PhotoBox ‘Around the world in 80 days’ digital photography competition
Over the next 80 days, we’ll be racing around the world’s 7 continents. We’re asking you to get involved and submit your best loved holiday memories, adventures and breathtaking moments of your favourite countries. That way we can complete a continent every two weeks, before moving on to the next until we have photos of every country in the world! At the end of the competition, 6 winning photos from 6 continents will be selected from the estimated tens of thousands of entries. Not to worry if you don't win, fame and fortune is still at hand with a chance to having your photo grace thepages of the world’s biggest photobook. Everyone’s a winner!
To succeed in this mammoth task, especially with some of the less visited more far flung locations; we’re calling on everyone to help us. Get your friends and family and even your well travelled neighbour involved. Join our facebook fan page for your daily dose of dares, competitions, hunts and forfeits, unexpected guests and more …
On to the meaty bit!
The six winners will receive the holiday of their lives to each of the continents featured in the race, provided by the UK’s leading tour operator Thomson. Be sure to keep up with our prize page to see where you could be going next! Our winners will take centre stage with a rare opportunity to be seen and contacted by the media, art critics, photography peers and the general public, with their own page in the World’s largest walk-in photobook.
This staggering 19.6ft/6m by 13ft/4m book will be displayed at London’s prestigious Old Truman Brewery Gallery as part of photo fest extravaganza, Photo Month, now like PhotoBox in its 10th year.
See this mammoth book from the 15th October, more details to follow!
How to enter
1. Choose your best loved travel photos you want to enter and simply click to upload them
2. You must add the country where this photo was taken or it won't count! (oh, and no sneaky cheating on this one!)
3. Fill in your personal details and click submit
The technical bit
- Please submit your photographs as JPEGs, as high res (good quality) as you can, but please don’t exceed 10MB
- Make sure you submit your photos into the correct continent category – so Africa, America and so on
- Too hard to choose your favourite photo? Don’t worry, you can submit as many as you like, just do it 3 photos at a time and then come back for more!
Who will be judging
- David Noton – award winning landscape photographer and author of ‘Waiting for the Light’ and ground breaking DVD ‘Chasing the Light’
- Annabel Williams – world class portraiture and wedding photographer, published author and tutor, providing pioneering photographic training cemented in simple techniques and the refreshing mantra that photography is 90% psychology and 10% technical
- Manfred Baumann – International celebrity photographer who’s had the joy of working with Sir Roger Moore, Bruce Willis, Tony Curtis and Juliette Lewis, amongst others
- Damien Demolder, esteemed editor of the UK’s leading photography weekly, Amateur Photographer
- Linda Buttle – PhotoBox Editor and regular judge across all photo competitions
- Christian Cull - travelling the globe to amazing destinations in far flung places as part of his responsibility for media and customer communications, Thomson’s Communication Director has a keen eye for a winning travel photo that appeals to ‘the people’
Judges Bios
About Annabel Williams
Annabel Williams' reputation as both a world class photographer and an outstanding tutor is recognised across the globe. Her warm enthusiasm, coupled with an incredibly intuitive approach, is and always has been the driving force behind her very personal and unique style of innovative yet contemporary award winning portraiture.
She brings to her work an imagination and insight which is rare among even the finest professionals, all of which has contributed to her outstanding performance in her genre and it is these qualities which command Annabel so much respect from her peers.
No stranger to both TV and the press, Annabel is also the author of several books on her subject. Her passion and pioneering photographic training cemented in simple techniques accompanied by the refreshing mantra that photography is 90% psychology and 10% technical has made her a household name amongst photo lovers and aspiring amateurs alike.
Alongside her business partner Catherine Connor, Annabel also runs Contemporary Photographic Training (CPT) – a dedicated training centre in the Lake District, which runs a comprehensive range of workshops and seminars from 'getting started' right through to the prestigious 'Bespoke Programme' for aspiring professionals.
About Manfred Baumann
Manfred Baumann was born 1968 in Vienna, Austria. He discovered his passion for photography in his childhood. At the age of 21 he decided to become a professional photographer. His grandfather, who was a reporter during the 2nd World War, was his biggest inspiration.
He supported him and donated him his first camera, a PRAKTIKA.
Today you can see Manfred Baumann`s work in renowned magazines, calendars, as well as in international advertisements. His artwork tells stories by drawing attention to beautiful and erotic women. Viewers of his pictures feel the eroticism and energy.
During the last several years Manfred Baumann has concentrated on portrait-photography. He has already photographed celebrities like Sir Roger Moore, Bruce Willis, Sylvetser Stallone, Juliette Lewis, Lionel Richie, Gary Sinise, Forest Whitaker, Ralf Möller, Tommy Haas et al.
Away from his busy photography schedule he indulges in world travel with his wife Nelly. He never leaves his house without his camera. Everyone gets the possiblity of taking a journey with the Baumann family to the most beautiful places in the world.
"Seeing, changes what we know; What we know, changes what we see..."
About Damien Demolder
Damien Demolder has worked for Amateur Photographer magazine since 1999, becoming Editor over four years ago. During that time he's occupied seats in the features, news and technical departments, interviewing photographers, readers and Japanese camera engineers alike.
A professional photographer before joining the magazine, Damien specialised in commercial and advertising photography, and before that travelled the world as a social photographer on cruise liners.
Whilst editing Amateur Photographer consumes most of his time, whether it be judging competitions, editing weekly pages, testing the gear, meeting readers or championing photographers' rights, Damien still likes to spend his spare time in pursuit of his obsession - taking photos.
These feature in his online gallery and in nationwide exhibitions and talks, incorporating a mix of subjects, styles and camera formats, from ancient to from Four Thirds to full plate.
About David Noton
David Noton is an award winning landscape and travel photographer with over 24 years experience as a professional under his belt. During his photographic career David has travelled to just about every corner of the Globe, with the exception of Antarctica – which apparently is on the list.
Born in Bedfordshire in 1957, David started exploring the world at a young age, moving to the USA while his Father worked on the American space programme. David subsequently spent what he fondly refers to as ‘life changing years’ in Canada, enjoying a typical Canadian childhood, dominated by hockey, skiing and summers at lakeside cabins.
After receiving a Kodak Instamatic for his 13th birthday, David took his first pictures on a family skiing holiday.
In 1971, when the family returned to England, David attended the prestigious Trent College to fulfil his Father’s desire for David to become a Pillar of the Establishment.
It didn’t quite work out that way, but David did become a fanatically keen member of the Combined Cadet Force – signing up for flying with the RAF, assault courses with the Army and ‘yomping’ with the Royal Marines. During this period David learned map reading, navigation and field skills that he still uses daily.
And so the adventures began...
Judging criteria:
The judges will be looking for two key areas when judging entries. The judging is subjective, of course, but the expert panel will look to be fair. Whilst they’ll be looking for a degree of digital photography competence and reasonable level of quality, by no means do they expect every entry to be a professional shot. Photos will be judged on merit and whether the image truly captures the essence of that country and the ethos of the competition: adventure, travel, emotion and community.
Capturing the spirit of the country:
• Does the photography capture the soul of the country being shown?
• Does it conjure up the culture, people, landscape that are found here…can you almost smell the surroundings, breathe in the balmy rich air or tingle at the rugged cold landscape around you
Composition and impact:
All those elements that work together to create a unique photo that draws you in: focus, lighting, components and creating a real emotional connection with the onlooker.
The competition is now closed
Winners announced: 10th September 2010
