The 2014 CGAP Photo Contest is open for entries!
Over the past eight years, you've helped
us illustrate the remarkable ways access to finance can help poor people
manage their complex financial
situations. Small businesses, farming technologies and
mobile financial services are just a few of the tools millions of poor
people use to enhance
their lives. This year, we are asking you to use your
imagination once again and share your photos that capture the diversity
and innovation of
microfinance and financial inclusion around the world.
We're looking for photos that capture the ways in which financial
services improve poor
people's day-to-day activities, and how financial
inclusion can help them transition out of poverty.
Submit your photos
for the chance to receive considerable exposure, have your photo
displayed in New
York City's Times Square, and help others imagine what
micro finance and financial inclusion means to different people around
the world.
CONTEST RULES
WHO: The 2014 CGAP Photo
Contest is open to all photographers at least 18 years old. (The
operational team of CGAP, the World Bank, and their immediate families
are excluded from participating.)
WHAT: We are looking for
original, striking images of the impact of microfinance and financial
inclusion around the world. These images may reflect a range of products
and services, institutions, and methodologies, and may touch on a broad
range of social, economic, developmental, and technological issues. We
encourage entries from all regions, in both rural and urban settings.
Each photo submission must be accompanied by a brief description, as
well as the country where the photo was taken.
Entries must be:
- The original work of the entrant
- Non-infringing of the rights of others
- Respectful of the rights, sensitivities, and culture of persons depicted
- An accurate reflection of the subject matter and scene as it
appeared, without alteration (other than standard optimization,
including removal of dust, cropping, adjustments to color and contrast,
etc.)
- A depiction of financial inclusion or microfinance
WHEN: All entries must be submitted by midnight EST 8 October 2014.
HOW: Up to 20 photographs may be submitted per person. Entries may be entered by uploading digital files.
FILE REQUIREMENTS: Digital
images or scans of prints may be uploaded. Original files of camera-made
digital photos may not exceed three megabytes (3 MB). CGAP cannot be
responsible for lost, damaged, late or misdirected entries, or for
faulty uploading connections, garbled transmissions, unauthorized
intervention, or technical malfunctions.
JUDGING: Judges will include
professional photographers and photo editors. Entries will be judged on
originality, technical excellence, composition, overall impact, and
artistic merit. The story behind the photo may influence the judges'
decisions. Decisions made by the judges are final.
WINNING ENTRIES: Prizes will be awarded as described below. A selection of winning photos may be featured on CGAP's websites - cgap.org and microfinancegateway.org
- and in exhibitions at the World Bank in Washington, D.C., and other
prestigious venues. Winning images also may be used in a slideshow, on
social media, in CGAP publications, or in CGAP offices.
All entries may be used by CGAP in printed publications, on any CGAP
web asset, in a slideshow, or in any other media, and may be copied and
displayed in any country, provided that all uses are accompanied by
appropriate attribution to the photographer. Entrants retain ownership
and all other rights to future use of their photographs. CGAP holds
copyright to the collection of photos that constitute the CGAP Photo
Contest. CGAP shall have the right to verify, in its sole judgment,
winner eligibility.
LEGAL CONDITIONS: By entering the contest, you must agree to the Legal Conditions.
Entry of photographs into the Contest implies acceptance of these
conditions, regardless of whether entrants sign a statement confirming
acceptance.
For questions regarding the 2014 photo contest, please contact Michael Rizzo, Digital Media Coordinator (mrizzo1@worldbank.org).
PRIZES
CGAP intends to award the following prizes. Winners will be notified
by e-mail, according to information provided with their submission. If
any winner fails to claim his or her prize within 60 days of being
notified, that winner may forfeit his or her prize. Any federal, state,
and local taxes, fees, and surcharges on prizes are the sole
responsibility of the prize winners.
One People's Choice winner
A US$2000 gift certificate for photography equipment and accessories; Winner’s certificate
One Grand Prize winner
US$2000 gift certificate for photography equipment and accessories;
Winner's certificate; Display in Times Square on PR Newswire Jumbotron
One Second Prize winner
US$500 gift certificate for photography equipment; Winner's certificate
One Third Prize winner
US$250 gift certificate for photography equipment; Winner's certificate
One winner may be chosen from each
region (based on the country in which the photo was taken): Europe/North
America, Latin America/Caribbean, East and Central Asia, Middle East
and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and East Asia/Pacific.
US$200 gift certificate for photography equipment; Winner's certificate
Up to Fourteen (14) Winners from across all the categories
US$50 gift certificate for photography equipment + winner's certificate
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