Application Deadline: January 17, 2024, at 23:59 UTC+3.
LOCATION: Turkey
Applications are open for the 10th Instabul Photo Awards for professional and freelance photographers to participate in the photo contest. There will be prizes to be won.
ELIGIBILITY:
Applications are free and open between 17 Nov. 2023 – 17 Jan. 2024 at 23:59 (UTC+3).
Photographs contain the relevant and correct information. Submitted photos must be taken in 2023 (between 1 Jan. 2023- 31 Dec. 2023).
Photographer has the liability for providing accurate personal information like name, age, company etc. besides the image info like date, location etc..
All submissions must have necessary information embedded into photographs IPTC like: title, description, creation date, city and country. The info and category of the photographs can be updated until the deadline.
Photography captions must be written in English. Kindly check the caption limits before upload your photos.
No signatures, stamp or any other identifying mark is allowed anywhere on the entry. Photographer’s name or company should not be mentioned at the captions.
Digital manipulation and any kind of Photoshop effects is not allowed, only basic colour corrections are allowed. It is not allowed to add signatures on the photo or in the caption.
Photographers must be the copyright owner of the submitted photographs.
Photographs must not violate any third-party rights.
Photographers are invited to apply all categories at the same time, both with published and unpublished photos.
Photographers can apply 4 different photos in Single categories and 2 different stories in Story categories.
The same photo cannot be submitted into two different categories. Story category applications should include 10 photos.
Kindly note that this contest is for professionals only and Istanbul Photo Awards’ jury may ask for proofs of the source of the photo or publications on newspapers, magazines or web sites.
BENEFIT:
CATEGORIES FIRST SECOND THIRD
| SINGLE NEWS | *6,000 USD | 1,500 USD | 1,000 USD |
| STORY NEWS | 3,000 USD | 1,500 USD | 1,000 USD |
| SINGLE SPORTS | 3,000 USD | 1,500 USD | 1,000 USD |
| STORY SPORTS | 3,000 USD | 1,500 USD | 1,000 USD |
| SINGLE NATURE & ENVIRONMENT | 3,000 USD | 1,500 USD | 1,000 USD |
| STORY NATURE & ENVIRONMENT | 3,000 USD | 1,500 USD | 1,000 USD |
| SINGLE PORTRAIT | 3,000 USD | 1,500 USD | 1,000 USD |
| STORY PORTRAIT | 3,000 USD | 1,500 USD | 1,000 USD |
| SINGLE DAILY LIFE | 3,000 USD | 1,500 USD | 1,000 USD |
| STORY DAILY LIFE | 3,000 USD | 1,500 USD | 1,000 USD |
The jury will select two photographers’ works from all series categories submissions to be awarded with a special tenth anniversary prize of 1,000 USD.
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