Announcing the 10th Annual Photoshare Photo Contest - a popular international event mobilizing amateur and professional photographers to share their photos for charitable and educational use.

 

The 10th Annual 2014 Photoshare Photo Contest has a top prize of $1,000 USD. Deadline for Entries: February, 28 2015. Entries are accepted through Photoshare's Upload Photos submission form.  [Note: If you already have an account just click on the Upload Photos button in the header to access the submission form.]

 

Photoshare's 10th Annual Photo Contest features the Healthcare Information For All -HIFA Photography Award, spotlighting the critical role of Healthcare Providers. The contest leverages HIFA as a key partner to further expand Photoshare's reach and impact among health professionals working to improve the availability and use of healthcare information in developing countries. Learn more about HIFA at: www.hifa2015.org.

 

In addition to cash prizes awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners, participants submitting entries to the featured Healthcare Providers category are also eligible for an additional cash prize, the HIFA Photography Award, sponsored by Healthcare Information For All. Best of Show images will be selected based on topic relevancy and technical execution by a panel of independent judges. Contest winners and finalist will be showcased on Photoshare and hosted on a number of other medium to high impact virtual venues. 

 

 

This year also features a new topic category, mHealth and Communications Technology--building on last year's featured award. In addition, this year is the launch of a new Photoshare award series for Global Families. The award will focus attention each year on an important component of healthy, prosperous families in counties around the world. The year's focus will be on Fathers--images of families and fathers that highlight important initiatives to increase men's roles in healthy families and local development.  

 

The 10th Annual 2014 Photoshare Photo Contest is brought to you by the Knowledge for Health (K4Health) Project, a USAID funded project at Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP), in partnership with FHI 360, IntraHealth International, Management Sciences for Health (MSH), and HIFA (Healthcare Information For All), a global campaign administered by the Global Healthcare Information Network.

 

NOTES:

Click on the Upload Photos button in the header to access the submission form

There is no limit to the number of photos a participant can submit--images should be relevant the contest category

The contest is FREE to enter

Deadline for Entries: February 28, 2015

Contest entries help grow the Photoshare collection; learn how your images improve health and save lives.

Winners Announced: March 31, 2015

 

CONTEST RULES

Deadline for Entries: February 28, 2015. Entries are accepted through Photoshare's Upload Photos submission form. If you already have created an account just click on the Upload Photos button in the header. There is no limit to the number of photos a participant can submit. The contest is free to enter.

 

All entries must be received by February, 28 2015 to qualify for consideration. Entries must be submitted using Photoshare's Upload Photos submission form on the Photoshare website.

Any individual or organization, with the exception of contest judges, is welcome to participate (including both amateur and professional photographers).

At a minimum, digital images must be approximately 1600x1200 pixels. Photos below the minimum resolution, collages, digitally altered photos, photos without completed captions, and photos previously contributed to Photoshare are not eligible for consideration.

Photos will be judged on the basis of content (relevance to category) and quality (e.g. lighting, composition, focus) by an independent panel of judges for cash prizes.

Entries that violate copyright or the laws of the country in which they were taken are not acceptable.

By entering the contest, the Participant grants to The Johns Hopkins University, on behalf of Photoshare at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (CCP), a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free license to use such photographs in its Photoshare database, and grants all such other rights, including the right to sublicense, the right to copy, distribute, publicly display or perform, and the right to create derivative works, as may be necessary to meet the requirements of the Photoshare database, and to fully realize and carry out the purposes thereof, without requiring The Johns Hopkins University to notify the Participant, seek the Participant's permission, or owe any form of compensation to the Participant. This agreement will apply to all photographs and other submissions supplied to CCP by the Participant and shall remain in full force and effect until cancelled in writing by either party or superceded by a subsequent agreement. The Participant understands that these images will provide useful information related to people, their living conditions, and their health, and that requests to use the photos will be carefully screened for appropriate and respectful objectives

 

Entries are accepted through Photoshare's Upload Photos submission form.  Please be certain to select the appropriate contest category for each submission.