The International Street Photography Awards 2013 Are Now Open

Photo by Vivian Maiet, 1959 - Courtesy of John Maloof

The International Street Photography Awards 2013 are now open.

In 2013, for the third year running, the awards return, searching for the best street photography from around the globe.

After the success of the International and Student Street Photography Awards in 2011 and 2012, these prestigious awards return for a third year running in 2013, but they are now being run by the exciting new home of photography: Fotoura.

The past two years saw entries from 113 countries, and allowed street photographers from across the globe the chance to have their work seen on an international platform.

The 2013 Fotoura International Street Photography Awards will include Open and Student categories, and will of course be open to photographers all over the world. The winners and a selection of the best entries to this competition will be shown in an exhibition in central London in Spring 2013.

There are a few differences to this year's contest including a theme which is HOMETOWN (read more about the theme on the Fotoura website.), and some exciting ways for entrants to have their photos added to the Fotoura App, which will enable people from around the world to browse images and vote for their favorites.

In doing this, Fotoura hopes to not only continue to celebrate the tradition of street photography and engage more practitioners, but also to build a huge archive of extraordinary moments spotted in people's daily life, all over the world.

The first prize winner will receive £2000 cash, an exhibition of their work in London, a camera and £100 book publishing voucher. Second and third prizes will also be awarded, as well as ten runners up.

Entrants can choose whether they want an image from their entry to be added to the Fotoura App, and included in a global public vote, which will result in a winner for every single country! These country winners will also be exhibited in the London exhibition alongside the officially judged first, second and third prize winners and runners up.

The entry price is £30, and £15 for students. (All entrants to the International Street Photography Awards receive a £30 voucher to print their own photo-book at Blurb.com.)

The deadline is 12 February 2013 (6pm GMT).

For more information, visit the Fotoura website.

Picture Perfect Halloween Photo Contest

Halloween is coming! Are you ready to put on your most horrible costume and play trick or treat? With no doubt, you must have picked up camera to make a record of everything interesting. But, have you ever thought that your funny, cute or scary Halloween photos could win you a trip to Hersheypark in the Dark, a FujiFilm FinePix HS25EXR camera, a Rite-Aid photo book and more?

It’s not a dream. FujiFilm has launched a Picture Perfect Halloween Photo Contest lasting until November 7, 2012. The entry is spectacularly easy. Everyone can participate in this contest without charge. Just register and submit as many as 70 pictures per household.

The winning photographer will win a spooktacular trip for 4 to Hershey, PA to experience all of the frightfully fun rides and attractions at Hersheypark in the Dark and more. For 1^st prize, short course on the Fundamentals of Digital Photography, a FUJIFILM digital camera, a $250 Rite Aid gift card and more. For 2^nd prize, FUJIFILM Finepix XP170 digital camera – orange, $150 Rite Aid gift card, 16”x20” wall canvas from the Rite Aid picture center and a Hershey chocolate gift basket. If you’re interesting in this contest, submit your photos at: http://halloweenphotocontest.com/index.php

Miami Is Calling You, Photographers

I used to sign up in some photographic website and they always send the latest photographic competitions to me. It helps a lot to keep me in line with the newest information. And today, I receive an email informing me to participate in the premier showcase for international emerging contemporary art – SCOPE art sales.

Renowned for presenting the most innovative galleries, artists and curators, SCOPE Art Shows in Miami, Basel, New York, London and the Hamptons have garnered extensive critical acclaim, with sales of over $200 million and attendance of over 425,000 visitors. Art Takes Miami is open to all creative talents (over the age of 18) from anywhere in the world! Professional, amateur and casual artists, photographers and creatives are welcome to apply. The entry will be closed at and the price is quite rich. 

If you’re interested, search the competition on the Internet and submit your work. This is your chance to have a piece of it.

Google Photography Prize: a Photography Contest for Students

When I open Google’s website today, a cute cake suddenly jumps into my eyes. At first, I think it maybe any hero’s birthday. Then, I figure out it is the 14^th birthday of Google. Time flies and I had never imaged my growth 14 years ago. And many thanks wishes to Google, for it always provides the most effective information at once.

And today, I’d like to introduce Google Photography Prize, a photography contest designed for students in higher education aged 18 years or older. Including 10 categories such as Me, Food, Travel, Fashion, Action, Street, Sport, Night, Sound/Silence and Point of view, you can submit a series of photos to any one you like. And the prizes are quite rich. In addition to having your photos displayed online, you can achieve a Samsung Galaxy Nexus phone or a trip to London. The Grand Prize winners even can obtain an once-in-a-lifetime photography trip companied with a professional photography coach.

And below are some of the winners in 2012. All the brilliant works are captured by excellent students. Enjoy them and you may learn something from here.

Grand Prize - Viktor Johansson

Top Finalists - Category: Night

Top Finalists -  Category: Night 

Top Finalists - Category: Point of View