2022 Neutral Density Photography Awards
be internationally recognized in the world of photography with nd awards
The highly acclaimed ND AWARDS is a melting pot of some of the world’s most outstanding and talented souls in the field of photography where recognition, prestige and publicity are instantaneously gained by the winning entry. This is an open invitation. Join us and take part in the competition!
about
The past couple of years have been an evident testament of the success of ND AWARDS on its journey towards becoming one of the most sought-after professional competitions among photographers. Our trademark is modern approach to photography coupled with respect towards tradition. In the spirit of reciprocity, at ND AWARDS, our participants are the center of the competition as this award-giving body cannot exist without its participants. The latter are just as equally important for us as we are for them. In the same vein, we illuminate the path to development as we continue to discover, inspire and find out track promotion for the best artists.
Unconventional approach and strong vision of development direction in photography are the reasons why ND AWARDS gained such enormous popularity. Aimed at all types of photography, ND AWARDS is the perfect platform where professionals compete in six main categories: Architecture, Editorial, Fine Art, Nature, People and Special. Amateurs can also vie for the title as they compete in five categories: Architecture, Fine Art, Nature, People and Special.
Our jury is a group of highly respected industry professionals, including gallery owners, publishers, editors and acclaimed photographers. Do not miss this rare opportunity to take part in one of the most prestigious annual photo contests. Choose your best work, upload photos and give yourself a chance to compete for prestige, fame and more than $ 7,500 in monetary award!
guidelines
Photographs must be resized to 1100 pixels on the longest side.
They must be saved as JPEG file (JPG).
Prepare your files with the following specifications:
- – sRGB or Adobe98 colour space, 8-bit;
- – longest dimension 1100 pixels;
- – saved as a JPEG at a setting of 10 (100%) or higher;
- – no watermarks / copyright units / personal logos on images;
- – only bleed photographs without borders*;
*except Polaroids and other traditional process photos where border is inherent part of the image.
categories info
Categories are in two sections: Professional and Non-Professional.
There is no limit to the number of individual images or image series each photographer may submit. You may enter all your images into 1 category, or any of the 30 sub-categories. You may also enter the same image into as many categories as you wish. Your photos will be rated individually by an esteemed panel of international judges, including: gallery owners, publishers, editors and renowned photographers.
Winners of each subcategory will be awarded with: Gold Star, Silver Star and Bronze Star awards.
Entrants with the highest final score within each category will be announced the category’s winner.
6 winners of each professional category will receive $500.
5 winners of each Non-professional category will receive $300
The entrants with the highest final score in Professional and Non-Professional level of expertise will
be announced the major prize winners ($2500 and $1300) with the titles:
Photographer of the Year and Discovery of the Year.
professional categories
architecture
- Bridges
- Buildings
- Cityscapes
- Interior
- Other
editorial
- Daily Life
- Documentary
- Environmental
- General News
- Other
- Photo Essay / Story
- Sports
fine art
- Abstract
- Conceptual
- Landscape
- Nudes
- Photomanipulation
nature
- Aerial
- Landscapes
- Other
- Seascapes / Waterscapes
- Trees
- Underwater
- Wildlife
people
- Children
- Fashion / Beauty
- Other
- Portrait
- Travel / Culture
- Wedding / Family
special
- Advertising
- Drone Photography
- Long Exposure
- Mobile Photography
- Night Photography
- Open Theme
- Panoramic
- Street Photography
non-professional categories
architecture
- Bridges
- Buildings
- Cityscapes
- Industrial
- Interior
- Other
fine art
- Abstract
- Conceptual
- Landscape
- Nudes
- Other
- Photomanipulation
nature
- Flowers
- Landscapes
- Macro
- Other
- Seascapes / Waterscapes
- Trees
- Wildlife
people
- Children
- Family
- Fashion / Beauty
- Other
- Portrait
- Self-Portrait
- Travel / Culture
special
- Drone Photography
- Long Exposure
- Mobile Photography
- Night Photography
- Open Theme
- Panoramic
- Photojournalism / Story
- Street Photography
annual prestigious photography contest
entry fees and deadlines
Here are the details about entry fees and deadlines for 2022 edition of ND Awards.
early deadline entry fees and date
Early Deadline
24 April 2022
Non-Professional – Single image entry fee: $15
Non-Professional – Series entry fee (from 2 to 5 images): $20
Professional – Single image entry fee: $20
Professional – Series entry fee (from 2 to 5 images): $25
final deadline entry fees and date
Final Deadline
18 September 2022
Non-Professional – Single image entry fee: $20
Non-Professional – Series entry fee (from 2 to 5 images): $25
Professional – Single image entry fee: $25
Professional – Series entry fee (from 2 to 5 images): $30
multiple category entries
Additional Fee
$10 per category
winners announcement
20 November 2022
prizes
2022 professional grand prize professional grand wrize winner will receive:
$2,500 cash prize,
($2000 + $500 for category winner)
title: ND Photographer of the Year,
monthly feature on the front page of ND Magazine, showcase for a year at the front page of Winners’ Gallery and international press and publicity, winners logo and certificate.
