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Win a chance to be featured in the SS 2020 print issue of Virtuogenix!
“The secret of survival was to balance hope and despair.”
– Rohinton Mistry
“Action is hope. There is no hope without action.”
– Ray Bradbury
What are the things you truly wish for?
True friendship? Freedom? Equality? Privacy? Recognition? More time and budget to pursue your passions? Health? Recovery from an illness or injury? A 3D printer that uses recycled plastic bottles to create bespoke clothing? A way to enjoy exercise? Another chance?
What kind of world would you like to live in?
A world that celebrates unconventional beauty? A world where people are more mindful of the environment? A world where people support independent designers and artisans?
Show us your ideal reality and tell us the steps you can take to make it happen
Who is eligible?
The competition is open to all fashion/beauty photographer, fine art photographer, and artists worldwide. Void where prohibited by law
There will be one winner per category: (a) Fashion/Beauty Photography, (b) Fine Art Photography, and (c) Art. Each winner from each category will receive:
- A print feature in the SS 2020 issue of Virtuogenix Magazine
- A print copy of the SS 2020 issue of Virtuogenix Magazine
- An online interview or article on Virtuogenix.Online
- A monthly social media post – featuring your work – across our social media accounts for 6 months
Each Runner Up and Honorable Mention from each category will receive:
- A print feature in VGXW Magazine (the print-on-demand division of Virtuogenix)
- An online feature on Virtuogenix.Online
- Three social media posts on VGXW Magazine’s Instagram feed
Each finalist from each category will receive:
- An online feature on Virtuogenix.Online
- Three social media posts on VGXW Magazine’s Instagram feed
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Submissions Guidelines
- No purchase is necessary to enter or to be selected.
- Submit your work via KAVYAR.
- The work you submit needs to be your own original work. The work cannot be heavily based or inspired by other artwork(s) or photograph(s). Additionally, the work cannot contain other artist(s)’ or photographer(s)’ work (e.g. stock images, images you found online, images you sourced from a printed material, etc).
- Each submission needs to be accompanied with a brief submission statement (in English). Tell us: what is your life or your world like if it were totally up to you and the steps you can take to make it happen. The submission statement needs to correspond/match up with the image(s) or the artwork(s) you submit.
- Do not include anything that could be interpreted as violent, sexually explicit, sexist, political, discriminating, or offensive.
- Artists and fine art photographers can submit their preexisting works. However, fashion and beauty photographers can only submit photographs that had never been published/shared/seen elsewhere before
- To simplify the process, hi-res images are preferred.
- Any image we do not intend to publish will be deleted from our system/database/computer/hard drive the moment we decide not to publish it. We will notify you about the deletion. For an extra precaution, upon receiving the notification, please delete the image(s) from Kavyar as well.
- However, if you prefer not to submit hi-res images right away, you can start by submitting lower-res version of your work first. (Minimum size: 620 pixels on the shortest side). However, if you are chosen as a finalist, you need to supply the hi-res version of your work within 48 hours of receiving a notification from us or you will forfeit the chance to proceed to the final round of judging.
- Submit your work in jpeg format.
- Do not put multiple images in one jpeg file.
- Do not put text and/or borders around your images.
- To keep it fair for everyone, we will not make any exception at any time.
Print specification
Terms and Conditions
- We will reach out to the winners via email. All winners need to respond to us within 48 hours or they will forfeit the competition.
- Potential winners may be required to complete and return a Declaration of Eligibility and, except where prohibited, Liability/Publicity Release, tax forms, or other documents in the form provided by Virtuogenix to order to claim the prize. This includes a document that certifies: (1) The work you submitted does violate or infringe the copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, or other personal or proprietary rights of any person or legal entity. (2) The work you submitted does not and will not violate any applicable laws. (3) You have committed no fraud or deception in participating in the competition.
- All winners will also be required to sign a Publishing Agreement (for one print issue only).
- If you have not reached the age of majority at the time of entry, your parent or legal guardian will be required to sign all the necessary forms. Otherwise, we will not be able to publish your work.
- Please be advised that U.S. based winners might be required to file all the necessary tax forms.
- Please provide us with an active email address so we can notify you about the status of your submission/contest entry.
- We reserve the right to select no winner if there are too few entries that fulfill all the requirements.
How the judging panel will choose
- Judging criteria: originality and creativity (25%), quality/technical mastery (25%), adherence to the theme (25%), adherence to submissions guidelines (10%), and an overall understanding of Virtuogenix Magazine’s style/aesthetics (15%).
