https://apalmanac.com A resource for working professional photographers and design industry professionals featuring news, commentary, equipment resources, and original articles Wed, 01 May 2024 19:05:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 156681027 https://apalmanac.com/awards/the-apa-awards-announcing-the-2023-photo-of-the-year-winners-185415 Wed, 01 May 2024 17:00:00 +0000 https://apalmanac.com/?p=185415 There are really two components to architectural photography: the individual photo, and the complete set of photographs of a project as a whole. Both important – but it’s the single image that can be seen a million times, if not more, around the world.]]> 185415 https://apalmanac.com/awards/the-apa-awards-announcing-the-2023-project-of-the-year-winners-185363 Tue, 30 Apr 2024 17:00:00 +0000 https://apalmanac.com/?p=185363 Images of architecture do not exist in a vacuum, and while one photograph can take a project around the world and into the media spotlight, working architects and photographers know that a complete set of images documenting an entire project is key to accurately showing an architect’s work and vision.]]> 185363 https://apalmanac.com/awards/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2023-apa-awards-185304 Mon, 29 Apr 2024 17:00:00 +0000 https://apalmanac.com/?p=185304 It is always with great excitement that we announce the winners of our emerging talent competition. Not only is it absolutely humbling to see how incredible the up-and-coming new wave of architectural photographers are, but I get to spend time with the winner each year in a one-on-one workshop in order to develop their business skills and photography practice.]]> 185304 https://apalmanac.com/awards/announcing-the-2023-architectural-photography-competition-182827 https://apalmanac.com/awards/announcing-the-2023-architectural-photography-competition-182827#respond Tue, 21 Nov 2023 01:59:16 +0000 https://apalmanac.com/?p=182827 We have learned so much over the last two years and are proud to launch what is surely our best competition yet. We remain committed to being the only photography competition solely by and for architectural photographers.Given the unique criteria by which professional architectural photography is commissioned and created, it must be judged with a critical eye, and as a result the majority of “architectural photography” contests have not done the best job of accurately judging architectural photography.]]> https://apalmanac.com/awards/announcing-the-2023-architectural-photography-competition-182827/feed 0 182827 https://apalmanac.com/news/the-2022-project-of-the-year-award-winners-180609 https://apalmanac.com/news/the-2022-project-of-the-year-award-winners-180609#comments Fri, 14 Apr 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://apalmanac.com/?p=180609 At last, we’ve reached our final category of winners to announce – the 2022 Project of the Year award. Project of the Year is our most highly rewarded category, with a cash prize of $2500 USD going to the winner along with our Project of the Year Award Winner trophy, while the runner-up receives $500 USD and our slightly smaller (but still awesome) 2nd place trophy.]]> https://apalmanac.com/news/the-2022-project-of-the-year-award-winners-180609/feed 2 180609 https://apalmanac.com/news/the-2022-photo-of-the-year-award-winners-180570 https://apalmanac.com/news/the-2022-photo-of-the-year-award-winners-180570#respond Wed, 12 Apr 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://apalmanac.com/?p=180570 It’s time to announce the winners of the 2022 Photo of the Year Award! The Photo of the Year Award is one of the most simple and straightforward categories in our Architectural Photography Awards. We asked photographers to submit their defining photographs of 2022.]]> https://apalmanac.com/news/the-2022-photo-of-the-year-award-winners-180570/feed 0 180570 https://apalmanac.com/news/the-2022-early-career-and-emerging-talent-architectural-photography-award-winners-180542 https://apalmanac.com/news/the-2022-early-career-and-emerging-talent-architectural-photography-award-winners-180542#respond Mon, 10 Apr 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://apalmanac.com/?p=180542 It’s time to announce the official winners of the 2022 Early Career and Emerging Talent Award! The Early Career and Emerging Talent category is the APA Award’s most entered and most competitive category. Just like last year, we are blown away by the talent and hard work of all the new architectural photographers out there.]]> https://apalmanac.com/news/the-2022-early-career-and-emerging-talent-architectural-photography-award-winners-180542/feed 0 180542 https://apalmanac.com/news/the-official-2022-architectural-photography-awards-project-of-the-year-shortlist-180576 https://apalmanac.com/news/the-official-2022-architectural-photography-awards-project-of-the-year-shortlist-180576#comments Fri, 07 Apr 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://apalmanac.com/?p=180576 It’s time to share our final shortlist of finalists for the 2022 Architectural Photography Awards! The Project of the Year award is our most demanding category and sports the largest cash prize. For Project of the Year, we asked photographers to submit 5-8 images of a single project or subject which were judged on criteria such as technical ability, composition, consistency of editing, color, and lighting, and overall impression.]]