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2011 CGAP Microfinance Photography Contest

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Enter original, striking images of the impact of microfinance around the world. These images may reflect the wide variety of microfinance and microenterprise development around the world, representing a range of products, institutions, and methodologies, and may touch on a broad range of social, economic, developmental, and technological issues.

Prizes:

  • One Grand Prize winning package
    • A Microfinance Training Scholarship to the Boulder Program in Turin, Italy, or another development training opportunity agreed with CGAP up to a maximum value of $5000
      Or
    • A $2000 gift certificate for photography equipment and accessories
    • Winner’s certificate
  • One Second Prize winner
    • $500 gift certificate for photography equipment
    • Winner’s certificate
  • One Third Prize winner
    • $250 gift certificate for photography equipment
    • Winner’s certificate
  • One winner from each region (based on where the photo was taken): Latin America/Caribbean; Eastern Europe and Central Asia , Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa; South Asia; and East Asia and Pacific.
    • $200 in photography equipment
    • Winner’s certificate
  • Fifteen (15) Winners from across all the categories
    • $50 gift certificate for photography equipment + winner’s certificate

You can enter up to 20 photos. Submit digital images – high-resolution JPG or TIFF files, at least 3 megapixels or larger.

Judging criteria:

  • originality
  • technical excellence
  • composition
  • overall impact
  • artistic merit

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.cgap.org/p/site/c/template.rc/1.26.16426/

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