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1. Abstract and surreal:

• Abstract: Photographs with an indistinct, nonobjective, or unidentifiable subject. Abstract photos are generally characteristic of suggested shapes and pronounced color harmony/dissonance without having a distinct form.
• Surreal: Images that depict a distorted or fantastic dream state, a nightmarish or hallucinogenic world, or a subconscious thought or death experience; surreality uses extreme imagery to extend the scene beyond realism.

2. Animals, Plants and nature:

• Flowers and plants: Studio or outdoor photographs featuring plants, trees, flowers, and so on. Pictures of mushrooms will go here as well, even though they are not plants.
• Geology: Photographs of geological landscape features and other items pertaining to rocks.
• Landscapes: Photographs of an expanse of natural scenery that can be seen in a single view. This category differs from a waterscape in that landscapes should feature solid ground for the most part.
• Sky: Photographs of nature involving the sky as the most significant element.The threshold between the Astrophotography and Sky is 62 miles up.
• Waterscapes: Photographs of an expanse of natural scenery that can be seen in a single view. This category differs from a landscape in that waterscapes should feature water - flowing or standing - for the most part.
• Weather: Photographs focusing on capturing the weather at the particular point in time.
• Wild Animals: Pictures of animals that do not typically live with people. This category would also include wild animals in captivity (i.e. in a zoo).
• Astrophotography: Photographs of astronomical elements, such as the moon, stars, planets, etc.
• Domesticated animals: Photographs of animals that live with people in houses or on farms.
• Insects and spiders: Studio or outdoor photographs of insects and arachnids.
• Elements: Photographs featuring the traditional elements of earth, air, water and fire.

3. Architecture:

• Exterior: Outdoor architectural photography (of buildings and other structures)
• Interior: Indoor architectural photography.
• Statues and monuments: Photographs of statues, monuments or mortuary stones.

4. People and portraits:

• Artistic nude: Original and artistic photography of a nude or partially nude human subject in an artistic setting or style. The term ‘nude’ here relates to a person who has one or more of the areas that are typically covered by underwear or swimwear including male and female genitals, pubic areas, buttocks and female breasts not covered by such clothing.
• Classic portraits: Photographs of people using most of the rules developed by painters for portraits. Portraits concentrating on the appearance of the person, photographs like those shot of high-school seniors, babies, and brides.
• Emotive portraits: Photographs of people with the main intent to show some artistic insight into his or her emotions and personality. These portraits generaly deviate from the classical standard, thus setting them apart from classical and spontaneous portraits.
• Fashion portraits: Photos where the focus of the image is on the clothing style the model is wearing belong in Fashion Portraits. Fashion Portraits are more aligned with magazines like GQ and Vogue
• Glamour portraits: Photos picturing an irresistible alluring quality that somebody possesses by appearance of virtue, of seeming much more exciting, romantic, or fashionable than ordinary people. Photos where the model is striking in either physical good looks or sexual impact, especially when he/she is enhanced with highly fashionable clothing or makeup. Shots in Glamour Portraits should be focused on the model. Photos in Glamour could reflect images one may see in magazines like Sports Illustrated or Maxim. They may also emulate the promotional images seen in the silver screen era of Hollywood production houses.
• Spontaneous portraits: A spontaneous portrait differs from a snapshot in that it is not without artistic merit. Generally, the photographer will loosely prepare a shooting area for a subject or subjects and will allow the subject(s) to interact with the environment while hunting for the right moment to take the photo. This differs from classical portraits in that they are not meticulously posed - it is a photo derived from the cooperation between photographer and model.
• Romantic: Images that have an emotional aura of heroism, legend, and the supernatural - neoclassicism with the emphisis on the imagination and emotional qualties of an image - often melancholy.
• Pin-up: This is for your retro styled pin-up shots, usually featuring a sexually attractive person in highly stylised fashions with great care taken on the hair and makeup. The images really should reflect that aesthetic of wartime like the old Vargas girls - with a new modern twist if you like. Something you would imagine seeing on a calendar or postcard. This is also the gallery for your cheese-cake (or beef-cake) shots, images of sexually attractive people in various states of undress.
• Expressive: Photographs that use the human form or face to communicate an idea, emotion or concept. This differs from emotive photography in that it does not necessarily intend to portray the emotions of the photographer or model, but rather to communicate an idea or concept in general.
• Self-portraits: lanned and artistic photographs depicting the photographer as the model. Please use discretion when uploading to this category. Quick snapshots and webcam captures belong in scraps.
• Infants and children: Planned and artistic photographs depicting infants and children.
• Close-ups: This category is for photographs of body parts. Hands, eyes, noses, mouths, etc.

