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Photoshare Newsletter - September 2007

Contents

  1. 2007 Photoshare Photo Contest 
  2. Photographer Spotlight - Lee Mantini 

  3. Featured Photos

  4. 2007 Award Presentation

  5. Photos Needed

  6. Photoshare News Corner

1. 2007 Photoshare Photo Contest

Announcing...the 5th Annual International Photoshare Photo Contest!

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 20th- November 16th, 2007. 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 January 2008.

Awards

Prizes

Sponsor
1st Place* $1,000 USD; Canon Digital Camera The INFO Project
2nd Place* $750 USD; Canon Digital Camera The INFO Project
3rd Place* $500 USD; Canon Digital Camera The INFO Project
Best of Category (8)* Certificate The INFO Project
Honorable Mention (8)** Certificate The INFO Project
Outstanding Photoshare Contributor**

Canon Digital Camera

 The INFO Project
Photoshare Image of the Year** Canon Digital Camera The INFO Project

*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 16th, 2007 (delivery or E-Mail) to qualify for consideration. Entries arriving late with a postmarked date of November 16th will be accepted until 5:30pm on November 21st, 2007.
  • 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 1600x1200 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.

Additional Information: http://www.photoshare.org/contest/2007/2007photosharecontest.php

2. Photographer Spotlight - Lee Mantini

Lee Mantini

Profile: Lee Mantini, pictured with an abandoned baby boy in Georgetown Guyana, is a Registered Nurse and the Chronic Disease Management Coordinator for the Prince Edward Family Health Team in Picton, Ontario, Canada.

In 1999, with the philosophy that 'if there is a will there is a way', this single mom, packed her bags and headed off to Bolivia on her first humanitarian medical mission. With two point and shoot cameras, one for photos and one for presentation slides, Lee photographed the faces of Bolivia and the realities of providing health care in the Amazon and in the altoplano of the Andes Mountains. Upon returning home, members of the mission team were so impressed by her photos that many ordered copies. Lee realized then, that she had managed to capture the essence and emotion of the experience through the lens of a camera.

This was a turning point for Lee and the beginning of her path towards a lifetime commitment to improving the health of those less fortunate than herself. In 2000, she once again embarked on a humanitarian medical mission. This time she worked in Guyana, South America, among the Amerindians in remote indigenous communities along the Pomeroon River and in the Rupununi. Again, orders came in for copies of her photos.

Lee has since completed, by distance education, both her Undergraduate and Masters of Health Science Nursing degrees with distinction, through Charles Sturt University in Australia, focusing on international health and development. In 2006, she was hired, by VON Canada, to work as an independent health and development consultant on the award winning CIDA funded project Strengthening the Public Health System in Guyana.

In January of this year, Lee was back in the air on her way to Africa to learn more about the health care system and the health issues facing the people of Botswana. With her first digital camera in hand, she walked the back roads in Gaborone, Botswana to get a sense of the urban reality, then traveled to Mahalapye to experience rural life. While off-roading in the Okavongo Delta, Lee came within a few meters of the most beautiful wildlife in the world, all captured digitally. She ventured into Zambia, to Songwe Village and photographed the incredible Zambian landscape and sunsets before heading back to Botswana to meet with doctors and nurses in hopes of gaining a better understanding of the challenges facing local health care providers. All the while, Lee was searching for the best shots to send to Photoshare to add to the growing on-line collection.

'Photography allows me to visually express what often times I cannot adequately put into words. A split second in time can be eternal through a good photograph. My life has been forever changed by the many memorable moments accumulated through working in developing countries. These moments have impacted on how I think, how I exist and especially on how I nurse.'

'Submitting photos to Photoshare is a great opportunity to help not-for-profit organizations worldwide to develop outstanding brochures and presentations. My submissions to Photoshare are all about giving back…giving back to the people of the developing world who have taught me more than I could ever teach them. I will never be able to fully express my gratitude but I am attempting to, one photo at a time.'

See all photos by Lee Mantini
See list of all contributing photographers

3. Featured Photos

Photoshare recently cataloged hundreds of photos sent in from around the world for inclusion in the general collection. See below for highlights of new contributions:

India - New Photos from Anil Gulati

Goats seek shelter from the rain under a tree on a road by the upper lake of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. © 2007 Anil Gulati, Courtesy of Photoshare [Photo ID: 330-47]  

Thousands of women gather in Majhauli, India, at the "Saas-Bahu Sammelan," a convention of mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law on safe motherhood sponsored by the Department of Health & Family Welfare, the Government of Madhya Pradesh, India, and UNICEF. © 2007 Anil Gulati, Courtesy of Photoshare [Photo ID: 330-45]

