EyeTime2015: Winners Announced

On behalf of the competition organizers, collaborators and supporters, the Morpholio Project, Resource Magazine and The Phoblographer congratulate the EyeTime 2015 Winners, Honor Awards and Honorable Mentions. “When judging a collection of work, I look for the artist to tell a story through images that are both coherent and striking. For many, selection and editing, which imparts the maturity of an artist’s skill set, can be the most challenging stage to accomplish.” Said Alexandra Niki, President/ CEO, Resource Magazine. "Looking at some of the work presented in this competition gives me lots of hope and excitement for the future of photography. In a world where everyone is a photographer, this contest still goes to show that it's the creative vision that matters the most at the end of the day.” Said Chris Gampat, Editor in Chief, The Phoblographer. "Seeing the work that these young and up-and-coming photographers are submitting is inspirational to me and a reminder of how many stories are out there to be told." said Pei Ketron.

EyeTime 2015 was assembled as a means to publicly promote the research, exploration and investigation currently happening amongst today's emerging talent. "It's enlightening and inspiring to see photographic work like this, coming from unique, creative and compelling perspectives, all over the world." Said Tracey Clark, Founder / Shutter Sisters. Paul Petrunia, Founder of ARCHINECT notes "This year's finalists display an impressive level of cultural sensitivity and social awareness. At a time when hardware and software technology can make almost anyone look like a skilled photographer, these photographs prove that human perspective plays the most important role in telling a story through imagery." All of the submissions exemplified outstanding work and the competition organizers are grateful for the enormous amount of entrants who were bold enough to confront the world with their voice. “It’s amazing to see photographers with such an amazing vision" said Avi Muchnick, Director of Products at Adobe.

Diana Jou of The Wall Street Journal said. “I am blown-away by the range of topics and locations of the finalists.” With special thanks to the family and friends of Jessica Lum, EyeTime is also announcing two winners for excellence in Photojournalism honoring Jessica. "Jessica Lum is an inspiration to all aspiring young photojournalists. She pursued her passion wholeheartedly and gave voice to the people she photographed. I hope the winners of the Jessica Lum award are continually inspired to share their own voice with the world through telling the stories of others. It is possible to send your message through today's virtual noise. Make it a message worth sending." Said Salgu Wissmath, Photojournalist, Co-founder of Project I AM. On behalf of the competition team, we commemorate Jessica Lum and her work, and offer our condolences to those who knew her.

Eyetime 2015 was assembled by photographers, professors and students as a means to publicly promote the research, exploration and investigation currently happening amongst today's emerging talent. "It's wonderful to see such ambition and creativity from these young photographers" said Mike Kus, Director Mike Kus Ltd. EyeTime would like to give a special thanks to the ICP (International Center of Photography), APA (American Photographic Artist), ADC (Art Directors Club), The Morpholio Project, Resource magazine, The Phoblographer, Light Stalking, Domino, Adobe, Shutter Sisters, Psychology for Photographers, DBA, Bustler, Archinect, NYIP, PhotoCompete, The ArchitectureRoom, The Photo Contest and The PhotographyBlog.

This year's EyeTime jury included Photographer Pei Ketron, Avi Muchnick of Adobe, Chris Gampat of The Phoblographer, Shani Silver of Domino, Diana Jou of The Wall Street Journal, Alexandra Niki and Adam Sherwin of Resource Magazine, Photographer Dean West, Kathryn Roach, Paul Petrunia of ARCHINECT, Mike Kus, Billy Cunningham of The International Center of Photography, Kristen Fortier, Tracey Clark of Shutter Sisters, Jenika McDavitt of Psychology for Photographers, Tiffany Mueller of Light Stalking and Juliette Wolf-Robin of APA. To view the Winners, Honor Awards and Honorable Mentions, please visit eyetime2015 or "Pinup" on the competition app: http://www.mymorpholio.com/site.php/home/eyetime2015

Winners

Honor Awards

Honorable Mentions

About the Competition App

The Competition Team would like to give a special thanks to the Morpholio Project for the technology and support that allowed this competition to happen.
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Jury Quotes

Competition Statement

EyeTime 2015 invites students and young professionals or enthusiasts to submit a collection of their photography comprised of up to three digital images. By submitting your work, we invite you to share your voice with the collective intelligence of a community of visual thinkers. The competition is free to all entrants.

