If you have a camera, you could win $65,000
The second Syngenta Photography Award is now open for entries.
National Press Club members are encouraged to participate.
The award aims to stimulate dialogue and create awareness around significant global challenges through powerful photography.
The Syngenta Photography Award invites professional and amateur photographers from all over the world to submit applications in two categories: the Professional Commission and the Open Competition. The award offers total prize money of $65,000, including a $25,000 professional commission. Images from the award will be exhibited in March 2015 at Somerset House, one of London’s most celebrated arts and culture venues.
The theme of the 2014 award is “Scarcity-Waste” drawing attention to the challenge of ensuring there is enough land, food and water for future generations. The resources used and the waste created today are equivalent of one and a half planets.
Entries will be judged by a distinguished international panel chaired by author and curator William A. Ewing.
“I am delighted to have been invited for the second time to chair the jury sessions of the Syngenta Photography Award and be part of the inspiring jury discussions,” Ewing said. “I was deeply impressed with the quality of work submitted for the inaugural award and I now look forward to discover more outstanding work from professional and amateur photographers under a new theme.”
The award is free to enter and the application deadline for both the Professional Commission and Open Competition is Sept. 15. Applications to the Syngenta Photography Award must be submitted by completing the online application form.
The Professional Commission is for professional photographers whose major income is derived from photography. Please submit between between five and 10 images along with a creative project proposal related to this year’s “Scarcity-Waste” theme.
The Open Competition is open to both professional and amateur photographers. Please submit between one and three images exploring the "Scarcity-Waste" theme.
The shortlist of finalists will be announced at the end of November 2014. The winners will be announced at the Syngenta Photography Award ceremony in March 2015.
The judging panel is expected to include:
- William A. Ewing, curator, photography author and director of Curatorial Projects at Thames & Hudson Publishing of Canada
- Iatã Cannabrava, a Brazilian photographer
- Stephen Dunbar-Johnson, president, international for The New York Times based in the United Kingdom
- Ekaterina Inozemtseva, chief curator at the Multimedia Art Museum in Russia
- Marcus Lyon, a photographer based in the United Kingdom
- Mike Mack, chief executive officer of Syngenta of the United States
- Liu Heung Shing, a photographer and photo editor based in China
The Open Competition advisors are:
- Simon Roberts, a photographer based in the United Kingdom
- Malu Halasa, a writer and editor in Jordan and the Philippines
Launched in 2012, the Syngenta Photography Award was created to stimulate dialogue around key global challenges and to establish an important platform to explore issues of global significance through photography. For the inaugural competition, exploring the theme of Rural-Urban, 2,500 applicants from all over the world submitted their photographs to the Open Competition, including 450 submissions from professional photographers for the commission. The Rural-Urban exhibition is available online.
Syngenta is one of the world's leading companies with more than 28,000 employees in more than 90 countries dedicated to bringing plant potential to life. Through world-class science, global reach and commitment to our customers to increase crop productivity, protect the environment and improve health and quality of life. More information is available at www.syngenta.com.