Compete 2025 Aperture Portfolio Prize
Opportunity Description
International Deadline: January 10, 2025 – The Aperture Portfolio Prize is an international competition that aims to identify trends in contemporary photography and highlight artists whose work deserves greater recognition.
When choosing the first-prize winner and finalists, Aperture’s editorial staff looks for innovative bodies of work that haven’t been widely seen in major publications or exhibition venues.
AWARDS
- First Prize: The first-prize winner will be published in Aperture magazine and will receive a $5,000 cash prize, a $1,000 gift card to shop for gear at Mpb.com, and a presentation organized by Aperture in New York City.
- Shortlist: The four artists chosen for the shortlist will each receive a $1,000 cash prize and an editorial feature on Aperture.org.
- All Finalists: All five finalists will receive exposure across Aperture’s email campaigns and social media channels, which reach a global audience of prominent curators, critics, artists, and members of the photography community.
JURORS
As an expression of our wide-ranging community, Aperture will be welcoming a jury to award the prize this year. Submit to have your work seen by leaders in the field:
- Noelle Flores Théard, senior digital photo-editor, New Yorker
- Lucy Gallun, curator, the Robert B. Menschel Department of Photography, MoMA
- Zack Hatfield, associate managing editor, Aperture magazine
- Mark Armijo McKnight, artist and 2019 Aperture Portfolio Prize winner
JUDGING
When examining entries, Aperture’s editors and curatorial staff will consider the following criteria:
- Was the work created in the past five years?
- Is a theme or topic carried throughout the portfolio in a fully resolved, consistent manner?
- Are each of the images individually strong?
- What technical and presentation choices has the photographer made, and are they appropriate for the work? For example, is there a clear reason for the work being in black and white versus a digitally enhanced palette?
- Does the body of work take an innovative or unique approach to the subject matter?
APPLY ONLINE – From $75 non-subscribers. Free for subscribers.
About:
Aperture, a not-for-profit organization, connects the photo community and its audiences with the most inspiring work, the sharpest ideas, and with each other—in print, in person, and online.
Created in 1952 by photographers and writers as “common ground for the advancement of photography,” Aperture today is a multi-platform publisher and center for the photo community. From our base in New York, we produce, publish, and present a program of photography projects, locally and internationally.
Aperture Foundation
548 West 28th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212.505.5555
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