MELVILLE, N.Y., April 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Canon
U.S.A., a leader in digital
imaging, announced today that its parent company, Canon Inc., will
begin accepting entries for its New Cosmos of Photography photo
competition on April 20. The New
Cosmos of Photography is Canon's cultural support project to
discover, nurture, and support new photographers who pursue new
possibilities in creative photographic expression. Aiming to
incorporate diverse perspectives, the number of judges for this
year's competition will be increased to seven to allow for an even
more open photo competition.
Entries for New Cosmos of Photography 2016 will be accepted
between April 20 and June 15,
while the Excellence Award selection committee will meet in July to
choose seven Excellence Award winners and fourteen Honorable
Mention Award winners. In November, the Grand Prize selection
committee is scheduled to meet to select one Grand Prize winner
from among the seven Excellence Award-winning entries.
The Grand Prize winner of this year's competition will receive
not only prize money (converted from ¥ 1,000,000 JPY) and a Canon product, but as an
added bonus will be granted the right to hold a solo exhibit at the
showcase of winning entries for next year's New Cosmos of
Photography. Additionally, to encourage the continued pursuit of
their creative activities, 2016 Excellence Award and Honorable
Mention Award winners will each receive prize money and the right
to display their works at this year's exhibition of winning
entries.
For additional information about this year's New Cosmos of
Photography competition, visit the New Cosmos of Photography
homepage at http://www.canon.com/scsa/newcosmos/.
About Canon U.S.A.,
Inc.
Canon U.S.A., Inc.,
is a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and
industrial digital imaging solutions to the United States and to Latin America and the Caribbean (excluding Mexico) markets. With approximately
$31 billion in global revenue, its
parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), ranks third overall in U.S.
patents granted in 2015† and is one of Fortune
Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies in 2016. Canon
U.S.A. is committed to the highest
level of customer satisfaction and loyalty, providing 100 percent
U.S.-based consumer service and support for all of the products it
distributes. Canon U.S.A. is
dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of social and
environmental responsibility. In 2014, the Canon Americas
Headquarters secured LEED® Gold certification, a recognition for
the design, construction, operations and maintenance of
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States Patent and Trademark Office.
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