2010 Photoshare World Pneumonia Day Photography Contest

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Press Releases

Read the Full Press Release Informations sur le concours en Français. Información del concurso en Español.  علومات عن المسابقة باللغة العربية Информация о конкурсе на русском языке. 中文版的比賽資訊。

Camera Prizes! Share photos and support international nonprofits combating pneumonia worldwide!    *Professional photojournalists, read more about Photoshare.

Do you have images capturing pneumonia's impact worldwide, at risk children (malnutrition, indoor pollution, and other illnesses such as AIDS are risk factors) , interventions or awareness campaigns in action? Positive stories and photos documenting healthy outcomes for children under the age of five? You may have an award-winning photo and a chance to win a digital camera!  In most developing countries, children under 5 and especially under 2 years of age are at risk for pneumonia.

Entries accepted March 29, 2010 - June 30, 2010.  *Send images and Entry Form to: photoshare@k4health.org

 

About	Categories by Region	Judges
The 2010 Photoshare World Pneumonia Day Photo Contest is a collaboration between Photoshare, a service for Knowledge for Health (K4Health), and the International Vaccine Access Center at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in partnership with the Global Coalition against Child Pneumonia. Contest prize sponsorship provided by Nikon. By submitting their images, participants donate their work and contribute to a growing collection of development-oriented photography, helping nonprofits communicate health and development issues worldwide. NEW Deadline: June 30th, 2010 - Professional photojournalists, read more about Photoshare. Images of children under 5 years documenting pneumonia's impact worldwide, at risk children (malnutrition, indoor pollution, and other illnesses such as AIDS are risk factors), interventions or awareness campaigns. The 2010 Photoshare World Pneumonia Day Photo Contest will focus attention on the devastating impact of pneumonia, a disease that claims the lives of over 1.5 million children under five each year, and the efforts to prevent the disease. This effort, with support from World Pneumonia Day partner organizations will complement lead up activities to the second-annual World Pneumonia Day on November 12, 2010.	The contest features seven awards and five categories: Best Entry for for Africa, The Americas / Europe and Central Asia, South-East Asia / Western Pacific, as well as Best Narrative, Most Oustanding Entry and two Honorable Mentions. A Nikon digital camera will be awarded for each category. *SEE REGION MAPS Contest Awards and Categories by Region* Africa The Americas / Europe and Central Asia Southeast Asia / Western Pacific *Participants may submit in multiple categories (no photo limit). Top Awards - selected from all contest submissions Most Outstanding Entry Best Narrative two Honorable Mentions Download Entry Form Entries accepted March 29, 2010 - June 30, 2010. Send images and Entry Form to photoshare@k4health.org. *NOTICE: The regional categories Europe and Central Asia and Western Pacific failed to receive a required minimum of contest entries; as a result these regional categories have merged with existing regions. Camera awards will be presented to Honorable Mentions selected from all contest submissions.	Contest winners will be evaluated based on topic relevancy and technical execution, selected by an expert panel of three judges including: two-time Pulitzer prize winning jourliast and New York Times columnist, Nicholas Kristof, Ann Curry, NBC Today Show news anchor,  Malcolm Linton - a photo and video journalist, http://malcolmlinton.com Submissions will be displayed as part of an exhibit at a prestigious venue in Washington, D.C. during the summer of 2010. Contest submissions, Winners and finalists (approximately 3-5 per category) will be displayed as part of an exhibit at a prestigious venue in New York, NY during the summer of 2010.  The contest will highlight photography's vital role in capturing the realities and impact of pneumonia worldwide. Contest images will support Photoshare and international nonprofits using photography to communicate issues related to global health and development.

 

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Awards

Winning photos and photographers will be publicly announced and featured online and displayed during the summer of 2010. Contest prize sponsorship provided by Nikon

Awards Prizes Sponsor Most Outstanding Entry: selected from all contest submissions SLR Digital Camera Nikon Best Narrative: selected from all contest submissions Coolpix Digital Camera Nikon Best Entry: Africa- *SEE REGION MAPS Coolpix Digital Camera Nikon Best Entry: The Americas / Europe and Central Asia- *SEE REGION MAPS Coolpix Digital Camera Nikon Best Entry: Southeast Asia / Western Pacific- *SEE REGION MAPS Coolpix Digital Camera Nikon Honorable Mention: selected from all contest submissions Coolpix Digital Camera Nikon Honorable Mention: selected from all contest submissions Coolpix Digital Camera Nikon *NOTICE: The regional categories Europe and Central Asia and Western Pacific failed to receive a required minimum of contest entries; as a result these regional categories have merged with existing regions. Camera awards will be presented to Honorable Mentions selected from all contest submissions.

Winners selected by an independent panel of judges, including content experts and professional photojournalists. 

