The reFocus Awards: Black & White Photo Contest 2024 invites photographers to explore and celebrate the timeless beauty of black and white photography. This competition, open to both professionals and amateurs globally, seeks to recognize and honor exceptional black and white images across diverse categories. Participants can submit individual photographs or cohesive series, each offering a unique perspective through the monochromatic lens.
Winning the reFocus Awards: Black & White Photo Contest 2024 is more than just receiving an award: it’s gaining significant recognition and exposure. Some of the perks for winners include more than $4,000 in total cash, elegant engraved crystal trophies for winners, or international press coverage and judging by industry professionals. Winners will also be interviewed and will be eligible for personalized badges, certificates and a dedicated artist directory page.
All jury-nominated entries will be eligible for the People’s Vote Award. This allows the public to vote for their favorite images in each contest category. Winners of the People’s Vote Award will receive additional recognition and exposure, including a profile in the Artist Directory and a featured spot in the Winner’s Gallery.
The judging panel for the reFocus Awards: Black & White Photo Contest 2024 consists of internationally acclaimed photographers, curators, directors, and other industry professionals. These experts bring their extensive experience and discerning eye to the competition, ensuring that the selected works truly represent the highest standards in black and white photography.
The reFocus Awards: Black & White Photo Contest 2024 prizes
The prizes in the reFocus Awards: Black & White Photo Contest 2024 are intended to provide both financial rewards and significant exposure. Winning this contest can be a major game changer for photographers, as it offers the following prizes:
Professional Contest Winners:
- $2,500 in Cash Prizes
- Personalized Black Crystal reFocus Trophy
- Printed & Embossed Winner’s Achievement Certificate
- Published Winner’s Interview
- Receive Feature in Dedicated Email to Global Audience
- Premier Artist Placements Throughout reFocus Website
- Custom Press Release Tailored to Your Achievement
- Prominent Feature in Winner’s Gallery
- Eligible to Purchase the Clear Crystal reFocus Trophy
- International Press Exposure to our Global Community
- Public Profile in reFocus’s Artist Directory
- Free Entry & Placement In the People’s Vote Award Gallery
- Showcase in Winner’s Gallery
- Digital Winner’s Certificate & Badge
- Chance to be Featured on reFocus’s Social Media & Newsletter
Non-Professional Contest Winners:
- $1,500 in Cash Prizes
- Personalized Black Crystal reFocus Trophy
- Printed & Embossed Winner’s Achievement Certificate
- Published Winner’s Interview
- Receive Feature in Dedicated Email to Global Audience
- Custom Press Release Tailored to Your Achievement
- Prominent Feature in Winner’s Gallery
- Eligible to Purchase the Clear Crystal reFocus Trophy
- International Press Exposure to our Global Community
- Public Profile in reFocus’s Artist Directory
- Free Entry & Placement In the People’s Vote Award Gallery
- Showcase in Winner’s Gallery
- Digital Winner’s Certificate & Badge
- Chance to be Featured on reFocus’s Social Media & Newsletter
Professional Category Winners (Gold, Silver, Bronze):
- Premier Artist Placements Throughout reFocus Website
- Custom Press Release Tailored to Your Achievement
- Prominent Feature in Winner’s Gallery
- Eligible to Purchase the Clear Crystal reFocus Trophy
- International Press Exposure to our Global Community
- Public Profile in reFocus’s Artist Directory
- Free Entry & Placement In the People’s Vote Award Gallery
- Showcase in Winner’s Gallery
- Digital Winner’s Certificate & Badge
- Chance to be Featured on reFocus’s Social Media & Newsletter
Non-Professional Category Winners (Gold, Silver, Bronze) & People’s Vote Award:
- Custom Press Release Tailored to Your Achievement
- Prominent Feature in Winner’s Gallery
- Eligible to Purchase the Clear Crystal reFocus Trophy
- International Press Exposure to our Global Community
- Public Profile in reFocus’s Artist Directory
- Free Entry & Placement In the People’s Vote Award Gallery
- Showcase in Winner’s Gallery
- Digital Winner’s Certificate & Badge
- Chance to be Featured on reFocus’s Social Media & Newsletter
In addition to these awards, honorable mention or nominated photographs, both professional and non-professional, will also be rewarded.
The categories of the reFocus Awards: Black & White Photo Contest 2024
The reFocus: Black & White Photo Contest 2024 has several categories designed to bring out each of the different aspects of black and white photography. Images may be entered in multiple categories and will be judged independently of each other based on the category selected:
- Abstract
- Aerial
- Architecture
- Conceptual
- Domestic Animals
- Event
- Fashion & Beauty
- Film/Analog
- Fine Art
- Landscapes
- Minimalism
- Nature
- Nude
- People
- Photojournalism
- Portrait
- Still Life
- Street
- Travel
- Wildlife
In photography competitions, the categories serve not only to separate the different works of the photographers, but also allow each of their works to shine in a distinct genre of their own.
Submission deadlines and entry fees
Here is some detailed information about the reFocus: Black & White Photo Contest 2024, including key dates for submission of entries and the corresponding entry fees:
- Deadline: The final deadline for entries is July 22, 2024
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Winners Announcement: August 28, 2024
Professional fees:
Single image: $30
Series: $50
Non-professional fees:
Single image: $25
Series: $40
Professional fees:
Single image: $15
Series: $30
For more information and to enter the competition, visit: refocus-awards.com/contests/black-white-photo-contest
