Make a Photographer's Year: Cast Your Vote for the People's Choice Award
People’s Choice voting is on now in the SPIE International Year of Light Photo Contest
Photo aficionados everywhere are being asked to help choose the People’s Choice Award winner in the SPIE International Year of Light Photo Contest, organized by SPIE Professional magazine in observance of the UN-declared year-long salute to light and light-based technologies. Online voting is open now to choose the winner from among 32 finalists – and voters who register have a chance at winning a GoPro camera.
BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA, and CARDIFF, UK – Voting is open now online for the People’s Choice Award in the SPIE International Year of Light Photo Contest, organized as part of the United Nations-declared International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies (IYL2015). The winning photo will receive a prize of US$500, and voters who register have a chance to win a GoPro camera.
The 32 dazzling finalist photos portray light and light-based technologies in daily life -- LEDs, solar panels, adaptive optics, and lasers -- and in doing so promote multiple solutions to global challenges in energy, education, security, agriculture, and health. The photos depict issues such as light pollution, energy conservation, and sustainable energy, and celebrate our connection with nature.
People's Choice voting runs online through 15 August. Voters who provide their email addresses will be entered in a drawing for a GoPro camera.
In addition to securing the cash prize, the winning image will be featured on the cover of SPIE Professional magazine in October. SPIE will announce the People's Choice Award winner in September.
The SPIE International Year of Light Photo Contest was organized to raise awareness about the vital role that light and light-based technologies play in daily life. IYL2015 is a global initiative adopted by the United Nations to raise awareness of how optical technologies promote sustainable development and provide solutions to worldwide challenges in energy, education, agriculture, communications and health. SPIE is a Founding Partner of IYL2015.
The SPIE IYL Photo Contest received more than 800 images. An international panel of executive and student judges selected the top 35 photos after evaluating all on scientific interest, creativity, and how well the photo communicated the contest theme.
SPIE is providing prizes of US$2,500 for the first-place photo; $1,000 for second place; and $500 each for third place and People’s Choice. SPIE Professional magazine is featuring the winning photos on the covers of each quarterly issue of the magazine in 2015.