PAGCOR Photography contest 2025 is now open

CEBU CITY – The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) announces the opening of its Photography Contest 2025 with this year’s theme, “Infrastructure for Economic Development” and the contest is open to Filipino nationals only, professionals, amateurs and hobbyists can join.

“Participants must be at least 16 years old as of January 1, 2025.  PAGCOR employees and their relatives up to 2^nd degree of affinity and consanguinity are disqualified to join,” PAGCOR Senior Manager, Corporate Communications, Jing Arambulo told the media, content creators, bloggers and photo enthusiasts at a Photo Conference, March 31 at the Teatro of Waterfront Hotel Cebu.

Each participant can submit a maximum of three entries in a single category or submit one entry in each category as long as the total of entries do not exceed three.  Arambulo said that the system automatically rejects entries after the third entry is submitted by an individual participant.

Participants must register and submit entries through the contest website: www.pagcor.ph/photocon2025 or scan the QR code: Fill out all the needed information and submit all requirements to complete the registration.  Only duly registered participants may submit entries.

Photo requirements, contest categories, criteria for judging & prizes

The photos must be in landscape format and must have been taken between September 17, 2024 and July 31, 2025 only.  Entries in the Conventional Category must have at least 3872 pixels on the horizontal side.

Mobile and Drone Category entries must have at least 3072 pixels on the horizontal dside with at least 330 ppi resolution.  The photos must contain metadata for technical validation and entries that do not conform to the technical specifications are automatically disqualified.

This year’s Photography Contest has three categories: Conventional covers entries taken using digital cameras as single lens reflex (SLR), compact, point and shoot, bridge, mirrorless, frameless and rugged.

Mobile covers entries taken using mobile devices like smartphones and tablets, action cameras, 360 cameras and the like.  The Drone category covers entries taken using drone cameras and drone-mounted cameras.

Entries are judged according to the theme, composition, creativity and originality and image quality.  Prizes are as follow: P100,000 each for eight grand winners under the Conventional Category; P50,000 each for eight grand winners per category.

(Winners of the previous PAGCOR Photography Contests)

The theme, “Infrastructure for Economic Development” covers major infrastructure projects like highways, roads, bridges, air and seaports, water supply, flood control, irrigation, power plants, green energy infrastructure and internet connectivity, among others, that are key to Philippine economic growth. (Photos: MBCNewman)