Deadline: 29 October 2012
Open to: All professional and amateur photographers across the world
Prize: Two overall winners (1x professional and 1x amateur) will be selected to go on a theme-related reporting trip organised by European Journalism Centre.
Click About It is a series of international photography competitions organized by the European Journalism Centre (EJC) in Maastricht, the Netherlands. Since its launch in 2010, the competition has featured inspiring and insightful photography from professional and amateur photographers across the world. The CLICK series aims to create a mosaic of images from all corners of the globe to showcase how local communities and people are striving to survive in the ever-changing society. The theme of this year’s competition – CLICK4 – is “Crises & Disasters”.
Main topic
The world has experienced many major crises and disasters in recent years. The current CLICK competition is looking for photos that capture the following:
- Natural disaster: floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts and other life-threatening natural disasters.
- Political uprising: Arab spring, occupy movements and other demonstrations protesting for change.
- Conflict: wars, conflicts and clashes at international, regional and local level.
- Financial crisis: signs of financial crisis and how the life of local communities is being affected.
- Development crisis: crises that are related to health, food, water, sanitation and education.
- Urban life: population growth, fast urban development and negative effects on environment.
- Climate change: signs of climate change in your backyard.
Eligibility
CLICK4 is open to all professional and amateur photographers. All photos that are submitted to the competition must be owned by the entrant. Complete rules of the competition can be found here.
Prizes
Grand Prize – Two overall winners (1x professional and 1x amateur) will be selected to go on a theme-related reporting trip organised by European Journalism Centre. The costs covered will include the flights, accommodation and meals during the reporting trip. The organisers do not arrange and cover other extra expenditures such as the fee for passport renewal, vaccination and travel insurance. The short-stay visa fee will be reimbursed.
Runners-Up – Five runners-up (3 x professional and 2 x amateur) photographers will receive 200 US dollars Amazon coupon or money transfer in countries which are not listed on this page.
Application process
To take part in this competition, you can apply here. Firstly you have to register via your your preferred social media account. Please note, that you can make one submission per account. You cannot modify your entry after completing your submission.
For further information, visit the official website of the contest.
