Underwater Art Competition
‘Marine Visions IV’ – Underwater Photo Art Competition
The Underwater Festival is hosting the fourth inaugural ‘Marine Visions’ Art Competition.
Not to be confused with the ‘Underwater Photo and Video Shootout Competition’, this is a fantastic opportunity also for those who cannot make it to Christmas Island to display and sell your work in the lead up to and over the course of the festival and be in the running to win over $2000 of great prizes sponsored by Frog Dive Gear and MadFish Wines.
Due to the remoteness of the location for UF10, Marine Visions IV is an photography only art competition and entries can be submitted in digital form only.
Our team of professional judges include Richard Vevers form Underwater Australia Art Gallery, World Famous underwater photographer and author of several books Mathieu Meur as well as festival organiser Tim Hochgrebe and Frog Dive Gear distributor Lynton Burger.
We will announce the winners on Friday the 30st of April at the Underwater Festival Finale on Christmas Island. You don’t have to be present to receive your prize. MadFish wine prizes can only be awarded to participants from the age of 18.
This year, entry fee for this competition is only $10 per image submitted – plus you get the chance to sell your work independent of your success in the competition.
To enter, just pay for your entry in the secure underwater festival shop in the events shop of underwater.com.au
Criteria for Entry
All entries:
- Deadline 10th April 2010 No entries after this date will be accepted.
- entries can be emailed or sent by mail to: UF10 – Marine Visions IV, PO Box 1753, Byron Bay NSW 2481, Australia.
- Digital photo-art only.
- The image or base images must be taken by the entrant (ie own work) whilst diving in the marine environment.
- Entries must be underwater marine in its feel – ie pictures taken in a swimming pool – or fashion type pics are not allowed.
- Judges are looking for creativity, unusual (what is that?), colour (or no colour), textures, angles, play of light – something that tells a story or maybe evokes a strong emotion.
- Work can be literal or abstract, wide angle or macro, works of human diver/s are allowed.
- Work can be manipulated but prizes might go to works that are least manipulated. Photo-collages or fancy merges will not necessarily get you the first prize.
- All works must be for sale.
Prizes
1st Prize – Choice of FROG Cobalt Weight Integrated BCD (value $900) or FROG Indigo wing BCD with aluminium backplate (value $1049) PLUS one case of MadFish wine*
2nd Prize – FROG signal marker buoy (value $150) PLUS one case of MadFish wine*
3rd Prize – FROG signal marker buoy (value $150)
more prizes TBA
(*) over 18 year old Australian residents only – international winners may chose to pay their own freight
Entry Deadline: Monday 10th April 2010
Selected entries will be displayed in a special on-line gallery on this website from early 2010
FROG’s rugged BCDs will be available in Australia from November 2009. To place your order go to www.frog.fm or call 1800 051522