The sixth annual Renaissance Photography Prize, an international photography competition which raises money to support younger women with breast cancer, will be open for entries on January 28. Photographers get the chance to have their work judged by some of the top names in the business and be exhibited in a prestigious gallery in London. They can also win over £5,000 worth of prizes. The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in the northern hemisphere Autumn.
Photographers can enter single images (the categories include Expression, Ordinary and In Between) or a series of work in an open category. The competition is open to all photographers from all countries. It costs from £15 to enter and funds raised are donated to the Lavender Trust at Breast Cancer Care, UK. In the five years since its inception, Renaissance has raised over £200,000 for the charity. Final entries will be accepted on April 28.
The Renaissance Photography Prize was founded in 2006 by Fiona Gifford, a lawyer and keen amateur photographer who was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 34. Six years on Renaissance is growing each year and last year the competition attracted over 5,225 entries from 67 countries.
Judges for 2013 include Monica Allende - Picture Editor, The Sunday Times Magazine; Simon Bainbridge - Editor, British Journal of Photography; Julia Fullerton-Batten ñ photographer; Miranda Gavin - Deputy and Online Editor, HotShoe International; Nadav Kander ñ Photographer; Chris Littlewood - Director of Photography, Flowers Gallery, UK; Brett Rogers - Director, The Photographers' Gallery, UK; Sophie Wright - Cultural & Print Room Director, Magnum Photos.
Single Image conditions: Submit unlimited individual photographs: Categories: Expression - Ordinary - In Between; entry fee: £15 for 1 photograph, £25 for up to 3, £40 for up to 6. Series conditions: Submit 5-8 photographs from one body of work + a project statement; category: Open, no theme; entry fee: £50 per series.
