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Beyond the Image, Beyond Imagination
Categories
Guide
Judges
Winners
Categories
Guide
Judges
Winners
Categories
Fashion
Convey aesthetic with characters, accessories, cosmetics, etc.
A photo with fashion vibes, illustrating a specific aesthetic. The subject can be characters, accessories, cosmetics, and more.
Ended
Unfading Moment
Photo locks timeless beauty into memory
A photo you cherish the most, capturing a priceless moment or a glimpse of beauty that lasts a lifetime.
Ended
Landscape
Imagination paints the landscape extraordinary
A photo features a landscape where imagination transforms ordinary into extraordinary, with natural wonders becoming the stage for your artwork.
Ended
Travel
Imagination documents a journey
A photo documents your journey, as freedom, imagination, and beauty converge into an indelible moment.
Ended
Portrait
Faces of individual or group show mood and imagination
A photo focuses on portraits, whether individual or group. Faces serve as a medium of imagination, conveying moods and beauty beyond the surface.
Ended
Colours
Imaginative, eye-catching colour application
A photo reveals the world behind the palette, embracing the charm of colours through imagination.
Ended
Snapshot
Capture a fleeting moment of characters, scenery, etc.
A photo captures a fleeting moment, showing the magic of characters, scenery, etc.
Ended
Light
Light-shadow interplay with imagination
A photo freezes the dance of light and shadow, where light acts as the dancer, and shadow serves as the stage.
Ended
Collection
Photos share a common theme or aesthetic
A group of photos (3-9) share a common theme or aesthetic, with the core idea echoing throughout the images.
Ended
Check out the Submission Guide
Guide
Schedule - India
Prizes - India
Schedule – Global
Prizes – Global
Clarification
Eligibility
Round I
Round II: Photo Story
Submission Guideline
Terms & Conditions
FAQs
Schedule - India
Round 1
Submission Deadline
June 15, 2024
Entry Submission
Round 2
Early July
Winners
Announcement
Last week of July
Round 1 Winners
Announcement
Last week of June
Round 2
Submission Deadline
July 25, 2024
Prizes - India
OPPO imagine IF
Master
One winner
Cash Prize - INR 5,00,000
Participation in the Paris Photo 2024
Get priority for official shoots of OPPO India
One OPPO smartphone
OPPO imagine IF
Silver Award
Two winners
Cash Prize - INR 2,00,000
Participation in the Paris Photo 2024
Get priority for official shoots of OPPO India
One OPPO smartphone
OPPO imagine IF
Bronze Award
Three winners
Cash Prize - INR 1,00,000
Participation in the Paris Photo 2024
Get priority for official shoots of OPPO India
One OPPO smartphone
Honorary Mention ( 2
Photographers in each category )
One OPPO Device
Weekly #ShotonOPPO Winners
(Photo of the Week)
One OPPO Device
All winners of the above awards will receive:
2024 OPPO imagine IF awards certificate
Cooperation opportunities
Official promotion by OPPO
Schedule – Global
Entry
Submission
January 8 - July 28, 2024
Submission
Deadline
23:59 (UTC+8), July 28, 2024
Winners
Announcement
Mid-October
Click here to view the global winners of OPPO imagine IF Photography Awards 2024.
Prizes – Global
OPPO imagine IF
Master
One winner
Prize money of USD 24,000
2024 OPPO flagship series, including Phone, Earphone, and OPPO Watch
Participation in international photo exhibitions
Sign with OPPO to be OPPO photographer of the year and will be prioritized in event shootings
OPPO imagine IF
Silver Award
Four winners
Prize money of USD 9,800
One OPPO Find X7 Ultra
Participation in international photo exhibitions
OPPO imagine IF
Bronze Award
Ten winners
Prize money of USD 2,800
One OPPO Find X7 Ultra
Participation in international photo exhibitions
OPPO imagine IF
Honorable Mention
4 winners for each of the
9 categories, 36 in total
Prize money of USD 280
One OPPO Find X7
Participation in international photo exhibitions
OPPO imagine IF
Youth Special Award
（ages 18-24）
Five winners
Prize money of USD 1,400
One OPPO Find X7
Participation in international photo exhibitions
All winners of the above awards will receive:
2024 OPPO imagine IF awards certificate
Official promotion by OPPO
Professional comments from the organizing committee
Cooperation opportunities
Clarification
Submissions to imagine IF 2024 India Photography Awards 2024 are automatically considered for  OPPO imagine IF Global Awards as well. The participants have the chance to win both awards should they get selected as winners in both India and Global editions.
