First Deadline: September 26, 2019
Entry fee: Single or Photo Essay, Professional: $45, Amateur: $30
Prizes: $2,000 cash (professional), $1,000 cash (amateur), $500 to B&H Photo
Enter your best single images of travel portraits, outdoors scenes, local places or spontaneous moments, or submit a photo essay to tell a longer story from your travels.
All winners will be published in the December issue of PDN and in an online gallery and promoted to our network of more than half a million readers, followers and photo-industry creatives.
Sections:
- Professional
- Amateur
Categories
- Travel Portraits
- Outdoor Scenes
- Sense of Place
- Spontaneous Moments
- Photo Essay (2-6 images)
Website: https://www.worldinfocuscontest.com/
World In Focus 2018 Winners
Grand Prize
© Jessica Sample, Los Angeles, Ca, United States
First Place Professional : Photo Essay
Grand Prize
A series exploring Japan, from off-the-beaten-path destinations to more traveled ones seen from a new perspective.
Professional : Photo Essay
© Alain Schroeder, Brussels, Belgium
A series documenting the Korean martial art of Taekwondo.
Professional : Editorial / Commercial
© Tito Herrera, Panama
First Place
A crowded sleeping area in a prison in the town of Cojutepeque, El Salvador.
Professional : Portraits
© Dave Hill, Burbank, Ca, United States
First Place
A portrait of Sein Gay, an aspiring Haitian actor who lives in Los Angeles.
© Jon Maximilian Sandbu, Jevnaker, Norway
An Indian soldier eating ice cream while waiting for a delayed train in the desert town of Jaisalmer, India.
Professional : Wildlife / Insects
© Erin Mcginn, Warwick, RI, United States
First Place
A photo taken in Ireland as McGinn made the unique calling sound for this herd of sheep, causing them all to stare and baa in unison.
© Kousuke Kitajima, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
An image of two monkeys in a hot spring in Japan.
Professional : Landscapes / Nature
© Drew Doggett, Mount Pleasant, SC, United States
First Place
A white horse gracefully runs across a barren volcanic black sand riverbed.
© Yosuke Yamada, Toshimaku, Tokyo, Japan
A snowy, frozen landscape from Hakkõda mountain in Japan.
Amateur : Editorial / Commercial
© Ron Cooper, Englewood, CO, United States
Grand Prize
A boat owner prepares for a day of work in Ninh Binh, Vietnam.
© Joshua Sariñana, Cambridge, MA, United States
A gold cart sits in front of an apartment complex as the sun sets in San Diego.
Amateur : Photo Essay
© Anja Bruehling, Chicago, IL, United States
First Place
A series capturing the Charreada, an event where contending teams show off ranching skills in Mexico.
© France Leclerc, Chicago, IL, United States
This photo essay captures the challenge of commuting in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and the ways that the locals manage.
Amateur : Portraits
© Mauro De Bettio, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
First Place
A photo of Taj and Akash, two Bangladeshi boys who are seen train surfing.
© Mauro De Bettio, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
A portrait captured at the annual Dance of the Bears, a ritual that takes place every winter in the northeastern regions of Romania.
Amateur : Wildlife / Insects
© Ron Santini, Huntersville, NC, United States
First Place
A 72-image focus stack of a millipede captured at Roan Mountain in Tennessee.
© Heidi Padveen, Calabasas, CA, United States
A portrait of a fox taken at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
Amateur : Landscapes / Nature
© Claudio Abella, Esquel, Chubut, Argentina
First Place
Dawn with fog at Laguna Larga in Los Alerces National Park, Patagonia.
© Dale Johnson, Seattle, WA, United States
Morning light hitting the dunes of Sossusvlei in Namibia.
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