March 28, 2016

Announcement of schedule to accept entry applications for New Cosmos of Photography 2016 (the 39th contest)

Today, Canon Inc. announced that entry applications for New Cosmos of Photography 2016 (the 39th competition) photo competition will be accepted from April 20, 2016 using its Web Entry Application system. Detailed information on procedures will be announced on this Website on Wednesday, April 20. The competition will be judged by Anna Dannemann (Curator, The Photographers’ Gallery, London), Tomoko Sawada (Artist), Hiraki Sawa (Artist), Minoru Shimizu (Photo critic) and other three(to be determined). Through the judging process, each judge will select one Excellent Award winner and two Honorable Mention Award winners.

Award winners will be allowed to exhibit their works at the New Cosmos of Photography Tokyo Exhibition 2016, which is scheduled to be held in November this year. Furthermore, the Grand Prize selection committee will meet and select the Grand Prize winner from among the Excellent Award winners during the exhibition‘s run. The meeting of the committee will be open to the public.

The New Cosmos of Photography is open to entries from anyone, regardless of age or nationality, and accepts photographic works regardless of size, format, or number of constituent items. And, contestants can submit entries including both still images and videos online. Experimental works are welcome, and we encourage contestants to push the possibilities of creative photographic expression, while making full use of their individuality and sensibilities. We look forward to entries that provide a glimpse of tomorrow‘s photography.

Please note that we plan to publish the names and profiles of the judges, along with their expectations of entries and messages to contestants, on the Website as soon as the judges are finalized.