A mother feeds her malnourished child at a nutritional rehabilitation center in Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh, India. © 2007 Anil Gulati, Courtesy of Photoshare [Photo ID: 330-35]

See All of Anil Gulati's Photos

Mali - New Photos from Hannah Koenker

Two Toureg merchants in Mopti, Mali. © 2000 Hannah Koenker/CCP, Courtesy of Photoshare [Photo ID: 123-11]

A girl peers above a crowd in Djoliba, Mali. © 2000 Hannah Koenker/CCP, Courtesy of Photoshare [Photo ID: 123-10]

A baby in Djoliba, Mali. © 2000 Hannah Koenker/CCP, Courtesy of Photoshare [Photo ID: 123-7]

See all of Hannah Koenker's Photos

India - New Photos from Rajal Thaker

Postnatal patients and their relatives watch a film on a laptop computer about the importance of breastfeeding at Sheth V S General Hospital in Ahmedabad, India. The film was shown as part of a weeklong breastfeeding promotion. © 2007 Rajal Thaker, Courtesy of Photoshare [Photo ID: 173-33]

Children walk to a government primary school at Wan village in the hill state of Uttaranchal, India. Many children in this area walk a long distance to school. © 2007 Rajal Thaker, Courtesy of Photoshare [Photo ID: 173-56]

Dr. Rajal Thaker addresses young women at Gujarat Arts & Commerce College in Ahmedabad, India, during a lecture entitled "Know Your Body," sponsored by the Collegiate Women Development Cell (CWDC). The lecture topics included menstrual cycle, pregnancy, STIs, contraception, women's empowerment, and problems of adolescents. © 2007 Rajal Thaker, Courtesy of Photoshare [Photo ID: 173-60]

See all of Rajal Thaker's Photos

South Africa - New Photos from Hesterki Range

A harvester working with the Flower Valley Conservation Trust harvests wild fynbos, a native shrubland vegetation, in the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa. © 2006 Hesterki Range, Courtesy of Photoshare [Photo ID: 166-1]

Women working with the Flower Valley Conservation Trust make bouquets of wild fynbos in the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa. © 2006 Hesterki Range, Courtesy of Photoshare [Photo ID: 166-2]

See all of Hesterki Range's Photos 

Burkina Faso - New Photos from Andrea Micconi

A worker at the Plastic Recycling Center in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, uses a special plastic mill provided by the Italian NGO LVIA to granulate plastic waste to produce recycled plastic. This recycled prroduct is then sold to local industries for 0.8 US$ per kilo, or half the price they pay for imported plastic from Europe and Asia. Since 2005, the Plastic Recycling Center has been selling 4 to 5 tons of plastic per month. © 2007 Andrea Micconi/LVIA, Courtesy of Photoshare [Photo ID: 167-3]

A worker at the Plastic Recycling Center in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, hands out recycled plastic rulers to visiting students. Every week Italian NGO LVIA, in collaboration with local authorities and the schools of Ouagadougou, organizes educational visits to the Plastic Recycling Center so that its employees can explain to the children the aim of their work and the necessity to change people's behavior toward protecting their environment. © 2007 Andrea Micconi/LVIA, Courtesy of Photoshare [Photo ID: 167-6]

See All of Andrea Micconi's Photos

4. 2007 Award Presentation

Photoshare’s 2007 Development Photography Award Winner receives his new digital camera. The Award was presented by USAID colleague Linda Kentro, seen passing the camera to Mr. Ashok Bhurtyal and CCPs Caroline Jacoby. Linda and Caroline meet Ashok at Nepal’s National Health, Education, Information and Communication Centre.

6. Photos Needed

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

Family Planning for Women Living with HIV/AIDS

Bednets

Tobacco Control

Contraceptive Implants

Sharing photos makes a difference! Amateur and professional photographers alike have a unique opportunity in the field to capture the realities of urban and rural life in developing countries, as well as global efforts to improve health and save lives. Through your eyes, others can see programs in action and the people they serve - youth, women, men, families, and communities.

7. Photoshare News Corner

ENN - Environmental News Network

Family Planning Needs In Developing Countries Spurs W.H.O., Johns Hopkins, To Publish Science-Based Contraception Handbook

www.enn.com/top_stories/article/22051

INFO Publications: http://www.infoforhealth.org/globalhandbook/

IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Networks)

Shame of War - Book on Sexual Violence Against Women & Girls in Conflict

http://www.irinnews.org/InDepthMain.aspx?InDepthId=53&ReportId=71974

UN Publications: https://unp.un.org/details.aspx?pid=37

The Seattle Times Pacific North West, Sunday Magazine

Photographer Robert Semeniuk

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/pacificnw08122007/


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