**Photographers reserve all rights to their images. Photos submitted for this contest can be used-- with photographer credits in the caption-- by Photoshare/Hopkins and the World Pneumonia Day coalition for charitable and non-profit purposes only. Image requests are carefully vetted for context appropriateness: the manager of Photoshare considers what caption will be used and can strongly suggest a caption, where the images will be published, and with what intended audience. Read more about Photoshare

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 Contest Guidelines and Rules 

• All entries and accompanying entry forms must be received by June 30th, 2010 (delivery or E-Mail) to qualify for consideration. Entries arriving late with a postmarked date of June 30th will be accepted until 5:30pm on July 6th, 2010.
• Any individual or organization, with the exception of contest judges, are welcome to participate (including both amateur and professional photographers).
• Participants may submit in multiple categories (no limit):  At a minimum, digital images must be approximately 1600x1200 pixels. Photos below the minimum resolution, collages, digitally altered photos, photos without completed entry forms, and photos previously contributed to Photoshare are not eligible for consideration. Original color or black & white prints, slides, negatives, are acceptable.
• Originals will be returned upon request at participant'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 technical 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.
• All photos submitted MUST be accompanied by a narrative that explains the role that pneumonia has played in the lives of the subjects or the photographer.  There is not a required minimum or maximum length to the narrative.
• Photographer's images will be donated for charitable use, read more about Photoshare. The contest participant grants to The Johns Hopkins University, on behalf of Photoshare 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 superseded 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.

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Instructions for Delivery

 

Send images and Entry Form as email attachments to: photoshare@k4health.org

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Helpful Links & Information

Entry Form

Frequently Asked Questions about Photoshare Contests (FAQs)

Contact Photoshare Staff

Photoshare

www.pneumoaction.org

www.jhsph.edu/ivac

www.WorldPneumoniaDay.org

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About Collaborators 

Photoshare

Photoshare is a service of Knowledge for Health (K4Health), 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 17,000 images illustrating the realities of urban and rural life in developing countries, as well as global efforts to improve and save lives. Photoshare based at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs, serves many major government institutions and international NGOs. For more information, visit:   www.photoshare.org

International Vaccine Access Center

The International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) at the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health aims to accelerate global access to life-saving vaccines through development and implementation of evidence-based policies. IVAC was established to increase access to lifesaving vaccines by overcoming many of the obstacles that often delay vaccine usage and distribution. IVAC will also serve as a source of vaccine policy information and analysis and will develop and use evidence to advocate for improved global health policies and their implementation. Projects undertaken by IVAC are supported by grants from the GAVI Alliance and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.  To learn more about IVAC, please visit www.jhsph.edu/ivac.  To learn more about pneumococcal disease, please visit www.pneumoaction.org.

Learn more about World Pneumonia Day:

In November 2009, nearly 100 leading global health organizations joined forces to commemorate the first-annual World Pneumonia Day.  Nearly 170 events took place in 36 countries across 6 continents.  The second-annual World Pneumonia Day will take place on November 12, 2010.  Mark your calendars.

• Log on to www.WorldPneumoniaDay.org to sign up to receive email updates about World Pneumonia Day.
• Learn more about what causes pneumonia and how we can fight back.
• Join the movement on Facebook at http://tinyurl.com/WorldPneumoniaDay

About Nikon

Nikon, At the Heart of the Image™. Nikon Inc. is the world leader in digital imaging, precision optics and photo imaging technology and is globally recognized for setting new standards in product design and performance for its award-winning consumer and professional photographic equipment. Nikon Inc. distributes consumer and professional digital SLR cameras, NIKKOR optics, Speedlights and system accessories; Nikon COOLPIX® compact digital cameras; COOLSCAN® digital film scanners; 35mm film SLR cameras; Nikon software products and Nikon sports and recreational optics.. Nikon Corporation, the parent company of Nikon Inc., recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of its legendary F-mount lens-mounting system. Only Nikon has sustained an original lens mount for such an extraordinary period, ensuring that photographers can continue to leverage their previous investments while still taking advantage of new innovations. 

For more information, dial  (800) NIKON-UX  (800) NIKON-UX or visit http://www.nikonusa.com, which links all levels of photographers to the Web's most comprehensive photo learning and sharing communities.

 

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More About Photoshare

If you are learning about Photoshare for the first time, you may be interested to know that Photoshare images are available free strictly for non-profit educational use, promoting international health and development…

• Photographers can track the use and value of thier images with Photoshare's History of Use. Images are protected from unapproved use by watermark. Requests to use Photoshare images are carefully screened by Photoshare staff (see Photoshare Terms of Use and Responsibilities of Photoshare Users for more information about Photoshare's policies on sharing photos).
• People who typically share photos with Photoshare – either through the contest or on an ongoing basis – are international public health professionals, photojournalists interested in donating images for charitable use, community leaders and residents of developing countries, Peace Corps volunteers, world travelers, and anyone else who is interesting in freely sharing photos as a way to promote awareness of global health and development issues.
• Contest participants understand that when the contest is over, their entries may be selected for inclusion in the general Photoshare collection, upon which their photos may be requested for non-profit, educational use promoting health and development. Participation in the contest does NOT require you to forfeit your copyright.
• Photographers reserve all rights to their images. Photos submitted for this contest can be used-- with photographer credits in the caption-- by Photoshare/Hopkins and the World Pneumonia Day coalition for charitable and non-profit purposes only. Image requests are carefully vetted for context appropriateness: the manager of Photoshare considers what caption will be used and can strongly suggest a caption, where the images will be published, and with what intended audience.

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  2010 Photoshare World Pneumonia Day Photo Contest