Deadline: May 13, 2020

The New York Center for Photographic Art (NYC4PA) invites photographers from around the world, amateurs and professionals to participate in a botanical photography competition. Winners will receive a prize fund of $3,000, certificates, participation in the New York Gallery Exhibition, demonstration in the online gallery and catalog of the competition. 

The winners of the grand prize will also be shown on the home page https://www.nyc4pa.com. In addition, the winners and authors honored by the jury will be invited to participate in the JADITE GALLERY (Manhattan), in the fall of 2020.

About the competition theme:

Variety of life begins with the seed. Seeds can be tiny, lying in an envelope in a plant nursery or large, found in the center of the fruit, or black in a watermelon; they all promise to be great plants. As spring approaches in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern hemisphere - take a unique look at your favourite buds, flowering trees, colourful leaf patterns, vines... In the garden, on the beach, on a window sill or in a tropical forest. 

Pictures are taken in all styles: color, b/w, abstract, experimental, made in any photographic technique, 2D.

About awards:

In total there will be 10 winners with monetary awards, 15 authors with the status of "Jury Choice", 20 honorary mentions.

Grand Prix: $750 to one author. 

First prize: $300 - to three authors.

Second prize: $250 for three authors.

Third prize: $200 for three authors.

Details about the final exhibition (NYC GALLERY EXHIBITION) will be sent to the winners by e-mail, along with congratulations.

Jury: ALINE SMITHSON, visual artist, founder and chief editor of Lenscratch (http://alinesmithson.com/).

Contribution for participation

$35 for sending three photos. If you want to upload more images, each additional one costs $10.

Requirements for files:

 - JPG, TIF or PNG, 1,280 pixels on the long side

 - Select a unique name for each shot to easily distinguish it when announcing the results. In English and short, no special characters. Bad example: Tea Glass1, Tea Glass 2...

To pay the fee and download the work, go to: https://client.smarterentry.com/nyc4pa

The full rules are available on the competition website: https://www.nyc4pa.com/from-a-seed

If you have any questions you can contact the organizer (in English), during working hours: nyc4pa@gmail.com