Entrance photography awardThe photography awards mentioned included the Hou Dengke documentary photography award. On December 30th, 2023, the final evaluation meeting of the 9th Hou's "Literature Award" was held. The review was composed of a rotating chairman and five judges. The rotating chairman was elected from the study committee and had no voting rights. The identity of the judges was confidential before the initial evaluation and the judges were back to back. The final evaluation meeting was open for discussion. The final evaluation was divided into two rounds. In the first round, each judge would choose three projects from the shortlisted list. In the second round, the judges would score the projects selected in the first round (1 - 20 points). In addition, there were other photography related awards such as the 2023 Tuche Open See photography award, the DPS Review photography equipment award (Nikon Z8 won two championships), and so on. However, there was no specific award named "Dengke photography award." It was speculated that it might refer to the "Hou Dengke documentary photography award."
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documentary photography awardIn the field of documentary photography, there was the Hou Dengke documentary photography award. This was the first non-governmental, public welfare documentary photography award in China that was named after a photographer. It was dedicated to promoting documentary photography's attention to contemporary Chinese social life, encouraging documentary to express itself individually, and looking for works that were truly difficult to shoot and had depth of thought. Since the first selection in 2007, the award has been held every two years.
For example, the 7th Hou Dengke documentary photography award in 2019 started on April 9th, 2019, and ended on October 10th. The organizing committee received a total of 93271 applications. According to the application rules, the number of valid applications was 291 (270 photographers), and the number of valid contributions was the highest in history. After about a month of selection, there were three winning projects, seven nominated projects, and 33 shortlisted projects.
Another example was the 9th Hou Dengke documentary photography award, which was held on December 30,2023. A total of 526 projects were submitted, with a total of 22071 single photography works and 35 finalists.
In addition, there was also the Academy photography award, which was an annual art award in the field of video education in China universities. It was first initiated by the Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in 2013. The 12th Academy photography awards were held in Shengyang. 145 works were submitted from 31 institutions of higher learning, and 62 of them were shortlisted. Their works covered documentary photography, concept photography, video installation, experimental video, and many other forms. After the preliminary selection and re-evaluation, two photography gold awards, four silver awards, eight bronze awards, and 16 excellent awards would be selected.
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The highest photography awardDifferent categories had different highest photography awards:
- The internationally recognized top photography awards were the Pulitzer Prize, José (World Press photography competition), and the Hassel International photography award.
- In the field of photography in China, the highest individual achievement award was the China Photographic Golden Award, which was held every two years. There were three sub-categories: documentary photography, artistic photography, and commercial photography. In Zhejiang Province, the highest individual achievement award in the field of photography in the province was the Zhejiang Photographic Golden Award. The highest award in the National Photographic Ceremony was the Daguerre Award. There were also different categories of awards such as the Daguerre Life Spirit Award and the Daguerre Green Action Public Welfare Award. The Ministry of Culture had the highest individual award from the China Art Photographer Society, the Golden Road Photographer Award.
- In the Huainan Beautiful Huainan Short videos and photography collection activity, the photography photo gold award was the highest award in the photography category of the activity, with a prize of 5000 yuan.
- In some mobile photography competitions, such as one of the top three mobile photography competitions in the world, the highest level award was the annual photographer. The winner of the first place in the category of the iPhone iPhone photography competition was also a higher-level award.
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The biggest award in the world of photographyThe most prestigious awards in the photography industry were the Pulitzer Prize, the José Prize, and the Hassel International Prize in photography. The Sonny World Film Awards was also one of the largest and most respected photography awards in the world.
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What is the China photography award?The China Golden Statue Award for photography was approved by the central government and jointly organized by the China Federation of Literature and Art Circles and the China Photographers Association. It was the highest national individual achievement award in the field of photography. In addition, there were other well-known photography awards in China, such as the Golden Dragon Award for Chinese photography and the Hong Kong National Photographic Art Exhibition. Many Chinese photographers won gold, silver, bronze, and other awards in these competitions. The awards in the China National Wilderness Image Competition were known as the " Oscars " of China's nature photography industry. It was the largest and most prestigious wilderness photography competition in the country. Chinese photographers also won the 2023 International Photographic Awards. There were also competitions such as the National Photographic Art Exhibition. Different photography competitions in different fields of photography, such as documentary, art, business, nature, architecture, etc., had their own influence, encouraging photographers to create outstanding works and participate in the competition.
