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2004 is the year for ‘Youth’ at the Commonwealth Photographic Awards
Entries are now being invited for the 2004 Commonwealth Photographic Awards.
The overall theme for the Awards this year is ‘Youth’. This is an open competition for all Commonwealth residents. The photographs will be judged on the interpretation of the theme as well as technical quality.
A special category - ‘Young Snappers’ - has been created this year for young people who will be aged 12 to 18 on 1 September 2004.
The overall winner of the Awards will receive £2000 sterling, and further prizes will be awarded to the regional winners and to the winning ‘Young Snapper’.
An additional award - ‘The Dan Eldon Prize’ - will be awarded to a young photographer (aged 18-30 on 1 September 2004) whose work is used for social or humanitarian purposes. Dan Eldon – a photojournalist – was born in London and raised in Kenya. He worked as a photographer for Reuters news agency in Africa, and was only 22 years old when he was killed on a street in Mogadishu in 1993.
The Awards are organised by the Commonwealth Press Union (CPU), in collaboration with the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA).
CPU Training Director, Jane Rangeley said, “There are 53 countries in the Commonwealth and 1.8 billion people. Our roles at the CPU and the CBA are to improve communication in these countries. We therefore endeavour, via these Awards, to promote photography as an important form of media.”
The new awards for young people reflect the fact that today it is estimated that half of the Commonwealth – 900 million people – is under the age of thirty. The Queen, in her capacity as Head of the Commonwealth, has said that the Commonwealth needs to “matter to its younger members”.
Ms Rangeley said that including younger people in the competition, gives them the opportunity to offer a view of how the youth in the Commonwealth, with its mixture of races, creeds and ways of life see themselves and others.
Most of the winning photographs will be featured in a television programme based on the Awards and made available for broadcast in more than 40 countries around the Commonwealth.
There will also be several exhibitions taking place in Commonwealth cities and featuring the winning images.
The Awards are sponsored by The Commonwealth Foundation, Toronto’s Globe & Mail, The Royal Commonwealth Society and the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO).
The CPU is an association whose membership includes over 1,500 newspapers and news agencies. It aims to monitor and oppose any measures or proposals likely to affect the freedom of the press; work to improve facilities for reporting and transmitting news; and promote the training of all involved in the Commonwealth’s press.
The CBA works for quality broadcasting throughout the Commonwealth. It furthers management and broadcast skills; fosters freedom of expression and the right to communicate; and provides a point of contact and a forum for discussion.
The final deadline is Sunday 30 May 2004.
To see terms and conditions and the full details on the Awards, plus winning photographs from previous years, please visit www.cpu.org.uk
Photo, by Steve Ferrier of Australia, is from the 2003 Commonwealth Photographic Awards.
Originally Posted by Photo-John