The proliferation of device culture, social networking, and cloud technology are changing the way we create, and connect on a daily basis. For photography, this means that technology is not only transforming the process of production, but also the processes through which we share, critique, and organize ourselves around the work we do. The competition is first, and foremost an experiment in distributed intelligence. By leveraging the "wisdom of crowds" every entrant can see and understand how his or her work is experienced by others. It has been predicted that in 2020, there will be 50 billion mobile internet connections worldwide, the equivalent of seven devices per person. Thus, this competition is not simply about the existence of technology, but rather why and how we harness it as artists.

As the paradigm shift from analog to digital is paired with the emergence of platforms for the digital consumption of images, photography inherently reassess its methods, media and subjects, in order to establish a dialogue with an audience whose visual abilities are increasingly expanded by technology. Thus, this competition challenges you to confront the world with your photography. By sending it out into the field you will test yourself and your work. You are the artist, the curator and the critic. EyeTime 2015 poses the following questions: What are the aspirations by which we evaluate photography today? In an increasingly networked culture, what makes an image capable of cutting through the virtual noise, and starting a new conversation? How do evolving forms of media affect the way in which your message reaches its destination? What is your message?

Eyetime 2015 was assembled by photographers, professors and students as a means to publicly promote the research, exploration and investigation currently happening amongst today's emerging talent. The competition series has been supported by the ICP (International Center of Photography), APA (American Photographic Artists), ADC (Art Directors Club), and is hosted by Morpholio. The guest jury includes participants from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Resource magazine, Light Stalking, Shutter Sisters, Psychology for Photographers, and the ICP. We look forward to your participation.

In Memory of Jessica Lum

Jessica Lum was a young, spirited and extraordinarily talented journalist. As an award-winning photographer, reporter, editor and humanitarian, she dedicated her tragically short career to the needs of giving voice to others. Through her storytelling, Jessica would seek to redefine the "presence" of those telling a story and capturing the moment that is to be preserved. Her approach was best stated in her own words: "To truly understand a story we need a deeper level of interaction. If we desire to truly grasp the full significance of an image that we capture, we need to step out from behind that camera, gain a level of trust and converse with the human people to whom we wish to give voice."

EyeTime 2012 was privileged to have Jessica as an esteemed Jury member and will be forever grateful for her contributions to emerging talents, as well as the profession of Photojournalism. This year, EyeTime will be honoring the mission, voice and work that Jessica shared with the world, a mission captured by her own words: "When I write and when I take pictures, I realize that it isn't me trying to create something, it's me trying to preserve the moment. But in preserving the moment, I'm not trying to battle against the inevitability of time passing. I'm simply trying to understand the moment."

On behalf of the competition organizers, supporters and contributors, we commemorate Jessica Lum and her work, and offer our condolences to those who knew her.


Special thanks to our collaborator Resource Magazine:


Resource Magazine was launched in 2007 as an innovative New York based photo and video production magazine. After years of expansion, Resource is now an internationally distributed and recognized publication. With multiple outlets including an interactive digital edition available on iTunes Newsstand and a powerful website updated daily, Resource has become the staple in the advancement of image making. Its creative vision, distinguished content and design was built by CEO and President Alexandra Niki, who has a background in prop styling and set building. Niki’s entrepreneurial mind is now leading Resource Magazine’s media voice and growing community.

EyeTime2015: Competition Finalists Announced

On behalf of the competition organizers, collaborators and supporters, Morpholio congratulates the EyeTime2015 Finalists. EyeTime2015 was assembled as a means to publicly promote the research, exploration and investigation currently happening amongst today's emerging talent. All of the submissions exemplified outstanding work and the competition organizers are grateful for the enormous amount of entrants who were bold enough to confront the world with their voice.

The Winner(s) will be selected by the Jury as well as public competition "EyeTime".To view the finalists and contribute your "EyeTime" now for your favorite entrant, please download the competition app here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/morpholio-portfolio-app-for/id484413042?mt=8

Emerging Talent Finalists

Future Voices Finalists

Call for Submissions

EyeTime 2015 invites students and young professionals or enthusiasts to submit a collection of their photography comprised of up to three digital images. By submitting your work, we invite you to share your voice with the collective intelligence of a community of visual thinkers. The competition is free to all entrants.

