Enter this Mobile Phone Photo Competition

Snap it. Send it. Win it.

The Young Harris College Mobile Phone Photography Competition

Young Harris College and the Campus Gate Art Gallery are excited to announce a call for entries for a new art experience that will be traveling the southeastern United States next year. Snap it. Send it. Win it. is a mobile phone photography contest open to both aspiring and professional artists as well as anyone who enjoys taking cool pictures on their phones!
An article in National Geographic Magazine recently stated that 50 billion photos were taken with camera phones in the year 2000 and estimate that 150 billion will be taken by the year 2015—a number that will outweigh that of digital cameras. As photography is transferred into the portable medium of cell phones, Young Harris College wants to capture and experience this growing art form by offering a competition open to anyone who can take a photograph with a mobile phone.
The world of art is rapidly changing with the constantly advancing technology of smart phones, computers, projectors and other electronics. The realm of mobile phone “apps” are constantly growing and changing, and artists are now carrying cameras in their back pocket on a daily basis. We want to showcase this new realm of photographic art and show that mobile phones can produce groundbreaking images. Through this competition, we will create a body of work that shows what these handheld devices can do. By taking these images out of the digital world of social media and displaying them to audiences in the form of prints, we aim to prove that this medium is a true art form—and it’s not going away any time soon.
The competition will include five categories for photographers to choose from: architecture, people, rhythm, “no app” (meaning no editing and/or manipulation) and an open category. Prizes will be awarded for each category along with an overall grand prize. After all submissions are received, a panel will narrow the pool to approximately 100 images for each category.  These final 500 images will be converted to 5”x5” prints and exhibited in the CGAG, where a panel of jurors will evaluate the work and award prizes. After the show closes at the CGAG in January 2013, the images will continue to travel and be exhibited in multiple galleries throughout the southeastern U.S. (dates and locations to be announced soon).

View Snap It. Submission Guidelines.

• Each artist may submit a maximum of six entries. The entry fee is $10 for three photos or $20 for six.
• The contest features five categories:
- Open (anything and everything goes)
- Architecture
- People
- Rhythm
-No apps (no editing, manipulation or app usage—straight photojournalism style)
• Each image must be photographed at the highest resolution possible.
• Every image must be cropped square with a 1x1 ratio. (If the image is not square, or the artist does not have the capabilities to crop the image yourself, the CGAG staff will crop the image at our discretion if selected for inclusion in the show.)
• The artist may use ANY photo editing app software available on camera phones
• The artist MAY NOT use computer programs such as Photoshop, Lightroom, Aperture, Picasa, etc. 

All editing must be accomplished on the phone.
• All entries must be submitted to snapit@yhc.edu.
• An artist may send a maximum of three images per email.
• The artist should title each photo with his/her last name, underscore and title of image. ex.
Smith_Waterfall or Huneycutt_Big_Street_Number_1
• Each email entry must include:
-The words “Snap it photos” in the subject line
-Name
-Mailing address (where prizes and prints will be shipped)
-Phone number
-Email address
-Type of phone used to take images (brand is sufficient)
-App editing software used for each image
-Selling price (minimum $30)
-Category for each image (ex. Big Street Number 1: Architecture; Waterfall: Open)

View Snap It. Frequently Asked Questions.
Q. What is the deadline to submit photos?
All entry fees must be submitted by Friday, November 2, 2012. If this deadline is not met, the images
will NOT be juried or printed.
 

Q. What device can I use to take the photos?
Any photo taken on a mobile phone is eligible for entry. Photos taken on iPads or any other tablets are
NOT eligible.
 

Q. Can I upload my photo to my computer, tweak it in Photoshop and then email it to you?
NO. An artist must use editing software available on mobile phones. The idea of this contest is to shoot
an image with a mobile phone and alter it directly on the phone. One of the goals of this competition is
to see what the mobile phone can do for photographic art—not what computers have been doing for
many years.
 

Q. Can I use any app to process my photos?
An artist may use any app or combination of apps for any submitted photo (except the “No App”
category). If it's available on your phone, you can use it.
 

Q. How many images can I submit?
Each artist may submit a maximum of six entries. The entry fee is $10 for three photos or $20 for six.
 

Q. Will all submissions be printed?
No. A panel of jurors will choose the top 200-500 images (depending on amount of submissions) to
print and display in the Campus Gate Gallery at Young Harris College.
 

Q. What can I win?
The winners in each photo category will receive a prize. The entry fee goes directly to advertising,
printing, shipping and prizes. The more entries we receive, the better the prizes will be. A list of prizes is
updated daily depending on the amount of entries we receive; we will do our best to update this
information as often as possible. All winners will receive Apple gift cards of varying amounts. Potential
additional prizes may include iPads, digital cameras, photo software or app store vouchers.
 

Q. Why do I have to pay to submit images?
Virtually every call for gallery exhibitions asks for an entry fee, as there are considerable costs associated with art gallery shows. For this exhibition, Young Harris College will be paying for the printing of all selected images, advertising the show both in print and online outlets, and giving away substantial
prizes to all winners.

Q. Can I pay the entry fee with cash or check?
The CGAG will only accept payment via Paypal.

After viewing the submission guidelines above, submit entries to snapit@yhc.edu! All entry fees must be submitted by Friday, November 2, 2012.

Note: ALL submissions must include name, mailing address (where prizes and prints will be shipped), phone number, email address, type of phone used to take images (brand is sufficient), app editing software used for each image, selling price (minimum $30), and category for each image (ex. Big Street Number 1: Architecture; Waterfall: Open). Once the Campus Gate Art Gallery receives and evaluates all images and entries, the artist will receive a reply with a confirmation email detailing how to submit the entry fee via Paypal.

After viewing the submission guidelines above, submit entries to snapit@yhc.edu! All entry fees must be submitted by Friday, November 2, 2012.

Note: ALL submissions must include name, mailing address (where prizes and prints will be shipped), phone number, email address, type of phone used to take images (brand is sufficient), app editing software used for each image, selling price (minimum $30), and category for each image (ex. Big Street Number 1: Architecture; Waterfall: Open).


 Once the Campus Gate Art Gallery receives and evaluates all images and entries, the artist will receive a reply with a confirmation email detailing how to submit the entry fee via Paypal.
Please direct any questions to  snapitquestions@yhc.edu.