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Color Photography Contest
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Celebrating distinctive single images that celebrate and honor color photography
Awards & Benefits
Winners of the reFocus Awards enjoy more than prizes; honorees will be actively promoted and celebrated throughout the year and beyond.
Prizes are designed to meet your needs as a photographer, wherever they are in their careers.
Global Exposure
Receive international press exposure as well as have your work judged by industry professionals, gallery directors, museum curators, and influential tastemakers
Cash Prizes
$4,000+ in cash prizes
Exhibition:
An artist-forward space dedicated to exhibiting your works online
Winner's Assets
Custom badges and certificates to seamlessly share your wins with the world and get your work the attention it deserves
Artist Directory
Receive your own personalized page with links to your website and social profiles as a year-round point of discovery for your work
Press Release
Customized press assets to help you share your win using a professionally written and formatted press release
Winner’s Interview
A publicly-shared and promoted interview with links to your work and social profile will help you get the global recognition you deserve
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Professional
Non Professional
Contest Winners
Category Winners (Gold, Silver, Bronze)
People’s Vote Award
Honorable Mention
Nominee
Every Entrant
$2,500 in Cash Prizes
Personalized Black Crystal reFocus Trophy
Printed & Embossed Winner’s Achievement Certificate
Published Winner's Interview
Receive Feature in Dedicated Email to Global Audience
Eligible to Purchase the Clear Crystal reFocus Trophy
Premier Artist Placements Throughout reFocus Website
Custom Press Release Tailored to Your Achievement
Prominent Feature in Winner's Gallery
International Press Exposure to our Global Community
Public Profile in reFocus's Artist Directory
Free Entry & Placement In the People's Vote Award Gallery
Showcase in Winner's Gallery
Digital Winner's Certificate & Badge
Chance to be Featured on reFocus's Social Media & Newsletter
Judges
Our international panel of judges represents today’s topmost tier of influence and distinction within our photography community.
Judges include world-renowned photographers, curators, directors, and industry professionals who were chosen based on their respected positions within the global photography world.
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Contest Categories
Images can be entered into multiple categories and will be judged independently of one another based on the selected category.
We highly encourage you to be expansive in your interpretation and selection of categories for your work.
Abstract
Aerial
Architecture
Conceptual
Domestic Animals
Events
Fashion & Beauty
Film/Analog
Fine Art
Landscapes
Minimalism
Nature
People
Photojournalism
Portrait
Still Life
Street
Travel
Underwater
Wildlife
People's Vote Award
Before the winners are announced, all entries nominated by the jury will automatically be entered into the People’s Vote Awards where the public will vote on their favorite images within each contest category.
The opportunity to win this honor is included at no charge and is in addition to competing for the title in your entry’s category as part of your submission. Winners receive a public profile in our Artist Directory, a featured location in our Winner’s Gallery, and other benefits.
With tens of thousands of people visiting the reFocus website and People’s Vote Award Gallery during the voting period. This unique honor is one of the many ways we aim to increase the chances of our artists, like you, being discovered and getting well-deserved recognition.
*Please note that in order to maintain the most positive experience for all nominated artists, the number of votes each entry receives during the public voting period will not be visible.
Entry Info & Pricing
2023 Color Photography Contest
Contest Closed
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Image Credits
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Phuoc Hoai Nguyen
Luke Stackpoole
Paul Brouns
Donal Boyd