Emerging Talent Award LensCulture – Just take the chance!

Would you call yourself a photographic talent?

I find it often very hard to admit that one is really talented with certain things. At least I often feel this way, even if many people around me praise me and I get recognition from them.

Thinking this way about your own skills isn’t just bad for your self-esteem but it can also ruin a lot of chances or make you not even take a chance. Only recently I’ve caught myself reacting this way when I read about a call for the “Emerging Talents in the World” by LensCulture. Immediately I thought: Oh cool, I’m curious which great photographers will join this year and who is going to be awarded in 2018. Participating myself wouldn’t even cross my mind. For this very reason and as I finally realized this thinking pattern, I’ve decided to participate this year. Believing in your own skills, taking risks and SIMPLY GIVING IT A TRY can’t be more harmful than doing NOTHING at all.

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CALL FOR ENTRIES: Emerging Talent Awards 2018! We're searching for the world's best emerging photographers. Awards include a New York City gallery exhibition, cash grants, worldwide exposure to our audience of 3+ million, inclusion in our third photo book, an online masterclass with Steve McCurry or Joel Meyerowitz, projection of your work at international festivals, and more! Link in profile. Photo © Makoto Kubo

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This year the Emerging Talent Award takes place for the fifth time. Many photographers who joined over the past few years have enjoyed some great success after the event. A jury of international photo professionals selects 50 talents from all submissions and all the winner and their pictures are going to be presented in a gallery in NYC. Beyond this, the photos will be published in a photo book and shown at international photo festivals. All these are reasons enough to participate, don’t you think? J

Here you can find all the information about this award.

Have you ever participated at a photo contest? Or even won an award?