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				<title>LensCulture Portrait Awards 2024</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[The 11th annual LensCulture Portrait Awards are now open for submissions! This year, LensCulture are looking to discover and recognize more than 35 talented photographers creating extraordinary new photographic portraits. The 2024 LensCulture Portrait Awards are open to photographers at all levels of experience, and all genres of portraiture are welcome — from professional studio shoots, to detailed environmental portraits, to casual candids. The awards are open to all types of artistic approaches, too, including staged, fiction, fashion, metaphoric, self-portrait and conceptual work. The winners of this year&#8217;s awards will be featured at the LensCulture exhibition in London. Winners also receive extensive global media coverage, projection at several international photography festivals, cash prizes, and more.]]></description>
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							<p>The 11th annual LensCulture Portrait Awards are now open for submissions! This year, LensCulture are looking to discover and recognize more than 35 talented photographers creating extraordinary new photographic portraits. The 2024 LensCulture Portrait Awards are open to photographers at all levels of experience, and all genres of portraiture are welcome — from professional studio shoots, to detailed environmental portraits, to casual candids. The awards are open to all types of artistic approaches, too, including staged, fiction, fashion, metaphoric, self-portrait and conceptual work. The winners of this year&#8217;s awards will be featured at the LensCulture exhibition in London. Winners also receive extensive global media coverage, projection at several international photography festivals, cash prizes, and more.</p>
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							<p><a class="btn btn-default btn-lg btn-success" rel="external" href="https://www.lensculture.com/photo-competitions/portrait-awards/2024/winners">Results have been announced!</a></p>						</aside>
						<p>Read more about <a href="https://www.contestwatchers.com/lensculture-portrait-awards-2024/">LensCulture Portrait Awards 2024</a> on <a href="https://www.contestwatchers.com/2024/01/16/">Contest Watchers</a>.</p>
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