> https://apalmanac.com/news/the-official-2022-architectural-photography-awards-project-of-the-year-shortlist-180576/feed 1 180576 https://apalmanac.com/news/the-official-2022-architectural-photography-awards-photo-of-the-year-shortlist-180556 https://apalmanac.com/news/the-official-2022-architectural-photography-awards-photo-of-the-year-shortlist-180556#respond Wed, 05 Apr 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://apalmanac.com/?p=180556 We’re excited to present more finalists from the 2022 Architectural Photography Awards! Today we’ll be sharing our shortlist of the 10 highest-scoring entries from the 2022 Photo of the Year Award category.The Photo of the Year Award seeks to find images that powerfully communicate the sense of place, beauty, and design prowess inherent in our architectural world.]]> https://apalmanac.com/news/the-official-2022-architectural-photography-awards-photo-of-the-year-shortlist-180556/feed 0 180556 https://apalmanac.com/news/the-offical-2022-architectural-photography-awards-early-career-emerging-talent-shortlist-180527 https://apalmanac.com/news/the-offical-2022-architectural-photography-awards-early-career-emerging-talent-shortlist-180527#comments Mon, 03 Apr 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://apalmanac.com/?p=180527 Finally! The judges’ results are in and we’re ready to start sharing the finalists from the 2022 Architectural Photography Awards.We’re shaking things up from last year’s awards. Instead of stringing things out and sharing a longlist, shortlist, and winners, we’ll be sharing a shortlist and then will have a separate announcement for this year’s winners, runners-up, and honorable mention places.First]]> https://apalmanac.com/news/the-offical-2022-architectural-photography-awards-early-career-emerging-talent-shortlist-180527/feed 4 180527 https://apalmanac.com/competitions/2022-architectural-photography-awards-editors-choice-award-contest-update-180257 https://apalmanac.com/competitions/2022-architectural-photography-awards-editors-choice-award-contest-update-180257#comments Wed, 01 Mar 2023 18:15:49 +0000 https://apalmanac.com/?p=180257 While we wait for the judges to put their finishing touches on their selections of winners for the 2022 Architectural Photography Awards, we thought it would be fun to comb through the submissions ourselves!There are so many stunning photographs that have been submitted this year, and we are eager to show off the sheer amount of talent here, so we’ve decided to introduce a new bonus category in the meantime:The Editor’s Choice AwardWe’ve gone through all of the entries separately from the judges and selected our 10 favorite photographs from each category, which we’ve listed here in alphabetical order.]]> https://apalmanac.com/competitions/2022-architectural-photography-awards-editors-choice-award-contest-update-180257/feed 6 180257 https://apalmanac.com/awards/announcing-the-second-annual-apalmanac-architectural-photography-competition-178954 https://apalmanac.com/awards/announcing-the-second-annual-apalmanac-architectural-photography-competition-178954#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2022 18:46:41 +0000 https://apalmanac.com/?p=178954 Back for a second year, we are so excited to launch our annual photography competition again! The first year was a resounding success and we have improved and tweaked for an even better experience for our entrants this time around. We look forward to welcoming everyone to the best photography competition on the internet for the second year in a row.Given]]> https://apalmanac.com/awards/announcing-the-second-annual-apalmanac-architectural-photography-competition-178954/feed 9 178954 https://apalmanac.com/competitions/the-2021-project-of-the-year-award-winners-176559 https://apalmanac.com/competitions/the-2021-project-of-the-year-award-winners-176559#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2022 11:00:00 +0000 https://apalmanac.com/?p=176559 The wait is over! It’s finally time to reveal the finalists for the 2021 Project of the Year award. There were so many phenomenal entries for this category – and if you remember the two-part Project of the Year Award longlist – you know that the judges really had their work cut out for them to narrow down their choices.]]> https://apalmanac.com/competitions/the-2021-project-of-the-year-award-winners-176559/feed 4 176559 https://apalmanac.com/competitions/the-2021-photo-of-the-year-award-winners-176574 https://apalmanac.com/competitions/the-2021-photo-of-the-year-award-winners-176574#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2022 12:00:00 +0000 https://apalmanac.com/?p=176574 The 2021 Photo of the Year Award was our simplest, but most impactful, submission category. All we required was a singular captivating and memorable image of the built environment. Our judges were looking for photographs that masterfully relayed a sense of place, beauty, and design prowess found in the architectural world.]]