2022 BEST PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS

Our mission

What does it mean to you to be the best? Being open to something new, striving for self-improvement, winning gold medals? Only you know this unusual formula and this is your unique path! This unique path of each of us is real life and creativity!

The mission of the BEST PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS is to recognize, reward and present talented, BEST photographers from around the world and introduce them to the creative community around the world.

BEST Photography Awards 2022 categories info

Categories are in two sections: Professional and Non-Professional.

In our competition, we do not limit the number of images submitted by each individual photographer. You can also submit the same photo to any number of categories. Your photos will be rated individually by an esteemed panel of international judges, including: famous photographers, collectors, gallery owners, magazine editors and others.

The Best Photography Awards accepts submissions in the following categories:

Advertising

This category is for commercial images used to sell, market, promote or advertise a product, brand, service, or person(s).

Portrait

This category is for portrait photography. Artistic images of a person or group of people.

Nudes

This category for photos depicting the nude human body with an emphasis on form, composition, emotional content, and other aesthetic qualities.

Art photography / Digital art

This category is dedicated to creative photography and is open to the most incredible concepts and ideas. Digital manipulated photos are also accepted.

Fashion

This category is for photos showing clothes, accessories, hairstyles and anything related to fashion.

Architecture

This category is for architectural photography, buildings or structures and any part thereof; dynamic images of architecture or architectural details.

Nature

This category is for photography that is devoted to displaying natural elements such as landscapes, wildlife, plants, and close-ups of natural scenes and textures.

Open Theme

This category is for photos with a free theme.

Documentary / Photojournalism

This category is for photographs of events that make the news, through individual images documenting cultural, political or social issues affecting individuals or societies; coverage of news topics and their implications; and documenting human impact on the environment.

OUR JURY

	Dasha Art / Belarus Professional photographer https://dashafoto.com
	Marcel van Balken / Netherlands Professional photographer https://www.photure.nl
	Jonathan Banks / UK Humanitarian photographer https://photo-banks.com
	Howard Schatz / USA Professional photographer https://howardschatz.com
	Daniel Garcia Andersson / Spain Magazine CEO and Art Gallery owner https://moodartfair.com
	Dana Corina Schmidt / Germany DCS Contemporary Art Galery https://dcscontemporary.com
	Jashim Salam / Bangladesh Photographer and photojournalist https://jashimsalam.com
	Cosimo Barletta / Italy Professional photographer https://cosimobarletta.com
	Xun Chi / USA Professor at Laguna College of Art and Design https://chixun.net
	Tom Svensson/Sweden Conservationist and photographer https://tomsvensson.se
	Emilie Li Di/China China Independent Curator
	Amy Bell/Canada Founder & Creative Director https://unitedcoloursofdesignmag.com
	Valsecchi Olivier / France Professional Photographer https://www.oliviervalsecchi.com
	Oskar Ho/China President of IAI Design Award http://www.iai-apdf.com

The prizes

A feature of our photography contest is the promotion of talented authors and assistance in popularizing photography around the world. Our photo contest cooperates with galleries, magazines and also makes promotion at the state level, in order to encourage and promote the best authors. The administration of our competition sends special letters of recommendation to the country of the winner.

PROFESSIONAL
BEST Professional Photographer of the Year

• Interview in the Colours United of Design magazine, hard copy and 1 year subscription to the electronic version of the magazine
• Gold medal / Trophy / Diploma
• Special Winner Kit
• International Press and Publicity
• Showcased at the Winners Gallery

AMATEUR
Best Discovery of the Year

• Special interview in the Mood the Art of Today magazine
• Magazine Cover
• Gold medal / Trophy / Diploma
• Special Winner Kit
• International Press and Publicity
• Showcased at the Winners Gallery

Gold winners in professional categories will receive a gold medals of the competition and a diploma.
Gold winners in amateur categories will receive a digital gold medals of the competition and a diploma.
Silver, bronze and blue winners will receive an digital medals and diploma.

Medals of the winners

Category Winner	Silver Category Winner	Category Winner	Honorable mention

BEST Photography Awards Terms & Conditions

BEST Photography Awards competition is open to all Photographers: Amateur and Professional from all over the world. Anyone over 18 years of age can enter the competition with the exception of employees of the BEST Photography Awards.

