The 11th International Artistic Photo Contest in Vietnam launched

Jenna Duong

Apr 01, 2021 / 11:18 AM

Photographers of all nationalities are invited to join the 11th International Artistic Photo Contest in Vietnam and vie for great prizes.

The 11th International Artistic Photo Contest in Vietnam is held by the Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists (VAPA), under the sponsorship of the International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP), the Image Sans Frontiere (ISF) and Photographic Society of America (PSA). The launching ceremony of the contest was held on March 31 in Hanoi.

An awarded photo in the 10th International Artistic Photo Contest in Vietnam by Tran Bao Hoa.

The contest consists four categories of “free-themed in color”, “free-themed in monochrome”, “Travel photography” (in both color and monochrome) and “Portrait Photography” (in both color and monochrome).

Photographers can submit a maximum of four works for each category. Entries must originate as photographs (image-captures of objects via light sensitivity) made by the entrant on photographic emulsion or acquired digitally.

The entries of the contest should have never been awarded or exhibited in any international photography competitions before.

Photographers can send entries directly to http://www.contestvn.com/, until July 31, 2021.

There will be 97 awards, including one FIAP/PSA/ISF/VAPA gold medals, one FIAP/PSA/ ISF/VAPA silver medals, one FIAP/PSA/ ISF/VAPA bronze medals and three FIAP/PSA/ ISF/VAPA honorable mentions.

The winning images will be displayed at an exhibition that will be organized in October, 2021

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