Fresh M.I.L.K. is a $125,000 international competition to find images that capture spontaneous and humorous moments shared between friends, family and lovers around the world. We have been excited, moved, amused and inspired by the submissions we have already received from talented photographers around the world. But we are looking forward to receiving further entries before the competition closes on 31 December and encourage all photographers to enter online any photographs which they believe can become part of this unique international collection.
“M.I.L.K. is a remarkable event in photography,” says Lewis Blackwell, author and creative strategist, former group creative director of Getty Images. “As a competition it is truly global in its subject matter – all photographers will have images that are relevant, and should be able and want to take part. How can you look at the world and not want to capture these subjects and share it? With a very generous top prize, and an overall prize pool that ensures all selected get a payment, not to mention worldwide promotion, M.I.L.K. offers a fresh take on how to create a photography award that is highly meaningful for the content and the creators.”
In 1999, British publisher Hodder Headline (now Hachette Livre) held a global photographic competition called M.I.L.K. to find unique and geographically diverse images on the themes of friendship, family and love. It was not only the richest in photographic history, but also one of the most significant, drawing participation from 17,000 professional and amateur photographers in 164 countries. In total over 40,000 images were received by M.I.L.K., including at least four Pulitzer Prize winners. The 300 winning images were chosen by Magnum photographer Elliott Erwitt and became the basis for a published collection.
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the original M.I.L.K. competition, M.I.L.K. Licensing (now a subsidiary of PQ Blackwell), in association with Elliott Erwitt, is conducting this new competition founded on the themes of friends, families, lovers and laughter to create a fresh collection. The 150 winning images will be published in a new book entitled Fresh M.I.L.K.: Friends, Families, Lovers & Laughter in Fall 2009, and on selected licensed products. All of the featured photographers will retain copyright of their images in exchange for granting M.I.L.K. a non-exclusive license.
We are inviting both professional and gifted amateur photographers from around the world to submit their images online now. Entry is free, and 150 images will be chosen as finalists. The overall winner, to be chosen by Elliott Erwitt, will receive $50,000.
This is a chance to have a photograph become part of a world-renowned collection and be published in a prestigious international book.
For a detailed overview of the M.I.L.K. project and full details of entry please visit www.milkphotos.com.
This article was last modified on December 17, 2022
This article was first published on November 27, 2008
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