Call for Entries: The "Mobile Photography Awards" and Gallery Exhibition
Monday, October 17, 2011 at 9:09AM | Editor 
The "Mobile Photography Awards" is a new photo contest and gallery exhibition. The brainchild of renowned iPhoneographer/Photographer Daniel Berman, the Mobile Photography Awards [MPA] aims to attract entrants from around the world. Entry fees are $20 USD for 3 images or $30 USD for 5 images, with winners winning various prizes from a $500 Apple Store gift card, to photo albums from Keepsy and software from Macphun, with the top 25 winners featuring in 3 gallery exhibitions [2 in the US and 1 in Spain].
There are 15 different categories, ranging from Black & White to Digital Art & Collage, with each of these categories having there own well known head judge who specialises in the category field.
The contest runs until the end of November, so you've got plenty of time to enter.
For more information on the rules and categories, please visit the Mobile Photography Awards website.
Reader Comments (2)
Like virtually every other open gallery call in the photography world the MPA does charge an entry fee - unlike most gallery calls we won't be expecting selected entrants to ship framed and matted prints (done to spec) for the exhibits. The MPA will be providing those - also, if the print sells during the exhibit the artist gets 100% of revenue, if it doesn't sell the MPA will ship it to the artist at no cost. Think of it like an artist friendly open gallery call with prizes.
For perspective, I recently submitted three images to the Juried Mobile Photo exhibit at the NRC Gallery in Denver at a cost of $10. I had to then ship my selected framed and matted prints, with wire hangers (no sawtooth allowed), at my cost. No $50 itunes gift card. No chance to win a $500 Apple Store gift card. No free online portfolios w/500px. No Keepsy books. No multiple gallery showings. Now, the MPA could lower the entry fee to $10, give no prizes, expect entrants to supply frames to spec and pay for shipping both ways. That's how most of the art world does it. The MPA chose to do something special, to be artist friendly, to offer an amazing set of exhibits and prizes. Personally, I think that's a way better deal :)