WHO Photo Contest - Images of Health and Disability 2005
Special Theme:  Employment and Labour ^[1]

This year's special theme is supported by the Turkish Prime Ministry Presidency of Administration of Disabled People

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The photographers are invited to photograph the notions of health and disability in a variety of ways:

a)     showing how people live with a disease, injury or health condition;

b)     striking contrast on a theme like "Disabled and Healthy?", or  "Who is disabled?";

c)      showing disability from the body, person or societal perspectives; and

d)     illustrating key conceptual features: What is health? Can we measure health? Disability as universal human experience, which cuts across mental and physical conditions.

e)     SPECIAL THEME: This year “employment and labour” has been designated as a special theme. The best photos that depict health and disability in the employment and labour field will be given a special award. Photos may focus on the work life of people with functioning problems and emphasize the relevance and importance of reducing barriers and improving facilitators in the work environment.

We strongly encourage you to give your creativity free rein. Further information on Health & Disability and the display of awarded photos from last years photo contest can be found on the ICF website: www.who.int/classifications/icf

There are three categories of submission:

1.      Colour photographs (digital or prints)

2.      Black and white photographs (digital or prints)

3.      Digital Art photographs (images created or drastically manipulated by computer software or electronic filters)

In each category up to ten photographs may be submitted for following prizes:

1^st Prize
1500 US-Dollars + one set of ICF publications

2^nd Prize
1000 US-Dollars + one set of ICF publications

3^rd  Prize
500 US-Dollars + one set of ICF publications

4th - 20th Prize
100 US-Dollars + one set of ICF publications

The closing date for entries is 16. April 2005. If you would like to take part in the contest by entering a photo, please consult the Competition Rules that follow. Contest winners will be announced prior to the 58^th World Health Assembly which will take place in May 2005 in Geneva, Switzerland. The announcement of contest winner will also be posted on the WHO ICF website. A possible compilation of photos could also be published.

Competition Rules

Eligibility

The WHO photo contest on “Images of Health and Disability 2005” is open to all photographers with the exception of employees of the World Health Organization. Photographs that have already been published elsewhere or property of a photo archive are not eligible unless their copyright is waived in favour of WHO.

Judging
Judging is scheduled to take place in April 2005 at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The contest will be judged by professionals in the fields of photography, journalism, public relations, as well as health and disability. Photos will be judged on theme, creativity, technical quality and suitability for presentation to a highly-varied international audience. Decisions of the judges are final.

Announcement, Notification and Publication of Winners
The photo contest winners will be announced prior to the 58^th World Health Assembly which will take place in May 2005 in Geneva, Switzerland. The images of all award winners will be displayed at the World Health Assembly and will be published on the WHO ICF website together with the contest results. A possible compilation of photos could also be published.

Prizes
Winners will be awarded the prizes assigned to each award category. The prizes will be forwarded to the addresses specified when the photos were submitted.

Entry Fees
The participation in the contest is free. 

Publication

All entries become the property of WHO and will not be returned. Please do not send your only copy of a photograph. WHO reserves the right to use, name and publish any entry at their discretion, without additional compensation to the photographer; however, the copyright will remain with the photographer. Credit and notification will be given to the photographer when possible.WHO reserves the right to grant permission for reprint of the photograph to third parties.

Claim of Ownership

Contestants must own all rights to the works submitted and model releases are the contestant responsibility. If there are any discrepancies as to the correct ownership of the photo, WHO reserves the right to eliminate the photo from the contest.

Contestants must be able to supply a signed release from any person(s) appearing in the photograph or their guardians (but do not send release with the entry).

Acceptance of Rules

The participation in the contest indicates your acceptance of contest rules.

Submission Procedure and Material Specifications

Up to ten photographs in all three categories, taken together, may be submitted. All entries must be submitted with the official Entry Form. The entrant must complete and sign the Entry Form. PLEASE PRINT IN BLOCK LETTERS. The Entry Form should be attached to the images with a paper clip, please  do not tape or staple the Entry Form to the image. For submission of digital images via e-mail the Entry Form should be included in electronic format with electronic signature or faxed to Fax No. +41-22-7914894.

Since all entries will be digitally projected during judging, digital entries are preferred. If contestants are unable to enter digital files, prints will be accepted and scanned by WHO. Slides are not accepted.

Digital entries should be so sized that their longest side is at least 1600 pixels (vertical and horizontal). Image quality should be high and image resolution must be set to 72 dpi or higher. Each images must be submitted as a separate file in JPEG, GIF, TIF or RIFF format. Each file should by named with an ID name in the following manner:

Category (BW for Black & White, CO for colour, DA for Digital Art), Name of Contestant, Entry item number #.

            For example: BW_Miller_01.jpg

If the image have a formal name or a working caption, include that after the Entry item number. For example: BW_Miller_01_Work and Joy.jpg

Prints must be of any international photo format size not smaller than 14 cm. Please write the ID name for each image on the backside using the same structure as for digital entries:

Category (BW for Black & White, CO for colour, DA for Digital Art), Name of Contestant, Entry item number #.

No identification should appear on the front of the image. Also, do not affix ID stickers, or other kind of labels, to the back of images as they interfere with proper mounting. If the image have a formal name or a working caption, include that after the Entry item number. For example: BW_Miller_01_Work and Joy.

 

All ID number must also be listed in the corresponding fields of the Entry Form together with the respective capitation information.

Deadline

Work must be received at WHO in Geneva, Switzerland no later than 17:00 p.m. CET on Friday 16 April 2005. (Entrants are cautioned to allow adequate time for mail delivery.) Images that arrive after the deadline, but postmarked by Friday 16 April 2005 will be accepted.

Shipping and Packing

Photos together with the completed and signed Entry Form should be sent to:

Ms. Sibel Volkan
MHI/CAT
World Health Organization
20, Avenue Appia
1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland

Entries should be shipped in mailers that will adequately protect them for transit in the mails. The envelop should include a warning, "PHOTOS - DO NOT BEND".All entries from a contester should be sent in one shipment; please do not submit entries on an intermittent basis. WHO cannot accept postage-due shipments. Also, WHO cannot be responsible for late, lost, misdirected or undelivered entries.

Digital Entries together with the completed electronic Entry Form can be submitted in the following ways:
by email: ICFphotocontest@who.int

on CD-ROM to the above mentioned mail address.