All (Digital) Portfolios Welcome
Eyemazing magazine is sponsoring the Jacob Riis Photography Portfolio Award Competition and is announcing an open call to all photographers for portfolios of their work.

The Contest Details
The images submitted will be critiques as part of the whole portfolio and their contribution to the photographer’s theme. According to the sponsor:

The Jacob Riis Award is named after the Danish-American photographer (1849-1914), and is organized by WPGA following its partnership with Save the Children, and sponsored by Eyemazing Magazine.

It will focus in portfolios (minimum of 8 and maximum of 12 images) inviting photographers working in all mediums, styles and schools of thought. Traditional, contemporary, avant-garde, creative and experimental works that include old and new processes, mixed techniques, and challenging personal, emotional or political statements will be welcome.

The Award is open worldwide to all professional and amateur photographers working with digital or traditional photography or combinations of both.

There is no theme for this Award, and the images will be evaluated as a cohesive body of work (a theme or images representing the artistic trajectory of the photographer), rather than individual images.

How to Submit
There is an entry fee of $60 for each portfolio and a minimum of 8 images and a maximum of 12.

All portfolios will only be accepted through online submissions via email or CD. The contest rules state:

* Digital image files must meet the following specifications: 8 bit JPEG files(CMYK and 16 bits files will not be uploaded), the largest dimension should be1280 pixels (width or height), resolution of 72 dpi, JPG compression quality of 7.

* Layers must be flattened. Images will be viewed by the jurors as RGB images; therefore Adobe RGB 98 or SRGB profiles should be used. Image title may not exceed 40 characters.

* Please note that image title is the name of the artwork, not the file name. Start the name with Porfolio 1 (Portfolio 2, Porfolio 3, etc, if you’re submitting more than one porfolio). i.e “Portfolio 1 name of image”.

* Files may contain a maximum of 25 characters, not counting .jpg. The file name may not include characters such as #, $, &, periods or other similar characters as part of the file. There will be only one period in the file name, just prior to the file extension (i.e. filename.jpg).

Awards
The winner will have his/her portfolio published in Eyemazing magazine sometime during the year of 2010. A cash award of $3,000 will be given to the winner.

Finalist in the contest will be published in the Jacob Riss Award 2010 photo book.

Any sales of exhibited work will be charged a commission of 40%. All selected images will be posted in the Gallery WonderPick for online sales.

Other Information
To register or submit your work to this contest, click here. For the official contest rules click here. The contest deadline for entries is January 24, 2010.