Photo and video competition
Photo and video competition organized by the Capa Center on the occasion of the Budapest Water Summit 2016.
The Capa Center calls for entries for a photo and video competition organized on the occasion of the Budapest Water Summit, which will take place between November 28–30, 2016.
Entries can only be submitted electronically via bws.capacenter.hu upon registering on the same site.
Budapest Water Summit 2016
The primary message of the World Summit’s slogan “Water Connects” is that water, which knows no borders, urges us to develop new kinds of cooperation; it connects water management, industry, agriculture, healthcare and education, as well as countries, regions, generations and cultures, and it is also the ‘source’ of achieving all the sustainability targets[1] with a key impact on all our futures.
The first message of the single drop of water in the logo of the World Summit is a warning, a call to action that builds on the expression “the last drop,” indicating that we are at the last moment, we need to take action immediately: novel and efficient solutions are required for sustainable water management.
The second message has deeper connotations: the proportion of the freshwater reserves that all living organisms on Earth must share to the planet as a whole is indicated by the proportion of the little drop in the logo to the globe around it. If we look at the actually available part of this freshwater reserve, the situation is even more dramatic: only 3% of the planet’s water reserve is suitable for human consumption, while more than two-thirds of this amount is difficult or impossible to access.
The third message is the also critical fact that 80% of the challenges of climate change are related to water.
The strategic objective of the Budapest Water Summit 2016 is to connect political decision-making successfully with the potential solutions offered by capital, knowledge and technology and the non-government organizations that play a key role in the social entrenchment of the processes.
The theme of the competition
By calling for entries, we would like to offer an opportunity for those who formulate their message related to the theme of the competition in still or moving images.
We expect photographs and videos that present the fundamental importance of this essential material for our planet, for nature, for society as a whole or the individuals themselves; depict its different qualities, unique nature, or the way it serves as a living space and a fundamental element of our bodies, or the way it appears in a variety of forms from a drop of water to the sea. The entries may also include the mythical, fairytale connotations of water as well.
Further inspiration: http://www.budapestwatersummit.hu/
More inspiration:
The official website of the Budapest Water Summit.
The Mai Mano House website.
Capa Centre: pictures, videos.
Awards
PHOTOGRAPHY
1st prize LEICA D-LUX camera + a voucher worth HUF 50,000, which may be used for scanning, printing or for analog photographic processing
2nd prize A voucher worth HUF 50,000, which may be used for scanning, printing or for analog photographic processing + a book voucher worth HUF 25,000
3rd prize A book voucher worth HUF 25,000
Those receiving placement from 1 to 10: A group exhibition of the pieces selected by the jury in the Mai Manó House Gallery, in the fall of 2016
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VIDEO
1st prize LEICA D-LUX camera + a voucher worth HUF 50,000, which may be used for scanning, printing or for analog photographic or video processing
2nd prize A voucher worth HUF 50,000, which may be used for scanning, printing or for analog photographic and video processing + a book voucher worth HUF 25,000
3rd prize A book voucher worth HUF 25,000
Those receiving placement from 1 to 10: A group exhibition of the pieces selected by the jury in the Mai Manó House Gallery, in the fall of 2016
Members of the jury
Gabriella Csizek, Senior Artistic Associate, Mai Manó House
Viktor Horváth, Director
Gabriella Lonkai, Political Consultant, Ministry of Human Capacities
Dániel Kovalovszky, Photographer
Ábel Szalontai, DLA, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Media Institute, Head of Institute, Associate Professor
The term, schedule, and deadlines of the competition
The term of the competition: August 1 – October 15, 2016
Start of uploading the entries: September 1, 2016.,12:00 a.m. midnight
End of uploading the entries: September 30, 2016, 12:00 p.m. noon
Date of the awarding ceremony: October 15, 2016
Thanks to the following sites for listing our contest:
We are listed on Photo Contest GURU – Photography Competitions Directory
http://www.xpatloop.com/news/budapest_water_summit_2016_call_for_entries