The proliferation of device culture, social networking, and cloud technology are changing the way we create, and connect on a daily basis. For photography, this means that technology is not only transforming the process of production, but also the processes through which we share, critique, and organize ourselves around the work we do. The competition is first, and foremost an experiment in distributed intelligence. By leveraging the "wisdom of crowds" every entrant can see and understand how his or her work is experienced by others. It has been predicted that in 2020, there will be 50 billion mobile internet connections worldwide, the equivalent of seven devices per person. Thus, this competition is not simply about the existence of technology, but rather why and how we harness it as artists.

As the paradigm shift from analog to digital is paired with the emergence of platforms for the digital consumption of images, photography inherently reassess its methods, media and subjects, in order to establish a dialogue with an audience whose visual abilities are increasingly expanded by technology. Thus, this competition challenges you to confront the world with your photography. By sending it out into the field you will test yourself and your work. You are the artist, the curator and the critic. EyeTime 2015 poses the following questions: What are the aspirations by which we evaluate photography today? In an increasingly networked culture, what makes an image capable of cutting through the virtual noise, and starting a new conversation? How do evolving forms of media affect the way in which your message reaches its destination? What is your message?

Eyetime 2015 was assembled by photographers, professors and students as a means to publicly promote the research, exploration and investigation currently happening amongst today's emerging talent. The competition series has been supported by the ICP (International Center of Photography), APA (American Photographic Artists), ADC (Art Directors Club), and is hosted by Morpholio. The guest jury includes participants from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Resource magazine, The Phoblographer, Light Stalking, Shutter Sisters, Psychology for Photographers, and the ICP. We look forward to your participation.

In Memory of Jessica Lum

Jessica Lum was a young, spirited and extraordinarily talented journalist. As an award-winning photographer, reporter, editor and humanitarian, she dedicated her tragically short career to the needs of giving voice to others. Through her storytelling, Jessica would seek to redefine the "presence" of those telling a story and capturing the moment that is to be preserved. Her approach was best stated in her own words: "To truly understand a story we need a deeper level of interaction. If we desire to truly grasp the full significance of an image that we capture, we need to step out from behind that camera, gain a level of trust and converse with the human people to whom we wish to give voice."

EyeTime 2012 was privileged to have Jessica as an esteemed Jury member and will be forever grateful for her contributions to emerging talents, as well as the profession of Photojournalism. This year, EyeTime will be honoring the mission, voice and work that Jessica shared with the world, a mission captured by her own words: "When I write and when I take pictures, I realize that it isn't me trying to create something, it's me trying to preserve the moment. But in preserving the moment, I'm not trying to battle against the inevitability of time passing. I'm simply trying to understand the moment."

On behalf of the competition organizers, supporters and contributors, we commemorate Jessica Lum and her work, and offer our condolences to those who knew her.


Special thanks to our collaborator Resource Magazine:


Resource Magazine was launched in 2007 as an innovative New York based photo and video production magazine. After years of expansion, Resource is now an internationally distributed and recognized publication. With multiple outlets including an interactive digital edition available on iTunes Newsstand and a powerful website updated daily, Resource has become the staple in the advancement of image making. Its creative vision, distinguished content and design was built by CEO and President Alexandra Niki, who has a background in prop styling and set building. Niki’s entrepreneurial mind is now leading Resource Magazine’s media voice and growing community.

Categories

Future Voices (students only)
Future Voices aims to discover upcoming design voices within academia. To be eligible, students must currently be under-graduate or post-graduate students at universities or tertiary institutions. (Tertiary institutions include: junior colleges, colleges of technology, and other relevant vocational schools.)

Emerging Talent (young professionals or enthusiasts)
Emerging Talent is oriented to all young professionals and upcoming practices. To be eligible, young professionals must be 40 years of age or under if submitting as an individual. If the work was completed by practice, then the practice must be 15 years old or younger.

Submissions

• Entrants must submit a collection containing three images (digital photographs) and title.
• The three images (digital photographs) can be on any subject or series and should represent the thoughts, explorations and ideas of the entrant.
• Each participant may submit a maximum of four separate entries.
• The Competition is open to all photographers, artists, designers or any other creative field that creates with digital photography.
• All international entries are welcomed and encouraged.
• All submissions are digital.

Judging

Finalists:
A group of finalists will be selected by public viewing called "EyeTime" which captures and records the amount and type of viewing time an image receives. For every second an image or a collection is viewed by others the entrant will accumulate various types of Competition "EyeTme." In addition, the competition organizers will select a minimum of four additional finalists.

