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The CCDMD launches the 8th edition of the World of Images Intercollegiate Photo Contest

August 27, 2018

The CCDMD is launching, for the eighth consecutive year, its annual photo contest for college students across the Québec college network.

The competition will award more than $3,000 in prizes, including $1,000 for the best photograph, and a People’s Choice prize.

This year, the contest will be held under the patronage of Gabor Szilasi. This exceptional documentary photographer and teacher is best known for his portraits of the people of Québec. His work has been shown in tens of individual and collective exhibitions in North America and Europe.

The goal of the contest is to encourage the development of the next generation of photographers by facilitating the production and sharing of high-quality photography. Participation is restricted to students in the Québec CEGEP network. Each participant may submit a maximum of five photographs. Files must be uploaded directly to the World of Images website until March 13, 2019 (before midnight).

The contest by the numbers

  • Since the first contest in 2011–2012, 13,500 photographs have been submitted by more than 2,000 students from 65 institutions in the college network.
  • 41 winners have received $21,000 in prizes and 30 participants have received honourable mentions.
  • An exhibition displaying the best photographs has been held for each of the 7 editions.
  • An exhibition of the 2017–2018 edition finalists, 26 photos in total, was also presented at the Musée National de la Photographie, in Drummondville, during last summer.

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