Photography Contest

In 2024, SPMOP will select its second Photo Laureate, who will have the honor to document and represent Tampa Bay for one year. Additionally, with the work the new Photo Laureate will create, they will get a solo exhibition at the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts during SPMOP 2025. To apply, please send us your application using the form below. After the deadline, a jury will create a shortlist of 5 nominees. These nominees will be exhibited during the Saint Petersburg Month of Photography in May 2024 at the Morean Arts Center. At the opening of this exhibition, a final winner will be announced and named Photo Laureate 2024. What is the task of a Photo Laureate? A Photo Laureate must be willing to create a document of Tampa Bay life, events, and its people for a year. The Photo Laureate must be engaging, curious, interested in, and inclusive to all Tampa Bay’s inhabitants. The Photo Laureate will be selected based on technical quality, creativity, originality, storytelling, and relevance. We enthusiastically encourage photographers of all genres to apply! Whether you are into conceptual photography, fine art photography, portraits, street photography, or nature, we are looking for a Photo Laureate who uses their own vision and style to capture the stories of Saint Petersburg and Tampa Bay.