Corbis, D&AD announce Call for Entries for Creatives Behind the Lens comp in Australia

Corbis, a leading visual media provider for the creative community, today announced that it is launching Creatives Behind the Lens, a competition to seek out the photographic talents of Australia’s creative industry, with the support of D&AD. The highly-regarded competition, which originated in Europe and has been held annually in recent years, presents a unique opportunity for professionals working in advertising, marketing and media to showcase their photographic talent and receive recognition from a jury of industry experts.  2009 is the competition’s inaugural year in Australia.  

The call for entries opens today and is open to all non-professional photographers working in the creative industries in Australia. Creatives can enter HERE. The call-for-entries continues through 4 September 2009.

Submissions will be judged first by a panel of esteemed industryprofessionals, including Matt Eastwood, vice chairman & national creative director of DDB Sydney; Julian Melhuish, creative director ofSaatchi Design; Vince Frost, founder of Frost* Design; Andy DiLallo, joint executive creative director of Leo Burnett Sydney; Marc Gafan, editorof Capture Magazine and Alasdair Foster, director of the AustralianCentre of Photography.

Winners will be announced in October, andtheir work will be exhibited nationally and also published in aCreatives Behind the Lens book.  

“Australia has so many dynamic,energetic creatives who have an incredible eye for great photography. We know that many of our creative clients are very passionate abouttheir own photography,” said Amy Timbrell, Director, Sales &Services, for Corbis in Australia. “The Creatives Behind the Lenscompetition is a great way for us to bring together the creativecommunity to celebrate the hidden photography talents of those in thedesign, advertising and media worlds.”

“D&AD is all aboutcreative excellence and this competition demonstrates the depth ofcreative excellence in our industry,” said Dara Lynch, chief operating officer, D&AD.  “We love how this competition spans so manycreative disciplines and rewards the multi-talented Australian creativecommunity.”

Creatives Behind the Lens is open to allnon-professional photographers working in the creative industries inAustralia.  The competition is supported by D&AD with CampaignBrief as media partner and Group Momentum as print sponsor.  

For more information or to enter the competition, visit www.creativesbehindthelens.com.au