Please note:

• Entrants are permitted and encouraged to Facebook, Tweet, email and post their entry to as many people as they want to help generate "EyeTime".
• Finalists will be selected on a complex formula of special competition "EyeTime" data. Including but not limited to viewing, hits, zooms and more.
• Self "EyeTime" will not count and excessive viewing time from a single source will be automatically flagged, limited and evaluated.
• The EyeTime number you see reflects the full EyeTime for that image, it will NOT reflect the official competition EyeTime which takes into account select time periods as well as several other competition factors noted above.

Winners:
For each category there will be a winner(s) selected from the finalists by the guest Jury as well as a winner(s) selected by public "EyeTime."

Guest Jury:

   Diana Jou
   Multimedia Editor/ Video Journalist, The Wall Street Journal
   wsj.com

   Alexandra Niki
   President/ CEO, Resource Magazine
   resourcemagonline.com

   Kathryn Roach
   Freelance Photo Editor, The New York Times, Marketing Division
   nytimes.com/

   Paul Petrunia
   Founder/Director, ARCHINECT
   archinect.com

   Mike Kus
   Director Mike Kus Ltd
   mikekus.com

   Billy Cunningham
   Faculty at The International Center of Photography
   icp.org

   Kristen Fortier
   Photo Editor
  

   Adam Sherwin
   Resource Magazine tech editor and Resource TV director/producer
   resourcemagonline.com

   Tracey Clark
   Founder / Shutter Sisters
   shuttersisters.com

   Jenika McDavitt
   Writer & Publisher, Psychology for Photographers
   psychologyforphotographers.com

   Tiffany Mueller
   Light Stalking Writer and Photographer
   lightstalking.com

   Juliette Wolf-Robin
   APA, National Executive Director
   apanational.org

   Dean West
   Photographer
   deanwest.com

   Pei Ketron
   Photographer
   pketron.com

   Shani Silver
   Domino, Director of Digital Content
   domino.com

   Chris Gampat
   Editor in Chief, The Phoblographer
   thephoblographer.com

   Avi Muchnick
   Adobe, Director of Products, Aviary, Co-Founder
   adobe.com

Schedule

October 19th 2015:
Collections may be submitted anytime up to October 19th.

November 9th 2015:
Finalists announced and Stage 02 "EyeTime" begins.

December 7th 2015:
Winners and Honorable Mentions announced.

Announcement of the Winners

Winners:
A minimum of one "EyeTime Jury" winner and one "Guest Jury" winner will be selected in each category. All winning entrants will receive the title of Competition Winner(s) and will be announced in Resource Magazine on line as well as in a public Press Release. Additional Honor Awards, Special Recognitions and Honorable mentions will be included in all press releases.

Jessica Lum Award:
One entrant will have the special honor of receiving the Jessica Lum Award which recognizes excellence in Photojournalism amongst today’s young talent.

EyeTime2014
To view Last year’s winners visit http://www.mymorpholio.com/site.php/home/eyetime2014

Submission Procedures: iPad or iPhone Users

Step 1: Download the Competition App.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/morpholio/id484413042?ls=1&mt=8
Register by simply creating a new account or login in to your existing account. By creating an account and agreeing to the terms and conditions the entrant will be registered.

Step 2: Add a collection
Create a collection of up to any three digital images of the entrant's choice. Images must be jpg files less than 5mb.
Note: You may change your images or image order at any time during the competition period by hitting unlock in the collection. After you make your changes press lock. Please note images you delete will lose accumulated EyeTime for that specific image.

Step 3: Add Entry Title and Subtitle
(Remember to press unlock to change text)
Top Title: Change "Untitled" to any name you choose for your entry. (Example: "Walls")
Bottom Subtitle: Change "Created on ..." to say "EyeTime2015:FV" for Future Voices (students entries) or "EyeTime2015:ET" for Emerging Talent (Young Professionals entries.)

Example naming:
Walls
EyeTime2015:ET
(Please note that the project title and your name will be searchable in Pinup and MUST be correct.)

Step 4: Pinup Lock the collection and press the globe. If the globe is on your project is submitted and should be searchable in Pinup. Search Pinup for your name or title to confirm.

Submission Procedures: Non iPhone or iPad Users

EyeTime 2015 web submission

Step 1: Go to our EyeTime 2015 web upload page

Step 2: Fill out the online submission form
Press "Submit" to complete your submission. Please use JPG files under 3 MB only. The form will upload your images to the server and create an account for you.