All prizes are subject to tax laws as applicable.
Eligibility
Nationality: Entrants must be Indian citizens.
Age: Participants must be at least 18 years of age as on the submission date..
Mobile Device Categories:
The round 1 of the competition is open for all mobile device owners.
OPPO India will provide devices for Round 2.
Weekly winners will be selected only from the shot on OPPO entries and will be announced on the official Instagram handle @OPPOIndia.
Round I
Participants can submit entries as per various categories. Each participant can submit up to 13 photos in each category.
The submissions must adhere to the category into which they are submitted.
Entrants must submit a title within 100 Characters along with a caption within 1000 characters describing their photo.
Only photos in JPG, JPEG, PNG, DNG, HEIC, and HEIF formats are accepted. The submission should not be smaller than 1000 pixels in width, and the size of a single photo should be larger than 1M and not exceed 20M.
Round II: Photo Story
Entrants must submit a photo story comprising a minimum of 5 photos and maximum of 10 photos in any one category.
Entrants must submit a title within 100 characters along with a caption within 1000 characters for the overall photo story. The title must be indicative of what the photo symbolises or is capturing. The caption must be an elaboration of the idea and sensibility that it is seeking to convey.
Only photos in JPG, JPEG, PNG, DNG, HEIC, and HEIF formats are accepted. The submission should not be smaller than 1000 pixels in width, and the size of a single photo should be larger than 1M and not exceed 20M.
Submission Guideline
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Permission
Originality
Submission rules
Submission channel
Submission deadline
Submission guideline
Specific requirements of the entries
Additional information required
Help
Submission Guideline
Permission
Participants must have the necessary permissions, including model releases, for any recognizable individuals/brands/ any such entity featured in their photos.
Originality
All submitted photos must be original works created by the entrant, and they should not infringe upon the intellectual property rights of any third party.
Submission rules
Entries must be original works, shot on smartphone only. Photos that have been published or posted in other photography competitions or public media for profit, or photos that have won awards in other competitions are not eligible.
Submission channel
Submissions can be made through the official OPPO imagine IF India website (https://imagine-if.oppo.com/in/).
To submit your entry on the OPPO imagine IF India website, you need to log in to your OPPO account and authorize us to use your OPPO account to identify you, so that you can upload, view, and manage your entry. Therefore, we will collect your OPPO account ID, OPPO account nickname, and OPPO account profile picture. We will provide you with the appropriate services according to the country or region where your OPPO account is located. By entering the competition, entrants accept and agree to the privacy policy on the official OPPO imagine IF India website (https://www.oppo.com/in/privacy/).
Submission deadline
All entries for Round 1 must be submitted before June 15, 2024. (midnight IST)
Any entries submitted after the deadline will not be considered for evaluation to ensure fairness in the competition.
Submission guideline
Entry submission is free.
Participants upload their entries and choose any suitable category for each entry. The entrants must submit works that fit the category that they have chosen.
The number of entries each user can submit is limited to a maximum of 13 for Round 1 and between 5 to 10 in Round II in each category. A single photo is considered one entry, and uploading single images with repeated or overly similar content is not allowed. The entrants are allowed to submit the same photo to different categories, but each submission will be counted as a separate entry.
The entries must be original images with verifiable EXIF data. If there is any dispute on the intellectual property rights such as copyright, and the original photo can’t be provided, the organizer has the right to disqualify the entry.
