Who can participate
Professional and non professional women photographers from all countries. On this occasion there will be only one section: pro and non-pro will be juried together. Artists retain full copyright.

Categories
Portraits
Landscapes and Seascapes
Street Photography and Cityscapes
Fine Art
Nude and Figure
Documentary and Editorial
Only Single images will be accepted; no portfolios in this edition.

Jurors
Amber Terranova and Dina Bova.

Amber Terranova is the photo editor for Photo District News. She worked previously for New York magazine and Outside. She holds a BFA in photography from the School of Visual Arts, Manhattan. Amber has assisted with programming at Center, a Santa Fe-based non-profit organization that supports photographers. Her taste in photography tends toward emerging and established artists with strong personal projects, surprising content and evidence of political or social engagement. She’s most drawn to introspective, provocative work.

Dina Bova was born in Moscow and currently lives in Israel. Her images have been awarded in Px3, Hasselbald Masters, Sony Awards, 1st edition of the JMCA, Nikon, PDN’s World in Focus, and have won 21 Gold medals in international photo-contests under FIAP/PSA patronage in USA, Austria, France, England, Croatia, Ukraine, Taiwan and Israel. Her art is a world of allegories, metaphors and multifaceted associations. She thinks that it’s not important how an artist creates his work. It can be created with any tool and any medium, but it should speak for itself and convey a very special mood. It should need no explanation, no elaboration and no apologies. It can be very aesthetic or the opposite of it. For Dina, the most important thing is freeing the imagination.

Award
The Julia Margaret Cameron Award will be given to 12 women photographers which will be invited to exhibit (and sell) their work in a very selective collective exhibition in Paris during 2013, honoring one hundredth year of the birth of Robert Capa, co-founder of Magnum Photos and famous war photojournalist. WPGA will take care of the framing and matting, as well as all gallery expenses. Exhibitors will receive 40% of the sales, 20% will be reserved for the gallery/organizers, and 40% will be donated to a charitable organization selected by the awardees.A catalog will be printed, and all 12 awardees will receive one free copy.

Deadline
December 30th, 2011, at 11:59pm PST

Announcement
March 8th, 2012

Entry Fees
$40 for the first 3 images; $10 each additional image

photo: Dina Bova (Israel), awarded photographer in the 2nd edition of the JMCA, and juror of this edition

web: www.thegalaawards.com
Prospectus: www.thegalaawards.net/call-for-entries/3rd-edition-j-m-cameron-award
Contact: support@thegalaawards.com

There are many amazing photographs where the human body has been unwrapped and imaged in an exciting and unusual way. The surreal playfulness of Man Ray’s muse or Bill Brandt’s contortion of the female body in front of a coastal landscape are both great examples.

All sorts of bodies have found their way in front of the camera for many different reasons and a good image of a nude subject needs to play with a specific idea about imaging the body to bring us something, as well as someone, new to look at.

In the hands of a contemporary photographer we hope the body as subject will fire your imagination and encourage you to go beyond familiar ideas to create something compelling, perhaps even fun.

Send us your photographs of the human form in all its complexity – whether your visual opinion is driven by an aesthetic, documentary or, even a political perspective.

Eligibility:
Entries will be accepted from both UK and Non UK – overseas photographers

File sizes.
Please note that your upload files need to be saved at 72 dpi – exactly 475 pixels along the longest edge and 85Kb maximum size. If you are having problems compressing your file, please read the HOW TO ENTER page for a step-by-step guide.

Entry Fees:

* LPA members single image entry: £8.00
* Series of up to six related images: £12.00
* Non members single image entry: £12.00
* Series of up to six related images: £16.00 STUDENT single entry: £5.00 Series of up to six related images: £10.00

Copyright policy You grant licence to London Photographic Association and agree that their work may be exhibited at venues organised by and for the purpose of the London Photographic Awards as well as through the London Photographic Association website.

* agree that the London Photographic Association may display entries featured in the London Photographic Awards exhibitions and website to promote the works of Entrants to the London Photographic Association and for education and reference purposes connected with the London Photographic Association.

* acknowledge that London Photographic Association relies fully upon the warranties and licence given by Entrants when submitting their entries.

* agree that in consideration of London Photographic Association including works submitted by Entrants in the London Photographic Association, Entrants indemnify and hold the London Photographic Association harmless from any claims, actions, proceedings costs and expenses arising as a result of any allegation that the relevant Entrant did not own or is not wholly entitled and authorised to allow publication and reproduction of the work by the London Photographic Association.

Timeline the nude 2 contest Runs from 2009-12-03 to 2010-03-31 00:00:00

More information here