Calling all photographers! Format is excited to announce our support of Booooooom.com on its third annual Photo Awards. Compete for a chance to win $1,000 USD, editorial coverage, and a lifetime subscription to Format.
Who is Booooooom?
Booooooom.com is a recognized authority on photography, art, and design. Launched in 2008 in Vancouver, it is the largest online art platform in Canada, and one of the largest in the world. Over the past 15 years, they’ve captured the attention of a massive audience, highlighting the work of emerging talents and launching the careers of many young artists internationally.
By providing a wide array of opportunities for artists—including rolling submissions, artist interviews, and more—Booooooom has been championing the work of emerging creatives since its inception.
About the Photo Awards
Last year, Booooooom hosted their second annual Photo Awards. The competition saw the highest number of submissions of any prior call on Booooooom, garnering wide international attention. The awards exist to propel the winners toward successful careers in their chosen field. You can view the winners and shortlisted submissions from last year’s awards here.
Here at Format, we recognize the importance of creating spaces and opportunities to celebrate creatives and their work. We’re dedicated to helping creatives grow and reach their full potential, and can’t wait to see what’s in store for this year’s Photo Awards!
Everyone is welcome to submit one image to these awards for FREE. Booooooom members enjoy unlimited submissions and unlimited images for all award categories. If you want to submit more than one image or compete in multiple categories, consider becoming a Booooooom member here!
Award Categories
- PORTRAIT – Human subjects are the focus here.
- NATURE – Images related to land, sea, sky, the natural world.
- STREET – Street photography is generally understood to be candid unposed moments of everyday life in public spaces. Images may be spontaneous and chaotic or they may be more quiet observations.
- COLOUR – Images may feature one colour or an explosion of many. Or maybe they capture a few that feel in perfect harmony with one another. How can you make the viewer notice the colour first?
- FASHION – Whether these images are editorial, lookbook, shot in studio or not, we want to see your most striking work.
Prizes:
5 Winners will receive:
- $5000 USD in cash prizes (5 x $1000 USD prizes)
- Interview Feature published in Photo Awards zine, a copy of the zine
- Editorial coverage on Booooooom + promotion across all social channels
- Editorial coverage in Format Magazine
20 Runners-Up will receive:
- Image published in Photo Awards zine, a copy of the zine
- Editorial coverage on Booooooom + promotion across all social channels
This year Format is also providing 3 “Lifetime Subscription” websites. To enter to win a subscription, complete a submission of any kind and opt-in to the Format newsletter. Three winners will be selected from the pool of submissions to receive subscriptions on Format as well as a profile on Format’s magazine and social media.
How to Enter:
Visit Booooooom.com and submit one image to any one category for free! Deadline for submissions is January 10, 2025 by 11:59PM PST. Find the full terms & conditions here.
Get inspired by the 5 winning images from last year’s awards and make sure to check out the feature interviews with each of them on Booooooom.com.
WINNER: 2023 Booooooom Photo Awards “PORTRAIT”
Wilhelm Philipp is a self-taught photographer from Australia. He uses his camera to highlight everyday subjects and specifically explore the Australian suburban identity that he feels is too often overlooked or forgotten about. Read the interview with him here.
WINNER: 2023 Booooooom Photo Awards “STREET”
Riac Oseph is a fashion designer and visual artist from India, born and raised in Kuwait. His work explores his own psyche, diving into specific memories to understand their psychological truths. Read the interview with him here.
WINNER: 2023 Booooooom Photo Awards “SHADOWS”
TJ Martin is a self taught filmmaker from Seattle who won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2012, making him the first film director of African-American descent to win an Academy Award for a feature-length film. He is currently working on his first photo book. Read the interview with him here.
WINNER: 2023 Booooooom Photo Awards “COLOUR”
Jannell Adufo is a British-Ghanaian photographer from South East London. Her portraits draw on the beauty of her subjects’ essence, seeking to simply present each person as they choose to be. Read the interview with her here.
WINNER: 2023 Booooooom Photo Awards “NATURE”
Jas Leonard is a photographer and mother of three living and working in Cleve, South Australia. She works mostly with film photography documenting the passing time of motherhood and childhood. Read the interview with her here.
You can also see the images by the 2023 shortlisted photographers here.
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