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Photo contest website VIEWBUG partners with Michael J. Fox Foundation to fight Parkinson’s

 
 

VIEWBUG has announced a social mission and fundraising campaign to raise awareness and money for the Michael J. Fox Foundation, a leading foundation fighting against Parkinson's disease.

VIEWBUG is an ecosystem of more than 4 million creators designed to create a personal space for photographers of all skill levels to...

Environmental Photographer of the Year 2022 winners announced

 
 

The 2022 Environmental Photographer of the Year competition winners have been announced. The competition is in its 15th year, and its focus is to "tell stories of the climate and ecological emergencies the world is facing, and of the people rising to the challenge." This year's contest received more than 3,000 photos...

The Nature Conservancy announces the winners of its 2022 Photo Contest

 
 

The Nature Conservancy has announced the winners of its 2022 Photo Contest. The 2022 edition of the contest had its largest global participation ever, with entries from 196 different countries and territories across the contest's six categories.

The winning images were selected by a panel of judges, including renowned...

Street Scene 2022 Photo Contest: Send us your best candid street photos for a chance to win great prizes!

 
 

Street photographers, ready your camera gear or start sorting through your photo library, our Street Scene Photo Contest is back! Imaging Resource is once again teaming up with our sister publication, Digital Photo, to co-host our annual photo contest celebrating all things street photography. This year's contest has...

2022 People & Portraits Photo Contest open for entries! Send us your best portraits for a chance to win great prizes!

Submit your photos here

 
 

Fancy yourself a portrait photographer? Have you mastered posing and sculpting the light to showcase emotion and tell someone's story with a single frame? If so, we invite you to enter your best portrait and people photographs in our just-opened 2022 People & Portraits Photo Contest.

Co-hosted...

2021 Comedy Pet Photo Awards winners announced

 
 

The winners of the 2021 Animal Friends Comedy Pet Photo Awards have been announced. This year, the overall winner is Zoe Ross for her photo of the puppy, Pepper. Ross takes home a grand prize of £2000 (over $2,600 USD at current conversion rates), some of which will be given to a pet welfare charity and spent on treats...

2021 Nature inFocus Photography Contest winners announced

 
 

The Nature inFocus Photography Contest 2021 winners have been announced. The competition included more than 18,000 entries from over 2,000 photographers from 40 countries. Winners were selected from numerous categories, including Animal Portraits, Wildscape and Animals in Habitat, Creative Nature Photography, Young...

BirdWatching announces the winners of its ‘Birds in Flight’ photo contest

 
 

Fellow Madavor publication BirdWatching has announced the winners of its 2021 Birds in Flight photo contest.

The grand prize went to Stan Bysshe of Virginia. He won first place with an image of a sandhill crane captured at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico. It's a wintering site for the sandhill...

The Nature Conservancy 2021 Photo Contest winners announced

 
 

The Nature Conservancy has unveiled the winners of its 2021 Photo Contest. As expected, there are many beautiful photos of a diverse range of subjects, including landscapes, nature and wildlife. After a one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year's edition of the contest drew just over 100,000 photo...

2021 Drone Photo Awards: Winners showcase unique perspective of aerial photography

 
 

The Drone Photo Awards have announced the 2021 winners. The contest's categories include Wedding, Nature, People, Urban, Animals, Abstract and Sport for single still images. There's also an Open category for video and a Series category for photographers to enter five to nine images on the same theme. Among these...

Bird Photographer of the Year 2021 winners announced

 
 

Last week, the winners were announced for the Bird Photographer of the Year 2021 contest. This year's competition attracted more than 22,000 image entries from all over the world.

The grand prize was awarded to Mexican photographer Alejandro Prieto for his photograph, seen below, of a roadrunner standing next to the...

Wildlife, sports, landscapes, portraits & more, we want to see it! Your Best Shot Photo Contest is back!

Your Best Shot 2021 Photo Contest

 
 

We're teaming up once again with our sister publication, Digital Photo, to co-host a new photography contest. Previous contests, such as the Street Scene Photo Contest and Feather Focus Photo Contest, narrowed the scope down to a certain style or genre of photography, candid street...

Nature TTL crowns its Photographer of the Year

 
 

The Nature TTL Photographer of the Year 2021 contest attracted over 8,000 total images. Photographers from around the globe competed for the title and a £1,500 cash prize, which is over $2,100 USD at current conversion rates. Nature TTL has announced the winner, and it's Canadian photographer Thomas Vijayan. The...

Street Scene 2021 Photo Contest: Submit your best street photos for a chance to win some great prizes! (Last Call for Entries!)

Today's the last day to enter your best candid street scene photos! Final Entry Deadline is Midnight (PDT) tonight. See the Contest Page for full entry details and the selection of great prizes!

 
 

Imaging Resource has, once again, teamed up with our sibling publication, Digital Photo, to co-host another photography...

In Other News: Landscape photo tips, woodland photography, Nikon surf photo of the year & more

 
 

3 things landscape photographer Andy Mumford wishes he'd learned sooner

Photographer and educator Andy Mumford has learned a lot during his career as a landscape and travel photographer. No matter how much you know and how experienced you are, there's always more to learn. However, there are certain things Mumford has...

Feather Focus Photo Contest finalists unveiled

 
 

Back in November, we teamed up with our sibling publication Digital Photo to co-host the Feather Focus Photo Contest. For bird photography enthusiasts, this was a perfect opportunity to showcase your art and talent in photographing our feathered friends, and, of course, be in the running for some exciting prizes from our...

Stuck at home? Get creative, document your life at home and win some cash prizes and Sigma gear!

 
 

These are unprecedented times, and if you're reading this article, you've probably found yourself stuck at home with a lot of time on your hands. Many of us are yearning to be outside photographing our favorite subjects, shooting video projects, or simply experiencing and documenting the world at large. Alas, most of us...

Leica Camera USA launches new Leica Women Foto Project alongside inaugural photo contest

 
 

Leica Camera USA has announced the Leica Women Foto Project, a new a platform designed to foster inclusion and support diversity in photography through programs, events and a new photography award. Leica hopes to inspire new narratives from the female perspective and spotlight women in photography who have unfortunately...

Nikon opens entries for the 2018-19 Nikon Photo Contest

 
 

The 2018-19 edition of the Nikon Photo Contest is now open for entries. Nikon has been hosting the contest since 1969 and the latest contest will be open for entries until January 31. If you don’t use Nikon gear, fret not, the competition is open for images captured with any digital camera, including smartphones. The...

Capture Dedication contest winners announced: First prize earns a photography trip with pro Paul Reiffer

 
 

Recently, Phase One's Capture One launched a photography competition on Instagram as part of the Dedication Campaign. The competition invited entrants to share an image which was very important to them and explain what made the image personally special. The winners have now been announced.

Taking home the first prize...