Step 3: Share your EyeTime submission with your friends
Use the social icons and the shareline to let your friends know about your submission.

Existing members
Please log in to your account first and then use the EyeTime web upload tool.

Important Tips

• Updates: Press "Like" on Facebook here http://www.facebook.com/morpholio to see immediate updates, competition news, posts and announcements.
• Social Media: All entrants are permitted and encouraged to post, Facebook, Tweet, and email their entry to as many people as they want to help generate "EyeTime."

About the Competition App

The Competition Team would like to give a special thanks to the Morpholio Project for the technology and support that allowed this competition to happen.
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Regulations

1. Entrants maintain full copyright to their work and grant no usage to the Competition Organizers other than those granted herein. "Competition Organizers" as used herein refers to all competition collaborators, supporters, contributors, sponsors and organizational teams.
2. There is no registration fee.
3. The official language of the competition is English; however text within images may be submitted in any language.
4. This will be a digital competition and no hardcopies will be accepted. Images are permitted to be digitally manipulated or altered and must be jpg files less than 5mb.
5. If the competition exceeds 500 entrants, then only one collection per entrant will be selected as a competition finalist or the number of finalists will be adjusted. In this case should any entrant have more than one collection in the list of finalists the Competition Organizers will automatically select the collection with the most competition EyeTime as a finalist. Winning entries from previous years are not eligible for re-submission.
6. For purposes of announcing the winners, finalists and/or the competition, the Competition Organizers reserve the right to reproduce, distribute, in part or in whole, any images or text included in the submission material. Entrant agrees that their work may be exhibited or shown during competition sponsored events, as well as on the competition sponsored website and competition sponsored promotional materials, allowing for the entrant to retain control over the licensing of their work. Entrant agrees that the Competition Organizers may reproduce and may allow reproduction of selected images in competition approved publications. Credit will be given to the entrant for any image(s) used. It also acknowledges the right to use winners and finalists in any and all forms of print, electronic and digital media, related to The Competition.
7. The competition organizers and collaborators, reserve the right to modify the competition schedule, terms, regulations and requirements at any time if deemed necessary. Competition organizers also reserve the right to disqualify any entrant or winner not providing the required information. Entrants will be disqualified if any of the competition rules, terms or regulations are not considered.
8. The competition organizers reserve the right to prohibit an entry if it is deemed inappropriate as well as the final number of included works. Jury reserves the rights to select additional winners if deemed necessary by the jury or Competition Organizers. Inappropriate material includes but is not limited to explicit nudity, sexual or pornographic content as well as content that encourages harm, hate, violence or abuse of any kind or is illegal.
9. Entrant represents, agrees and warrants that they have obtained all releases from any persons and/or property owners requiring such, featured in their submission allowing publication in any and all media forms.
10. Entrant represents, agrees and warrants that the whole copyright and any other form of intellectual property right in the work is vested in them.
11. Entrant represents, agrees and warrants to the Competition Organizers that they own and have created all elements of the work submitted and that nothing within any work has been added or copied from another person's work.
12. Entrant represents, agrees and warrants that they have not in any way assigned, licensed, disposed of, or otherwise encumbered any of their rights which allow them to deal freely with the work and the copyright therein.
13. Entrant represents, agrees, warrants and acknowledges that by entering this competition each entrant may be contacted by the Competition Organizers for competition updates, related information or general marketing purposes.
14. 14. Entrant represents, agrees, warrants and acknowledges that the Competition Organizers rely fully upon the warranties and license given by entrants when submitting their work for consideration. Entrants indemnify and hold the Competition Organizers harmless from any and all claims, actions, proceedings, costs and expenses arising as a result of any allegation that the relevant entrant did not own or is not wholly entitled and authorized to allow publication and reproduction of the work by the Competition Organizers.
15. Submission of an entry to the competition automatically constitutes the entrant's acceptance of all conditions set forth in these regulations as well as the guidelines and terms of service. See terms for complete list of regulations. Should any other regulations, rules or terms be in conflict then these regulations set forth herein will supersede all other versions.
16. Entrants must be at least 18 years of age.

Contact

General questions may be submitted up to October 15th by emailing the competition organizer at EyeTimeCompetition@gmail.com. All Frequently Asked Questions will be posted here and no questions can be answered after this date.


The EyeTime Competition would like to give special thanks to the following organizations for their support and their promotion of young talent in all creative fields.

                             


The EyeTime Competition would also like also to give special thanks to our friends and collaborators: