We are all the eyes of the world. This is especially true for the mobile photographer as we document the world around us, at all times, as we see it & encounter its immediacy.
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Our surroundings are full of visually interesting buildings, structures, designs and patterns from the countryside to the city.
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In 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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This 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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In 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

When you magnify a subject, you bring your viewers into a world impossible to witness with the naked eye.
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We are all drawn to natural color and beauty. Plants and flowers, the emotions and expressions of animals, the majesty of meadows at magic hour, the unfolding of a rose.
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The People category is always the busiest in the MPA because it’s about everybody’s favorite subject: our species!
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Photo journalism is a medium that tries to document life as it is and often serves as a vehicle for political, social and personal statements.
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The simplest definition is that portraits are artistic representations of the likeness of person.
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Think shadows, mystery, low key exposures, night shots, deep, rich, dark colours and misty, cryptic Black and Whites.
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Travel photography is about conveying through images an area’s landscape, people, cultures, customs, architecture and history.
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It’s been said still life photographers make pictures rather than take them.
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People say that artists do self-portraits as it solves the problem of having to find a model.
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Silhouettes 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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A mobile phone is perhaps the perfect tool for the street photographer unobtrusive, light, and relatively simple to use.
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Cars, Trucks, Trains, Planes, Skateboards, Bicycles, Busses, Boats, Jet-Skis, ATV’s, Tractors…
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Visual FX & Layers is all about graphic design, abstractions, typography, juxtapositions using photography as a base.
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Water, in all it’s forms, is an endlessly inspiring photographic subject.
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The 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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