{"id":114262,"date":"2017-11-30T10:14:13","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T10:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/?p=114262"},"modified":"2017-11-30T10:14:13","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T10:14:13","slug":"global-open-photo-contest-2017-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/global-open-photo-contest-2017-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympus unveils Global Open Photo Contest 2017-18"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_114263&quot;  class=\"c-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1620px\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-114263 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Olympus-Global-Open-Photo-Contest-2017-18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"520\" \/>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">The Global Open Photo Contest invites photographers from all over the world to enter their images<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<p>Olympus has launched its Global Open Photo Contest 2017-18, inviting amateur and professional photographers across the world to submit images.<\/p>\n<p>This is the third year of the competition, which last year received\u00a0over 100,000 entries.<\/p>\n<p>The top prize is an OM-D E-M1 Mark II digital camera with a M. 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