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Submit your best

travel photograph from

Asia, and you could win

over rs. 3 lakhs and a

Samsung NX1!

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Travel Photographer Asia

The Competition: An international photography contest

that is centered around travel photography in Asia.

Theme: Travel photography.

Prizes: The winner will receive 20,900 Malaysian Ringgit

(approx. Rs. 3,50,280), a Samsung NX1, a chance to

participate in the Foundry Photojournalism Workshop,

amongst other prizes.

entry Fee: 20 Malaysian Ringgit (approx. Rs. 335)

per entry.

website: http://www.travelphotographerasia.com/gallery

Deadline: 20 April

2015 Nikon Small world Competition

The Competition: The contest is open to all interested

photomicrographers, that is, photography through the

microscope. Participants are allowed to submit images

with any kind of light microscopy technique.

Prizes: The first, second and third prize winner will

receive USD 3000 (approx. Rs. 1,87,320), USD 2000

(approx. Rs. 1,24,900) and USD 1000 (approx.

Rs. 62,450) respectively, toward the purchase of

Nikon equipment.

website: http://www.nikonsmallworld.com/photo/info

Deadline: 30 April

Felix Schoeller Photo Award

The Competition: The premier photo paper manufacturer

Felix Schoeller, is organising a photography contest for

professional and emerging photographers worldwide.

Categories: Portrait, Landscape/Nature, Architecture/

Industry, Photojournalism/Editorial Photography, Free

Choice/Conceptual Photography, Best Work by an

Emerging Photographer.

Prizes: The overall contest winner will receive the Felix

Schoeller Photo Award in Gold, and 10,000 euros

(approx. Rs. 6,68,890) in prize money. Each category

winner will receive 2000 euros (approx. Rs. 1,33,790).

website: http://www.felix-schoeller-photoaward.com

Deadline: 31 May

Bw Child 2015

The Competition: Submit your best black and white

photographs of children.

Prizes: The winner will receive the Black and White Child

Photographer of the Year award, along with USD 1000.

entry Fee: USD 10 (approx. Rs. 600) for a single image,

USD 20 (approx. Rs. 1250) for three images and USD 30

(approx. Rs. 1875) for five images.

website: http://www.blackandwhite.childphotocompetition.com

Deadline: 15 July

iPhone Images are Showing Up on Billboards Globally

A

pple has started rolling out a new

advertising campaign called Shot on

iPhone 6. Starting this week, billboards

in 70 cities, including Mumbai, in 24

countries, will feature photos captured by

77 iPhone 6 photographers, from across

the globe. This makes the endeavour the

largest mobile photo gallery ever put

together, featuring the work of a group

that spans a wide range of backgrounds,

nationalities, ages, professions, cultures

and photography experience.

The photographs being used won’t be

created by professional photographers

Aspect ratio is the

ratio of the width

of the image by

the height. it gives

you an idea of the

dimensions and

shape of the image.

Commonly used

aspect ratios include

4:3, 16:9 and 3:2.

PrO TALk

Dan C

Amar R

for Apple. Instead, the company reviewed

thousands of images on the web to select

their favourites, which will be showcased.

The pictures, along with additional video

content, can also be found on their website:

http://www.apple.com/iphone/world-gallery

19 March – 5 April

Social Animals

alliance Francaise de Delhi, New Delhi

International artists

from across different

forms of media (street

art, installation art,

photography, video and

more) mix their practices

together to present a

cutting-edge program.

A first in India, this

exhibition is based on

the notion that man is a

social animal.

26 March – 18 April 2015

As i see it...

Vadehra art gallery, New Delhi

Everyday moments as

seen by photographer

Naveen Munjal form a

large part of this exhibit.

26 March – 18 April 2015

india Unposed

Vadehra art gallery, New Delhi

A collection of

photographs from

American photographer

Craig Semetko’s book

India Unposed will be on

display. The exhibition

will showcase humorous

B&W prints that Semetko

captured during his three

month stay in the country.

29 March

Photography

workshop

Piramal gallery, Mumbai

The Fisheye Institute of

Photography is organising

two workshops on the

basics of photography

for children and adults.

The workshops, both

two-hours long, will teach

participants different

techniques on how to

make great images with

any digital camera.

Naveen Munjal

Craig Semetko

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