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Open Call: Imagine
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Open Call

Imagine

Open Call: Imagine Open Call: Imagine Open Call: Imagine
A single image category that can combine elements of ‘Human’ and ‘Planet’ but with a creative spin to it and not bound by journalistic boundaries.

A maximum of 3 images are allowed to be submitted in this category.
Deadline: August 8, 2022

Status: Closed

Deadline

August 8, 2022 (11:59 PM, EST)

Submit

Submissions are closed.

Brief & Application Procedure

  • The FOTEA will accept published and unpublished photographs.
  • All submissions are made via an Image uploaded from the Visura platform.
  • The contest is restricted to citizens of Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda, 18 years of age or older.
  • All entries must have been taken between August 1st 2021 and August 1st 2022, and must be submitted by August 8th 2022. This will be confirmed via EXIF data.
  • Each entrant can submit up to 3 single images for each of the 3 different categories.
  • Entry is free. 
  • In each category, the jury will select 1st, 2nd, and 3rd placed photograph(s). Prizes will be awarded for each place. 
  • One photograph will be selected as the Single Image East African Photo of the year and the author of that photograph will receive the main prize. 
  • The jury reserves the right not to award any or all prizes. All decisions by the jury will be final. 
  • By entering the competition the photographer confirms that they are the original author of the image(s) and that they own the rights to all the images they enter into this competition, or if they are an employee of a media organization they have all necessary permissions from their organization.
  • Winning entries with explicit permission from the photographer can be part of our annual exhibition. 
  • Employees of FOTEA/UPPA, Visura, the judging panel and any family members cannot enter the contest.
  • Employees of the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation (FES), FOTEA/UPPA and the judging panel will not enter into dialogue with entrants. 
  • With the submission the photographer agrees to the Terms and Conditions.

TECHNICAL GUIDELINES
  • Only photographs in digital form will be accepted. There should be no watermarks, identifying marks or names of authors written on the photographs.
  • Each photograph has to be max. 2mb & saved at the highest quality, at 300 dpi, minimum 3000 pixels on the longer side.
  • Photos that have been digitally altered beyond standard optimization are accepted in this category. 
  • All photographs should include a caption (short description of who, what, where, when, why. Not more than 50 words per photograph. Include when and where the photograph was first published) in the EXIF data/metadata.