Photo Contest
2019
BeHeld
BeHeld is an online photography contest
seeking to elevate local Asian American DMV creative voices
in the spirit of collaboration, community, and Communion.
We take hundreds of pictures and never look at them again. The ones we do like, we post on Instagram but are more worried about likes than what the images might make people feel.
This is a call for the opposite. Can we create images that evoke an emotion that answers some of the deeper challenges we face as a generation?
When was the last time you felt the wonders, joys, and peace to BeHeld?
All profits will be donated to Grace Community Clinics Medical Mission Team to Kenya.
Want to be supported by PhotoContest 2020?
Contact eugene@sebolabs.com
Rules
-Entry fee: $10 per category submission
-Submissions open 9/23/19 and close on 10/25/19
-Original content only - Existing IG posts are acceptable
-Entries will be judge blind by Jury
-Winners will be announced Late October
Cash Prize-per category
First Place: $100
Second Place: $40
Third Place: $10
Submission Categories
BeHeld
Exploring what it means to feel seen and known.
In a generation that is most connected, we are all feeling increasingly disconnected from each other. In what moments do we feel most seen and known, and sometimes even loved? What does it look like to BeHeld?
*Suggested genres: Portraits, street photography, lifestyle, etc
Here&There
The intersection of work, passion, and calling.
They say home is where the heart is. While we find ourselves in the here and now we’re thinking about and wondering what it’s like being there. What does that place look like? could it even be considered sacred?
*Suggested genres: Travel, nature/landscape, architecture, etc
BUSY | BUSY | Repeat :||
What have we missed because we’re just moving. too. fast?
What if we gave ourselves permission to slow down? What would we notice? This category requires a three picture series with a 300 character caption that tells a deeper story of what it looks like to rest.
*No suggestions - go crazy.
Jury
Alina Kim
Amanda Lee-Vega
Each participant owns the copyright of the submitted images. The participant certifies the work as its own. The entrant allows the contest organizers to use, free of charge, the entered images for promotional purposes related to the photo contest, as a catalogue, calendar, and website, unless specifically stated otherwise on the registration form by the participant. No photographs entered for this contest will be offered for sale, the competition and/or the exhibition and catalogue without the approval of the photographer.