Water. It may be the single most precious resource we have. It sustains us, surrounds us and, as photographers, fascinates and inspires us. It is the theme of our 25th Anniversary photo contest and in order to give you the opportunity to share all that WATER means we’ve created four categories: Landscape, Portrait, Documentary, and Abstract. In color or in black-and-white, using tools that range from digital and film cameras to alternative processes, to iPhones — what does WATER mean to you?

Join our international community of photographers and share your images with our distinguished judges. The prizes are terrific, the 50 winning images are featured in The Workshops online gallery, and 5% of WATER proceeds go to the Artists of the World fund for clean, safe drinking water.

PANEL OF JURORS
We are privileged to have such an esteemed panel of jurors to view the entries and select the contest winners.
Céline Cousteau, Founder/Executive Director, CauseCentric Productions

Sarah Leen, Director of Photography,
National Geographic magazine

Elizabeth Opalenik, Photographer

Daniel Miller, Owner/Director,
Duncan Miller Gallery

CATEGORIES
Feel free to enter more than one!

LANDSCAPE
Oceans, lakes, rivers, bays, riparian environs: WATER literally surrounds us, covering 71% of our planet.

PORTRAIT
As juror Elizabeth Opalenik knows so well, portraits and WATER created a genre unto itself.

DOCUMENTARY
From the politics of water to the building of a well, document the world of WATER.

ABSTRACT
Swirling, reflective, raindrops, icicles, waterfalls: WATER in the abstract has a power all its own.

PRIZES
The Workshops is grateful to our educational partners and sponsors who have contributed to an impressive prize list with a total value of over $12,000. Entrants have the opportunity to win the Landscape Category Grand Prize, the Portrait Category Grand Prize, the Documentary Category Grand Prize, the Abstract Category Grand Prize, or one of 46 Honorable Mentions.