The image you consider your best work and the image most likely to win a given contest are almost never the same photograph. Photographers who win consistently understand this distinction and treat it as operational, not philosophical. Those who enter repeatedly without placing often do not. Your best shot carries biographical weight. You know the conditions that produced it, … [Read more...] about The Submission Trap: Why Your Best Shot Is Rarely Your Strongest Entry
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How to Write an Artist Statement That Does Not Hurt Your Entry
In contests that require or accept an artist statement alongside the submitted image, most photographers produce text that actively works against them. Not because the writing is poor — though it often is — but because photographers tend to describe the wrong things, in the wrong order, at the wrong length. The function of an artist statement in a photo contest is narrow and … [Read more...] about How to Write an Artist Statement That Does Not Hurt Your Entry