I am humbled to announce that two of my photographs have just been awarded in the last Px3 People’s choice awards!
After 22’585 votes of the general public, the photograph “Burning Peak” has obtained a Gold Medal, and the Portfolio “Icelandic Waters” has obtained a Silver Medal in the Nature category.
Px3 People’s Choice Awards are managed by the “Prix de Photographie de Paris” and allow the general public to vote for the best photographs submitted to this renowned contest.
The “prix de la photographie, Paris” (px3) strives to promote the appreciation of photography, to discover emerging talent, and to introduce photographers from around the world to the artistic community of Paris. Winning photographs from this competition are displayed in a high profile gallery in Paris and published in the high-quality full color px3 annual book.
You can see the whole list of winners here!
Rafael Rojas secondary blog 
Congratulations! I saw this competition and thought about entering as it would give me an extra excuse to go to France! What did you think of it?
Hi KK!
Px3 is the “european sister” competition of the International Photography Awards (New York), and quite respected in the fine art industry I would say.
Personally, I enjoy participating in these kind of contests more and more…if you take a look at the winning images, you will see they depart quite a bit from the typical “landscape photography trophy” shot, if you know what I mean. Personally I have found that on IPA and Px3, winning photographs tend to be those where vision and concept stand above a mere great subject in great light and with a great composition…That being said, I understand and in fact I see how these contests might not be of much interest to purely nature or landscape photographers, in the classical meaning of the term (do not take me wrong, a meaning not pejorative in any ways!)… Therefore, the cost of application is exorbitant if you compare with other contests!
All in all, it is the kind of contest I am happy to submit my work to. But it might not be for everyone!
Personally, I think you would do very well KK! And yes, you always have the perfect excuse to come to France ;-)!
cheers,
rafael
I thought that might be the case. I strongly believe that one should know what the judges are after when entering a competition. These fine art style landscapes seem to be quite popular in Australian competitions although rather formulaic : crank up contrast plus selective desaturation of colours and vignette – voila! It’s not my style so I don’t bother entering. I do enjoy the two styles though and I like that there’s a place for both in the world of photography contests.
That is a really good point. In any case, it is clear that when you submit to a contest, it is important that you feel that the “spirit” or philosophy of it suits your style of photography. That being said, as for photographers, there are contests with personal vision and “contests” with shared one. Not to mention that in the “fine art” market there is a lot of BS, if you allow me to be a bit blunt. As as consequence, it is important to distinguish the truth…
In any case, there are so many things to be said about contests anyway…Nowadays, it seems also as a good way for some to make a business out of them, and every day some 20 or 30 new ones pop up like mushrooms after a rainy night. In line with the motto of modern times “more and worse”, it is more important than ever to really pick up the ones we find truer, closer to our work or to the style we like “at the moment” and concentrate on those…As you said in another post on this blog, “awards in contests are just a good way to obtain feedback from fellow photographers and become good indicators of the consistency of the photographer”. Nothing less, nothing more!