The prize competition to celebrate the photographic excellence of the new Huawei smartphones. Up to 10,000 dollars and many Huawei products up for grabs for the winners of the different categories
Huawei officially kicks off the annuals HUAWEI XMAGE Awards 2023. This is Huawei’s initiative to celebrate the photographic excellence of its smartphones, promoting an annual competition that encourages Huawei users to rediscover the beauty of photography, a unique stage for the amazing photos and videos captured around the world with the camera technology of Huawei smartphones.
Dal 2017 users from over 170 countries and regions have participated in the annual competition, for a total of approximately 4 million hits to date. The Italian participants have always won the very first positions with a first place in 2021 and in 2022 and a second place in 2020. This makes HUAWEI XMAGE Awards a cultural preserve in its own right, containing a piece of human history from the perspective of people from all over the world. 
Huawei XMAGE 2023: shoot and inspire: a new direction for the XMAGE Awards
This year’s XMAGE Awards invite photographers from all over the world – amateur or professional – to look to their photography for inspiration. This year’s theme, “Inspire the World”, offers Huawei smartphone owners an opportunity to become creators in their own right, to pave the way for experimenting with their photographic style and capturing moments of inspiration.
The XMAGE Awards put photographic inspiration and innovation at the center again. The award title takes its name from the branch that owns it Huawei Imaging Research & Development XMAGE, which represents Huawei’s continuous breakthroughs and continued efforts in the field of mobile imaging, providing a unique and extraordinary smartphone photography experience for consumers globally. Newly launched in 2022, the XMAGE brand focuses on optical systems, mechanical structure, imaging technology and image processing in photography. All four pillars of XMAGE now form the principles of new and upcoming smartphone camera technology, such as the latest camera HUAWEI Mate 50 Pro’s Ultra Aperture and HUAWEI P60 Pro’s Ultra Lighting Telephoto Camera.
New Night category to capture wonders in the dark
This year’s competition puts emphasis on tonal setting and creative inspiration with the following categories: Night, Hello, Life!, Art & Fashion, Outdoor, Portrait, Storyboard, Action and Storytelling. Among them, Night is the latest category added, which encourages users to photograph the hidden wonders of nightlife, using Huawei’s industry-leading range of camera functions.
Huawei XMAGE 2023: attractive prizes, new line-up of judges and other information about the competition
This year, 4 main prizes will be awarded: 3 Grand Prize Winners (First Prize), 24 Best-in-Category Winners (Category Prize), 27 Runner-up Winners (Runner Up Prize), and 5 Honorable Mentions. In addition, a Community Champion will be nominated who will receive a HUAWEI nova 10 as a gift, a Community Special Category who will be awarded a HUAWEI Watch GT 2 and a Community Category who will win a HUAWEI Band 7. The winners of the main prizes will instead be able to receive up to $10,000 . A new selection of judges has also been invited to participate in the competition. Five renowned professional judges with different professional perspectives and backgrounds: Chen XiaoboVice President of China Photographers Association, China; Pei Tongtongfashion photographer, China; Jose Ramoslandscape photographer, Portugal; Jessica Hromas, portrait photographer, Australia; And Li Changzhu, Vice President of Consumer Strategy Marketing Dept in HUAWEI Consumer Business Group, China. Entries for the XMAGE Awards will close at 23:59 (GMT+8) August 15,.
Users can submit their applications via the HUAWEI Community. Entries must be images or videos taken with a Huawei phone, however there are no restrictions on the creation date or the Huawei phone models used. Are you going to participate in the Huawei contest? Let us know yours in the comments section, we also invite you to follow our Instagram page, our YouTube channel and stay connected on techgameworld.com to stay constantly updated on all the news from the tech world!