Canon’s New Cosmos of Photography 2016 Contest for Anyone, Regardless of Age or Nationality: Submit Still Images & Videos Online Between April 20 & June 8 (Midnight), 2016

The Grand Prize Winner, Teppei Sako, created the following video, “Made of Stone”:

Artist’s statement

“Made of Stone” is a mash-up video work consisting of about 27 brief individual scenes. The opening scene has the title inserted in huge letters, and the video finishes with “The End” displayed in large letters.

But rather than being a video with a sequence of scenes continuing around some central narrative thread, each scene is like an independent photograph. “Made of Stone” is a work about snapshot photography and the dimension of time inherent to video….
http://www.canon.com/scsa/newcosmos/gallery/2015/teppei-sako/index.html

Canon recently announced that entry applications for New Cosmos of Photography 2016 (the 39th competition) photo competition will be accepted from April 20, 2016 using its Web Entry Application system.

• On Wednesday, April 20, more important info including entry eligibility, conditions and procedures will be announced at http://www.canon.com/scsa/newcosmos/news/entry-2016/index.html .

The New Cosmos of Photography is Canon’s cultural support project to discover, nurture, and support new photographers who pursue new possibilities in creative photographic expression. The annual contest, launched in 1991, has been open to the public regardless of the age or nationality of the contestant or the number or format of entered works. As such, the contest encourages the creation of original works that push the boundaries of photography’s potential and systematically assists and nurtures award winners through exhibitions and published collections of their winning works as well as through publicity on the New Cosmos of Photography website…..

Still images and videos / movies have a seamless relationship. We are hoping that, by expanding the definition of eligible entries, new, never-seen-before creative expressions will again be produced that push beyond today’s photography concepts and categories. We also want to offer even more encouragement to the creation of works by new photographers who are applying new techniques and ingenuity to give us a glimpse of the next frontier.

It is our sincere hope the New Cosmos of Photography will continue to be the place where people pursuing the possibilities of photographic expression can take their first big step.

We look forward to entries that provide a glimpse of tomorrow‘s photography.

For other important info, please visit http://www.canon.com/scsa/newcosmos/concept/index.html

Prizes, gifts, and publicity

Grand Prize

• Prize money totaling JPY 1 million (9,185.6900 US Dollar at the current exchange rate) which includes JPY 200,000 (1,837.4760 US Dollar at the current exchange rate) prize for the Excellence Award.
• Gift of a Canon product.
• Permitted to hold a solo exhibition at next year’s New Cosmos of Photography Tokyo exhibition.
• All prizes given an Excellence Award.

Excellence Awards

• Prize money totaling JPY 200,000 (1,837.4760 US Dollar at the current exchange rate).
• Works exhibited at this year’s New Cosmos of Photography Tokyo exhibition. Award winners will be allowed to exhibit their works at the New Cosmos of Photography Tokyo Exhibition 2016, which is scheduled to be held in November this year.
• Works published in the next issue of the New Cosmos of Photography Magazine.
• Works showcased on the New Cosmos of Photography website.

Honorable Mention Awards

• Prize money totaling JPY 30,000 (275.6289 US Dollar at the current exchange rate).
• Works exhibited at this year’s New Cosmos of Photography Tokyo exhibition. Award winners will be allowed to exhibit their works at the New Cosmos of Photography Tokyo Exhibition 2016, which is scheduled to be held in November this year.
• Works published in the next issue of the New Cosmos of Photography Magazine.
• Works showcased on the New Cosmos of Photography website.

Good Luck!

NEWS RELEASE

March.28.2016

Announcement of schedule to accept entry applications for New Cosmos of Photography 2016 (the 39th contest)

Today, Canon Inc. announced that entry applications for New Cosmos of Photography 2016 (the 39th competition) photo competition will be accepted from April 20, 2016 using its Web Entry Application system. Detailed information on procedures will be announced on this Website on Wednesday, April 20. The competition will be judged by Anna Dannemann (Curator, The Photographers‘ Gallery, London), Tomoko Sawada (Artist), Hiraki Sawa (Artist), Minoru Shimizu (Photo critic) and other three(to be determined). Through the judging process, each judge will select one Excellent Award winner and two Honorable Mention Award winners.

Award winners will be allowed to exhibit their works at the New Cosmos of Photography Tokyo Exhibition 2016, which is scheduled to be held in November this year. Furthermore, the Grand Prize selection committee will meet and select the Grand Prize winner from among the Excellent Award winners during the exhibition‘s run. The meeting of the committee will be open to the public.

The New Cosmos of Photography is open to entries from anyone, regardless of age or nationality, and accepts photographic works regardless of size, format, or number of constituent items. And, contestants can submit entries including both still images and videos online. Experimental works are welcome, and we encourage contestants to push the possibilities of creative photographic expression, while making full use of their individuality and sensibilities. We look forward to entries that provide a glimpse of tomorrow‘s photography.

Please note that we plan to publish the names and profiles of the judges, along with their expectations of entries and messages to contestants, on the Website as soon as the judges are finalized.

Applications to enter the contest will be accepted between Wednesday, April 20, 2016 and Wednesday, June 8, 2016. Applications will be accepted until midnight on the final day.

Entries will be accepted between Wednesday, April 20, 2016 and Wednesday, June 15, 2016.
Note: Online submissions will be accepted until midnight on the final day.
Note: Submissions postmarked or given to a courier on the final day will be accepted.