Achtung - Here Is Oskar Barnack

We hope you have not forgotten that the Leica company is sponsoring the Oskar Barnack Award 2013 and the entry date closes very soon.

You must go to the Leica website to see the entry form and fill it in on-line. Fortunately you may send your images to them electronically.

They do specify that you must be entered in one of two categories; Professional or Prospective Professional. For the former they seem to require proof of your bona fides - website and agency details, and for the latter you must sign a declaration that you are under 25 years.

The submissions must be 1200 pixels tall and wide in proportion, must be 72 dpi, couched in the RGB space, and under 3Mb in size.

You must submit 10 images in a series  - there is an upper limit of 12 images if you must go over  - and they require you to title it.

As the last day for submission of the entry is the 1st of March, it may be best to be quick about starting your photographing. Those of you who wish to make an in-depth analysis of the entire range of human relationships at f:2.8 may have to skip lunch today.

Otherwise you could be eine tag late und eine Reichsmark short...