The 2015 Miami Street Photography Festival contest is now open and entries are open to anyone 18+ from around the world. The MSPF is quickly becoming one of the premiere street photography events in the world and the first prize for this year’s competition is a spankin’ new Leica Q! Ooooooh… Leica Q! Hit the jump for more info.
2015 Miami Street Photography Festival – Call For Entries
The 2015 Miami Street Photography Festival contest is now open and you have until October 1, 2015 to submit your best shots. This gives you plenty of time to shoot your face off before the deadline so there’s no excuses for not participating! The MSPF finalists will have their work displayed at the Festival’s main gallery at HistoryMiami Museum as well as being published in the Miami Street Photography Festival website for 3 years.
The first round of judges for this year’s contest are from the featured collectives, Spontanea and The Street Collective and include Dmitry Stepanenko, Umberto Verdoliva, Mary Cimetta, Vineet Vohra and Stefano Mirabella. Judge bios and links can be found on the 2015 MSPF judges page.
2015 Miami Street Photography Festival Awards
The final round of voting will default to this year’s featured photographers which include David Alan Harvey, Bruce Davidson, Peter Turnley. This year’s prizes include:
1st Place
Leica Q (provided by the Leica Store Miami).
Preimium leather camera bag by Ona.
2 year subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud.
Image highlighted on the 2015 Miami Street Photography Festival website for 1 year.
2nd Place
Premium handcrafted camera bag by Ona.
One year subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud.
Image highlighted on the MSPF website for one year.
3rd Place
Premium handcrafted camera bag by Ona.
One year subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud.
Image highlighted on the MSPF website for one year.
It’s a great list of prizes but judging by last year’s contest this is more about having your work shown in one of the biggest and most well respected street photography festivals on the planet.
How To Submit Images
Submitted images must meet the basic definition of street photography as laid out on the MSPF website. Images must be in .jpg format and no larger than 5MB each – high resolution images will be requested from the finalists and winners. No borders, watermarks or signatures are allowed.
Entry fees are $20 per image or $75 for every 5 images sumbitted.
Submit Images – 2015 Miami Street Photography Festival
StreetShootr’s Take
It seems that there’s always another street photography contest but the 2015 Miami Street Photography Festival promises to be a good one. Last year’s competition attracted some of the biggest names in street photography and the finalists were amazing across the board. The thing to remember is that this one is being judged by actual street photographers in addition to legendary photographers like David Alan Harvey and Bruce Davidson. BRUCE DAVIDSON! Forget the Leica Q, it’s worth the entry fee just to have him look at your work!
via miamistreetphotographyfestival.org.
What’s your take on the 2015 Miami Street Photography Festival contest? Just another street photography contest? Or a top notch event run by street photographers for street photographers? Post your ideas on in the comments below and keep the conversation going!