Shoot Nations 2010
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The winner is: Lazar Bogdanovic
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Shoot Nations is an annual, global photography project including a competition, workshops and exhibitions on various continents.
Each year focuses on a different global issue and the photographs produced are presented to the United Nations in New York. The theme for this year's competition is "City Living".
The photos will provide a vivid illustration of young people's differing viewpoints on the subject from all over the world.
Objective
Submit three photographs (or drawings), one to capture each of the following ideas:
- What does 'city' mean to you?
- Growing up in the city as a boy or a girl
- Country to city, city to country - people on the move
It doesn’t matter what sort of camera you have; phone camera, high-end digital, point-and-shoot - it’s your view of what city life is like, that Shoot Nations 2010 is after.
This year's Shoot Nations wants young people to address the challenges of an increasingly urban world. Whether living in the country, town or big city, Shoot Nations 2010 wants to build a global picture of what urban environments mean to young people.
Are the streets paved with gold? Or are they fraught with risk and difficulty? And how do the challenges of growing up in the city differ as a boy or a girl?
The competition will also focus on the movement and impact on the people and places left behind.
Prizes
Prizes will be awarded in the following categories.
- All ages:
- Best Overall Photo Worldwide
- Best Overall Photo UK only
- Best Overall Drawing Worldwide
- Best Photo per Brief in each age group, 11 - 16 and 17 - 25
- What does 'city' mean to you?
- City living as a boy or a girl
- Country to city, city to country - people on the move
Please visit the official website for detailed information about prizes.
Rules
- The competition is open to anyone aged 11 - 25 from anywhere in the world.
- Any entries submitted after the deadline will not be considered.
- Please caption your entries to explain what they are about.
- The images you submit must be taken by you - you must own the copyright.
- Your photos must be of a reasonably large file size and high quality - minimum file size 1 megabyte and maximum file size 7 megabytes. Your photos must be in Jpeg format.
- Participants are asked to accept that all images submitted as part of the competition may be used for up to five years by Shoot Experience and Plan International for publicity and marketing purposes to promote Shoot Nations on their websites and printed materials including brochures, calendars and exhibitions. The copyright remains yours.
- You can submit entries that were created before the competition start date.
- You may not manipulate your photos using Photoshop or similar editing program, although minor colour correction and cropping is permitted.
- No derogatory or obscene photographs, or photographs containing nudity will be tolerated or accepted.
- Please respect the property and privacy of others - ask permission before taking photographs of people. Please be safe at all times.
- All communication with you will be via the email address you provided when signing up.
- Participants must have written permission before submitting identifiable photos of anyone who is under the age of 16.
- The judge's decision is final.
- The UK winner must be available to travel to New York for 12 August and hold a valid UK passport or US visa.
How to enter?
Register on the official website and upload your entries.
