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Touching Lives: Entries for the 2009 CGAP Microfinance Photography Contest are currently closedSeptember 16, 2009
How are people using finance in nontraditional ways? What innovations are financial service providers using to serve people who would not otherwise be reached? And what impact is microfinance having, whether directly on the lives of poor clients, or more broadly on the world it touches? By sharing your striking images, you’ll reach countless others with the message of microfinance, and help us tell the story of this remarkable industry: its unique textures, vibrant new developments, and impact on the lives of poor people. Over the past few years we’ve asked you to use your imagination in capturing the diversity and dynamism of microfinance. As a result, stunning images have been shared with the microfinance community and others around the world. This year, we’re asking you to focus on how microfinance touches the world—the sights, the sounds, the tastes, and the textures. Is there a moment or a place where you’ve witnessed the impact of microfinance on poor people’s ability to manage their own lives? Have you seen it provide new opportunities? Has your lens captured its vivid impact on the environment? Or have you seen how microfinance has responded to the global financial crisis, the food crisis, and the downturn in the real economy? Tell the powerful story of microfinance through your photos. Twenty to 24 finalists will be selected for the 2009 CGAP Microfinance Photography Contest. Judges will award first, second, and third prize winners. And up to two special prizes will be awarded, at the judges’ discretion. The winning images are published by CGAP and displayed online at www.cgap.org. They are included in a slideshow that will be shared with the industry for use at conferences. Winning images may be printed for exhibition in partnership with the World Bank and Citi. In addition to the opportunity to put their photos before the eyes of the world, winning photographers may receive the prizes listed below. WHO: The CGAP Microfinance Photo Contest is open to all photographers at least 18 years of age, except the operational team of CGAP, the World Bank, and their immediate families. WHAT: We are looking for original, striking images of the impact of microfinance around the world. These images may reflect the wide variety of microfinance and microenterprise development around the world, representing a range of products, institutions, and methodologies, and may touch on a broad range of social, economic, developmental, and technological issues. We encourage entries from all regions, in both rural and urban settings. Each photo submission must be accompanied by a brief description of the photo, including the place and country where the photo was taken, and how it tells the story of microfinance and reflects advances in access to finance. Entries must be:
Entries will be judged on originality, technical excellence, composition, overall impact, and artistic merit. The story behind the photo, submitted as a paragraph or brief essay, may influence the judges’ decisions. Decisions made by the judges are final. JUDGES: Judges for 2008 were Bob Annibale, Citigroup’s Global Director of Microfinance; Deborah Burand, Clinical Assistant Professor and Director of the International Transactions Clinic, University of Michigan Law School; Gary Cameron, Reuters photo editor; Jez Coulson photojournalist; Gail Fischer, National Geographic’s Senior Photo Editor; Elizabeth Littlefield, CGAP CEO; and Oxana Holtmann, producer. WHEN: All entries, whether submitted electronically or mailed or shipped, must be received by CGAP before noon EST September 14, 2009. CGAP will not be held responsible for mail that was not received. Receipt of packages cannot be acknowledged. Entries will not be returned. WINNING ENTRIES: Prizes will be awarded as described below. A selection of winning photos may be featured on CGAP’s Web sites, cgap.org and microfinancegateway.org, and in exhibitions at the World Bank in Washington, D.C., and other prestigious venues. Winning images also may be used to decorate CGAP offices and in a slideshow for use at conferences and workshops. All entries may be used by CGAP in printed publications, on Web sites, in a slideshow and screensaver, or in any other media, and may be copied and displayed in any country, provided that all uses are accompanied by appropriate attribution to the photographer. Entrants retain ownership and all other rights to future use of their photographs. CGAP holds copyright to the collection of photos that constitute the CGAP Microfinance Photo Contest. CGAP shall have the right to verify, in its sole judgment, winner eligibility. LEGAL CONDITIONS: To enter the contest, entrants must agree to certain legal conditions (see section “Legal Conditions” in the Entry Form). Entry of photographs into the contest implies acceptance of contest rules, regardless of whether entrants sign a statement confirming acceptance. PRIZES: CGAP intends to award the following prizes:
Any federal, state, and local taxes, fees, and surcharges on prizes are the sole responsibility of the prize winners. HOW: A total of up to 20 photographs may be submitted per person. We prefer to receive digital entries by e-mail, but entries may be digital files, digital prints, color prints, or black-and-white prints. Digital entries: Camera-made digital images or scans of prints should be e-mailed as high-resolution jpegs or tiff files. Each entrant also must submit a completed Application Form (an electronic form is available at www.cgap.org/photocontest/entryform.) Original negatives must be available for scanned photographs. Original files of camera-made digital photos must be three (3) megapixels or larger. Mailed or shipped entries: Each photograph must bear the photographer’s name, address, phone number, e-mail address, if applicable, entry number (1–20), and a brief description of the photo and how it reflects advancing financial access to people through microfinance. All images must be sent together in one package. Repeat this information one time on a separate, single sheet of paper; include your occupation/microfinance affiliation; a description of the type of film and photography equipment used for each photo; and a brief description of where, when, and how the photograph was taken. Please do not send a cover letter. Negatives must be available for all prints, but please do not send them until contacted. Prints may be mounted, but print and/or mount size must be no larger than 11 inches by 14 inches. Sandwich sheets or prints between cardboard, wrap with a rubber band, and enclose in a mailing envelope. Do not use tape. Entries will not be returned. CGAP cannot be responsible for lost, damaged, late or misdirected entries, or for faulty uploading connections, garbled transmissions, unauthorized intervention, or technical malfunctions. Winners will be notified by e-mail or telephone, according to information provided on the entry form. If any winner fails to claim his or her prize within 60 days of being notified, that winner may forfeit his or her prize. WHERE: Send mailed or shipped entries to Inquiries and entries can also be sent by e-mail to Jeanette Thomas, CGAP Communications Director (jthomas1@worldbank.org)
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