All entries for the Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2013 must be made via the online Application Form between January 15th and March 1st, 2013. The Leica Oskar Barnack Award competition is open to professional photographers only. To take part, participants must send in a series of photographs taken in 2012 or 2013 or long-term projects containing at least one photo from 2012 or 2013. Only one entry per photographer is accepted.

The Leica Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award competition, on the other hand, is open to any (prospective) professional photographer aged 25 or under at the time of entering. To take part, participants must send in a series of photographs taken in 2012 or 2013 or long-term projects containing at least one photo from 2012 or 2013. Only one entry per photographer is accepted.

All digital images prepared for uploading must be 1,200 pixels high. The width of the image is variable in proportion.

• You will find further details in this PDF Document
• Plus d’information sur les prérequis pour les images PDF Document
• Informaciones detalladas a las photos preguntadas en idioma espagñol PDF Document

The images must also be stored with 72dpi in JPG format in the RGB color space for viewing on the Web and none may exceed the maximum file size of 3MB. We recommend storing the photos with the web optimization function available, for example, in Adobe Photoshop. Detailed instructions can be found in this PDF Document.

Good luck to prospective participants!