Overview

Vibrant and vibrate have the same latin root word: “vibrare” meaning to move rapidly and rhythmically to and fro.  While vibrate means virtually the same thing in English, vibrant has additional connotations as it applies to brightness of light or color, or as in how liveliness or energetic is the given subject.  “Through a Lens: Vibrant!” gives the photographer several options.  Vibrant could apply to a light or hue in the composition, or it could apply to the subject, as to a person or in a street.  It could even be stretched to apply to the process – check out the vibrance adjustment layer in photoshop.  Which definition of “Vibrant!” will you choose?

Awards:
1st Prize: $ 2,000
2nd Prizes (two awards): $ 500
3rd Prizes (six awards): $ 100

Entry fees: $20 for the first entry and $5 for each additional entry.

Final Jurors
Scott Atkinson: Landscape photographer and Sierra Club Calendar Editor
Michael Collopy: One of the preeminent portrait photographers of our time.
Kate Jordahl: Professor of Photography and Digital Imaging, Foothill College

Eligible media

Photography