Architecture & Design/Still Life

Joanna Lemanska 2012 MPA Architecture WinnerOur surroundings are full of visually interesting buildings, structures, designs and patterns from the countryside to the city.
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Black and White

Lisa_Wiltse_Winter_in_NYCIn the digital era, photographers are no longer limited by darkroom costs or film choice and the allure of Black & White is as strong as ever.
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Digital Fine Art / Visual FX

awesomeThis category is for manipulated and altered images using additional elements like textures, multiple exposures, and app effects to create an image from the imagination of the artist.
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Landscapes & Wildlife

1166_Beales_443In many ways, landscapes are the most difficult kind of photos to produce with a mobile phone camera. Most landscape shots taken with a DSLR have the advantage… Read More

Macro/Details

macro-9 copyWhen you magnify a subject, you bring your viewers into a world impossible to witness with the naked eye.
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People

salgadoThe People category is always the busiest in the MPA because it’s about everybody’s favorite subject: our species!
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PORTRAITS & SELF PORTRAITS

10X10_PleyerThe simplest definition is that portraits are artistic representations of the likeness of person.
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The Darkness

Nettie Edwards

Think shadows, mystery, low key exposures, night shots, deep, rich, dark colours and misty, cryptic Black and Whites.
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Travel & Transportation

Alfred_Pleyer_The_SmokerTravel photography is about conveying through images an area’s landscape, people, cultures, customs, architecture and history.
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Silhouettes

SY SOSilhouettes create such powerful images, due to the simple isolation of subject. They remove all distractions and all you see is the a perfectly sharp black outline against a beautiful background.
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Street Photography

1962_Lang_4565A mobile phone is perhaps the perfect tool for the street photographer unobtrusive, light, and relatively simple to use.
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Water/Snow/Ice

Say Cheese copyWater, in all it’s forms, is an endlessly inspiring photographic subject.
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THE PHOTO ESSAY

2012 Photo Essay Winner Melissa VincentThe Photo Essay category is a sub-component of the MPA and awards it’s own prize of $500 separate from all other categories.
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