Project Competition:
ENTRY DEADLINE: JANUARY 30, 2012
2012 Overview
Notifications will go out in mid-March.
View the 2011 Winners Gallery
About
The annual Project Competition honors committed photographers working on documentary projects and fine-art series. Three jurors reach a consensus on the First Prize and 10 Honorable Mentions. Each individual juror also selects a project to receive one of the three Juror’s Choice awards.
CURATOR
| Greg Hobson | Curator of Photographs, National Media Museum, UK |
EDITOR
| Paul Moakley | Deputy Photo Editor, TIME Magazine |
PUBLISHER
| Christopher Steighner | Senior Editor, Rizzoli Publications, Inc. |
Prizes
CENTER's prize package is designed to bring exposure to the work via exhibitions, publication, education and career advancement opportunities.
FIRST PLACE
// $10,000 Cash Award
// Exhibition in Santa Fe, NM
// Complimentary participation in Review Santa Fe 2012
// A year-long Photographer's Showcase* at Photoeye.com
// Santa Fe Photographic Workshops tuition voucher (some restrictions apply)
// Publication in Fraction magazine
// $100 gift certificate to Blurb books
// A full portfolio review on Access2Editors.com
// Online exhibition at VisitCenter.org
JUROR'S CHOICE (3)
// $500 cash award
// Complimentary participation in Review Santa Fe 2012
// A year-long Photographer's Showcase* at Photoeye.com
// Publication in Fraction magazine
// $100 gift certificate to Blurb books
// A full portfolio review on Access2Editors.com
// Online exhibition at VisitCenter.org
HONORABLE MENTION (3)
// Acceptance to Review Santa Fe 2012
// Online exhibition at VisitCenter.org
Per CENTER's standard practice, the three jurors will receive the images and contact information of the winners, all of the projects that made it to the final rounds, and any additional special projects per their request.
* Photographer’s Showcase is a juried non-exclusive online gallery serving as a photographers' agent for sales and usage permissions.
Sponsors
We partner with some of our favorite businesses and photographic organizations for these awards. Thank you to our sponsors for their support.
CENTER’s got a new partnership with the firm Access2Editors, and you can get a free portfolio review out of it. Access2Editors, an online portfolio review service connecting photographers to top-tier working photo editors and curators, is giving away two free portfolio reviews (worth $149 each) to individuals who open a free account on their website and mention CENTER. Reviewers include editors and curators at The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, and Klompching Gallery, among other venues. The deadline to enter is January 31. Visit them at www.access2editors.com
Tamas Dezso
// 2011 Winner