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An actress won a photography awardTang Wei won the Best Actress Award for the role of Song Ruilai in "The Determination to Break Up."
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International photography award, FujiAt present, Fujifilm had cooperated with Magnum to complete a number of global creative projects. Fujifilm's China contracted photographer Wu Shenjie's work "Fen" won the grand prize and the creative group gold medal at the Super photography exhibition in Trenberg, Austria. In the Fuji X100 10th anniversary Street Fighter Challenge, the group photo "Wish 2" shot by photographer Haze won the "Street Fighter 2021" grand prize.
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A portrait that won an award for photographyIn the 2nd International Portrait Photographer Competition organized by Australia's "Better Photographer" magazine, the grand prize was won by Thai photographer Jatenipat Petpradit, but the winning work was not mentioned. In the portrait category of a group of photography competitions in China, the first prize was "Pulan Women"(Photographer: Wang Kui), the second prize was "Bengal Aluminium-Factory Worker"(Photographer: Mi Youkang),"Happy Tribe Family Portrait"(Photographer: Wu Haiyan), the third prize was "Stunning"(Photographer: He Shufang),"Faraway Autumn"(Photographer: Wu Jinghui),"Phantom"(Photographer: Short paragraph), and the excellent prize was "Green Zijin"(Photographer: Xie Xiaoling),"The Wizard of Oz"(Photographer: Zhao Xiaojin),"Flying Snow"(Photographer: Bai Haaxia),"The Children of Daliang Mountain"(Photographer: Hu Lin),"Bright Eyes and Good Gaze for Shaping Horns"(Photographer: Fu Yuliang). Steve McCurry's most famous work was "The Girl of Afganstan," which was published by the National Geography magazine in 1985 and won four unprecedented first prizes in the same year, including the Robert Capa Gold Award, the National Press Photographer Award, and the World Press Photographer Award.
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What is the International photography award?There were many different types of famous awards in the International Photographic Awards:
- Siena International Photographic Awards: hosted by the Siena Travel Art Photographic Center and launched in 2015. It is open to photographers from all over the world, both professional and amateur photographers. The competition is divided into many categories, such as "street photography","nature","architecture and city", etc. In 2022, nearly 48,000 works from photographers from 156 countries were received. The award-winning works will help promote tourism.
- World Press Photographer Competition (Josai): It was established in 1957 and is considered the most authoritative international professional photojournalist competition. It has a high influence and has different awards such as "Sports Singles". For example, in the 66th "Josai" Grand Prize in 2024, the Pole Thomas Guzovati won the first prize for "Sports Singles". In 1989, the Asian Single Picture Award was established for the first time, and in 2001, the Asian Photographic Series Award was established.
- The iPhone Photographer Awards was held in 2007. It was an international competition with a long history, strong contestants, and strict judges. It was known as the "Oscars of the iPhone Photographer Awards." Submissions were required to pay, and the first winner of each category could win gold bars.
- The Sonny World Photographic Awards was established in 2007. It was sponsored by the Sonny Corporation and organized by the World Photographic Organization. It was one of the largest photography competitions in the world. It covered a wide range of topics. Professional, amateur, student, and young photographers could participate.
- IOTY (International Photographer of the Year): The competition is held annually. The competition is divided into professional and amateur groups. Each group has five permanent photography topics. The award-winning photographers of the professional and amateur groups can receive 2500 and 1500 US dollars respectively.
- Hassel Master Competition: The world's most prestigious professional photography competition, held every two years. The participating photographers were required to submit the most representative works. The winning photographer was also awarded the title of "Master Hassel" in addition to generous rewards.
- XPOSURE-International photography award: Sharjah photography award in the United Arab Republic. The prize pool is worth more than 60,000 US dollars. It covers a variety of categories and is free of entry fees. For example, the second place in the Nature and Landscape category in 2023 will receive a cash prize of 1500 US dollars.
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