Join the Cornerstones Photography Contest

Welcome to the Cornerstones Photography Contest! Here’s your chance to showcase your talent, celebrate the beauty of historic and cultural landscapes in the Southwest. This year, we invite you to capture the essence of community with the prompt: "What traditions empower your community?" Show us the beauty, resilience, and cultural heritage that define your community through your lens.

How It Works:

1. Submit Your Entry: Between November 7 and November 20 - upload your best photos that celebrate historic and cultural beauty. Each entry showcases your talent and supports Cornerstones' mission to preserve our heritage.

2. Voting Period: Once all entries are submitted, voting runs between November 21 and December 2. During this period, anyone can vote for their favorite photos by making a donation. Each vote counts toward both selecting the winning images and supporting Cornerstones’ preservation projects.

3. Celebrate the Winners: At the end of the voting period, the photo with the most votes will be crowned the winner, with other top-voted images also recognized. Together, we’ll have raised essential funds to further Cornerstones’ work.

Join us in capturing the past to protect the future!

Join the competition now!

Capture, Contribute and Conserve!

By entering or voting in the Cornerstones Photography Contest, you’re not just sharing your artistic talent—you’re actively supporting our mission to preserve historic structures, cultural landscapes, and traditional practices across New Mexico and the greater Southwest.

Your participation, whether as a photographer or a voter, directly fuels our preservation projects and community-building efforts. Each vote represents a donation, allowing us to provide technical support, tools, training, and resources to communities working to save their unique heritage sites. Through your generosity, Cornerstones can continue its hands-on teaching approach, where young people learn traditional skills from community elders, ensuring that cultural values and architectural knowledge are passed down through generations.

Why Enter?

As a contestant, you help raise awareness for Cornerstones’ mission while showcasing your photography. Your images highlight the beauty and significance of our shared heritage, inspiring others to appreciate and protect it.

Why Vote?

Each vote is a gift toward preserving and revitalizing a piece of history. With your contribution, you’re helping communities across the Southwest maintain their architectural treasures and cultural traditions for future generations.

Together, let’s capture the spirit of preservation and ensure that New Mexico’s rich cultural heritage stands the test of time!