Canon competition woos photographers
Canon (www.Canon-CNA.com), world leader
in imaging solutions, has announced that it has started accepting entries for
its New Cosmos of Photography 2019 photo competition.
Now in its 42nd year,
the competition is open to international entrants with the aim of discovering,
nurturing and supporting developing photographers who want to explore new and
creative ways to engage with photography and video.
Experts from around the world
have been invited to judge this year’s competition, including British
photographer, Paul Graham, and Sandra Phillips, Curator Emerita of Photography
at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA).
The excellence award selection committee
will meet in July to choose seven excellence award winners and 14 honorable
mention award winners, before a grand prize winner is selected in November.
Since its launch in 1991, the New
Cosmos of Photography contest has accepted 29,398 entries from both individuals
and groups, many of whom have gone on to receive international success through
their work.
The contest is widely regarded as
a gateway to success for new photographers. Previous grand prize winners
include Song-Nian Ang in 2018 with Hanging Heavy on My Eyes; Trond Ansten from
Norway and Benjamin Breitkopf from Germany who won in 2017 with 17 toner hvitt;
and Derek Man from UK was selected as an excellence award winner in 2018 with What
Do You See, Old Apple Tree?
This year’s grand prize winner
will receive JPY 1 million in prize money (approx. 7,500 euros) and a Canon
camera. The winner will also have the opportunity to host an individual exhibit
at the exhibition of winning entries at New Cosmos of Photography 2020.
To encourage the continued
pursuit of their creative activities, 2019 excellence and honorable mention award
winners will also receive prize money and the chance to display their works at
this year’s exhibition of winning entries.
Those wishing to enter the
competition can do so by submitting original photography by post and online,
either as an individual or as a group. Entries are open until 12 June and
winners will be contacted directly at the end of July.
For additional information about
this year’s New Cosmos of Photography competition, please visit the New Cosmos
of Photography homepage at: global.canon/en/newcosmos
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