Bring us your best photography stories!
The Photo Rodeo is an open-format public event that is free to attend at the 2024 Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival. Started in 2023, the intent of this event is to introduce our audience to some of the lesser known, but highly skilled, local outdoor photographers and their work.
The Photo Rodeo will take place on the Rab Stage in the Festival Marketplace on the evening of November 2.
Applications are now open to any photographers residing in and around the Canadian Rockies.
We are accepting applications from photographers who shoot adventure sports, wildlife, landscapes, and any type of outdoor photography related to mountain culture. This year we want photographers to present their most interesting stories from shooting in the field; whether it's humorous, absurd, gripping, awkward, or incredible, we want to hear your best photography stories!
The presentation format will feature a brief introduction from Paul Zizka followed by a series of presentations from 4 photographers. Presentations should have imagery supporting their featured story in some form.
Image submissions in the application should be a sample of your best work for our adjudicators to judge from, these images do not need to be related to the story you're pitching in your application.
Entries close at 11:59PM September 15th, 2024.
“What a great event, a chance to share our adventures and journey’s through images and stories among friends and community! It truly is a highlight to hear how everyone works for that image of images and the chance to share it on the big stage was a great adventure.”
- Kristopher Andres, Photographer & Past Participant
"Paul [Zizka] came to us with this idea of showing-off the incredible breadth of local photography talent, and we couldn't be more delighted with how it turned out for the events first iteration in 2023. For 2024 we're excited to see what new wonderful photography stories and talent come to the fore."
- Festival Director