POTY Round 1 (Digital images)
Each member is entitled to enter ONE free-choice image (POTY 1F) and ONE themed image (POTY 1T). Details of the theme are provided below along with a brief note of guidance explaining how to comply with the theme.
The deadline for receipt of PDIs is 7:00pm on SUNDAY 9th October 2022
Theme - URBAN LIFE
The general theme of this round is Urban Life: Urban Photography. The theme delves into modernity through all kinds of photography set in the fabric of the city (or town). At the heart of the challenge is the City, the urban environment and the humanity living there: the everyday life of big cities and small towns, the contrasts and the contradictions between the city and the countryside, the aesthetic views, the architectural geometries, fragments of colour breaking up the greyness of the city. Real, immediate images, able to recount the City and its stories. Images should capture one or more of the following conceptual themes:
Streets - The infinite aspects of the city and of the lives of its dwellers.
People - The human body, to be portrayed in a pose or to fleetingly capture on the street. Portraits, fashion, glam and kitsch, faces and glances, conventional and unusual beauty.
Spaces - Urban spaces, among buildings and streets, shapes and geometries, monuments and churches, industrial archaeology, and abandoned places.
Creative - Artistic, experimental, conceptual, visionary, and abstract photos, which do not belong to any of the previous categories, but still refer to the ‘Urban Life’ theme.
About POTY
The Norwich & District Photographic Society (NDPS) prides itself on being a friendly group of people all with a common interest in capturing and creating photographic images. NDPS’s overall aim is that with the support of the more experienced photographers within the Society all members can become the best photographer they can be.
NDPS holds regular competitions throughout the year to give members an opportunity to put their skills into practice, and these are a great way to improve and get feedback on their own photography.
Currently the ‘Photographer of the Year’ (POTY) is the most prestigious competition that NDPS members can enter.
Members entering POTY are expected to have read and be familiar with the document NDPS GENERAL COMPETITION RULES & CONDITIONS OF ENTRY which also apply unless stated otherwise in this document.
POTY Structure
The POTY competition consists of TWO (2) parts.
In the first part of the competition there are FIVE (5) qualification rounds with members competing in TWO (2) leagues
In the second part of the competition the THREE (3) photographers in each league with the highest score at the end of the qualification rounds will compete in the ‘Final’ round to be elected the ‘Photographer of the Year’ in a ballot of the members of the Society.