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The photograph seen above taken in Haiti by Alice Smeets is one of a series of photos that she submitted to last year's UNICEF Picture Of The Year (POY) Contest. If the children's circumstances in this photo don’t make a person angry, I don't know what will. Nevertheless, some people still march to the drumbeat of indifference, sadly necessitating the world's children be given a voice by documentary photojournalists from around the world yet again this year.
In that light, the UNICEF POY for 2009 is currently soliciting entries. It's a contest that DOES NOT ask for an entry fee, unlike may others, and the exposure your subjects receive is top notch.
LAST YEAR'S WINNER ALICE SMEETS
Last year a 21-year-old woman from Belgium, photographer Alice Smeets, took the top prize with her photo of a young Haitian girl in the 2008 UNICEF "Photo of the Year" contest.
Although I like her award winning photograph for it's simplicity, its gradation somehow echoes Klavs Bo Christensen's richly saturated palette seen in a set of images he also captured in Haiti. Three judges disqualified his Denmark "Picture of The Year" entry earlier this year, so UNICEF POY entrants should be mindful of how far to push the envelope.
If you're a Lightstalker member, the following LS members can nominate for the award: Peter van Agtmael, Patrick Brown, James Whitlow Delano, Sherri Dougherty, Sheryl Mendez and Jake Price. To become eligible, please contact one of the nominators with your contest submissions for consideration.
DO YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD ?
Are you curious about the world's children and some of the circumstances they face? Perhaps then you'll be interested in viewing the world through the eyes of 52 photojournalists whose photography and text stories appear on Gaia Photos.
GAIA Photos members have done well in the UNICEF POY competitions, with GMB (Golam Mostofa Bhuiya) Akash from Bangladesh taking 2nd place honors in the 2007 contest and Germany's Gordon Welters receiving honorable mention in 2008.
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The photograph seen above taken in Haiti by Alice Smeets is one of a series of photos that she submitted to last year's UNICEF Picture Of The Year (POY) Contest. If the children's circumstances in this photo don’t make a person angry, I don't know what will. Nevertheless, some people still march to the drumbeat of indifference, sadly necessitating the world's children be given a voice by documentary photojournalists from around the world yet again this year.
In that light, the UNICEF POY for 2009 is currently soliciting entries. It's a contest that DOES NOT ask for an entry fee, unlike may others, and the exposure your subjects receive is top notch.
LAST YEAR'S WINNER ALICE SMEETS
Last year a 21-year-old woman from Belgium, photographer Alice Smeets, took the top prize with her photo of a young Haitian girl in the 2008 UNICEF "Photo of the Year" contest.
Although I like her award winning photograph for it's simplicity, its gradation somehow echoes Klavs Bo Christensen's richly saturated palette seen in a set of images he also captured in Haiti. Three judges disqualified his Denmark "Picture of The Year" entry earlier this year, so UNICEF POY entrants should be mindful of how far to push the envelope.
If you're a Lightstalker member, the following LS members can nominate for the award: Peter van Agtmael, Patrick Brown, James Whitlow Delano, Sherri Dougherty, Sheryl Mendez and Jake Price. To become eligible, please contact one of the nominators with your contest submissions for consideration.
DO YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD ?
Are you curious about the world's children and some of the circumstances they face? Perhaps then you'll be interested in viewing the world through the eyes of 52 photojournalists whose photography and text stories appear on Gaia Photos.
GAIA Photos members have done well in the UNICEF POY competitions, with GMB (Golam Mostofa Bhuiya) Akash from Bangladesh taking 2nd place honors in the 2007 contest and Germany's Gordon Welters receiving honorable mention in 2008.
NEW FACEBOOK FAN PAGE
Gaia Photos has a new Facebook Fan Page. If you're using Facebook, sign up and you'll get new features served on your Facebook wall automatically.
You can also Follow Me On Twitter
John Brown Photojournalist On LIGHTSTALKERS
My Mondo Library Photography
My Photoshelter Photography Archive Homepage
GAIA Photography and Photojournalism
Follow Me On Twitter
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