> https://apalmanac.com/competitions/the-2021-photo-of-the-year-award-winners-176574/feed 8 176574 https://apalmanac.com/competitions/the-2021-early-career-and-emerging-talent-award-winners-176580 https://apalmanac.com/competitions/the-2021-early-career-and-emerging-talent-award-winners-176580#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2022 12:00:00 +0000 https://apalmanac.com/?p=176580 Of all of the categories for the 2021 Architectural Photography Awards, the Early Career and Emerging Talent award was hands down the most popular. Not only were we blown away by the sheer quantity of new architectural and interiors photographs on the scene, but also by the high quality of the submissions.]]> https://apalmanac.com/competitions/the-2021-early-career-and-emerging-talent-award-winners-176580/feed 7 176580 https://apalmanac.com/competitions/2021-project-of-the-year-award-longlist-part-two-176035 https://apalmanac.com/competitions/2021-project-of-the-year-award-longlist-part-two-176035#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2022 12:10:00 +0000 https://apalmanac.com/?p=176035 As we mentioned in Part One of Project of the Year’s longlist, there were so many phenomenal entries that we wanted to share with you. To keep the page speed flowing, we’ve broken this list up into two sections. Continuing our longlist for APALMANAC’s 2021 Project of the Year award, here are the second half of the favorite picks from the Project of Year submissions.H.G.]]> https://apalmanac.com/competitions/2021-project-of-the-year-award-longlist-part-two-176035/feed 1 176035 https://apalmanac.com/competitions/2021-project-of-the-year-award-longlist-part-one-175877 https://apalmanac.com/competitions/2021-project-of-the-year-award-longlist-part-one-175877#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2022 12:00:00 +0000 https://apalmanac.com/?p=175877 Project of the Year might just be one of our favorite categories. In this day and age where everyone is a photographer, it seems like anybody can take a good photograph. What separates the masters from the just-plain-lucky though, is the ability to create consistent beautiful images over and over again.]]> https://apalmanac.com/competitions/2021-project-of-the-year-award-longlist-part-one-175877/feed 4 175877 https://apalmanac.com/competitions/2021-photo-of-the-year-award-longlist-175703 https://apalmanac.com/competitions/2021-photo-of-the-year-award-longlist-175703#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2022 17:45:00 +0000 https://apalmanac.com/?p=175703 We knew the 2021 Photo of the Year category of the Architecture Photography Awards was going to have some incredible offerings, but wow! Our judges were looking for unforgettable photos that melded technical prowess with masterful storytelling and beautiful design.]]> https://apalmanac.com/competitions/2021-photo-of-the-year-award-longlist-175703/feed 5 175703 https://apalmanac.com/competitions/2021-early-career-and-emerging-talent-awards-longlist-175710 https://apalmanac.com/competitions/2021-early-career-and-emerging-talent-awards-longlist-175710#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://apalmanac.com/?p=175710 We have been absolutely blown away by the submissions for the first-ever APALMANAC Awards – especially the Early Career and Emerging Talent category. For being relatively new to the field, so many of you out there are making incredible work that is up there with even the most seasoned pros.]]> https://apalmanac.com/competitions/2021-early-career-and-emerging-talent-awards-longlist-175710/feed 17 175710 https://apalmanac.com/architecture/an-overview-of-architectural-photography-awards-contests-everything-you-need-to-know-to-get-your-work-recognized-175545 https://apalmanac.com/architecture/an-overview-of-architectural-photography-awards-contests-everything-you-need-to-know-to-get-your-work-recognized-175545#comments Mon, 21 Feb 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://apalmanac.com/?p=175545 As architectural photographers, we are not wanting for options to get our work recognized.  Awards for architectural photography are abundant, with new contests seemingly popping up each year.Last year was the first year that I decided to submit some of my work to these competitions.]]> https://apalmanac.com/architecture/an-overview-of-architectural-photography-awards-contests-everything-you-need-to-know-to-get-your-work-recognized-175545/feed 3 175545 https://apalmanac.com/awards/2021-apalmanac-photography-awards-17530 https://apalmanac.com/awards/2021-apalmanac-photography-awards-17530#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2021 00:24:26 +0000 https://apalmanac.com/?p=17530 As the internet’s hub for architectural photography discussion and news, we felt it was only right for APAlmanac to host its own architectural photography showcase contest. Given the unique criteria by which architectural photography must be created, it must be judged with a critical eye.]]> https://apalmanac.com/awards/2021-apalmanac-photography-awards-17530/feed 17 17530