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Arguably one of the trickier genres, street and candid photography is nonetheless incredibly gratifying when you get it right. Capturing the unwitting choreography of people as they go about their daily lives is a challenge worth rising to - and this category gives you the opportunity to do just that. Take a look at the work of legends of this classic genre such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau and Vivian Maier, and learn what you enjoy about their approach. Then study the likes of Martin Parr, Niall McDiarmid and Bruce Gilden, for a more contemporary outlook. In all cases, keeping the kit simple and - generally speaking - shooting with a wide to standard lens will keep you close to the action.
£1,000 of SIGMA prizes, plus subscriptions to Amateur Photographer magazine to be won.
Prize details
Expert panel's winner: SIGMA will give the panel's winner £1,000-worth of prizes of the their choice.
Crowd winner: The community vote winner wins a one-year digital subscription to Amateur Photographer magazine, and a year-long master subscription to Photocrowd.
The overall winner of APOY 2019 will receive £2,000-worth of prizes of their choice from SIGMA.
- prize values based on Sigma’s own RRP (as opposed to any dealer prices that might be discounted).
How it works
Every photo submitted will be available for the crowd to rate once the submissions period has ended. In this contest, the entries are hidden until the rating period begins.
Some contests on Photocrowd also have a judge. After the submission period closes the judge chooses their favourite images and writes some image reviews. The crowd and judge results will be announced on the same day.
- Entries closed
- 23 August 2019
- Rating
- 23 August 2019 to 6 September 2019
- Winners announced
- 6 September 2019
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