Palm Beach County college students can win prizes in images contest

The Zoe Loren Foundation invitations college students in grades 7-12 to take part in its annual images contest.

The contest started Sept. 1 and runs via Oct. 26. There isn’t any price to enter.

The theme for this yr’s contest is “Show Us Palm Beach County as You See It.”

Students are inspired to create a sequence of 5 unique images that inform a narrative about an individual, place, custom, occasion, group, or visible theme in Palm Beach County.

Who can enter

• The contest is open to Palm Beach County college students in grades 7-12.
• There are two grade classes: seventh and eighth grades and ninth via twelfth.
• Each participant should submit 5 unique images that work collectively to inform a cohesive visible story.

Contest necessities

• Each photograph story will need to have a title that displays the topic, theme or story represented by the images.
• All images should be taken by the scholar submitting the entry.
• Image file dimension must be between 1 MB and 5 MB per {photograph}, in JPEG or JPG format.
• Basic photograph modifying is permitted, however important digital manipulation or AI-generated imagery will not be allowed.
• Submissions ought to embrace a 75-word artist assertion describing the story and the explanation for selecting the topic.
• Selected submissions could also be displayed on the Zoe Loren Foundation web site, social media channels, and in promotional or exhibition supplies.

Photos will likely be judged by skilled photographers

Entrants will likely be scored on:

• Visual storytelling and cohesion
• Creativity and originality
• Technical talent
• Responsiveness to the theme
• Overall affect

The judges will likely be on the lookout for a sequence of images that work collectively to inform a compelling story, mirror the photographer’s private imaginative and prescient and provide a inventive perspective on Palm Beach County, in response to the announcement.

Technical proficiency, together with composition, lighting, focus, publicity, distinction, and shade steadiness, may also be thought-about. The 5 images will likely be judged as an entire sequence, with every picture contributing meaningfully to the general story.

Participants are chargeable for the standard of their submission and adherence to contest tips. Incomplete or improperly formatted submissions is not going to be thought-about for an award. All submitted work should be unique and will not infringe on the copyright or different mental property rights of every other individual.

Voting for People’s Choice Award is Oct. 27-Nov. 10.

Winners will likely be introduced Nov. 23.

What are the prizes?

• First place: $350 reward card for courses or a workshop on the Armory Art Center and a $500 reward card for B & H Photo.
• Second place: $200 reward card for courses or a workshop on the Armory Art Center and a $350 reward card for B & H Photo.
• Third place: $200 reward card for courses or a workshop on the Armory Art Center and a $200 reward card for B & H Photo.
• People’s Choice Award: $200 reward card for courses or a workshop on the Armory Art Center and a $200 reward card for B & H Photo.

This story was created by net producer Michele Kelley (mkelley@pbpost.com) with the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Journalists had been concerned in each step of the knowledge gathering, evaluate, modifying and publishing course of. Learn more.