The six categories in The Architectural Photography Awards 2018 will be open for submissions from 15th March to 1st July 2018.
The shortlisted images from the 4 main categories will be chosen by the judging panel and announced on 1st October 2018. There is no shortlist in the mobile photography category and the portfolio category.
The overall winner will be decided by visitors to WAF, who will cast votes on the images shortlisted in the main categories which will produce an overall winner and three runners up. The winner of the portfolio category will be decided by the judging panel. The 2 winners of the mobile category will be decided by the panel and a public vote.
The winners of the main categories, portfolio category and mobile category will be announced at the WAF Gala Dinner in Amsterdam on Friday 30th November 2018.
Since its inception in 2012, with the support of the World Architecture Festival and facade and interior system manufacturer STO SE & Co, The Architectural Photography Awards coverage has moved from local trade papers to global news media.
The Awards are inclusive of both the full time professional photographer and the keen amateur. Categories range from a portfolio of an individual building to a single abstract: with a professional camera or on a mobile phone.
Images of the built world are used directly and indirectly for promoting and advertising commercial, financial, automotive and travel industries; they are not confined to architecture and property development. Nevertheless, the skill of the people who can translate the sophistication of architecture into readable and understandable two dimensions, explain and extol the character, detail and environment of a building, remains overlooked. This Award crosses continents and sectors to raise awareness of the skill and patience needed in this specialist area of photography.