Participants’ submissions must not be derogatory, offensive, threatening, defamatory, disparaging, libellous or contain any content that is inappropriate, sexual, profane, tortuous, slanderous, discriminatory, or promotes hatred or harm against any group or person, contain any illegal information of a political, pornographic, or violent nature or which may be deemed to support terrorism, or include any disparaging remarks relating to a third party, or is disruptive to public social order and morality. Entries that violate the above-mentioned rules will not be displayed or judged.
To encourage participation from young photographers aged 18 to 24, the competition has established the OPPO imagine IF Youth Special Award (this category is only available in Global Awards). Entries should be submitted under the Youth Special category, each entry with a single photo and the subject is not limited. Entrants must be within the specified age range at the time of submission. When being considered for this award, winners will be required to submit proof of age. This award is separate from the other competition categories, and qualified entrants for the award may also concurrently submit entries to other categories.
Specific requirements of the entries
The photos should not be altered in any desktop image processing program such as Photoshop and Lightroom. Moderate post-processing on the photos is permissible, such as adjusting the brightness, contrast, white balance, saturation, etc. Composite images that change the original content of the photo are not acceptable. Complete EXIF data must be retained.
Only photos in JPG, JPEG, PNG, DNG, HEIC, and HEIF format are accepted. The submission should not be smaller than 1000 pixels in width, and the size of a single photo should be larger than 1M and not exceed 20M.
A title within 100 characters along with a caption within 1000 characters for the overall photo story.
Additional information required
In order to provide services such as entrant identification and entry verification, we will collect your personal information in accordance with the privacy policy of this site to the extent permitted by the above-mentioned purposes and applicable laws.
During the submission stage, you will only be required to provide information about your registered account (including your username, country/region, email address or cell phone number), a title within 100 letters and a caption within 1000 letters for each entry you submit. The username, email address, and cell phone number are used to contact you in a timely manner and to issue prizes. After the competition, the organizer will verify the registration information of the winners. If you cannot be contacted due to incomplete or incorrect personal information, which affects the issuance of prizes, the winners will be deemed to have automatically forfeited their right to win, and the organizer will not reissue the prizes.
Help
If you are facing issues with your upload, please email the organizer at imagineIF.IN@oppo.com
Terms & Conditions
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Judging rules
Judging criteria
Winner notification
Prize acceptance
Disqualification
Copyright of the entries
Disclaimer
Terms & Conditions
Judging rules
After the submission deadline, the organizing committee and the preliminary panel of judges will select outstanding entries to advance to Round 2.
Judging criteria
Demonstrates the outstanding performance of mobile photography
Creative and thoughtfully composed images, and engaging content that is easily shareable
Winner notification
After the final submission deadline (June 15, 2024), the organising committee and the panel of judges will select outstanding final entries that meet the judging criteria. After the final selection, we will contact the winners by phone, SMS or email. We will also publish the list of winners on the official OPPO imagine IF India website and OPPO India’s official social media account. The winners of round 1 will be announced at the end of June, please refer to the official website for more details.
After the announcement of the round 1 winners, OPPO will further confirm all the relevant information again. After OPPO contacts the winners, they must submit the original files taken, fill in the documents about personal information, copyright statement of the work, authorization of the work, etc., and sign the documents, scan and return them by email. 
We will collect your personal information and the purpose of doing so: Name, cell phone number, email address, and OPPO account ID will be collected when entrants submit their entries. We will store the above personal information within India for the shortest period of time necessary for the purposes you authorise, unless required by law or you otherwise authorise us to agree to a longer retention period. For more information, please refer to the privacy policy on the OPPO imagine IF India website. If an entrant’s entry wins, we will contact the entrant via phone number or email. The information collected above will be removed quickly after use and will not be kept.
The decision of the Judges and the Organizing committee will be final in all respect and will not be open to any contest or scrutiny.
Prize acceptance
Winners must be willing to provide necessary information for prize delivery and participate in promotional activities related to the competition.
All prizes are subject to tax laws as applicable. 
