Your one-way ticket to showcase your unlimited artistic potential and unique approach at color photography to audiences across the globe.

About Us

Chromatic Awards is an international competition of color photography open to both professionals and amateurs. Participation in the Chromatic Awards offers not only prestige, but also the opportunity to win extra money for the development of passion. 

As such, every professional and amateur photographer from every corner of the world is invited and urged to participate in the very first edition of this international prestigious photographic competition dedicated to color photography where 20 categories will be adjudicated by an international jury composed of magazine editors, gallery curators, professional agents and other industry professionals.

Our Mission

Availability of photographic equipment makes the competition among photographers very large, and the possibility of breakthrough is extremely difficult. Amateurs and professional photographers who want to share their passion must demonstrate not only a good knowledge of the workshop, but also the tenacity in pursuing their aim. 

Our mission is to provide artists the opportunity to share their passion and stories through their photographs, promote the world's top photographers, and discover new, emerging talents. 

With twenty categories, the chance to show the very core of one’s work is limitless as world-renowned and competent professionals sit in the jury and scrutinize every iota of detail of each entry. Together we are building the art market and strengthening the position of color photography in the art world.

Why Join

The international range of the competition and the prestige the winners receive will not only enrich the portfolio, but also stand out in the art world and the media. The winning entries awarded with gold, silver and bronze medals for each category will be presented both in the Gallery of Winners and the Official Book of Chromatic Awards. The photographers will also receive the right to use the winner badge and certificate. 

Other than that, the winner among the professionals will receive $2,000 and the winner of the amateur category will get $1,000 as monetary awards on top of the media and magazine mileage mentioned above.

How to Enter

All entries for the Chromatic Awards 2018 must be made via the online application panel. 

AWARDS ARE OPEN TO COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY ONLY - NO BLACK AND WHITE IMAGES. 

Preparing the files:
- images prepared for uploading must be 1200 pixels wide (longest side),
- JPEG format (*.jpg or *.jpeg),
- sRGB or Adobe98 colour space, 8-bit,
- saved at maximum quality,
- do not include watermarks, borders* or signatures on your images (or your entry will be disqualified).
* except Polaroids and other traditional process photos where border is inherent part of the image.

Categories

In Chromatic Awards 2018 you can add your photos to 20 different categories divided for Professional and Amateursections. All category winners and Honorable Mentions will receive downloadable badges and certificates of achievement. 

Category list
Abstract
Architecture
Cityscapes
Conceptual
 Culture
Environmental
Fashion and Beauty
Fine Art
 Landscapes
Nature
Nudes
People
 Photojournalism
Photomanipulation
Portrait
Sports
 Still Life
Street
Travel
Wildlife and Animals

Entry Fees & Deadlines

Chromatic Awards 2018 entry fees and deadlines detailed information. 

ENTRY FEES
Professional: 20$ / Single Entry
Amateur: 15$ / Single Entry 

2 FOR 1 DEADLINE
22 July 2018 

FINAL DEADLINE
4 November 2018 

WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT
16 December 2018

Official Rules

Chromatic Color Photography Awards competition is open to professional and amateur photographers, using all forms of color photography, from any country. By registering and entering the Chromatic Photography Awards you hereby accept the rules and conditions outlined below. 

Anyone over 18 years of age can enter the competition with the exception of employees of Chromatic Awards, their associated companies and employees of any company chosen to sponsor prizes for the competition. Judges are not permitted to enter into the competition.

General Conditions

Only color photographs will be accepted to the contest. Black and white images (including toned images) will be disqualified. Images may be captured using film or digital. 

Entry must be submitted online at the following website: www.chromaticawards.com following the on-screen instructions carefully. Prints are not accepted. There is no limit to the number of individual images each artist may submit. 

Images that have won prizes in other competitions or that have been submitted in other competitions currently underway are eligible. There is no time or date restriction on when the image was taken. 

You may submit your photo in as many categories as you wish. Once the submission fee is paid, there is no possibility to edit your entry.  

Files must meet the following specifications:
- awards are open to color photography only; 
- sRGB or Adobe98 colour space, 8-bit;
- longest dimension must be 1200 pixels;
- saved as a JPEG at a maximum quality;
- no watermarks, borders* or signatures on your images.
* except Polaroids and other traditional process photos where border is inherent part of the image. 

Winning Entrants must be able to provide a high resolution digital file (minimum 2500px wide, 300dpi). This file will be used only to prove the ownership of the image. Winning Entrants who do not fulfill these eligibility criteria will be deemed ineligible and disqualified without the right to appeal. 

All entries must be the original work of the entrant and must not infringe the rights of any other party. The entrant must be the sole copyright owner of all photographs entered and must have obtained permission of any people featured in the entries (or their parents/guardians if children under 16 are featured). Further, the entrant must not have breached any laws when taking their photographs. 

Winners' names will be published online.

Copyrights & Usage Rights

Copyright of the images will remain at all times with the photographer. 

Images will be used strictly in connection to the awards and will not be used for any other marketing purposes other than to promote the contest and Winners. Images will not be resold or used by any other third party. If there is a request for such, we will forward that request to the photographer via e-mail. 

To promote winners of each category Chromatic Awards is granted the right to display images on social network websites (on our official profiles) including: Facebook, Instagram, Google+ and Twitter.

Prizes

The winner among the professionals will receive $2,000 and the winner of the amateur category will get $1,000. Cash prizes will be paid in USD by PayPal. Any fees incurred for foreign currency transfers will be deducted from the winning amount. 

Winning Entrants must be able to provide a high resolution digital file (minimum 2500px wide, 300dpi) to be included in Chromatic Photography Awards Annual Book. Only files sent on time that meet the requirements for printing will be published. Please note: if you have not been asked for high resolution file, your photo will not be included in the book.

Judging Conditions

Entries will be judged by nominated judges. Images will be judged on artistic merit, originality, subject and style. The decision of Chromatic Awards is final.

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