PHOTO CREDITS, clockwise from top left:
Robert Kiss, Maria Gruzdeva, Jana Asenbrennerova,
Sebastian Liste, Rory Gardiner, Christopher Baldwin
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Winners and selected honorable mentions will be featured in the Spring 2012 issue of
PDNedu and on pdnedu.com. Additional People's Choice winners will be featured on
pdnedu.com in our Winners Gallery.
Grand prize winners, one per category, will receive
a Nikon digital camera, a Crumpler bag, a free print from Modernage and a B&H gift card.
All winners and honorable mentions will get a one-year subscription to PDN.
 GRAND PRIZE WINNERS will receive a portfolio consultation with a PDN editor.
The pre-college winner will receive a review with Dennis Keeley,
chair of photography and imaging at Art Center College of Design.
SUBMISSIONS
Students can submit a single image or a series, up to six images per entry. There is no limit
to entries a student can submit; however, all submissions must be made by students currently
enrolled in college or high school. Online entries only. If you're an educator looking to submit
on behalf of your class, contact John Gimenez at jgimenez@pdnonline.com for special
group-rate deals.
- FASHION / PORTRAITURE
From glamour to grunge, show us some style; self-portraits welcome.
- DOCUMENTARY / PHOTOJOURNALISM
Budding reporters, hit the beat. Both the front lines and the
backrooms count, with plenty of room for the in-between.
Show us the issues, people and events in your periphery.
- STILL LIFE
Evoke the aroma in a steaming cup of joe or send us the best from your studio lighting
set-ups - if it's stationary, it counts.
- TRAVEL / LANDSCAPE
From your summer fling in Paris to your hiking trip on Machu Picchu, or simply hanging out
in the hood or your favorite day at the beach-we want to see where you've been.
- FINE ART / PERSONAL WORK
Your chance to get creative and conceptual - the offbeat, unique and beautiful work that doesn't
fit in the above categories.
- OPEN CATEGORY
Ok, you've made the grade, you've got what it takes. Show us your shots from any of the above
categories and prove it. Don't worry, you'll be judged against your peers.
- MULTIMEDIA / VIDEO
Budding directors get moving and submit your best clips-the sky's the limit - up to 20 minutes
iin length or 100 MB file size.
DEADLINE: December 7, 2011
EXTENDED DEADLINE: December 21, 2011
*Late? Pay $5 additional per entry for an extended deadline of 12/21/11. All entries uploaded
after 12/7 will be charged an extended-deadline fee of $5 per entry.
CONSENT AGREEMENT: Submitted files will not be returned. Photo District News (PDN) is not
responsible for the loss or damage of any entry. Submission of an entry acknowledges
acceptance of all contest rules and the right of Photo District News to use the entry for
publication in the Spring 2012 issue of PDNedu exhibiting the PDNedu Student Photography
Contest winners, PDNedu.com, and exhibition and promotions related to the PDNedu Student
Photography Contest up to 18 months following the contest.
DENNIS KEELEY
Chair of Photography and Imaging
Art Center College of Design
Pasadena, CA
PAUL MOAKLEY
Photo Editor
Time magazine
New York, NY
DION THORNTON
Director of Exhibitions & Publications
Jed Root., Inc.
New York, NY
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INGE HELLAND
Director
Bilder Nordic School of Photography
Oslo, Norway
CINDY ZHAO
President
China Photographic Publishing House
Beijing, China
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