100,000 JPY Cash Prize

– Portfolio Review by Naoki Honjo
– Exposure on IMA ONLINE and IMA’s official social media
– Group exhibition at Kitamura Camera Gallery in Shinjuku, Tokyo
(Exhibition Date: December 17, 2022 – January 15, 2023 (tentative schedule))

– Exposure on IMA ONLINE and IMA official social media
– Portfolio Review by IMA

UNREAL/REAL
– Judge：Naoki Honjo

From April 11, 2022 to June 20, 2022

2,000JPY per entry.
We only accept credit cards (Visa, Mastercard, American Express).

The applicant must be older than 16 years old.

Otherwise, anyone is welcome! We have no restriction in terms of your nationality, age, gender or experience (Professional/Amateur).

* Please read the Terms of Use before applying. By submitting your application, we will assume that you agree to the Terms of Use.

– Please go to the application form from “ENTRY”, send the necessary information, and pay the application fee (¥ 2,000 per entry).
– 1～5 photographs can be uploaded for each entry, however in that case, all your photographs in the entry will be judged as 1 series. If you would like to submit multiple series, please make another entry. There is no limit to the number of entries per theme.

– 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.
– The submission of 1 ~ 5 images of 10MB each are possible for 1 entry.
– 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.