What are we looking for?
We’re looking for 53 extraordinary images of people, places or objects which tell a story about a social-justice or environment issue. Photos of almost any genre will be accepted, including portraits, landscapes, animals, objects, or any combination of these. We particularly like photos which tell “good news” stories about social-justice or the environment. With 53 spots up for grabs, this is an incredible opportunity to have your photos published and achieve international recognition!
You can submit up to 4 photos per entrant. All submitted photos must be accompanied by 3-5 sentences describing the image and the social-justice or environment issues which are raised by the photo. Photos will be assessed jointly with the accompanying description.
The People & Planet International Photography Competition is open to everyone, and we particularly encourage people living in the developing/majority world to enter.
The images can be colour or B&W, but must be at least 300 dpi resolution, supplied in JPEG format, with a maximum file size of 10 MB. We like minimal Photoshop-ing, and we will usually exclude photos where Photoshop-ing is obvious.
Please don’t submit images that were submitted to this competition in previous years.
How do you enter?
Entry is Free. Just email your entries to peopleandplanet@peopleandplanet.org.au by 22 April 2012. Please send each image in a separate e-mail.
All participants will receive confirmation of entry via email after the competition close date.
In the body of the email you must list the following in English:
• Your name
• Your country
• Your email address
• Your postal address
• A title for your photo
• Three to five sentences describing the image (who, what, where, when) AND the social-justice or environment issue(s) which are raised by the photo
• The country and place the photo was taken
Images which do not include all the above information in English will not be accepted.
Before submitting images, please carefully consider whether they would fit the style of the People & Planet Diary. Images which feature nudity or violence cannot be accepted. Please do not add borders or other alterations to submitted images.
The winners will be selected by the competition Judges:
• Michael Cebon (People & Planet Diary and Calendar Editor)
• Rodney Dekker (Documentary Photographer)
All 53 winners will receive a free copy of the 2013 People & Planet Diary, with cash prizes going to the best photo $1500, the second best photo $500 and the photo that is used on the cover of the People & Planet Diary & Calendar $500 .
Rules for Entry
- Entries must be received by 22 April 2012.
- Entrants may submit up to a maximum of 4 photos each.
- Entries must be your own work.
- Entries are only eligible if they include a) a title for each photo, b) 3-5 sentences describing each photo and the social-justice or environment issue(s) which are raised by the photo, c) the place the photo was taken, d) the entrant’s name, country & postal address.
- No responsibility is accepted for ineligible entries or entries made fraudulently.
- We reserve the right to crop the images as we see fit for publication.
- We will accept entries which have been previously published elsewhere.
- All winners will be notified by 1 June 2012.
- By entering the contest, you give People & Planet the right to publish your photos in the 2013 People & Planet Diary, the 2012 People & Planet Calendar and any publicity associated with the diary or calendar only. Other use of the photos will be with your permission only.
- Decisions by the competition judges are final and no correspondence will be entered into regarding their decisions.
- By entering this competition you are accepting these rules and agree to be bound by them.
Photo acknowledgements (page header)
from left to right
Makar Sankranti – Sangar Island, India (Photographer: Abhijit Dey, India)
People of the Forest – Malaysia (Photographer: Asis Kumar Sanyal, India)
All-Rounder – Bangladesh (Photographer: Kazi Riasat Alve, Bangladesh)
White Shadows – Tanzania (Photographer: Liron Shimoni, Israel)
April Reflections – China (Photographer: Wong Chi Keung, China)
The Twilight Zone – Bangladesh (Photographer: Yousuf Tushar, Bangladesh)
