With camera’s being omnipresent, photography and imagery expression is no longer restricted to those equipped with professional photo taking tools. All one needs nowadays to capture award winning pictures is just a decent quality smartphone.
Aware on this fact, Huawei in support of International Centre of Photography have launched a first annual Next Image awards allowing millions of Huawei smartphone users around the globe to submit their best taken picture or video to be awarded. Together with ICP, Huawei will hold a series of cross-media activities, including competitions, exhibitions and collections, and educational opportunities designed to enrich visual expression based on three core elements: technology, style, and culture.
Starting in 2017, the awards will provide smartphone users from around the world with a gallery where they can showcase their best work. The overall winner will receive US$20,000 in funds for the next project under the initiative.
“The International Center of Photography is the world’s leading institution dedicated to photography and visual culture. I am thrilled that the NEXT-IMAGE awards and future projects with HUAWEI will scale up ICP’s reach and impact” said ICP Executive Director Mark Lubell.
The 2017 Awards are broken down into seven different categories:
- @All
- Me, Myself & I
- Hello, Life!
- Check-In
- Citizen Witness
- 3×3
- Timeline
Call for entries officially begins on September 9, 2017, and winners will be announced on December 19. A host of high profile judges have been selected to pick the winning entries. For more details parties can refer to the official award website: http://gallery.consumer.huawei.com
