The prestigious photo contest is set to be judged by a diverse panel of the field’s finest talents from photographers and curators to editors and film directors

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In addition to the chief judges, ten*³ judges who are active on the world stage, have been selected from a diverse range of fields to photographers, curators, creative directors, editors, and film directors. One of the judges in the photography category, Swapan Parekh, was the recipient of the 2nd place award in the B/W Photograph Section of the Nikon Photo Contest International 1986-1987 (as the contest was formerly known).

*¹ Tim Hetherington was a British photojournalist. His work focused on the documentation of conflict, and one of his photos was selected as the World Press Photo of the Year in 2007. The Tim Hetherington Trust exists to preserve the legacy of Hetherington's professional life, including the safe archiving of all physical materials, and the management of the intellectual and artistic use of his work.
*² The oldest organization for art directors in the world (headquartered in New York, the ADC was founded in 1920). The Art Directors Club of New York recognizes excellence in art direction in fields such as advertising and graphic design with their international ADC Annual Awards.
*³ As of 31st July, 2014. Subject to change.

List of judges (titles omitted, in random order)
• Photography category
  Chief Judge: Stephen Mayes
  Judges: Stefen Chow, Yue Ren, Thyago Nogueira, Kisei Kobayashi, Chris Rainier, Swapan Parekh

• Video category
  Chief Judge: John C Jay
  Judges: Wang Lei, Sandro

Visit www.nikon-photocontest.com for more information on the judges.

As with the previous contest, Dell Japan Inc., one of the contest’s collaborating partners, has established the Dell Graphic Pro Award with an additional prize*⁴ for 1st place winners in the video category (for both theme "Home"  and open theme). Western Digital Technologies, Inc., a first-time collaborating partner, has also introduced the Western Digital Technologies Award with additional prizes for Grand Prize, 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd place winners in the photography and video categories respectively. Another first-time partnership for the contest would be with Seiko Epson Corporation who is engaged as the intended printing partner for the contest’s entries.

*⁴A cash prize of equal value will be awarded to winners residing outside of Japan.

Additional prizes to be awarded by Collaborating Partners of Nikon Photo Contest 2014-2015*⁵
• Dell Graphic Pro Award (Dell Japan Inc.)
- 1st place winners in the video category (Theme “Home”, Open theme): Dell Graphic Pro of ¥150,000 in value (US $1,469**)

• Western Digital Technologies Award (Western Digital Technologies, Inc.)
- Grand Prize winner: My Cloud EX 4 (24 TB model) with four 6 TB WD Red drives
- 1^st place winners in photography and video categories: My Cloud EX2 (8-TB model) equipped with 2 WD Red (4 TB) drives
- 2^nd place winners in photography and video categories: My Passport (1-TB model)
- 3^rd place winners in photography and video categories: WD TV Media Player

*⁵ Prizes to be awarded are subject to change without notice.
** 1¥ = US $0.0098 as of July 2014.  

The Nikon Photo Contest’s objectives seek to tell valuable stories through the global language known as imaging with great creativity, and to nurture a community full of aspiration for photographers striving to influence the way people think. This very community stimulates Nikon in its development of products with improved technologies to offer new forms of value and possibilities in imaging expression through photo culture activities in all corners of the world.

With Nikon Photo Contest 2014-2015, a great expansion in the variety of imaging expression and possibilities is expected, in particular with the new acceptance of entries captured by any digital imaging device and the introduction of the Generation N Award for those aged 19 or younger.

*Trade names (companies, products, services, etc.) are registered trademarks of their respective holders.

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