That Should be Printed
Fine art cosplay photographs created as finished art pieces, not just images for screens. This category honors photos with a timeless look, works that could be displayed in a gallery or bought by a collector. Entries should be well made, visually strong, and able to stand on their own when printed and displayed, inviting people to look at them for a long time.
Category Rules
- All visual elements must be practical, physically captured at the time of exposure.
- The use of 3D-rendered, AI-generated, or digitally constructed elements is not permitted.
- Minor compositing of photographed elements is allowed.
Jury
ZPeaktures
Photographer for 20 years with a focus on experimentation and lighting both indoor and outdoors.
Jury of Categories
Antony Gomes
Paris-based photographer. He shoots portraits with a documentary and artistic approach. Known for bold color and a slightly spooky vibe, he builds the look in-camera: lighting, mood, and tone.
Jury of Categories
Charles Lan
Los Angeles-based fantasy and cosplay photographer. Fan of a variety of styles and photography techniques.
Jury of Categories
il Baro
Italian cosplay photographer, blending cinematic style with Caravaggio-inspired storytelling, always searching for new locations to create atmospheric, narrative-driven photosets across his territory.
Jury of Categories
A.Z.Production
Berlin-based cosplay photographer who combines genre photography with classical art influences, producing vibrant, painterly imagery inspired by romanticism, enhanced with carefully composited CGI.
Jury of Categories
That Should be Printed, Atmospheric Arts, Compositing, Color Unleashed
Sponsored by
Saal Digital
Saal Digital is a European pioneer in premium photo products, offering professional-quality photo books, prints, wall art, and calendars with rapid production and shipping. Recognized for their innovative layflat binding technology and 24-hour turnaround, they serve photographers and creative professionals across Europe.
Prize
This goes to the winner of this category.
€80 Saal Digital voucher
Eighty euros to finally turn a file into something you can actually hold! Saal Digital is the lab European photographers go to when a picture deserves better than a screen, and for this category the obvious move is a FineArt print on Hahnemühle Baryta. It is 325 g/m², bright white, 100% alpha cellulose, with a glossy darkroom surface that drops into genuinely deep blacks and holds every grey step in between. They publish ICC profiles for every FineArt finish too, so what turns up in the post is exactly what you saw on your monitor. Photo books and wall art are fair game as well!
Perks
These are not part of the winner prize. They either go to everyone who enters, or they pay for the awards themselves.
Supports the awards
€200 for exhibition prints
This one never touches a winner, and that is exactly the point! It puts ten FineArt Baryta prints on the wall at the exhibition, on the same beautiful paper as the winner’s print: 325 g/m² with a glossy darkroom surface and blacks that really hold. These are pictures people will stand in front of rather than thumb past, so they deserve it. Saal Digital cover the entire run at list price.
For every participant
30% off Saal Digital for a year
Everybody who enters gets 30% off Saal Digital for a whole year. Not just the winners. Everybody! Photo books, wall art, prints, calendars, the lot. That portfolio sitting on a hard drive where nobody will ever see it? This is the year it finally goes on a wall!