ONLINE SOLO COMPETITION & GALLERY.

This site is home to the SOLO single-image competition gallery. It’s simple: photographers submit their best images in any of the 5 categories. A global audience clicks the photos they love. The most-loved images continually move to the forefront for increased exposure. Artists are encouraged to ignite their own social networks to fuel their votes. Half of the 200 finalists are chosen by public appreciation, the other half are chosen by a panel of the sharpest eyes in the business to capture the work of those who may not yet have an online following. The final judging panel awards the category winners and Photographer of the Year. The SOLO prize purse is $25,000.

A MIND-BLOWING LIVE EVENT.

The pinnacle event is the LIVE World Open of Photography in May 2012 in beautiful Vancouver, Canada. Separate from the SOLO competition, photographers can request an invitation by submitting a 3-minute choreographed demo slideshow to the review panel. The year’s top 6 artists will be invited to produce full 7-minute shows with concert-level audio for a live audience and digital broadcast. The prize purse is $25,000US.

IT’S ALL ABOUT THE ARTISTS.

Every artist always retains 100% copyright control over their images. Every participating photographer creates their own Artist’s Page. Each image in the SOLO competition gallery links back to their page for the audience to check out their bio, website, blog, other portfolio samples plus any Flickr, Behance or social media links. It’s all about generating exposure and business opportunities for photographers.