Disqualification
Entries that violate the competition rules or fail to meet the eligibility criteria may be disqualified. The decision of the Judges and the Organizing committee will be final and not subject to any contest or scrutiny.
Copyright of the entries
The entrant shall have the right of authorship, and the copyright of the work shall remain that of the entrant.
By entering, participants warrant and represent the following: (a) each participant is the sole and exclusive owner of the submission; (b) participants’ submissions will not infringe on any rights of any proprietary rights, intellectual property rights, industrial property rights, personal or moral rights or any other rights, including without limitation, copyright, trademark, trade names, industrial designs, patent, trade secret, privacy, publicity or confidentiality obligations; (c) any third parties appearing in the submissions have given participants appropriate consent to be photographed and used as permitted herein; (d) submissions shall not violate any applicable laws.
All entrants shall be deemed to agree with this clause. All legal responsibilities for any disputes arising from the above guarantee shall be borne by the entrant himself/herself and shall have nothing to do with the participating platform and the contest organizer.
By entering the competition, the entrant agrees and authorizes the organizer to use the submitted entries for promotional activities related to the competition without any compensation, including but not limited to using the entries in online media, print media, print, photography exhibitions, retail stores, road shows, and other activities, etc. There is no geographical limit on the scope of use. The organizer is also authorized to modify and crop the photos. The organizer is not required to notify the entrant or obtain the entrant’s consent to use the entry. The organizer includes OPPO Mobiles India Pvt Ltd, and its affiliated companies, strategic partners, etc.
The winning participants provide an irrevocable and free authorization to the organizers and their affiliates, partners, and submission platforms to exercise the global intellectual property rights of the award-winning photos (including all elements of the photos such as character portraits, etc.), including but not limited to the Right of Dissemination via Information Network, Right of Reproduction, Right of Alteration, Right of Adaptation, Right of Compilation, and other copyrights for commercial and non-commercial purposes from the date of the announcement of the competition, non-exclusively. The authorization period is one year from the date of announcement of the winners. Furthermore, the organizers and their affiliates, partners, and submission platforms are given the authority to repost, reproduce, adapt, compile, exhibit, distribute, print, display, publish, and create derivative works of the award-winning photos for commercial and non-commercial purposes, as well as to add corporate logos, commercial identifiers, and other necessary promotional features to the award-winning photos to promote and advertise the competition. Upon expiration of the authorization period, the organizers, their affiliates, partners, and submission platforms are not required to remove or delete any promotional materials based on the use of the award-winning photos under these provisions.
Disclaimer
By submitting an entry, the entrant agrees that if the entry wins any award in the competition, it grants the organizer permission to use the entry for commercial distribution, and the entrant retains all rights to the entry.
FAQs
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FAQs
1. What is the format of the photography contest?
The contest comprises two rounds. In the first round, participants can use any of the listed 9 categories to send multiple entries. Entries are open for all smartphone users. Those advancing to the second round will receive OPPO phones to capture their entries.
2. Can I use any smartphone for the first round?
Yes, participants can use any mobile device for their submissions, in the first round.  For the second round, we’ll be providing the OPPO devices to the selected participants.
3. Can I use a DSLR camera for the competition?
The competition pertains specifically to smartphone photography content, and therefore, the use of DSLR cameras is prohibited. 
4. Are there any specific categories for each round?
Categories for each round will be announced with the respective contest guidelines. Participants need to ensure that their submissions adhere to the categories.
5. Can I submit multiple photos?
Yes, multiple entries can be submitted as per various categories. In Round 1, participants can submit entries as per various categories. Each participant can submit up to 13 photos in each category.
6. How will winners be selected in each round?
Winners will be chosen by the jury based on the pre-defined judging criteria.
7. When will the winners be announced?
The winners of round 1 will be announced at the end of June. The winners, duly informed individually and through email, SMS & platform, shall progress to the second round.
8. Can I participate if I am not an experienced photographer?
Yes. The contest is open to photographers of all skill levels.
