a Clickbooq annual plan.
Details: http://pdnthelook.com
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International Photography Awards, a.k.a. the IPAs
Deadline: June 24.
Categories and prizes: International Photographer of the Year Award, $10,000 cash prize; Discovery of the Year Award, $5,000 cash prize; Deeper Perspective Photographer of the Year Award, $5,000 cash prize.
Details: http://www.photoawards.com/en/
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APA/NY Photo Contest
Deadline: June 17
Professional categories: Action + Adventure + Sports; Fashion + Beauty; Landscape + Architecture
Still Life + Food; People + Lifestyle.
Prizes: Grand Prize winner receives Agency Access North American Standard Membership ($925 value), a PhotoServe Portfolio, $300 Asuka Book gift certificate, a Sony NEX-3 Camera, and a Drobo Hardrive; first-place winners in pro categories get Think Tank Photo digital holster camera bag, Blinkbid estimating and invoicing software, $50 Adorama gift certificate, and a $100 Asuka Book gift certificate.
Details: http://apany.com/photo-contest-2009/tell-us-a-story-2009.html
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And just for fun…
La Lettre de la Photographie’s call for holiday photos
Technically, this is not a contest but rather an invitation to send your favorite holiday photos to this popular photo blog, which will post one from each person with a caption. The photos need to meet certain size requirements. For all the particulars, go here: http://www.lalettredelaphotographie.com/entries/la-lettre-wants-your-photos
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