2022 non-professional grand prize non-professional grand prize winner will receive:
$1,300 cash prize,
($1000 + $300 for category winner)
title: ND Discovery of the Year,
monthly feature on the front page of ND Magazine, showcase for a year at the front page of Winners’ Gallery and international press and publicity, winners logo and certificate.
2022 professional category winners 6 professional category winners will receive:
$500 cash prize each,
titles:
– ND Architectural Photographer of the Year
– ND Editorial Photographer of the Year
– ND Fine Art Photographer of the Year
– ND Nature Photographer of the Year
– ND People Photographer of the Year
– ND Special Category Photographer of the Year
weekly feature on the front page of ND Magazine, showcase at the Winners’ Gallery and international press and publicity, winners logo and certificate.
2022 non-professional category winners 5 professional category winners will receive:
$300 cash prize each,
titles:
– ND Architectural Discovery of the Year
– ND Discovery Photographer of the Year
– ND Discovery Photographer of the Year
– ND People Discovery of the Year
– ND Special Category Discovery of the Year
weekly feature on the front page of ND Magazine, showcase at the Winners’ Gallery and international press and publicity, winners logo and certificate.
2022 subcategory winners professional and non-professional subcategory winners will receive:
Gold, Silver and Bronze medals, showcase at the online Winners’ Gallery, winners certificate.
2022 honorable mentions professional and non-professional honorable mentions winners winners will receive:
Honorable Mention medal, showcase at the online Winners’ Gallery, winners certificate.
judges
Dora Somosi
artist & art consultant
dorasomosi.com
Carl Corey
photographer
carlcorey.com
Fran Forman
photographer
franforman.com
Charles Griffin
griffin editions
griffineditions.com
Sybylla Smith
independent curator
jsybyllasmith.com
Amos Mac
writer & photographer
amosmac.com
Natasha Volk
photographer
natashavolk.com
Angelo Cucchetto
fotografia in italia
photographers.it
Celia D. Luna
photographer
celiadluna.com
Aart Verrips
photographer
aart-verrips.com
Flora Borsi
photographer
floraborsi.com
Michel Tremblay
zoom photo festival
zoomphotofestival.ca
Olina Bi
haida photo supplies
haidaphoto.com
Paul Thompson
photographer
paulthompsonstudio.com
Shelby Knick
photographer
shelbyknick.com
Ron Ceballos
congress mgmt.
congress-mgmt.co
Christy Lee Rogers
visual artist
christyleerogers.com
terms & conditions
ND 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 ND Awards, their associated companies and employees of any company chosen to sponsor prizes for the competition.
By registering and entering the ND Awards Competition you hereby accept these Terms and Conditions. By entering the Competition, you agree and acknowledge that the ND Awards is permitted to receive your registration data.
ND 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 ND Awards, and its media partners, for marketing and promotional purposes of the competition only. You hereby grant the ND Awards a non-exclusive, irrevocable license in each Entry throughout the world in all media for any use in connection with the competition.
Winners and Honourable Winners will be published online on https://ndawards.net entry conditions To enter, you must upload your Entry at the following website: www.ndawards.net following the on-screen instructions carefully.
There is no limit to the number of Entries (Single or Series) each artist may submit. You may enter your Entry into 1 Category, or any of the 30 sub-categories.
You may enter the same Entrey into as many categories as you wish. Additional fee for next category is $10.
Files must meet the following specifications:
– sRGB or Adobe98 colour 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.
Images that have won prizes in other competitions or that have been submitted in other competitions currently underway are eligible.
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. copyrights & usage rights Copyright of the images will remain at all times with the photographer.
For awarded images, copyright holders grant the ND 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 ND 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 ND Awards. Images will not be resold or used for commercial purposes by any other third party.
To promote winners of the ND Awards is granted the right to display images on social network websites (on our official profiles) including: Facebook and Instagram.
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.
ND Awards and its media partners assume no responsibility and are not liable for any image misuse by external third parties.
Any photograph used by the ND Awards shall carry a credit line. prizes Cash prizes will be paid in USD via PayPal. Any fees incurred for foreign currency transfers will be deducted from the winning amount. There are no alternatives available for prize winners. 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 Star, Silver Star and Bronze Star awards.
Entrants with the highest final score within each category will be announced the category’s winner.
*Winner of each Professional category will receive $500.
*Winner of each Non-Professional category will receive $300.
The entrants with the highest final score in Professional and Non-Professional level of expertise will be announced the major prize winners ($2500 and $1300) with the titles: Photographer of the Year and Discovery of the Year.
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