Top Award Winners
IMAGE - Travis Patenaude, USA

TOP AWARDS


The International Photographic Olympics
TOP International Photographer of the Year
Mentorship Award
6 International POY in a Category Titles
Over 70 First Place Class Awards

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ABOUT THE CRYSTAL AWARDS

THE PRESTIGIOUS ATHENA CRYSTAL TROPHY

The Athena Crystal Trophy is not easy to obtain. The IIC honors excellence with its Olympian style trophy line from ancient Greece and Rome, symbolizing the Olympics. The “Athena Trophy” award for the IIC TOP International Winner was custom designed to be bigger and more prestigious at a cost of $18,000 for the design alone and took a year to finalize and create.


The INTERNATIONAL IMAGING COMPETITION is no ordinary competition, and the founding directors work hard at ensuring the best for members and entrants of the MPI International Imaging Competition and the MPI International Photographic Degree Program.  (MPI IPDP)

The MPI International Imaging Competition (MPI IIC), opens calls for entries only once annually.  MPI tries to keep the call for entries longer to help entrants prepare and enter their best work for the most prestigious imaging event of the year. 


PAST TOP WINNERS

7th Annual - Kimberly Smith - Fine Art Category
6th Annual - Swati Chakraborty - Portrait Category
5th Annual - Peter Lik - Nature Category
4th Annual - Kristian Bogner - Commercial Category
3rd Annual - Eric Caparas - Digital Art Category
2nd Annual - Eric Caparas - Portrait Category
1st Annual - William Branson - Portrait Category

ABOUT THE IIC

The International Image Competition (IIC) is one of todays most prestigious international competitions to enter. The focus of the IIC is not only to reward top talent in the photographic industry but to also help educate and inspire photographers of all levels.
 

THE MPI IIC TOP INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR RECEIVES,

The amazing custom designed Athena Globe Trophy
The POY in a Category Trophy earned as one of the 6 winners. 
Any first place Class Awards
$1000.00 cash.


7th ANNUAL TOP INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF YEAR
KIMBERLY SMITH - USA