LagosPhotoFestival
Program(s) Offered: Photo shoots
Program Level: Contest
Provider: LagosPhoto, Etisalat
Country to Contest in: Nigeria
Scholarship Description
LagosPhoto in collaboration with Etisalat, through the Etisalat LagosPhoto Photography Competition, invites submissions from photographers all over the world with a voice as it relates to shaping an African identity and sensibility through repetition, rituals and performance in photography.
As nurturers of talent, the etisalat photography competition was developed as a platform to engage and empower budding photographers using the power of digital media; online, social and mobile.
Each year, a theme is created and submissions are received within a specified period. The public votes for images and top 50 images are reviewed by our judging panel. Winners are rewarded with prizes, finalists are showcased at the Lagos Photo festival.
Eligibility
Rules of entry include:
- images should depict the theme
- participants are allowed multiple entries exploring daily routines and celebratory activities
- Images must be a jpeg file. Editing/cropping via various photo editing programs/applications are acceptable.
- images must not contain inappropriate subject matter.
- images not submitted in the above mentioned manner will be disqualified from the competition.
- Etisalat and LagosPhoto retain exclusive usage rights of images submitted to this competition
- artistic creativity is highly desired
Citizens of African (and other) countries
Contest Theme
This year’s theme is tagged Performance.
Action repeated constantly, becomes a ritual, its transference into other spaces of engagement becomes a performance. The preceding choice of each action contains an inherent risk. Charging the shutter, adjusting the lens, capturing the moment: all those movements can be considered as the rituals of photographers but beyond these obvious acts and interpretation, we wish to explore further these performances through the categories “daily routines” and “celebratory”. Through these categories, we hope to visualize the strength of photography in depicting our daily and celebratory activities and expressions.
Contest Categories
The theme of ‘Performance’ is in 2 categories:
- daily routines – activities carried out by us as individuals on a daily basis. routines that are constant and significant either at our places of work, schools, parks, malls, market, home, to mention a few. all these activities are performances. so, capture the moment and submit interesting shots that can be tagged as daily routines.
- celebratory – performances that signifies celebratory human emotions and happenings across various aspects of life. Capture the moments and share the expressions
After public voting, a selection of top 50 images for each category will be reviewed by the jury to produce a shortlist of top 5 per category. The top 3 finalists will be awarded prizes.
Scholarship benefits
Images from the shortlisted photographers will be featured at the grand opening of the 2016 LagosPhoto Festival and throughout the festival. The shortlisted photographers will also be enrolled at LagosPhoto summer school.
Contest prizes include:
- 1st Prize (Grand prize): Canon Camera
- 2nd Prize (1st runner up): iPhone
- 3rd Prize (2nd runner up): Samsung Phone
Excited? Submit your pictures as we search for the most exciting pictures depicting the 2016 theme: performance. The judging panel is comprised of selected members from the photography community as well as other creative individuals. You may Register here.
It is important to visit the official website (link to it is below) for complete information on how to apply to this competition.
DEADLINES:
Photo submissions will be between August 11 – September 11, 2016
PLEASE NOTE:
Public voting open September 12 – September 25, 2016.
Launched in 2010, LagosPhoto is the first and only international arts festival of photography in Nigeria. In a month long festival, events include exhibitions, workshops, artist presentations, discussions and large scale outdoor prints displayed throughout the city with the aim of reclaiming public spaces and engaging the general public with multifaceted stories of Africa.
Application Deadline: 11 September 2016
Open to International Applicants: Yes
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