Photocompete

• Copyright: 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to CCP by the Participant and shall remain in full force and effect until cancelled in writing by either party or superseded by a subsequent agreement.
• Entry fee: Free
• Entry deadline: 31st May 2010
• Who can enter: Open to all photographers.

The contest will highlight photography’s vital role in capturing the realities and impact of pneumonia worldwide. It focusses attention on the devastating impact of pneumonia, a disease that claims the lives of 2 million children under five each year. 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.

Contest Awards and Categories By Region

• Africa
• The Americas
• Europe and Central Asia
• Southeast Asia
• Western Pacific

Top Awards- selected from all contest submissions

• Most Outstanding Entry
• Best Narrative

Prizes:

• Most Outstanding Entry: A Nikon dSLR Digital Camera
• Each category winner: Nikon Coolpix Digital Camera

One photo allowed per category (5 maximum): At a minimum, digital images must be approximately 1600×1200 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.  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, however, the expected desired length is 100-300 words.

Send images and Entry Form as email attachments to: [email protected].

Official web site: http://www.photoshare.org/contest/wpd/2010/worldpneumoniadayphotocontest.php