Student Photography Contest

The purpose of this contest is to foster cultural sensitivity by encouraging Emory students conducting global health projects to examine the culture and people with whom they are working.

Who can enter?

Emory undergraduate and graduate students can submit photographs that they take during a global health field experience in a low- or middle-income country. These global health field experiences can be Emory programs or non-Emory projects. All photographs submitted must be taken by the student submitting them.

Submission Information

• For the 2012 contest, photographs must be taken between 9/1/11 and 9/1/12
• Students can submit up to three photographs in .jpeg format with a maximum of 2 megabytes (MB) per image. Photographic dimensions should be 72 dpi and 640 X 480 pixels.
• Electronic submission of photograph titles and brief (150 word maximum) descriptions of the photograph's connection to global health is required in an MS Word format. Please enumerate picture titles and descriptions so that they correspond with the picture numbers in the .jpeg files.
• Photographs may depict global health challenges, solutions, and/or the peoples, cultures, and their environments in a low- or middle-income country
• Students will maintain ownership of their photographs, however, the Institute reserves the right to use submitted photographs in promotional materials
• Subject matter can include portraits, landscapes, or any subject that depicts a global health issue
• Submit no more than three .jpeg photographs and one MS Word document that includes three photograph titles and three photograph descriptions by clicking here. Name your photographs as follows: firstname_lastname_picturenumber.jpeg. (e.g., sarah_smith_1.jpeg).

Selection Criteria

Winners will be selected by a panel of three judges. Photographs will be judged by their technical and artistic merits as well as their ability to convey a global health message.

Prizes

Five winning photographs will be selected each year. Students submitting winning photographs will receive a $500 cash prize and a certificate recognizing their accomplishment. Contest finalists will be asked to submit .tif versions of their photographs for printing purposes. To view the 2008, 2009, and 2010 photography contest submissions, click here.

Deadlines

The submission deadline for the 2012 contest will be in September 2012. The actual deadline is still being determined.

For more information, please contact Suzanne Mason at smason@emory.edu or Rebecca Baggett at rbagget@emory.edu.

Photo: Brian Chu, RSPH Alumnus and 2008 Photography Contest Winner