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Photoshare Newsletter - August 2006

Contents

  1. Announcing...the 4th Annual International Photoshare Photo Contest!
  2. Farewell Lavina Velasco! 
  3. Featured Photos
  4. Best Practice Spotlight
  5. Photos and Equipment Needed

1. Announcing...the 4th Annual International Photoshare Photo Contest!

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)

Best of Show Awards

1st Place: $500 USD*
2nd Place: $350 USD*
3rd Place: $225 USD*

Canon Powershot Digital Camera *A Canon Digital Camera will also be awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place.

More information...

 

2. Farewell Lavina Velasco!

Please join us in wishing Lavina Velasco all the best, and a fond farewell!
After eight years of managing Photoshare Lavina has decided to resign and focus her full attention to family. We will miss her leadership and dedication to Photoshare's mission.
 
Lavina at a 1999 Photoshare poster presentation
 
Lavina Velasco
Photoshare Librarian
Lavina Velasco had more than eight years experience in digital imaging management, beginning with the development of Photoshare in 1998. Trained in web site design and development, database design and development, traditional photography, and digital imaging, Lavina helped establish a photo database in response to internal requests for a more organized photo collection. Recognizing the need for development photography among international non-profits, the Center for Communication Programs expanded and launched its internal database as a public service known as Photoshare. Lavina was responsible for new acquisitions, database and website design, cataloging, and general project management. She conducted dozens of presentations and training sessions for international visitors and colleagues, assisting them in documenting, sharing, and using photos as a way to advance the work of public health missions around the world.

3. Featured Photos

In the last month, Photoshare cataloged photos sent in from around the world for inclusion in the general collection. See below for highlights of new contributions:

Indonesia- New Photos from Jolie Kaban

 

A young woman wears a traditional shirt on Galungan Day in Batuyang, Bali, Indonesia. Galungan is a major Balinese holiday that occurs every 210 days and lasts for 10 days. During this special festive period of time, deified ancestors return to their family homes, where they are welcomed and made offerings to by the living. © 2006 Jolie/WN, Courtesy of Photoshare [Photo ID: 375-4]

A man performs a welcome dance for visitors to Billa Village in East Sumba District, Indonesia. © 2006 Jolie/WN, Courtesy of Photoshare[Photo ID: 375-3] see all... 

Philippines - New Photos from Hugh Rigby

 

Hugh Rigby, Chief of the Media/Materials Clearinghouse (M/MC) at Hopkins' Center for Communication Programs (CCP), speaks with health communication personnel at the Population, Health and Nutrition Communication Center (PHNCC) in Baguio, Philippines. © 2001 PHNCC, Courtesy of Photoshare [Photo ID: 997-120]

Hugh Rigby, Chief of the Media/Materials Clearinghouse (M/MC) at Hopkins' Center for Communication Programs (CCP), meets with health communication personnel at the Population, Health and Nutrition Communication Center (PHNCC) in Dagupan City, Philippines. © 2001 PHNCC, Courtesy of Photoshare [Photo ID:997-118 ]     

Hugh Rigby, Chief of the Media/Materials Clearinghouse (M/MC) at Hopkins' Center for Communication Programs (CCP), meets with staff of the Gender and Health Information Center (GHIC) in Baguio, Philippines. © 2001 PHNCC, Courtesy of Photoshare[Photo ID: 997-122]  see all...  

 Kenya- New Photos from Basil Safi

A young boy in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. © 2006 Basil A. Safi/CCP, Courtesy of Photoshare [Photo ID: 270-159]

Street children in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. © 2006 Basil A. Safi/CCP, Courtesy of Photoshare [Photo ID: 270-162] see all... 

4. Best Practice Spotlight

Photoshare staff would like to recognize AfricaFiles for including both the Photoshare credit and caption on their website and e-newsletter At Issue Ezine: Vol. 4, No. 2. See an excerpt below with the arrow pointing to an enlarged and highlighted caption and credit. See also: more information on Crediting Photoshare Images (PowerPoint).

 

5. Photos and Equipment Needed

 

Photoshare generally needs more photos of the following subjects from ALL REGIONS.

General Human Interest (photos illustrating rural and urban life/populations)

  • Couples and families
  • Adolescents
  • Women and children
  • Fathers and children

Health-Related Activities, Behaviors, and Interventions

  • Family planning and reproductive health (e.g. education, counseling, DEPO injections, display of a year's supply of pills)
  • HIV/AIDS (e.g. prevention, care, and treatment, PMTCT)
  • Maternal and child health (e.g. services, pregnancy, antenatal care, childbirth, breastfeeding, nutrition)
  • Malaria (e.g. prevention and treatment, bednet photos needed)
  • Tuberculosis (e.g. prevention and treatment)
  • Community Based Distribution (CBD) workers

Financial Activities and Economic Development 

Environment

  • Water (e.g. supply, use, quality, pollution, protection)
  • Air
  • Land and natural resources management
  • Food Security
  • Disasters (e.g. impact, relief, preparedness)

Specific Under-Represented Countries and Regions

  • Africa, Sub-Saharan: Somalia
  • Latin America: all countries


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