Photoshare Newsletter - September 2006

Ortho Options ® Delfen vaginal contraceptive foam and tablets and Neo Sampooon ® forming tablets. © 2006 David Alexander/CCP, Courtesy of Photoshare [Photo ID: 470-179] see all... 

2. Grant Opportunity

Open Society Institute Documentary Photography Distribution Grant

A Grant to Encourage New Ways of Presenting Documentary Photography to the Public

More Information Available at: http://www.soros.org/initiatives/photography/news/distribution_20060718

Proposal Deadline: Supplemental application materials must be received no later than Friday, October 6, 2006

Photoshare would like to recognize the National Wildlife Federation  for including both the Photoshare caption (mouse over - Alt tag) and credit adjacent to the photo on their website for an article about Population and the Environment. See an excerpt below with a highlighted credit. See also: more information on Crediting Photoshare Images (PowerPoint).

4. 2006 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*

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

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