Submissions are invited for Mountain Photo Essay Competition 2025 by Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. The last date of submission is May 5, 2025.
About the Organisation
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity is an arts and culture educational institution in Banff, Alberta. It offers arts programs in the performing and fine arts, as well as leadership training. It was established in 1933 as the Banff School of Drama.
Competition Details
The Mountain Photo Essay Competition is a program of Mountain Culture at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. We promote understanding and appreciation of the world’s mountain places by creating opportunities for people to share and find inspiration in mountain experiences, ideas, and visions. Other Mountain Culture programs include the Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival and World Tour, a world-renowned Adventure Filmmakers Workshop, and other programs.
The competition format is the photo essay. At its simplest, the definition of a photo-essay is a set or series of photographs that are intended to tell a story or evoke emotions in the viewer. We invite photographers to submit curated photo essays to illustrate their mountain related stories that fall under the sub-categories of culture, adventure, wildlife, sport, environment, or natural history. The selection committee and jury will be seeking a sequence of images that conveys a compelling story or message – with each image strong enough to stand on its own while conveying a greater narrative when viewed in the photographer’s desired sequence.
Guidelines
- Submissions will be accepted in the form of photographic essays only.
- Images can depict any mountain story consisting of culture, adventure, wildlife, sport, environment or natural history.
- The competition is open to amateur and professional photographers.
- Only digital image files will be accepted.
- You must be the author and sole owner of the copyright for all images you enter.
- Images must have been taken within the last two years (2024 – 2025).
- Each photographic essay of up to five (5) images constitutes one entry.
Prizes
- All entries will be viewed by a selection committee chaired by the Director, Festival and World Tour. Finalists chosen by this committee will be viewed by an independent jury who will choose the Grand Prize winner which will be announced in June 2025. The Grand Prize winner will receive $3000 CDN.
- The Entrant acknowledges and agrees that all matters will be decided by the organizers.
- The winning essay will be displayed as part of the 2025 Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival exhibitions. Finalists may also be displayed during the Festival.
How to Submit?
Interested participants can submit online via this link.
Submission Deadline
The last date of submission is May 5, 2025.
Contact
Email: banffmountainphotos[at]banffcentre[dot]ca.