5. Still life

• Dolls and figures: Photographs depicting arrangements of dolls and other inanimate objects that represent living forms.
• Cut flower and plant arrangement: Set-up arrangements of cut flowers and plants. Photographs of living plants and flowers belong in the nature categories.
• Food and drink: Artistic photos depicting food and drink. They should be the kind of photos you might see in a recipe book or on a restaurant menu.

6. Urban and rural

• City Life: Photographs depicting urban and suburban scenes.
• Cityscapes and skylines: Similar to Architecture, though the entire skyline of a city or urban area is the subject, rather than a single structure being the subject. Alternatively, similar to landscapes and waterscapes, though the primary emphasis of the photo is on man-made elements.
• Countrylife: Photographs depicting rural scenes.
• Industrial: Photographs of industrial artifacts: buildings, machines and the like used, for instance, in the context of manufacturing or construction.
• Street: Photographs taken on the street of people and things found while walking around in public places. Street Photography is about seeing and reacting.
• Bridges and suspended structures: Photographs of bridges and other suspended architectural structures.
• Garden, parks and cemeteries: Photographs that feature gardens, parks and cemetaries. The photo should be of the area as a whole, rather than focusing on an individual element within the scene.

7. Photojurnalism:

• Concerts and musicians: Photographs of concerts, listeners, or other subjects documenting the lives and careers of musicians.
• Events: Photographs covering natural events and/or the results of such occurances, a natural disaster for instance.
• Military: Photographs of military personnel, equipment, or other images documenting armed forces around the world. Please keep in mind that such images should be of military actions, day to day life etc.
• People: Photojournalistic photographs depicting people.
• Performing arts: Photographs of performers of all kinds in action, including actors, dancers, and all other types of artistic entertainers.
• Public gatherings: Photographs depicting public events: rallies, riots, marches, protests, and so on.
• Sports: Photographs of sporting events, locations, equipment, or athletes taken to document the wide world of sports.
• Political: Photographs depicting political and activist events. They usually communicate some kind of persuasive message, or depict people who are attempting to enact change in their society.
• Places: Photojournalistic images in which the location or setting of the photo is the main focus.
• Weddings: Images taken of and during a wedding or the reception afterwards. Photographs done in a traditional portrait setting/style should still be submitted to the people and portraits category

8. Commercial photography:

• Fashion: Photographs of clothes and accessories created for use in advertising and promotion in the fashion industry.
• Products: Photographs of commercial products created for use in advertising and promotion.
• Services: Images where the subject matter of a shot is meant as a commercial add for projecting to the viewer the services rendered by a commercial company. Shoots advertising services rendered by a company, and not necessarily just a product. Intentionally set up shots depicting the services a company has to offer its clients.

9. Conceptual: Photography where the identifiable subject is not the primary emphasis of the work, but rather the cryptic or interpretive meaning found in the composition of the photo.

10. Darkroom: Images manipluated in a film darkroom, or digital manipulations that could otherwise have been done in the film darkroom. The kind of manipulation being referred to here does not include minor modifications to an image, but modifications which fundamentally alter the photograph into something altogether unique.

11. Transportation: Photographs emphasizing our means of moving from point to point.