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awards, competition, Events, Opportunities

SIGNATURE IMAGE SEARCH PHOTO CONTEST

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Application Deadline: May 15, 2025

LOCATION: Canada

The annual signature image is used on marketing materials for Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival which includes posters (both in Banff and in over 40 countries on the World Tour), banners, website (as well as World Tour host sites), and any marketing materials including brochures, programs, and our Festival/World Tour magazine. They are now looking for an image to represent the 2026 Festival and the 2026-2027 World Tour!

ELIGIBILITY:

Open to professional photographers only!

Photos can be taken from anywhere in the world.

Photos have been ideally taken in the past 5 years. See “Image Elements: What are we looking for?” section below.

The photographer also receives far-reaching exposure to their work, and the chosen image will be featured prominently on our website along with the winner’s biography, plus the opportunity to attend screenings and events at the Festival.

Finalists will be contacted (approx. 4-5 top finalists) to make sure a final high-res copy is available should they be selected.

Entry deadline: May 15, 2025

Technical requirements and submission form link: https://banffcentreforartsandcreativity-qwlyf.formstack.com/forms/signature_image_entry

BENEFIT:

A payment of $3000 (CAD) for the selected image. 

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LUIS FERREIRA ALVES INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION

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Application Deadline: 25 April 2025

LOCATION: Portugal

The “Luis Ferreira Alves International Photography Competition | A Contemporary Look at Architecture” is a biennial programme. It aims to honour the person and the work of this outstanding photographer, who bridged the gap between analogue and digital photography and whose work is recognised both nationally and internationally.

ELIGIBILITY:

Open to all individuals worldwide, including university students, researchers, and professionals in architecture, photography, and related fields.

Entries may be submitted individually or as a group (groups must register as a single competing unit).

Each participant or group may submit only one project.

Entries must be original and must not have previously won awards in other competitions

Photographic Series: Submit a series of 5 to 7 images that cohesively present a work or series of architectural works.

Descriptive Text: Include an explanatory text (up to 2,000 characters) that conveys the conceptual and visual intentions behind the work alongside the series.

BENEFIT:

1st Prize—€10,000, sponsored by CIN.

2nd Prize—€4,000, supported by Fundação “la Caixa” in collaboration with BPI.

3rd Prize—voucher for photographic equipment worth €1,500, sponsored by Canon.
All prize winners will receive the book “Luis Ferreira Alves in the Works of Eduardo Souto de Moura.”

All prize winners will receive a certificate.

The winners will be entitled to 3 (three) copies of the exhibition catalogue.

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