Photography is one of 10 artistic disciplines in YoungArts' national competition. This discipline accepts all forms of photography including: documentary, conceptual, portrait, environment, color, black and white, alternative processes, digital, and mixed media. Applicants may either be a citizen of the United States, a permanent resident or green card recipient, or can demonstrate that they are legally able to receive taxable income in the United States. Applicants must also be in grades 10-12 or 15-18 years of age on December 1 of the year they are applying. If selected as an award winner with distinction, this must be their first time attending the National YoungArts Week. Applicants must submit a portfolio that must include a total of 10 images, either: (1) Two unified photo series with five images in each series. The series of photographs should be unified by concept, theme, aesthetics and/or subject matter; or (2) one unified photo series with 10 images. We only recommend one series of 10 if it's an in-depth, long-term project that reflects the applicant's capacity as a photographer. It is strongly recommended that applicants submit personal work, not work from a class assignment. Photographs that resemble conventions of commercial photography are discouraged. All work must be submitted as a JPEG file. Do not submit slideshows, PowerPoint presentations, animations, movies, audio with images or embed images into Microsoft Word. Artistic questions may be answered through a written statement or a recorded audio or video. Please visit the award's website or contact YoungArts for more information.