Beer photography contest deadline approaching
This isn’t the contest for the photographer who can drink the most beer or take the best picture of a pint of beer. It’s the Pilsner Urquell International Photography Awards 2006. The deadline is June 30, so hurry and get your entries in. Unfortunately the winner doesn’t even get a keg of beer. Instead, they get $10,000, which is almost as good.
2005 winners, 2004 winners, 2003 winners
On a side note, I do think the choice of sponsorship is peculiar. I would have thought that while alcohol does play a big part in the creativity for many photographers, a company with a more direct link to photography, like Canon or Fuji, would have sponsored an event like this. From the IPA website:
Tremendous synergy exists between the brand characteristics of Pilsner Urquell and the medium of photography and both are appreciated by discerning individuals who believe in self-expression and the right to their own opinions.
And it continues:
We are confident that Pilsner Urquell’s support for the IPA will benefit the organisation and its objectives as we have common goals of raising awareness of our respective brands, building on their prestige and making them truly international properties.
Weird.
