Photo contest: Launch Shapes 2024

AAP Magazine #42 Shapes: Win $1,000 Cash Prizes and Get Published!

Enter here! We are thrilled to announce the call for submissions for the 42nd printed issue of AAP Magazine, themed "Shapes." This issue will spotlight the most compelling projects that explore and celebrate shapes in photography. Shapes are everywhere—look around and observe the points, lines, patterns, and silhouettes that form our world. From squares and circles to triangles and hexagons, the choice is yours!

Capture the essence of shapes through light, texture, and shadow, and let your creativity shine.

Henri Cartier-Bresson once said, "The rhythm of surfaces, lines, and values is for me the essence of photography; composition should be a constant of preoccupation... an organic coordination of visual elements."

We invite photographers to submit their images, preferably in series, where shapes not only influence the photos but also stand as the primary subject. Whether your work falls under architecture, portrait, landscape, nude, street, or any other genre—classic or experimental—we want to see your best and most intriguing photography from around the globe. Prizes and Recognition

Winners will receive cash awards totaling $1,000, have their work printed in AAP Magazine #42, and gain extensive press coverage.

1st Place Winner
Cash Prize: $500
Exclusive interview and winning image(s) or portfolio published in AAP Magazine, Volume 42: Shapes
One free copy of AAP Magazine available for sale and distribution on Blurb.com
Winning work showcased in the online Winners Gallery of All About Photo

2nd Place Winner
Cash Prize: $300
Winning image(s) or portfolio in AAP Magazine, Volume 42: Shapes
One free copy of AAP Magazine available for sale and distribution on Blurb.com
Winning work showcased in the online Winners Gallery of All About Photo

3rd Place Winner
Cash Prize: $200
Winning image(s) or portfolio published in AAP Magazine, Volume 42: Shapes
One free copy of AAP Magazine available for sale and distribution on Blurb.com
Winning work showcased in the online Winners Gallery of All About Photo

Particular Merit Mention
The next 23 winners (ranked 4th to 25th) will have their best image(s) or portfolio published in AAP Magazine Vol.42.

All winners will have their work published in the 42nd printed issue of AAP Magazine, receive a free copy of the magazine, and have their portfolio showcased in the Winners Gallery of www.all-about-photo.com.

Submit your work today and show us the shapes that inspire you!

Enter here!

Photo Contest: Black and White Photo Contest 2024

Our 41st printed issue of AAP Magazine will feature the best projects showcasing the theme "Black and White".

Black and white photography evokes poetry, nostalgia. The timelessness of black and white images focuses on its subjects, highlights contrasts, lines and enhances the power of light.

Reveal yourself!

"In black and white there are more colors than color photography, because you are not blocked by any colors so you can use your experiences, your knowledge, and your fantasy, to put colors into black and white." – Anders Petersen

Send us your images - series preferably- celebrating the beauty and the power of black and white photography. Whether in portrait, landscape, nude, street or any other form of photography - classic or experimental: we're open to all genres and we want to discover the best and most interesting photography from all over the world.

Winners will receive $1,000 in cash awards, their winning image(s) or full portfolio published in AAP Magazine#41, extensive press coverage and global recognition.

All winners will have their work published in the 41st printed issue of AAP Magazine, a free copy of the magazine and their portfolio showcased in the Winners Gallery of www.all-about-photo.com.

1st Place winner
Cash Prize: $500 (US Dollars).
Exclusive interview and winning image(s) or portfolio published in AAP Magazine, Volume 41: B&W
One free copy of AAP Magazine that will be for sale and distributed on Blurb.com
Winning work showcased on the online Winners Gallery of All About Photo

2nd Place Winner
Cash Prize: $300 (US Dollars).
Winning image(s) or portfolio in AAP Magazine, Volume 41: B&W
One free copy of AAP Magazine that will be for sale and distributed on Blurb.com
Winning work showcased on the online Winners Gallery of All About Photo

3rd Place Winner
Cash Prize: $200 (US Dollars).
Winning image(s) or portfolio published in AAP Magazine, Volume 41: B&W
One free copy of AAP Magazine that will be for sale and distributed on Blurb.com
Winning work showcased on the online Winners Gallery of All About Photo

Particular Merit Mention
The next twenty two winners (ranked from 4 to 25) will have their best image(s) or portfolio published in AAP Magazine Vol.41.

