Travel Photographer of the Year 2010
Jun 2, 2010 Awards, Grants, Competitions,Fellowships, Photography, Photojournalism
The 2010 international Travel Photographer of the Year awards (TPOTY) are open to amateur and professional photographers from across the globe, TPOTY 2010 sees new categories, new sponsors and new judges, a great range of photographic and travel prizes, and a special focus on young and emerging talent.
The 2010 categories have been designed to challenge entrants’ creativity and to offer something for all levels of photographic experience.
TPOTY 2010 will be judged by a panel of imaging experts including travel and wildlife photographer Steve Bloom; the Director of Photography for Conde Nast Traveller; the Picture Editor of Independent on Sunday and Foto8: the Head of Photography for American International University; the Editors of British Journal of Photography, Practical Photography and Fotomagazin (Germany); the former head of the AA Photo Library; the head of Axiom Photographic Agency; the Art Buyer for interactive marketing agency Dare Digital; travel photographer and publisher Juliet Coombe; photographer and TV cameraman Jeremy Hoare; landscape and panoramic photographer Nick Meers; wildlife photographer Chris Weston, digital imaging expert Terry Steeley of Iridius and TPOTY founder, travel photographer Chris Coe.
Prize Details: The 2010 prize package includes trips to South East Asia, Botswana, India and Nepal with Intrepid Travel, TPOTY cash bursaries, Adobe Photoshop CS5 and Lightroom software, a Wacom Cintiq 12WX interactive pen display and Intuos4 and Bamboo Fun pen tablets, the latest Lexar® Professional CompactFlash® memory cards and card readers, LEE filters, customised leather portfolio books from Plastic Sandwich, fine art Giclée exhibition prints from Genesis Imaging and copies of the latest TPOTY book, Journey Three. Prizes for new and emerging photographers include Young Photographers Alliance portfolio reviews and places on the YPA mentoring programme, the chance of representation from Axiom Photographic Agency, and Photo Iconic photography tuition and image critiques.
Eligibility: All ages, all countries, amateur and professional
Closing date & entry address: Entries close on 9th October 2010. Print entries will only be accepted if they are postmarked on or before this date, and must arrive no later than 7 days after the closing date. Entries should be sent to: Travel Photographer of the Year, 20 Yew Tree Courtyard, Framlingham Road, Earl Soham, Suffolk, IP13 7SG, England. The online entry page will be disabled at 09.00 hours (UK time) on 10th October 2010.
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