CLOSING DATE: 30TH SEPTEMBER, 2012
Photography connects cultures across the Commonwealth. Be part of a unique award to celebrate this in the Jubilee year. The Royal Photographic Society (RPS), in partnership with the Royal Commonwealth Society, is thrilled to announce a unique 2012 Award for the Commonwealth – the Royal Photographic Society Jubilee Award.
The RPS invites you to submit a photographic piece to the Jubilee Time Capsule (JTC) to win this special award to mark Her Majesty the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. The top prize includes a trip to London, a 4 day photo essay project in London, and exhibition in your home country and London.
HOW TO ENTER
Register on the Jubilee Time Capsule website, and enter an image, or a selection of images, relating to a day in the last 60 years which has been important to you, your family, community or country.
Entrants to this special award can be of any age and from any country. The image(s) must be tied to a date from 6th February 1952 until present day and must be about one or more of the 54 Commonwealth countries. From community celebrations and local history to earth-shaking world events, no subject is too big or small!
GUIDELINES
- You can enter as many entries as you would like for different dates on the timeline.
- You must submit some text to accompany the image to explain why it is relevant for the chosen date.
- You must select "Royal Photographic Society" from the drop down menu to be eligible. If you select this correct category form the drop down menu, you will be eligible for prizes in the RPS Jubilee Award and the Jubilee Time Capsule.
- Your entry must be about a date on the timeline since 6th February 1952. The image itself does not need to have been taken on the day it relates to.
- You will be contacted by the panel of judges by October 2012 to notify you if you have been successful and will be brought to London.
- Runners-up will also then be notified if their image will join others for an exhibition in London in Autumn 2012.
- The panel of judges is looking for something that creatively brings to life the cross cultural nature of the Commonwealth and which is an excellent example of photography in the Commonwealth. They are looking for a photographer who wishes to expand and develop their skills and experiences in an international setting.
- The images do not have to be directly about the Jubilee or Her Majesty the Queen.
- The photographer will retain copyright of the images, but the RCS and RPS will have the right to use them for publicity purposes of the Jubilee Time Capsule and materials.
- The images selected for exhibition must be available in high enough resolution to exhibit.