2006 Photoshare Photo Contest (4th Annual) Sponsored by The INFO Project and Canon

Do you have photos of programs in action and the people you serve? Pictures illustrating the realities of urban and rural life in developing countries? Snapshots from your personal travels, volunteer service, or work experience? You may have an award-winning photo and a chance to win cash and/or a Canon digital camera!

Entries accepted August 10th - November 10th, 2006. Download Entry Form

Contest Categories*

1. Family Planning and Reproductive Health
2. HIV/AIDS
3. Environment
4. Agricultural & Economic Development
5. Democracy & Governance
6. Humanitarian Assistance
7. Global Health (open subject)
8. Human Interest (open subject)

*Participants may submit one photo per category (8 photos maximum). See sample contest photo subjects.

Awards

Winning photos and photographers will be publicly announced and featured on our website in December 2006.

Awards	Prizes	Sponsor
1st Place*	$500 USD; Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT - 8.0 megapixel camera body!	Canon/The INFO Project
2nd Place*	$350 USD; Canon PowerShot SD700 IS - 6.0 megapixel camera!	Canon/The INFO Project
3rd Place*	$225 USD; Canon PowerShot SD630 - 6.0 megapixel camera!	The INFO Project
Best of Category (8)*	Certificate	The INFO Project
Honorable Mention (8)**	Certificate	The INFO Project
Outstanding Photoshare Contributor**	Canon PowerShot SD550 Digital ELPH - 7.1 megapixel camera!	Canon
Photoshare Image of the Year**	Canon PowerShot SD600 - 6.0 megapixel camera!	Canon

*Selected by an independent panel of judges, with Best of Show (1st, 2nd, 3rd places) selected from Best of Category.

** Selected by Photoshare staff.

Contest Guidelines and Rules

• All entries and accompanying entry forms must be received by November 10th, 2006 (delivery or E-Mail) to qualify for consideration. Entries arriving late with a postmarked date of November 10th will be accepted until 5:30pm on November 15th, 2006.
• Any individual or organization, with the exception of contest judges, are welcome to participate (including both amateur and professional photographers).
• One photo allowed per category (8 maximum): original color or black & white prints, slides, negatives, and digital images are acceptable. At a minimum, digital images must be approximately 1024 x 768 pixels. Photos below the minimum resolution, collages, photos without completed entry forms, and photos previously contributed to Photoshare are not eligible for consideration.
• Originals will be returned upon request at Photoshare's expense through UPS or DHL when a street address is provided (no P.O. boxes). Photoshare is not responsible for the loss or damage of photographs. However, in the event that photos are lost or damaged on return, Photoshare will resend digital copies, when available.
• Photos will be judged on the basis of content (relevance to category) and quality (e.g. lighting, composition, focus) by an independent panel of judges for cash and camera prizes.
• Entries that violate copyright or the laws of the country in which they were taken are not acceptable.
• The contest participant grants to The Johns Hopkins University, on behalf of Photoshare and The INFO Project at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/Center for Communication Programs (CCP), a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free license to use such photographs in its Photoshare database, and grants all such other rights, including the right to sublicense, the right to copy, distribute, publicly display or perform, and the right to create derivative works, as may be necessary to meet the requirements of the Photoshare database, and to fully realize and carry out the purposes thereof, without requiring The Johns Hopkins University to notify the Participant, seek the Participant's permission, or owe any form of compensation to the Participant. This agreement will apply to all photographs and other submissions supplied to CCP by the Participant and shall remain in full force and effect until cancelled in writing by either party or superceded by a subsequent agreement. The Participant understands that these images will provide useful information related to people, their living conditions, and their health, and that requests to use the photos will be carefully screened for appropriate and respectful objectives.

Download Entry Form.

Instructions for Delivery

E-Mail

Send images and Entry Form as email attachments (up to 10MB per e-mail) to: photoshare@infoforhealth.org

Postal Delivery*

Send prints, slides, negatives, or CD-ROMs to:

JHU/CCP Photoshare Contest
Attn: David Alexander
111 Market Place, Suite 310
Baltimore, MD 21202 USA
(Phone: 410-659-6280 | Fax: 410-659-6266)

*We recommend you choose a shipping method that includes a tracking number. Entries arriving late with a postmarked date of October 15th will be accepted until 5:30pm on November 15th.

Helpful Links & Information

Entry Form

Sample Contest Photo Subjects by Category

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Last Year's Contest Winners (2005)

Contact Photoshare Staff

Canon

Photoshare

Photoshare is a service of The INFO Project helping non-profit organizations communicate global health and development issues through photography. By facilitating photo sharing among colleagues in international development, Photoshare has become a leading source for editorial development photography. The Photoshare collection, consisting primarily of photos taken by public health professionals in the field, contains more than 13,000 images illustrating the realities of urban and rural life in developing countries, as well as global efforts to improve and save lives. Our popular on-line photo database, available at www.photoshare.org through the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health/Center for Communication Programs, serves many major government institutions and international NGOs.