By entering the BEST Photography Awards Competition, you hereby accept these Terms and Conditions.

By entering the Competition, you agree and acknowledge that the BEST Photography Awards is permitted to receive your registration data.

BEST Photography Awards may publish any material you submit, post, upload, email or otherwise transmit to it or to the website at its sole discretion and it shall be entitled to make additions or deletions to any such material prior to publication.

Any image submitted to the competition may be used by the BEST Photography Awards, and its media partners, for marketing and promotional purposes of the competition only. You hereby grant the BEST Photography Awards a non-exclusive, irrevocable license in each Entry throughout the world in all media for any use in connection with the competition.

ENTRY CONDITIONS

To enter, you must upload your Entry at the following website: www.bestphotographyawards.com following the on-screen instructions carefully.

There is no limit to the number of Entries (Single or Series) each artist may submit.

Entry Fees

Professional:
$20 per single image
$30 per series (2-5 images with same theme)

Emerging / Non-professional:
$15 per single image
$20 per series (2-5 images with same theme)

You may enter the same entry into as many categories as you wish. Additional fee for next category is $10.

Files must meet the following specifications:
– sRGB or Adobe98 color space, 8-bit;
– Longest dimension must be 1100 pixels;
– Saved as a JPEG at a setting of 10 (100%) or higher.
– No Watermarks / Copyright Units / Logos on images
– Only bleed photographs without borders

Winning Entrants must be able to provide a high-resolution digital file. This file will be used only to prove the ownership of the image. Winning Entrants who do not fulfill these eligibility criteria will be deemed ineligible and disqualified without the right to appeal.

There is no time or date restriction on when the image was taken.

All entries must be the original work of the entrant and must not infringe the rights of any other party. The entrant must be the sole copyright owner of all photographs entered and must have obtained permission of any people featured in the entries (or their parents/guardians if children under 16 are featured). Further, the entrant must not have breached any laws when taking their photographs.

Any photograph used by the BEST Photography Awards shall carry a credit line.

COPYRIGHTS & USAGE RIGHTS

Copyright of the images will remain at all times with the photographer.

For awarded images, copyright holders grant the BEST Photography Awards unlimited non-exclusive use of high-resolution images for activities in all media, including social media, online and print, in relation to the contest and all promotional activities without any remuneration being due.

Copyright holders of all awarded images grant the BEST Photography Awards non-exclusive use of low-resolution pictures on our website, without any remuneration being due.

Images will be used strictly in connection to the awards and will not be used for any other marketing purposes other than to promote the BEST Photography Awards. Images will not be resold or used for commercial purposes by any other third party.

To promote winners of the BEST Photography Awards is granted the right to display images on social network websites (on our official profiles) including: Facebook and Instagram, YouTube, Tweeter.

You agree to participate in related publicity and to the use of your name and images for the purposes of advertising, promotion and publicity in connection with the competition without additional compensation.

BEST Photography Awards and its media partners assume no responsibility and are not liable for any image misuse by external third parties.

PRIZES

BEST Professional Photographer of the Year

• Trophy
• Gold medal
• Diploma
• Winner Kit
• Special interview and presentation on the main page of the site.

BEST Discovery of the Year

• Trophy
• Gold medal
• Diploma
• Winner Kit
• Special interview and presentation on the main page of the site.

Gold winners in each category will receive a gold medal of the competition and a diploma.
Silver, bronze and blue winners will receive an online medal and diploma.

We will contact the winners to confirm the delivery address of the prizes. Prizes for the main winners will be sent by international mail to the address provided by the winner.

JUDGING CONDITIONS

Entries will be judged by nominated judges.

Images will be judged category by category. Category winners will be chosen based on the highest individual image score.

Winners of each subcategory will be awarded with: Golden Award, Silver Award, Bronze award and Honorable mention.

Entrants with the highest final score within each category will be announced the category’s winner.

The entrants with the highest final score in Professional and Non-Professional level of expertise will be announced the major prize winners with the titles: BEST Photographer of the Year and Discovery of the Year.

The decision of the BEST Photography Awards is final.

DEADLINES

Start of accepting applications
1 October, 2022

Final Deadline
30 April, 2023

Winners Announcement
30 May, 2023

Contact Us

Need help or have a question?

Email: info@bestphotographyawards.com

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