WACC Photographic Competition 2005
About the Competition
The closing date is 1 May 2005
Entries received after this date will not be considered. The competition winners will be announced on World Communication Day, 8 May.
Prizes
There will be one overall winner, and prizes for five highly commended photographers. The prizes will be:
- 1st Prize: $500,
- Commendations: $200 each
A selection of entries will be exhibited in London.
A selection of entries will be used in the WACC publications Media Development, Media Action, Media & Gender Monitor and on the WACC website.
Eligibility
The competition is open to all men, women and children, of all ages and from all countries. Entries from amateurs and professionals are welcome. There is no limit to the number of photographs that a person may enter. Each entry will be judged separately, but no entrant may win more than one prize in the contest.
The theme of the competition is Communication.
We are looking for visual interpretation of current communication issues. You may consider the following areas that are not limiting:
a) Media and people
b) Media and development
c) Communication and daily life
Judging
A panel of judges, including WACC staff and Adrian Evans, director of PANOS Pictures, will select the winners as well as the photos for the exhibition. All decisions by the judges are final and no correspondence will be entered into. All winners will be contacted immediately after the results of the competition have been announced.
Format for entries
Entries must be submitted as either TIFF or JPEG digital format, by e-mail to the address below. Large images and high resolution images are preferable (300dpi).
Labelling - contact details and caption
Make sure you send your name and address with your images and all entries should also include a caption, a paragraph explaining why the photograph is significant and giving details of what it shows.
Copyright
By entering this competition you
a) acknowledge that you hold full copyright to the images and
b) authorise the reproduction of the images by WACC for its own publications in relation to the competition, without payment. No other rights will be conceded to other parties without permission of the photographer.
Send your entries to
E-mail your submissions to sh@wacc.org.uk . The subject line should read: ?Images of Communication?.
Last year's competition gallery
See a selection of last year's entries on the 2004 Photographic Competition Gallery.
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