NEWS / SUBMISSIONS OPEN FOR THE IDEASTAP PHOTOGRAPHIC AWARD WITH MAGNUM PHOTOS

Submissions Open for the IdeasTap Photographic Award with Magnum Photos

15th April 2011

IdeasTap have joined forces again with photographic agency Magnum Photos to offer two emerging photographers the opportunity of a lifetime. The 2011 IdeasTap Photographic Award will offer 12 shortlisted photographers the opportunity to receive mentoring from a Magnum photographer, before awarding six finalists with £1,500 and two final winners a further £5,000 and the opportunity to intern with Magnum Photos in London, or create a Magnum In Motion essay at Magnum New York.

 

The competition is split into two age groups, 18 - 22 and 23 – 30, and three different categories. The categories are:

 

- Conceptual Photography
- Environmental
- Photo Journalism

 

Opens: 5th April 2011
Closes: 10th May 2011

Thirty-one year old Italian photographer Pierfrancesco Celada was recently announced as the winner of the 2010 IdeasTap Photographic Award, in association with Magnum Photos. His winning multimedia essay was shot in Japan and England and deals with feelings of isolation. It was screened at the judging session alongside work by the two other finalists Stuart Matthews and Max Downer, who previously won the Environmental and Conceptual categories of the competition, respectively. Winning photographer and IdeasTap member Pierfrancesco Celada said:

 

“I am extremely pleased; it’s been quite a long journey since the first submission last year. During this time I had the chance to make my project stronger, thanks to the suggestions of the Magnum photographers and photo editors that I met through the mentoring process. I’m looking forward to continuing this project and producing some new work in the months to come.”

 

Submissions for the 2011 IdeasTap Photographic Award are now open. For details and to apply please visit www.ideastap.com.