| Copyright | All the pictures are property of the authors, but they can be used to promote the event. |
|---|---|
| Eligibility | Open to all photographers, worldwide. |
| Finish | 15 September 2010 |
| Entry fee | Free |
FinishedFotox1000 is one thousands photos for an event dedicated to the participation and the exchange of ideas beetween young photographers and professional ones.
Theme: “Futurspectives. Can photography predict the future? Is there a future for photography?”.
Enter photos that use a new and dynamic language, investige the future of mankind, that has to renovate the modern society, the future of nature, threatened by global warming and humanization, and the future of photography itself, more and more in connection with new media and other ways of expressions.
Award:
- Winning photos will be displayed at the exhibition, hosted by Rising Love, one of the biggest and most animated club of Testaccio.
You can enter up to 10 photos.
E-mail to the address: [email protected] a maximum of 10 photos with the proportions 10 x 15 centimeters in JPEG renaming the file with your own personal data in this way: "NAME and SURNAME (OR NICKNAME) – STATE OF RESIDENCE – TITLE OF THE PHOTO – E-MAIL.jpg". You should also send a brief explanation of the photos and a description of the author. Among all the photos that will arrive, the 1000 that will be included in the Fotox1000 exhibition will be chosen based on the quality, on the innovation and on the relation with the theme of the Festival.
Official website: www.flickr.com/groups/photox1000
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