9. How do I submit my entries?
To submit entries on the OPPO imagine IF India website, participants need to create/log-in to their account and fill the submission form. By entering the competition, entrants accept and agree to the privacy policy on the official OPPO Imagine IF India website. 
10. Is there an entry fee?
No fee is required for participation in the contest. Participants are only required to adhere to the contest guidelines and submit their entries in accordance with the instructions provided.
11. Can I edit my photos before submitting them?
The photos should not be altered in any desktop image processing program such as Photoshop and Lightroom. Moderate post-processing on the photos is permissible, such as adjusting the brightness, contrast, white balance, saturation, shadows, etc. Composite photos that change the original content of the photo are not acceptable. Complete EXIF data must be retained and shared with the OPPO team whenever required.
12. Where can I find updates and announcements?
All updates, announcements, and results will be communicated through OPPO imagine IF India official website.
13. Am I eligible for both India and Global Awards?
Yes, when you submit your entry to India Awards, your entry is automatically submitted to the Global Awards as well. So, you stand a chance to win both Awards in case you are selected as a winner in both India and Global Awards.
It might also be possible that you do not win in India Awards, but your entry wins in Global Awards. In this case, you will only receive the Global Awards as appropriate.
14. What is the eligibility for Weekly Awards?
The weekly Awards are only open for “Shot On OPPO” images. From the image data provided by you, we will only pick the winners for weekly awards that are shot using an OPPO device.
15. How soon will I receive my award if I win?
The exact timelines and process for receiving your awards will be communicated directly to the winners. Please ensure that you furnish correct contact details for communications.
Indian judges
S. S. Rajamouli
Indian director and screenwriter | Imagine IF India Ambassador
S. S. Rajamouli
Indian director and screenwriter | Imagine IF India Ambassador
Srisaila Sri Rajamouli, or S.S. Rajamouli, stands as a titan in Indian cinema.  With each project, Rajamouli showcases his ability to blend larger-than-imagination scenarios with emotionally resonant storytelling. His film RRR captured the hearts of Indians and Western audiences. It became the first Indian feature film to receive an Academy Award. With each film, Rajamouli pushes the boundaries of storytelling, leaving an indelible mark on Indian cinema.
Aarzoo Khurana
Master Photographer | Wildlife
Aarzoo Khurana
Master Photographer | Wildlife
Aarzoo Khurana is a renowned nature and wildlife photographer and has been featured on National Geographic, BBC Earth, Discovery. Published by several international newspapers and publications, Aarzoo has created a special style of her work. Over the past decade, she has devoted herself to capturing beauty in the breathtaking expanse of nature.
Arjun Mark
Master Photographer | Fashion
Arjun Mark
Master Photographer | Fashion
Fashion Photographer Of The Year’ at the India Fashion Awards 2021, Arjun Mark is a celebrity photographer with a bold and modern style of capturing Beauty and Fashion. His imagery is known for its originality and nonconformity. He is recognised for his exceptional contributions to advertising, beauty and fashion. He has been selected as Lurzer’s Archive’s 200 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide for the third time.
Joseph Radhik
Master Photographer | Wedding & Portrait
Joseph Radhik
Master Photographer | Wedding & Portrait
Joseph Radhik photographs people, love and people in love. He has made the most iconic wedding photographs from India for the past decade. His work has been honored with numerous international awards, and featured on Vogue, Netflix, Jimmy Fallon Show and more. He was also listed on GQ’s 50 Most Influential Young Indians.
Global judges
Alec Soth
Master Photographer | A member of Magnum Photos
Alec Soth
Master Photographer | A member of Magnum Photos
Alec Soth has published over twenty-five books and has had over fifty solo exhibitions. In 2008, Soth created Little Brown Mushroom, a multi-media enterprise focused on visual storytelling. He is a member of Magnum Photos.
