Judge:  Jacqui Dean

Entries to each category is a maximum of two images.    Maximum of six images in total must be spread over the four categories in digital and prints.  

FINE ART DESCRIPTION

This category should feature images where the intention is aesthetic, revealing the subjective, creative vision of the artist, photos that express an idea, a message, or an emotion through the image and the technique used to create it.  1) ABSTRACT – non objective, experimental or conceptual photography depicting a visual image not immediately associated with the object world.  2) COLLAGE – any image created by combining or pasting several images or parts of images together to create a new composition or interpretation of reality.  3) LANDSCAPE- photography featuring landscapes in an artistic way, often enhanced, showing scenes in nature through the creative eye and techniques of the photographer.  4) MINIMALISM – images using a minimum amount of components such as colour, shape, line and texture.  5) NUDES – photos depicting the nude human body with an emphasis on form, composition, emotional content and other aesthetic qualities.  6)  PORTRAIT – artistic images of a person or group of people capturing the personality of the subject by use of lighting, backdrops, poses, etc.  7) STILL LIFE – photos depicting inanimate subject matter, typically a small group of objects or with a single object in focus.