Current Photo Contests

In order to increases awareness among young people on environmental issues we provide a unique opportunity for volunteer photographers to promote and enhance your work through participation in an International Photo Exhibition. Through your work you can help us emphasize how much civil society can contribute to good citizenship through volunteer activities and keen knowledge of environmental issues.

Theme: Diverse Perspectives on the Environment, Citizenship and Volunteering

Prize:

• First prize will be a Nikon digital camera.
• Selected photographs will be exhibited in sites to be determined in Geneva and around Switzerland.

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Your photographs will be evaluated based on:

• relevance of the photographs in relation to the proposed theme
• the artistic quality of your work from the perspective of originality, composition, treatment of light, and aesthetics.

Technical details:

• Format: jpg or tif
• Quality: 300 px / inch
• Minimal size: width or height 2000 px
• Support: digital
• Max. number of photos submitted: 5
• Texts: a brief bio about yourself

Address for submissions: volunteer@icvolunteers.org

Official web site: http://www.icvolunteers.org

• Copyright: ICVolunteers reserves the right to published any and all photos received in our various communication tools and on the website always crediting and giving visibility to the photographer.
• Eligibility: Open to all students who are amateur photographers across the globe.
• Entry fee: Free
• Entry deadline: 7 March 2010

Similar contests (may be already finished!):

• Women’s International Juried Photography Exhibition 2010
• Camera Obscura Inaugural Photography Competition
• CIWEM’s Environmental Photographer of the Year 2010 Competition
• The Aperture Light Photo Competition
• ‘Painting with Light’ Gosnap Competition

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You'll find how to hold a camera on Photographymasterclass.com, for example: How to use an external flash and avoid mistakes

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