Deadline- 15 November 2013
Lucas Dolega Association is accepting applications for Lucas Dolega Award which will recognize a photographer who often works in dangerous or difficult circumstances demonstrating dedication to democracy and freedom of information.
The mission of this program is to support and accompany photographers with important stories elaborated under risky conditions in order to ensure communication of free and independent information to the
Participants will have to present a report on the coverage of any event relevant to the defense of freedom and democratic ideal, a conflict (civil or military wars, riots, attacks or public demonstrations…), a revolution, a natural or sanitary disaster, or their consequences on civil populations.
Award-
The Lucas Dolega Award will reward a photographer with a endowment by Nikon of 10.000 Euros, an exhibition in Paris, and a publication in the Reporters without borders album. Furthermore, Polka Magazine will produce another story to the winner.
Submissions required-
- A completed entry form signed by the participant.
- An executed copy of the present terms and conditions;
- A biography including the entrant’s address, telephone number and email address (digital file in text form) and portrait (digital file)
- A text in either French or English that introduces the reportage (between 10 and 20 lines long) (digital file in text form)
- A selection of between 10 and 20 photos in .jpg 300 DPI form (max 3Mb per photo) including basic IPTC information such as-
- Caption (who, what, where, when, why),
- Date
- Country
- Name of photographer
- Credit
Eligibility & Criteria-
- The competition is open exclusively to professional freelance photographers of all nationalities, without age restrictions.
- The term freelance is defined as a non-staff photographer, i.e. a photographer who does not work full time and exclusively for a press organization.
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