Call For Entries - The Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest

About The Organization:

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded on 16 November 1945.UNESCO is working to create the conditions for genuine dialogue based upon respect for shared values and the dignity of each civilization and culture. Through its strategies and activities, UNESCO is actively pursuing the Millennium Development Goals.

About The Competition:

The Andrei Stenin International Photo Contest is an annual contest for young photojournalists. It is Russia’s only platform for discovering new photojournalists and for allowing them to make a name for themselves on the world photojournalism stage. The annual submission period starts on December, 22. The date marks the birthday of Rossiya Segodnya photojournalist Andrei Stenin, who died while on assignment and in whose honour the contest is named.

The 2019 contest will showcase five categories for which young photographers can vie for awards:

• Top News- Important events in the life of individuals and nations as a whole are the main subject of entries in the category: major political and social events; reports from war zones and places struck by natural disasters; decisive moments in people’s lives.
• Sports- This category involves entries, which captured moments in sport: victories of athletes and dramatic losses; daily sports training; the beauty of sports competitions.
• My Planet- This category involves entries reflecting the entire multicoloured palette of topics and images from all over the world. The author’s task is to show an everyday life kaleidoscope in its timeless beauty and harmony, uniting scenes from everyday life; the life of big cities and small towns; nature pictures; ethnographic and religious holidays.
• Portrait. A Hero of Our Time. This category involves entries such as individual or group portraits of people. Photos can be documentary and posed. The determining factor in this category is the author’s ability to reveal the inner world of his characters, express their mental qualities and character through the uniqueness of their appearance and looks as a whole.
• Inspiration. The photos in this category focus on using the camera to capture the positive creative energy that accompanies the creative process. Any work that was inspired or became the manifestation of inspiration itself, whether it’s a landscape, a colourful genre or ethnic shot, or a portrait of a child or adult taken in different styles using various techniques, are eligible to participate.

Eligibility: Contest is open to participants aged 18-33

How To Apply:-

• Entries can contain a single photograph or series of no more than 12 photographs. 
• Minor cropping, or balance (white balance) or density (brightness, contrast) correction is acceptable.
• Framed images, collages, photos that have been significantly photo shopped, with parts of the image edited, deleted or replaced with a different image, will not be accepted.
• Photos will be uploaded in the JPG format.
• The acceptable compression will not exceed 10. The image is to be no less than 2,200 pixels and no more than 5,700 pixels by its longer side.
• The file name must contain the serial number of the photograph, name and last name of the author, title and year it was shot, separated by underscores, for example: 01_Smith_James_The_Spring_2011.
• The name of the file must be given in Latin script.
• The file size must not exceed 20 Mb. The file must also contain all the EXIF data.
• Entries are uploaded and stored by the participant on his or her personal page at STENINCONTEST.COM. Photos can be added or replaced until the participant submits the entry. After the entry is submitted, photos can no longer be added or replaced.
• Photographs must have been taken after January 1, 2018. In exceptional cases, series of photographs started in previous years are accepted. In such case, the last photograph of the series must have been taken in 2018 or 2019.

Application Deadline - 28.02.2019

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