To all the budding photographers out there! Here's your chance!

Introduction:

The New Zealand Secondary School Photography Competition (NZSSPC) is a project created by youth, intended to serve as a platform where passionate secondary school photographers can promote their photos, as well as partaking in a friendly competition with like-minded students. 

This competition is unique due to its specific target audience of secondary school students to ensure that students have a larger chance of achieving highly as they will be competing with people with similar skill levels. 

The NZSSPC’s mission is to help bring the artworks of NZ youth to the wider community, and encourage NZ youth to explore concepts relevant to the current world.

The theme for this year’s competition is Peace. The idea of peace is familiar to both New Zealand and the wider world, with past and current events showing the importance of tranquillity and finding a moment of peace.

Therefore, this theme was chosen to encourage young photographers to appreciate the calm moments in life.

Photographers should feel free to interpret and illustrate this theme conceptually or realistically.

The concept of peace will be split into three categories, highlighting people, nature & still life. Students will compete with other students from across the country, and are eligible to submit up to three photographs each.

These photos can be in unique categories or feature in a single category multiple times, depending on the wishes of the contestant. All submitted photographs will be judged by a panel of adjudicators, with a shortlist of 6 photos from each category to be printed and displayed publicly in the final exhibition. 

An additional People’s Choice Award will be given to the shortlisted photograph that receives the most votes from the public. These photos will additionally be featured on the NZSSPC website.

2022 will be the fourth year of this competition. Our three two years of running the competition were successful, receiving over 850 photographs. Our competition reached 73 different schools in 14 regions across the nation, demonstrating the broad reach of this competition. Encouraged by the success of past years, NZSSPC's goal moving into our fourth year is to receive around 500 pictures from 200+ individuals.

This competition is a great opportunity for aspiring secondary school photographers to showcase their skills.

Specifically, they are able to compete in an event especially catered to them, in order to develop their creative skills as photographers. This competition is both a chance for exposure and growth for the competitors, as well as a chance for the public to appreciate great photos.

Kind Regards,

New Zealand Secondary School Photography Competition.

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Overview:

What is the New Zealand Secondary School Photography Competition?

The New Zealand Secondary School Photography Competition (NZSSPC) provides an opportunity for the aspiring artists of New Zealand Youth to participate in a photography competition catered especially for them.

The broad theme allows for maximum interpretation of the concept of ‘Peace’, and from that we hope to create an interesting and varying gallery of photographs for the public to see.

Who is eligible? Secondary school students from Year 9 to Year 13, in 2022

When is it? Submission Open: 1st December

Submission Deadline: 1st February

Exhibition Open: 25th February 2023 -> 5th March 2023

Prizegiving: One week before closing of the exhibition

What is the entry fee? There is no cost for the submission of photos, or the attendance of the exhibition.

This year we have over $2500 in prizes! More detail can be found on our instagram @nzsspc, tiktok @nzsspc, and website nzsspc.org. 

Registration will also be done through our website or through this form: https://forms.gle/1NUqhXDuwd3BzEbVA.