Hi friends. I’ve ranted for years how mobile phone photography changed my outlook on a bunch of things…creativity born from constraints, the immediacy of the moment, digital sharing, the democratization of creativity, and on and on. As you may know, the ideals and the principle that ‘the best camera is the one that’s with you’ certainly captured my attention, led to my app, a book, a community, etc
But here’s a question: have YOU actually made any cool pictures with your mobile phone? If so, I want to see them. In fact, so does the world and PDN Magazine. So much is the case that the nice folks at PDN have put together a mobile phone photo contest called The Best Camera Challenge.
Entrance fee: $1/image, or 7 for $5. Enter as many as you like.
Categories: People, Places, Things
Prizes: an Apple MacBook for the Grand Prize and lots of other stuff for category winners. Winning images will be featured on PDN. (and I’ll laud you with praise in my social channels too…)
Enter here: at www.thebestcamerachallenge.com
You have one week to enter from today. Deadline is January 31. Details after the jump and at www.thebestcamerachallenge.com
Judges? I will be judging, along with the esteemed Jodi Peckman (Dir of Photography – Rolling Stone), Hali Tara Friehling (Sr. Photo Editor – Details), and Amber Terranova (Photo Editor PDN). Heck yes.
What are the guidelines? While the contest is certainly called The Best Camera Challenge, please know that’s only a reference to the idea that the best camera is the one that’s with you. As much as I’d hope that you dig my award winning iphone app Best Camera (and the slick new site we’ve been testing in beta for a while – check it + sign up), it has nothing to do with the contest. The contest is for any mobile phone. Use any mobile app or combination of apps. Just submit a bunch of cool photos that you shot with the phone in your camera. [Don’t be the kook who submits a shot from your Nikon D3 processed in Photoshop. Keep it real, please.]
What are we looking for? Think of the medium… The goal here is not to make an image that looks like you shot it on the world’s most expensive camera. The goal is to make an image on a mobile phone, capture a vision, a moment, a story. And to have fun doing so.
Go forth. You have one week. Please tell your friends.
The Best Photo My Camera Took For Me
Got an email today saying I’m a finalist and requesting some info on the image. The address provided bounces, it’s an pdnonline.com account. Anyone else?
If the contest was in some way canceled. Where about could I go for a refund of my money? Thanks man.
hi gage – i received the initial submission from PDN today with their apologies for the delay. should have the images edited and winners announced next week after i return from the current gig im on.
thanks for you patience!
Awesome thanks man! Just wanted to know what was going on. Good luck on the gig!
Hey just wondering what the status is on the contest.
Any update on the contest?
Hey Jack. I talked to a guy over at PDN and apparently they got much more photos submitted than anticipated. I’m not sure who is going through the submissions. But I’m sure it’s a mess. I don’t know if they will ever finish.
Talked to PDN again they should be up very soon.
When will the finalist’s be announced and where? Thanks Chase.
Hey! When will The Best Camera Challenge winners be announced? Did I win???