Photo competitions: 7 expert tips to stand out

ArtsHub summarises seven tips offered by the Head On Foundation to help photographers stand out in a competition.
‘Garage Doors’ by Ruth Woodrow, finalist of 2023 Head On Photo Awards, Landscape Category. A collaged photo of different colourful garage doors arranged in a rainbow spectrum.

The Head On Foundation recently delivered an online workshop offering tips to impress judges at photography competitions and the session included suggestions ranging from what to look for in a prize to reasons to enter. The Foundation delivers an international festival and annual photography awards staged Australia.

In this article, ArtsHub summarises seven key takeaways from Head On Founder and Creative Director, Moshe Rosenzveig OAM on how to stand out in photo contests and maximise your chance of winning a prize.

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Celina Lei is the Diversity and Inclusion Editor at ArtsHub. She acquired her M.A in Art, Law and Business in New York with a B.A. in Art History and Philosophy from the University of Melbourne. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Most recently, Celina was one of three Australian participants in DFAT’s the Future of Leadership program. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram @lleizy_