It’s time for another edition of the Lens Culture International Exposure Awards! These awards discover, reward, and promote talented, new, emerging and established photographers and multimedia creators from around the world. Participants – professionals and amateurs – must be older than 18 and submit new and previously non-awarded works. Lens Culture is one of the most popular and influential online magazines about contemporary photography today.

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The New York Art Residency and Studios (NARS) Foundation is calling for international artist residents for its 2012 residency program for just a few more days. The deadline is pretty tight, so do act quickly for this call. This residency program will enable selected artists to produce new work in the city of New York. Artists-in-residence will have access to an individual studio space and various professional development programs.

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Louis Vuitton and Luca Guadagnino are inviting you to take part in the second edition of Journeys Awards filmmaking competition. This time, participants are invited to show what a meaningful encounter means to them. The subject of encounters is open to interpretation. Submitted films should be short and silent, with no spoken dialog nor caption. Journeys Awards competition is designed to offer participants a chance to showcase their creativity, demonstrate their technical skills and resonate with an audience. It also offers two $25,000 prizes!

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