We all know about the growing air pollution in our cities and villages. We can visualise it in our minds and give it words in detail. We are all acutely concerned about it. But can we visualise and bring alive, through the camera, India and its people in the clean air conditions we aspire to? Can we capture the inspiring realities of change brought about by our country’s efforts to make our air breathable? In fact, the coronavirus pandemic may offer us a unique opportunity to document these scenes.
We invite you to join this contest, jointly sponsored by India Habitat Centre (IHC), Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and Collaborative Clean Air Policy Center (CCAPC). Help us create an image of what change could bring to our nation. Help us trigger hope, with images of an India that point towards what the country should be aspiring and aiming for as a result of its national air pollution control policies and actions. Click here to download full eligibility, application guidelines, and rules.
IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline for submission: SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Declaration of results and awarding of prizes: September – October 2020
OFFICIAL CONTEST WEBSITE
www.IndiaHabitat.org
facebook.com/habitatworld
PRIZES & RECOGNITION
• Winners will be awarded in two technology groups -- one for general photographers using whatever equipment they wish and the other for students using a mobile phone camera. Each technology group would have three categories (see below).
• 6 prizes of Rs 50,000 each for winners; consolation prizes for runners-up
• Entries by winners and runners-up to be exhibited at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
• Photos might be reproduced in Down To Earth magazine
VISUALISALATION CATEGORIES
Capture inspiring and imaginative visuals – in one of three categories in each of the two technology groups (General and Student Mobile Phone).
1. Striking change with and without pollution, taken of the same scene in India. These “before and after” pairs will be considered as a single entry.
2. Experience of clean air within an Indian city.
3. An inspiring photo of clean air outside cities in India.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
• The contest is open to photographers who are Indian nationals or qualify as OCI.
• Applicants must be 18 years or older.
• Submitted photographs must be meant exclusively for this contest. They should not be sent to any other fellowship, scholarship or publication while this contest is in progress.
• Up to two applications are allowed per applicant – however, they must be in different categories.
• If one is submitting in the student category, a copy of a certification of the student status may be requested at a later time from the applicant’s university/college. Students using cameras may apply in the first category.
• All photographs must be taken in India – in cities or outside them. Applications with photos taken outside Delhi are encouraged.
• Preferably, the photos will not show individuals who are identifiable except in large crowds. If identifiable people are shown, it will be necessary to submit signed consent forms from them.
• A three-member jury of experts in photography and air pollution will judge..