$25,000 prize to best Photo Book!!

[Ham1]

Yep, you read right Blurb is giving away $25,000 in Prizes to the Grand Prize winner!! :ivar:ivar:ivar

SmugMug is one of the sponsors for the Photography.Book.Now contest: http://www.photographybooknow.com/

Presented by Blurb, Photography.Book.Now celebrates the most creative, most innovative, and finest photography books – and the people behind them.

This competition is juried by a panel of world-renowned editors, publishers, curators, and photographers, led by head judge Darius Himes.

Photography books can be entered in two categories, General and Themed. Enter as many books as you’d like. The winners will be showcased at an awards ceremony in San Francisco, and their books will travel via an international salon to New York, London, and Cologne. They will also have visibility online and at the half-day symposium featuring panels and presentations exploring photography books.

Get more information on the jurors, entry rules, event dates, locations, and prize levels at www.photographybooknow.com. The deadline for submissions is July 14, 2008.

Look forward to seeing some great work!

Markham

[Awais Yaqub]

:yikes

[swintonphoto]

Looks like a cool opportunity!

[Manfr3d]

Looks like a cool opportunity!

Not everyone makes his own photobook, couldn't
dgrin enter with the to be realised "Last Photographer
Standing - (Enter smart subtitle here)" book and then split pize :scratch:thumb

[Jet]

It would be a huge committment for anyone to take this on (a dgrin/lps book). Maybe we could have a few rounds for the sole purpose of a book?

[DoctorIt]

Man, Jet - been there, done that (http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=87887). The idea was shelved.


...couldn't dgrin enter with the to be realised "Last Photographer
Standing - (Enter smart subtitle here)" book and then split pizeI've never heard a more terrifying idea. :lol3

[Manfr3d]

Man, Jet - been there, done that (http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=87887). The idea was shelved.


I've never heard a more terrifying idea. :lol3

I see, some people seem to read everything on this forum :thumb
What I find even more terrifying is the fine print of that
contest, how can smugmug be a sponsor of sth. like that :scratch

[K.B.]

This contest sounded like a really cool idea..........until I read the 35.00 entry fee. Yikes! Still a good idea, just a suprise about the fee.

[BeachBill]

Curiosity is getting the best of me. Are any of the winners Dgrinners/Smugmuggers?

The winning photographers and their books are below.

- Grand Prize: Beth Dow, In The Garden
- Category Winner, Themed: Jonathan Smith, The Bridge Project
- Category Winner, General: Talia Chetrit, Reading
- First Runner-up, Themed: Cara Phillips, Singular Beauty
- First Runner-up, General: John Lehr, Something is Happening
- Second Runner-up, Themed: Ed Panar, Johnstown / Benjamin Lowy, Iraq Perspectives (tie)
- Second Runner-up, General: Michael Corridore, Roadworks