Photography Competitions.

I am curious if you have entered a competition and not succeeded would you ever submit some of the same images the following year.

Not if its the same judges
JR

Hi Craig,

I personally wouldn't. I'd be worried that it would suggest too much reliance on old images.
Just my personal opinion anyway!

I wouldn't either, if they didn't suceed the first time, they won't the second. Also, at Uni, we were always told to shoot especially for the competition rather than just look through your files and see whats suitable. I guess there's not always time, but it's good to look at something afresh and try to get something new and a bit different.....

It really depends on the competition. If it is for a magazine, the editorial staff are unlikely to have changed. However, if it is WPOTY of another global competition, the first round of edits is carried out by contracted picture researchers. These change every year, so yes, it is worth resubmitting. Never get downtrodden by competitions (or lack of winning) - they are purely subjective!

Thats interesting Elliot. I didn't realise that WPOTY used contracted picture researchers to do the initial sift. Isuppose the advertised judges would go blind having to go through 32,000 images (or whatever number they are up to now).
Robert

As far as I am aware, the researchers first edit reduces the numbers to around 500!!!!!

Not quite right.... we do have the same names and faces on the first sifting....