Union Of Lights 2022 Luminance Award
UNION OF LIGHTS World Photography Contest is founded to celebrate photography, its history and most of all, its art form - a subtle balance between aesthetics and purpose, aesthetics - to attain ultimate beauty through the use of a camera - and purpose - to recreate and represent the objective reality.
Contest Awards & Prizes
Up to $10,000 US in Cash Prizes with 60% of all entries awarded to the Best Photograph Overall and Best Photograph in each Category. The Luminance Award - Best Photograph Overall - receives 30% of all entries. The Best Photograph in each Category receives percentage dividend of 30% of all entries.
Entry Fee: $10
Announcement Date: Dec 15, 2022
12 Categories
One Winner Will Be Chosen From Each Category And One Overall Winner From All Categories
ABSTRACT
Photographs with emphasis on subject through aesthetics and elements of composition, not as an individual thing, but as lines, shapes, colors, textures, shadows, and highlights.
ARCHITECTURE
Photographs that capture historical, ordinary and postmodern architectures as religious, public, residential, commercial and landscape architectures.
CREATIVE
Photographs that capture scenes using creative elements to improve the subject’s presence from the subject’s natural state.
FOOD & DRINKS
Photographs that capture food and drinks using elements and techniques that make the food or drink looking appetizing and its best.
NATURE & WILDLIFE
Photographs that capture nature from its natural state and wildlife from its natural habitat.
PEOPLE
Photographs that capture humans showing human nature and expressions or reactions.
BLACK-AND-WHITE
Photographs that capture captivating scenes and portraits using different tones of gray, ranging from white to dark.
FASHION
Photographs that capture portraits that include elements as make-ups, props, posing, extensive lighting, and beautiful locations.
LANDSCAPE
Photographs that capture nature and land using techniques that captivate and take the viewer into the scene.
STREET & LIFESTYLE
Photographs that capture candid lives in public areas and people in situations and real-life events or milestones.