The 2010 AF PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION is open to artists worldwide, offering entrants a chance to have their work critiqued by some of the art world’s most influential professionals, win valuable prizes, opportunities, and get published!

This year’s task is to challenge artists to show interpretations for the word “captivate”. The word “captivate” (and its derivatives) can be illustrated as a verb, noun, adverb, adjective, or phrase – be it physically, mentally, socially, politically, sexually. For example, as a verb: to enthrall, charm, enchant, bewitch, fascinate, beguile, entrance, enrapture, delight, attract, allure; engross, mesmerize, spellbind, hypnotize. As a transitive verb: attract and hold the interest and attention of; charm: he was captivated by her beauty. As an adjective: “a captivating smile”. Additional Derivatives include: captivatingly (adverb), captivation (noun)