THEME #19Winners2021JAN
COLOR
WINNERS LIST
THEME SUMMARY
The first theme of the year is “COLOR” with Viviane Sassen as jury; a photographer who exquisitely employs vivid colors and composition to her images in fashion and art. Colors allow us to bring out a multitude of emotion with hopes and energy, distress and sadness through its various image contrasts or even the lack of color itself. With the beginning of this year, how will you tint your color?
[Submission Period] from January 18 to March 18
JUDGE
Viviane Sassen
Born in 1972 in Amsterdam. She spent her early childhood in Africa and later joined the Utrecht School of the Arts and the Ateliers Arnhem to study fashion and photography. She then began her career as a fashion photographer for magazines such as Purple, VOGUE, Dazed & Confused and shot campaign visuals for leading fashion brands including Miu Miu and Louis Vuitton. She participated in the “New Photography” exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art New York in 2011. The same year, she received the Infinity Award – Fashion Photography by the New York International Center of Photography. In 2013, she exhibited at the 55th Venice Biennale for the exhibition, “The Encyclopedic Palace”. Her later exhibition “UMBRA” (Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, 2014) was nominated for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize in 2015. Some of her major photobooks are Flamboya (contrasto, 2008), Parasomnia (Prestel, 2011), UMBRA (oodee, 2014), Pikin Slee (Prestel, 2014), Of Mud and Lotus (artbeat publishers, 2017).
NOTE
Applicants under the age of 18 must obtain consent from a parent or guardian before applying. If an applicant is under 18, it will be assumed that consent has been obtained.
PRIZE
| Grand Prix | Prize money: ¥100,000 Runners-up Portfolio review by the judges or the IMA editorial team (please check the details on each theme’s page) Feature of the work on IMA ONLINE and IMA official social media |
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| Shortlist | Feature of the work on IMA ONLINE and IMA official social media Portfolio review by the IMA editorial team |
| All Participants | Access to an exclusive live streaming session hosted by the IMA editorial team or the judges |
GUIDELINES
IMA next is a photo competition that aims to support emerging photographers to succeed in the art photography world.
| How to apply | Please proceed to the dedicated entry form via the “ENTRY” button on each theme page. Note that each theme has its own entry form. You may upload between 1 and 5 photos per entry. In that case, the works will be judged as a single series. If you wish to submit another series, please complete a separate entry. Before applying, please make sure to read the Terms and Conditions. Submission of your entry will be regarded as your agreement to them.
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| Who can apply? | Applicants must be 16 years of age or older. Nationality, age, gender, and experience (professional or amateur) do not matter. Entries may be submitted by individuals or groups. |
| Submission period | Each theme will be open for submissions for approximately two months. A new theme will be announced each month, along with the start of its application period. |
| Image requirements | – All submissions need to be still photographs, no moving images will be accepted. All sorts of post-production processes are allowed. – DVD/Blue-Ray submissions will be rejected. – If the submitted work is deemed non-photographic, it may not be judged. – One entry can include up to five files, each up to 10 MB in size. – Any work that violates the rights of a third party (copyright, trademark right, portrait rights) cannot be submitted. If the work includes anything created by a third party (art work, films, photographs, music…etc.) and if it may concern any other rights, there is a need for you to have gotten permission from all party involved before you enter. |
