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Democracy Photo Challenge

The Democracy Photo Challenge is a contest that invites people to complete the phrase "Democracy is..." through digital photos submitted online. Google’s Picasa Web Albums created the online platform for the contest, a first for the photo sharing website. In 2010, nearly 3,000 people from 131 countries entered the contest online.

The Photo Challenge is a spinoff of the Democracy Video Challenge, an annual contest in which contestants complete the phrase “Democracy is…” through short online videos.

Process

Submissions for the 2010 contest were accepted online from July 7 to July 28, 2010. An independent jury narrowed the submissions to 36 finalists representing each region of the world. The online public then voted for their favorites. In total, more than half a million people took part in the voting.

The 12 winners were announced on September 15, 2010 during International Day of Democracy. The winning photographs were displayed at the United Nations.

Jury

The 2010 jury was co-chaired by documentary photographer Phil Borges, International Center of Photography director Willis Hartshorn and Academy Award-winning director Louie Psihoyos.

Winners

NameCountry/Region
Kaveh BaghdadchiIran / Near East
Ian M. CunninghamUnited States / Western Hemisphere
Wladia DrummondBrazil / Western Hemisphere
Kaylene GeorgeSouth Africa / Africa
Venkatesh HamyanaikAustralia / East Asia and Pacific
Samir AtabeyAzerbaijan / Europe
Jun Krishna JoshiNepal / South and Central Asia
Mohamed KaoucheAlgeria / Near East
Mustafa KiaAfghanistan / South and Central Asia
Mikas MatsuzawaPhilippines / East Asia and Pacific
Mike MitchellBenin / Africa
Dino PeriBosnia and Herzegovina / Europe

Partners

  • The Annenberg Space for Photography
  • Bridges to Understanding
  • Center for International Private Enterprise
  • Getty Images
  • International Center of Photography
  • International Republican Institute
  • International Youth Foundation
  • Motion Picture Association of America
  • National Democratic Institute
  • NBC Universal
  • New York University-Tisch School of the Arts
  • One Economy
  • Recording Industry Association of America
  • TakingITGlobal
  • University of Southern California
  • U.S. Department of State
  • YouTube

References

References

  1. [https://googlephotos.blogspot.com/2010/07/democracy-photo-challenge.html Democracy Photo Challenge]. The Official Google Photos Blog, July 7, 2010.
  2. [http://en.trend.az/news/culture/1754032.html Azerbaijani photographer wins democracy photo challenge]. Trend/Azerbaijan, September 21, 2010.
  3. [http://www.photographyblog.com/news/democracy_photo_challenge/ Democracy Photo Challenge]. PhotographyBLOG, July 8, 2010.
  4. [https://googlephotos.blogspot.com/2010/07/democracy-photo-challenge.html Democracy Photo Challenge]. The Official Google Photos Blog, July 7, 2010.
  5. [http://goodnewspilipinas.com/?p=12747 Pinay artist wins US Democracy Photo Title]. Good News Pilipinas!, September 17, 2010.
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  7. [http://www.ditii.com/2010/08/19/picasa-web-albums-democracy-photo-challenge-pulbic-voting-bgins/ Picasa Web Albums: Democracy Photo Challenge – Public Voting Begins!] {{Webarchive. link. (2011-07-10 . D’Technology Weblog, August 19, 2010.)
  8. [http://pdnpulse.com/tag/photo-competition New Competition Seeks Photos Defining Democracy]. Photo District News, July 19, 2010.
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