What sparks your FUTURE GALAXY?

What will your FUTURE GALAXY look like?

ONE PLACE, ONE JOURNEY, ONE PERSON

What inspires you to build a FUTURE GALAXY based on your hopes and dreams?

How to Join

Contest Period: Dec, 9– Jan 15, 2023.
  • Follow @adata_global on Instagram
  • Submit your photography on “My Future Galaxy” site and describe your work in 50-100 words.
  • You are welcome to share your photography on Instagram and Tag @adata_global #ADATAfuturegalaxy
    (Photography must be posted during “My Future Galaxy” campaign period)
Photo quality
30 %
Artwork Professionalism
50 %
Creativity/Story telling
20 %

Meet our judges

ADATA partners with photographers from around the world to join in determining the final selections.
Daniel Cheong | Mauritius
@danielcheongdubai
Daniel Cheong is a freelance photographer, brand ambassador for NiSi Filters, BorisFX Optics, and former instructor and lecturer for Nikon Middle East and Africa.

Born in Mauritius and originally of Chinese descent, his previous telecom industry job saw him travel and live in several countries including France, USA, Japan, Singapore, and Dubai. His technique involves blending different exposures of the same scene to extract the perfect dynamic range between dark and light.

His Dubai cityscapes and fog shots have been publicized worldwide in media and magazines including CNN, National Geographic, Practical Photography, and Petapixel.
Emanuel Manfrin | Argentina
@emanuelmanfrinfotografia
Emanuel Manfrin is a photography editor, instructor, and freelance photographer born and currently residing in Argentina. 

He completed his mecatronics degree in Universidad Tecnológica Nacional in Santa Fe, Argentina.  He specializing in child photography and his works stand out due to their magical style, which he achieves through postproduction, where storytelling has an essential role in the composition. 

He has given workshops for photographers from different countries such as Argentina, Mexico, Chile, USA, Spain, Italy and Ecuador and his photographs have been published in digital magazines and awarded in 35 international photography contests. 
José Ramos | Portugal
@joseramosphotography
José Ramos is a conceptual landscape photographer, storyteller and psychiatrist from Portugal, currently living in Lisbon. He started his photographic career eighteen years ago, and his images have been published several times in National Geographic printed magazines and other international photography magazines. His work has been exhibited several times, as well as featured on Discovery, The Telegraph, CNN Travel, Sony and others.

Strongly focusing on long exposure technique and storytelling, his images are multi-layered, from the immediate attention-grabbing natural scenes with exquisite light, to the symbolic details of archetypical natural elements, along with the written reflections accompanying each artwork.
Albert Dros | Netherlands
@albertdrosphotography
Albert Dros is a professional landscape photographer from the Netherlands. He is known for his extreme passion and drive. He strives to capture the amazing landscapes this world has to offer. Not only that, but he aims to capture them in the best way, always on the hunt for magic light and the best possible conditions to photograph. Albert is also known for his planning of photos. This is something that he really loves. En erupting volcano aligned with the milky way, Epic moon shots next to buildings, solar eclipses with a model, he has done it all.

You can find Albert’s world published in big media channels worldwide, like National Geographic, Adobe, TIME and more. Albert also writes himself and his articles are published in world wide photography channels and magazines.

Winner Announcement

Name:Pranab Basak(India)
Diamond Awardprizes
Description:
Journey to a future galaxy.
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Platinum Award
Platinum Awardprizes
Name:Dan McClanahan(US)
Description:"Frozen Estuary" is a long exposure photograph taken at Jökulsárlón in Iceland. This frame was taken at 11am in direct sunlight using a Lee Big Stopper ND filter to make the other tourists disappear and to mess with the viewer's perception of time. The Big Stopper's deep blue tint emphasizes the feeling of coldness, and the long exposure blur in the sky and icebergs deceives the viewer into thinking this was taken at night. As soon as I saw it on my camera screen, I felt the scene was otherworldly.
Gold Award
Gold Awardprizes
Name:Krinjal Balkrishna Patil(India)
Description:
Fly high.
Sliver Award
Sliver Awardprizes
Name:ARJUN SASI (UAE)
Description:
Abode of Peace
Bronze Award
Bronze Awardprizes
Name:Tomasz Janicki(UK)
Description:
The magic light over the Twr Mawr Lighthouse Llanddwyn Island North Wales.
Merit Award - APPLE GIFT CARD
Name:
Pawel Zygmunt
(Poland)
Name:
Mark Anthony Agtay
(UAE)
Name:
Myat Zaw Hein
(Myanmar)
Name:
Jón Þórðarson
(Iceland)
Name:
Shirley tsui

TERMS & CONDITIONS

  • The ADATA #ADATAfuturegalaxy Photography Contest will start onDec. 9 at 12:01 a.m. Taipei Time (GMT+8) and ends on Jan. 15, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. Taipei Time (GMT+8).
  • ADATA will announce winners and honorable mention candidates on its Instagram feed and website on February 10, 2023. The adjudication team will determine ranking based on quality of photography, artistry of the works, and content of stories.
  • If ADATA finds that an entrant is using multiple accounts to register the same address and/or phone number, the accounts will be considered as the same entrant. ADATA reserves the right of final decision on the eligibility of participating works.
  • Prizes are provided subject to availability. Prizes cannot be transferred and redeemed for cash unless otherwise specified. In the event that ADATA is unable to provide the stated prize, ADATA reserves the right to award a different prize at its sole discretion.
  • ADATA shall not be responsible for any inaccuracies in any of the information provided, including personal or contact particulars, by participants, and shall not be liable for such errors or any loss suffered by participants as a result.
  • ADATA is not responsible for any information, and/or personal or contact details provided falsely by the entrant, and therefore shall not be liable for any such errors or any losses suffered by the entrant.
  • These terms and conditions are to be construed, governed, and interpreted in accordance with the laws of Taiwan (Republic of China) and participants agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of Taiwan New Taipei District Courts.
  • ADATA will notify winners once the winners have been selected and announced. If the winner does not reply within 2 weeks from the date of receiving the winner’s notification, winning status will be deemed forfeited and waived. In such a case, ADATA reserves the right to select a new winner in any manner it sees fit.
  • ADATA reserves the right to amend, revise, delete, edit, add to, and/or withdraw these terms and conditions herein and the prizes at any time without notice. In this case, ADATA shall have no liability whatsoever to any participant as a result thereof.
  • Entries provided by participants must be posted (i.e. participant cannot simply ‘tag’ an older creation) from a public account during the Event Period. Those posted from private accounts and/or posted outside the Event Period will NOT be eligible for the Event.
  • Participants acknowledge and agree that all written and provided information is accurate. If any information is found to be untrue, inaccurate or incomplete, participants will be disqualified. If harm is caused to ADATA or to any third party, the responsible party will be held criminally responsible. ADATA is in no way legally responsible for any dishonest or improper information provided by participants.
  • Each entry submitted by participants shall comply with the applicable laws and regulations and not infringe any intellectual property rights and rights of any third party. ADATA will not be responsible of any disputes that arise from such previously mentioned infringements. This Event is in no way sponsored, administered or endorsed by or associated with Instagram.