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Photography Awards Categories

Professional Categories:


ADVERTISING:
Automotive
Beauty
Fashion
Food
Music
Product
Self-Promotion
Other

ARCHITECTURE:
Bridges
Buildings
Cityscapes
Historic
Interiors
Industrial
Other

BOOK:
Documentary (trade)
Fine Art (trade)
Nature (trade)
People (trade)
Other (trade)
Self-Published

DEEPER PERSPECTIVE
In this category, we ask the photographer to submit both a series of images and a body of text that tells the story behind the images. Jurors weight both the text and images equally.

EDITORIAL:
Environmental
Feature Story/ Photo Essay
General News
Personality
Political
Sports
War/Conflict
Other

EVENT:
Competitive Events
Social Cause
Traditions and Cultures
Wedding
Other

FINE ART:
Abstract
Collage
Landscape
Nudes
Portrait
Still Life
Other

MOVING IMAGES:
This category asks for a short, cohesive moving image piece, no longer than 5 minutes. Film, video, slideshows, etc. are all accepted.

NATURE:
Aerial
Flowers
Landscapes
Seasons
Sunset
Trees
Underwater
Wildlife
Other

PEOPLE:
Children
Culture
Family
Lifestyle
Portrait
Self-Portrait
Wedding
Other

SPECIAL:
Digitally Enhanced
Night Photography
Micro
Panoramic
Pets
Special Effects
Travel/Tourism
Other

 

 

Non-Professional and Student Categories :

ADVERTISING:
Beauty
Fashion
Food
Music
Self-Promotion
Other



ARCHITECTURE:
Bridges
Buildings
Cityscapes
Historic
Interiors
Industrial
Other

BOOK (self-published):
Documentary
Fine Art
Nature
People
Other

DEEPER PERSPECTIVE
In this category, we ask the photographer to submit both a series of images and a body of text that tells the story behind the images. Jurors weight both the text and images equally.

EDITORIAL:
Environmental
Feature Story/ Photo Essay
General News
Personality
Political
Sports
War/ Conflict
Other

EVENT:
Competitive Events
Social Cause
Traditions and Cultures
Wedding
Other

FINE ART:
Abstract
Collage
Landscapes
Nudes
Portrait
Still Life
Other

MOVING IMAGES:
This category asks for a short, cohesive moving image piece, no longer than 5 minutes. Film, video, slideshows, etc. are all accepted.

NATURE:
Flowers
Landscapes
Seasons
Sunset
Trees
Underwater
Wildlife
Other


PEOPLE:
Children
Culture
Family
Lifestyle
Portrait
Self-Portrait
Wedding
Other

SPECIAL:
Digitally Enhanced
Night Photography
Micro
Panoramic
Pets
Special Effects
Travel/Tourism
Other