THE PHOTOGRAPHY FOUNDATION AWARD prizes
Discover the fantastic prizes for the Awards below. All entrants have the opportunity to not only win the amazing prizes but to have their work professionally exhibited and exposed to an international audience. We thank all our prize partners for supporting the Awards.
Greg Williams - world leading entertainment photographer
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Provided by Leica, this prize fund will contribute to either an on-going or new photography project.
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An incredible opportunity to have your own portfolio reviewed by the worlds leading entertainment photographer, Greg Williams. The portfolio review will be carried out online via Zoom.
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The Black and White category is sponsored by the Black+White Photography Magazine who are providing subscriptions to their magazine as part of the prizes
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The winner and runner-up of the Black and White Category will have their images published in Black+White Photography Magazine
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Sponsored by Manfrotto, the Landscapes category winner gets a Befree Advanced twist carbon tripod
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A photopass for the next Flackstock festival - the UK’s biggest and most accessible festival promoting mental health awareness, organised by friends and family of the late Caroline Flack.
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An award winning Bluetooth shutter button in an ergonomically designed grip that enables you to hold and shoot you phone one-handed like a traditional camera.
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Sponsored by VLF Records, win a chance to shoot an act on the VLF Records roster with a £500 budget thrown in!
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Provided by The Photography Foundation, the winner of the Portraits and People category will get a 1 day studio pass to shoot at the Foundations impressive studio.
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Winners, runner-up and highly commended winners will have their images exhibited at the annual Photography Awards winners exhibition attended by industry professionals, awards winning photographers, writers, journalists and many more
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Inline with the values and ethics of The Photography Foundation, who organise and manage the awards, the barriers for entry t the awards is significantly reduced. We believe awards should be open to all, therefore everyone gets 1 free image.
Overall Winner:
'Photography foundation Awards Photographer of the Year'
The overall winner of the Photography Foundation Awards becomes our Photographer of the year. The overall winner will be selected by the judges from one of the category winners. There will only be one overall winner.
Overall Winner Prizes:
All category winner prizes and benefits below, plus:
Title of ‘Photography Foundation Awards - Photographer of the Year’
£2,000 prize from Leica (to be used towards a new or ongoing photo project)
Portfolio review from renowned entertainment photographer Greg Williams.
Overall winners logo
Category Winner:
Voted for by the international panel of judges, each of the awards categories will have one category winner. The voting will be completed independently and anonymously to ensure no conflicts of interest, and each category winner will automatically be entered into the final vote for the overall winner and the ‘Photography Foundation Photographer of the Year’.
Category Winner Prizes & Benefits:
Title of ‘Photography Foundation Awards 2023 – [category] Winner’
The phone G Grip by Greg Williams
Specific category prizes from the category sponsor:
Black and White - Annual subscription to Black+White Photography Magazine and image published in the magazine
Landscapes - Manfrotto Befree Advanced twist carbon tripod
Music - photo pass for either VLF records artist or Flackstock Festival
Portraits & People - 1 day studio pass at The Photography Foundation’s industry leading studio
Your image exhibited at our annual awards exhibition
Category winners logo (For use on winners socials, website etc)
Publication in our online winners gallery
Publication on social media channels
Winners interview journal post
Potential international publicity
Category Runner-up:
Our panel of judges will be voting on the images entered into the competition, which will result in not only a winner for the category, but also a runner-up. The runner-up for each category will not be entered into the overall winner vote, however, will win a selection of great prizes and gain international exposure. There will be one runner-up for each category.
Each Category Runner-up Prizes & Benefits:
Title of ‘Photography Foundation Awards 2023 – [category] Runner-up’
Black and White category - Annual subscription to Black+White Photography Magazine and image published in the magazine
Music category - photo pass for either VLF records artist or Flackstock Festival
Your image(s) exhibited at our annual awards exhibition
Runners-up logo (For use on winner’s socials, website etc)
Publication in Online Winners Gallery
Publication on social media channels
Potential international publicity
Highly Commended:
There will be a handful of ‘Highly Commended’ awards allocated. These are not category specific and will be awarded to images which didn’t quite reach the winner or runner-up award, but are of very high quality. Being selected as a Highly Commended image is still a fantastic achievement and comes with great prizes and international exposure.
Highly Commended Winners Prizes & Benefits:
Title of ‘Photography Foundation Awards 2023 – Highly Commended’
Your image(s) exhibited at our annual awards exhibition
Highly commended winners logo (For use on winner’s website etc)
Publication in Online Gallery
Publication on social media channels
Potential international publicity
All Entrants:
Inline with the values of The Photography Foundation who runs and manages the awards, the Photography Foundation Awards are open to anyone, whether they are a professional photographer or not. We believe in accessibility to the awards and want to celebrate the diversity of images captured.
All competition entrants:
One free entry to the competition (must be on the mailing list)
Images viewed by a global panel of judges
Chance of Publication in Online Gallery
Chance of Publication on social media channels
Potential for International publicity