- The judging panel will include all members of Virtuogenix Magazine editorial team, EKATERINA BELINSKAYA (Fashion/Beauty Photography Category as well as Fine Art Photography Category Judge), and KYLIE DEXTER (Art Category Judge).
- In the first round of judging, members of Virtuogenix Magazine editorial team will review each entry. Submissions that do not follow the guidelines, do not fit the theme of the next issue, and/or do not fit with the magazine’s aesthetics will be removed from the lineup. During this period, we might feature some of the submissions on Virtuogenix’s social media channels.
- If you are chosen as a finalist, you will need to respond to our message via Kavyar within 48 hours or you will forfeit the competition.
- Afterward, each category judge will pick one winner per category as well as one runner up and honorable mention(s).
- We will notify each winner via Kavyar on March 9, 2020. We will give each winner 48 hours to respond. If or when a winner fail to respond within 48 hours, we will contact a runner up who will also need to respond within 48 hours or else forfeit the competition.
Key Dates
- Submissions period: January 29, 2020 – March 1, 2020
- Deadline: March 1, 2020 @ 23:59 PM Pacific Standard Time (UTC -8:00)
- Winner Notification (via email): March 9, 2020
- Winner Announcement (on our website and social media): March 13, 2020
Where to submit
https://kavyar.com/virtuogenix-magazine/submissions/virtuogenix-photography-art-competition
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Fashion/Beauty Photography and Fine Art Photography Judge
EKATERINA BELINSKAYA
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Ekaterina Belinskaya was born in Moscow, Russia. Drawn to the Sciences as a young girl, she eventually received a diploma in Engineering/Ecology. It was during the time of her studies, however, that she unexpectedly discovered her creative side. Ekaterina specializes in portraits & fashion and has worked alongside prominent designers, stylists, make-up artists and modeling agencies.
Each one of Ekaterina’s photographs is a fairy tale: dark, beautiful and mysterious. Her works have been included in the list of “Best Photos of Russia” four years running and she was awarded Russia’s “Best Photographer” award in 2012. Ekaterina photographs have been featured in Paper Magazine, L’Officiel, Elle, Rogue, L’Beaute, Basic, Forbes, and most recently a cover story for Virtuogenix. Her photographs also helped launch Super Stylist’s B. Akerlund’s line of accessories for IKEA called OMEDELBAR.
Commercially, she has photographed ad campaigns for eyewear designer Anna-Karin Karlsson, LUMIX Camera, as well as cover art and billboard photograph for recording artist Sofi Tukker, and more. Her recent shoots include a story featuring “Booksmart” star Kaitlyn Dever, “American Horror Story” actress Taissa Farmiga, “Black Mirror” actress Andrea Riseborough and “Busy Tonight”’s Busy Philips.
Ekaterina’s first Exhibition in Los Angeles (“The Edge of Fashion”) opened at the Duncan Miller Gallery in Santa Monica on March 22, 2018 and ran through to April 28th. She currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.
Art Category Judge
KYLIE DEXTER
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Kylie is an internationally exhibited self-taught felt sculpture artist from Melbourne Australia and former Deputy Editor and Writer of Beautiful Bizarre Magazine. In November 2019, she guest-curated a group exhibition “Come Undone” featuring 25 artists from around the world (including. Annie Montgomerie, Jana Brike, Johnson Tsang, Laurie Hogin, Mahlimae, Matt Dangler, Peca, Sara Dolby, Scott Radke, and Zoe Byland). The exhibition runs from November 3rd to November 24th at BeinArt Gallery in Melbourne, Australia.
As an avid art collector, Kylie feels that art is a relationship. The artist and the audience become linked through their stories and the works become records of times in the lives of both the artist and the individual who has been drawn to that particular piece. There is an energy that exists in these representations, beyond what is visually perceived. Art is a gift to give, to inspire and ignite, to transcend and connect our unspoken fears and dreams; a shared understanding. Art is the invisible thread that births creativity and energy in us all.
Kylie’s work has been shown in local and international galleries including Dollirium Art Doll Emporium (London), ArtBoy Gallery (Prahran, Australia), MONA Gallery Shop (Tasmania, Australia), Arch Enemy Arts (Philadelphia), Cactus Gallery (Los Angeles), The Old Jaffa Museum (Israel), The Good Goat Gallery (Ohio), Weswal Gallery (Tamworth, Australia), Penumbra Gallery (Portugal), and Modern Eden Gallery (San Francisco). She was also published in ADQ magazine as a featured artist, Damaged Magazine, Doll Collector, Beautiful Bizare Magazine (online), and Mornington Life magazines.
