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AOP Photographer's award invites online entries
MEDIA RELEASE COURTESY OF: 2010 PHOTOGRAPHERS AWARD
Online entry is now open for the 2010 Photographers Awards - the most respected and prestigious competition for professional photographers worldwide.
Entry fees have been reduced across the board plus there is a range of brand new categories to choose from including Innovation, which opens the Awards up to CGI and moving image. Click here for full Call for Entries info.
The competition is open to Full and Provisional Members of the Association of Photographers (click here for how to join) but this year there is also a non-Member category, Best Commercial Use of Photography, which will be judged in three sections: Advertising, Design and Publishing.
A full list of categories is below. The deadline is midnight on Sunday 28th March, Judging will take place from May to July and the exhibition is held during October, when the winners will be announced and the Awards Book will be launched.
Commissioned Advertising
Commissioned Design
Commissioned Editorial
Commissioned Documentary
Non-Commissioned Body
Non-Commissioned Environment
Non-Commissioned Object
Innovation
Best Commercial Use of Photography - Advertising
Best Commercial Use of Photography – Design
Best Commercial Use of Photography – Publishing
Now in its 27th year, the AOP Photographers Awards is regarded as the most important Awards competition within the photographic industry. Being selected for entry into the Awards Book and accompanying exhibition is considered one of the greatest accolades available to professional photographers and raises their profile with valuable contacts in the creative world.
The competition is run by the Association of Photographers Ltd (AOP) which is a not-for-profit trade association for commercial photographers, founded in 1968. Its aim is to promote and protect the worth and standing of its members and to defend and lobby for the interests and rights of all professional photographers. The Association also provides information services, education programmes, exhibitions and publications to support these activities.
For more info on the Photographers Awards visit the website here.
For information about the Association of Photographers visit their website here.
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