PMA Newsline International Release 19/12/03

Leica kicks off its Oskar Barnack Award competition for pro photographers
 
Leica Camera AG, Solms, Germany, is accepting entries for its next international “Leica Oskar Barnack Award” competition for professional photographers. The annual “Leica Oskar Barnack Award” is given to the photographer whose observations most vividly express man’s relationship to his environment in a single photograph or photo story consisting of up to 12 pictures. The closing date for entering the “Leica Oskar Barnack Award” competition is Jan. 31, 2004.Either of 35 mm slide copies or enlargements may be submitted (minimum 7-by-9 inches, maximum 9-by-11 inches).

To qualify, entries must either be series of photos taken in 2003 or long-term projects with at least some of the photos dating from 2003. The winner will receive Euro 5,000 or a Leica camera of the same value. Entries should be marked “Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2004” and sent to: Leica Camera SARL, 106, Boulevard H?loise, F-95814 Argenteuil-Cedex, France. Further information is available at:

www.leica-camera.com/kultur/events/wettbewerbe/obp/index_e.html