Documentary Photo Competitions
Showing results 1 - 10 of 13 for the category: Documentary.
Communication Arts Photography Competition
Enter the most prestigious competition for creativity in photography, the Communication Arts Photography Competition. Any photograph first printed or produced within the last twelve months prior to the deadline is eligible. (more…)





(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
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Deadline: 9th April 2010
Prize: Publication and Worldwide exposure
Eligibility: All
PhotoPlace annual open photography exhibition
PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury, Vermont, is honored to announce that Keith Carter will be juror for the Gallery’s first annual open photography exhibition. Submissions may be any subject, any style. Send the work that makes your heart sing. (more…)





(1 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)
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Deadline: 12 April 2010
Prize: Work Exhibited
Eligibility: Over 18 international
35th Annual Paducah Photo ‘10 Juried Photography Exhibition
Originating in 1975, Paducah Photo has grown from a fledgling contest to the Mid-South’s most prestigious annual photographic event. Open to all photographers working in digital or film photography, including color and black & white photography, photographic book arts, and photographic alternative processes.
All work submitted must be original, completed in the last three years and not previously exhibited in a Paducah Photo exhibition. No size restrictions. Juror: Michael Johnson, Professor of Photography, Murray State University. Venue: Yeiser Art Center, 200 Broadway, Paducah, KY 42001





(3 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5)
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Deadline: 7th May 2010
Prize: $1,700 in Awards
Eligibility: any age/any country
The Robert Cornelius Portrait Award
The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards ( WPGA) opens a Juried competition for professional and non professional photographers worldwide: The Robert Cornelius Portrait Award. (more…)





(1 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)
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Deadline: 14th March, 2010 and 25th April, 2010
Prize: Best of Show $1000, Each Category Winner $300
Eligibility: all ages-all contries- pro and non pro
Emerging Photographers 2010
Photo Life is pleased to present the opening of the 2010 Emerging Photographers competition, which gives Canadian photography students, photography workshop participants, apprentice photographers, and those just beginning their careers as photographers a unique opportunity to share their vision and talent with the world. (more…)





(3 votes, average: 2.67 out of 5)
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Deadline: May 15, 2010
Prize: Be showcased in Photo Life Magazine
Eligibility: Canadian Photographers/ no age restrictions
Acting in Solidarity and Building Movements for Change
Friends of the Earth International is excited to announce our fifth annual photo competition, carried out this year for the first time in collaboration with La vía Campesina and the Movement of Victims Affected by Climate Change. This international photo competition will gather photos from around the world on the theme of “Acting in Solidarity and Building Movements for Change”. (more…)





(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
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Deadline: 1 April 2010
Prize: 6 cash prizes up for grabs...
Eligibility: All
The New Documentarian Award
What is the New Documentarian Award? This award does not refer to a new photographer doing documentary projects, (though a new photographer can certainly enter this contest). Rather, the New Documentarian Award refers to a new approach to showing, sharing, and promoting documentary photography. (more…)





(2 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)
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Deadline: 11th January 2011
Prize: $1000 cash prize to continue the documentary project.
Eligibility: If you can answer yes to one of the questions below, then your project qualifies for the New Documentarian Award: 1. Does your project educate people about something significant? 2. Do you hope to make a difference with your documentary project? 3. Does your documentary project preserve a time and place? Open to photographers worldwide.
The Berenice Abbott Prize for an Emerging Photographer
Berenice Abbott was a photographer of great accomplishment. Known mostly for her documentary work of New York City in the 1930s, Berenice was also a portrait photographer, an educator, an inventor, and a writer. She believed that all photographers should have personal projects that they are passionate about, no matter what the subject matter. This award is in her honor. (more…)





(3 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
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Deadline: 17th July 2010
Prize: Exhibition at the Julia Dean Gallery
Eligibility: You are eligible if: • You have never had a one–person show in an established photo or art gallery. • You are not represented by a gallery outside of the state and/or country where you reside. Open to photographers worldwide.
BRITISH WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS – 2010
Win a prestigious award, up to £20,000 worth of prizes and exposure in a nationwide touring exhibition and accompanying book. After a successful first year and widely acclaimed photographic exhibition celebrating British wildlife, the BWPA announce the launch of their second competition, now open for entries. (more…)





(6 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)
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Deadline: 4th June 2010
Prize: Up to £20,000 worth of prizes
Eligibility: All
2010 Photocrati Fund Grant
The Photocrati Fund offers $5000 grants to non-professional photographers to undertake important humanitarian and environmental photography projects. Our goal is to identify outstanding, up-and-coming photographers and give them the resources necessary to pursue projects that will have a tangible and positive effect on the world. (more…)





(4 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)
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Deadline: March 15, 2010
Prize: $5000 grant for a humanitarian/environmental project
Eligibility: 21 years old / Non-professional photographer