2010 Downtown Photo Challenge
The Downtown Photo Challenge is back! For the third year Cleveland's amateur photographers will have the opportunity to win $500 and much more. Each entrant may submit up to two (2) photos. The deadline for the 2010 Downtown Photo Challenge is August 20th. Consider things like "What defines your experience here? What story do you want to tell about our city?" The Downtown Photo Challenge is open to photographers 18 or older from all over the region who would like to show their beautiful and unique depictions of Cleveland as seen through their own personal experience.
Each entrant may submit up to two (2) images. The maximum submission size per photo is 3 mb. Please make sure that you save a high-res copy of your photos. High-res image size is at least 8" x 10" at 300 dpi or shot with a 10 megapixel camera set to high. Read on for more information.
Entry CategoriesLiving City
Cleveland would be nothing without Clevelanders. Whether it's large scale events, small informal happenings, spontaneous moments on the street, interactions among friends or between strangers... it is people that bring the city to life. Submit your best images of Cleveland's great citizens and visitors to this category.
Urban Landscape
From classic Cleveland vantage points to views of the city all your own, we want to see the Downtown environment through your eyes. Submit your best shots of Cleveland's architecture, green spaces, waterfronts and streetscapes.
Future Forward
In this category we are looking for images that exemplify growth, optimism and positive change around Downtown. What are Clevelanders doing to make the best of hard times? What types of projects are people taking on? How are businesses weathering the economy? What are people doing to stay positive? Submit your photographs that you feel show a bright future for our city! These shots may be altered to allow for creative expression.
Deadline Entries to the second annual Downtown Photo Challenge must be submitted by 11:59pm on August 20th, 2010. Entries must be submitted digitally through this site. No submissions will be accepted in hard copy. Print photographers may wish to have negatives scanned to digital format for submission.
PrizesOne (1) Grand Prize winner will receive $500 and a beautifully framed print of their work provided by The Plain Dealer.
Three (3) Category Prize winners will each receive $200 and a beautifully framed print of their work provided by The Plain Dealer.
These four (4) winners will be invited to attend Downtown Cleveland Alliance's 11th Annual Ruth Ratner Miller Award Luncheon for the Advancement of Downtown Cleveland.
The top ten (10) entries, as chosen by our judges, will be shown on the PlayhouseSquare video boards at Star Plaza.
All entries will be shown on Dollar Bank's Regional Showcase LED board at the Galleria.
Judges Photo contest entries will be judged between August 17-31, 2009 by a panel of judges to include:
Bob Herbst, Bob Herbst Photography
Lynn Ischay, Staff Photographer, The Plain Dealer
Lillian Kuri, Program Director for Architecture, Urban Design & Sustainable Development, The Cleveland Foundation
Mary Jo Toles, Professor of Photography, Cleveland Institute of Art
Howard Tucker, Mort Tucker Photography