Michael Yamashita
Master Photographer | National Geographic photographer
Michael Yamashita
Master Photographer | National Geographic photographer
Michael Yamashita started working for the National Geographic in 1979 and remains a popular photographer there. Honored with numerous international photography awards, he specializes in portrait and landscape photography. Following in the footsteps of Marco Polo, Zheng He, and Joseph Rock, he has captured many precious photographs.
Pete Lau
Senior Vice President | Chief Product Officer of OPPO
Pete Lau
Senior Vice President | Chief Product Officer of OPPO
Chief Product Officer of OPPO, Pete Lau is promoting the innovation of mobile imaging in hardware, software and algorithm, ushering mobile imaging into an all new era by continuing to create great products.
Steve McCurry
Master Photographer | A member of Magnum Photos
Steve McCurry
Master Photographer | A member of Magnum Photos
Steve McCurry is one of the most iconic figures in contemporary photography. He is the author of over twenty books and was inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame in 2019. He has been a member of Magnum Photos for the past 35 years.
Tina Signesdottir Hult
Norwegian Art photographer | Hasselblad Master
Tina Signesdottir Hult
Norwegian Art photographer | Hasselblad Master
Tina Signesdottir is an international recognized Art photographer, with many awards and honors behind her. Such as Sony World Photography Award, Winner of National Award, and become the Hasselblad Master. Her work has been exhibited in many galleries around the world.
Wang Jianjun
Chinese Art photographer | Hasselblad Master
Wang Jianjun
Chinese Art photographer | Hasselblad Master
Wang Jianjun was ranked one of the Top 10 Young Photographers in China and was awarded the"China Photography Golden Statue Award". He has served as a jury member of the China Photography Golden Statue Award, National Photographic Art Exhibition, and other competitions. Over the years, he has devoted himself to landscape photography in China, photography of humanistic and historic themes.
Yin Chao
Chinese Fashion Photographer | Hasselblad Ambassador
Yin Chao
Chinese Fashion Photographer | Hasselblad Ambassador
Yin Chao is one of the most important photographers in the current Chinese fashion industry. In 2017 he became the only Chinese photographer among the twelve global ambassadors of the Hasselblad camera brand. He has continuously experimented with different media on the same subject matter, trying to create his own narrative language with an Eastern flavor.
*The names are arranged in the alphabet order without priority.
Winners
Overall Winners
Arpan Basu Chowdhury
Travel
A Forgotten Legacy
Madhumita Nandi
Landscape
Tongueless Whispering
Sanket Joshi
Travel
Moments from Wari
Pralay Jana
Collection
Golden Horizons: Balugaon's Fishing Community Bathed in Warmth
Chiranjit Dey
Collection
Faces Behind the Mask : Unveiling Chhau Outdoors
Ajeesh Ajayakhosh
Colours
Nature's Palette: A Symphony of Love
Category Winners
Aniket Pal
Collection
Project Ray
Rajendra Mohan Pandey
Collection
Torn Between the Tiger and the Tide
Pradiptamoy Paul
Colours
Paradise of Pages
Abin Varghese
Colours
Colours of Dha and Hanu
Amish Jain
Fashion
Gold Rush
Vineet
Fashion
Red Riding Hoodie
Darshil Dholu
Landscape
White Rann of Kutch
Anandjith T J
Landscape
Beach
Aditya Verma
Light
Life in a Thread: Handmade
Art of Carpet Wavering
Aniket Pal
Light
Chasing the Light
Abin Varghese
Portrait
The Last of the Aryans: the Brokpa
Sushil kumar
Portrait
Two Sister's
Sanket Joshi
Snapshot
Catching Flights
Sandesh Rao
Snapshot
Monsoon Musings: Fleeting
Moments in Bombay
Arun R Hegden
Travel
Whispers of the Volcano: a
Sunrise Odyssey
Swati Kushwaha
Travel
Mystic Woods: Exploring
Darjeeling's Pine Forest
Abin Varghese
Unfading Moment
Echoes of Heritage
Amish Jain
Unfading Moment
The Sacred Ghats - A Story
of Pain, Grief and Nirvana
Congratulations to the Winners!

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