More information here

Photo Contest: Win a Solo Exhibition in July 2024

Get International Exposure and Connect with Industry Insiders, Art Collectors and Potential Buyers

Win an online Solo Exhibition in July 2024

Get International Exposure and Connect with Industry Insiders, Art Collectors and Potential Buyers

Each month an amazing photographer will be awarded a Solo Exhibition in our new dedicated showroom pages. Next exhibition dates: July 1-31, 2024

We want to showcase incredible work. Photography that awakens our imagination, transforms our way of thinking, or simply resonates with who we are.

The Solo Exhibition enables you to reach a wider audience through our independent magazine that has become one of the most vibrant portals of photography on the web.

The Solo Exhibition competition is open to any category of photography or subject matter. Photojournalism, street photography, artistic photography, portrait, nudes, landscapes, nature, wildlife, urban, architecture, fashion, fine art, or documentary photography, the subject doesn't matter, unleash your creativity!

Whether you are a professional photographer or a photography enthusiast, please send us a cohesive body of work or portfolio. Only a unified group of photos will be published as a solo exhibition. Make your online photo gallery stand out. Submit one project or a body of work that showcases unity.

You can submit between 6 and 16 images for a flat fee of $45!

The Solo Exhibition is an amazing promotional tool designed to showcase your work worldwide!

Juror: Sandrine Hermand-Grisel, Photographer, Founder & Editor All About Photo

More information here

Netherlands: ROBIN DE PUY ' Water & Meer'

From 15 June to 8 September 2024, the exhibition ‘Water & Meer’ by Robin de Puy will be on show at Museum Henriette Polak. 'Waters & Meer' shows a selection from the well-known photographer's recent projects Down By The Water (2022) and Waters (2023). The recognisability of her work and the impressive portraits she creates touch a wide audience. The exhibition was put together in close cooperation with Robin de Puy.

"The longer I don't travel, the more I dare to look at where I live. I see how my new surroundings take care of me. How the baker and the greengrocer bring my groceries to my door every Saturday morning. How all kinds of people call this their village, their neighborhood, their home. I see families who have lived here for generations, I see refugees, outcasts, and graduates, I see urban diversity mixed with a small village frame of mind."

Robin de Puy has lived for several years in Wormer, a small village surrounded by water just north of Amsterdam. She is fascinated by rural America and discovered during the recent lockdown that her new surroundings also turn out to be very universal, with the same kind of small-town local icons she has often encountered during her travels through the landscapes of America.

Robin de Puy; Ali and Saker #2, 2021

Robin de Puy (1986) studied at the Fotoacademie Rotterdam and has previously exhibited at institutions and galleries including the Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht (2018), the Fotomuseum Den Haag (2016), the Stedelijk Museum Breda (2016) and Photoville, New York (2016). Among numerous other awards, De Puy won the National Portrait Prize in both 2013 and 2019. Her work is in important public and private collections, including the Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht; De Nederlandse Bank, Amsterdam; Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar; Centraal Museum Utrecht, Utrecht; Fotomuseum Den Haag, The Hague; Huis Marseille, Amsterdam and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague. Photos by De Puy are very regularly published in De Volkskrant, among others, and in photo books.

The Mondriaan Fund, the public incentive fund for visual arts and cultural heritage, has made this exhibition possible.

The official opening of ‘Water & Meer’ will take place today June 14th from 15.00 to 17:00 at Museum Henriette Polak in Zutphen, the Netherlands. You can register for the opening using the button below.

Discover more exhibitions here

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