Open Categories - what are the Judges looking for?
This competition offers 3 open categories to enter your images.
1. Faces of Earth
2. Faces of Asia
3. Faces of the Wild
Some of you may have been a bit confused of where to enter your images, so let me go through this in a bit more detail here:
1. “Faces of Earth”
sums up all those great images of Landscapes, Seascapes and other scenic images. Architectural pictures would go here, as well as Monuments. Images that show the viewer unmistakably where he is, as well as that newly discovered place, you just came across.
It could be the Taj Mahal or Ankor Wat, The Amazing beaches of Borocay or the Aerial picture of the Maldives. The jungle of Borneo in the morning mist, or the mountain range of the Himalayas.
Whatever the choice is: Wow us with stunning views and the feel of “I wanna be there”. Although humans or other living creatures may and sometimes should be present to give context, mood or scale, they will most likely not be the main subjects in this pictures.
Ask yourself in those cases if the images fit better in category 2 or 3.
2. “Faces of Asia”
Thats where the judges like to see those amazing Portraitures and People shots. Bear in mind though, that a portraiture does not have to be a close tight shot.
There is the classical portraiture, as well as the environmental portraiture. It can go as far as capturing the intimate moment of people in their surrounding. Whatever your choice is: People and their story are the “main act” in this shots.
If you should get stuck, think about the great imagery of Olivier Follmy or Steve Mc Curry here to name some reference.
3. “Faces of the Wild”
This is a bit more straight forward. You could say its the above category, but the focus is on the animals.
Frans Lanting springs to my mind as a perfect example of reference.
June 21st, 2009 at 1:49 am
can u pls elaborate on FACES OF FREEDOM as well? thank you!
I’m sorry this took some time. I checked back with the AG office on this matter. The wording is misleading on this and we will adjust it.
What it should say that this is an “Open Category” to photograph anything that is “Asia” and of course is shot in Asia. I hope this helps to clarify.
And.. of course you can enter in more then just one category.
Thanks
felix
September 25th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
Hi there,
Where can I include the picture of plant ?
“Faces of Earth”, “Faces of the Wild”, or shouldn’t be included at all ?
Sorry, kinda biased with this statement
Faces of the Wild –> “…..but the focus is on the animals”
Thank you
Peter
September 25th, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Hi Peter, I guess images of plants alone don’t really fit in to any category in this competition. However, if the plant is only part of the image that includes a landscape then you can submit to “Faces of Earth”. Hope that helps?
September 26th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
Dear admin,
Thank you for your answer. Will try to recheck my entries again.
Peter