12th Photoshare Contest 2017 by Johns Hopkinson University

Photoshare is holding its 12th Photoshare contest highlights the critical role of Healthcare Providers in developing countries and the challenges that they face in providing a better living and is brought to you by the Knowledge for Health (K4Health) Project, a USAID funded project at Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP), in partnership with FHI 360, IntraHealth International, Management Sciences for Health (MSH), and HIFA(Healthcare Information For All), a global campaign administered by the Global Healthcare Information Network.

The 12^th Photo-share winner will get an opportunity to win US$1,000.

12th Photoshare Contest Categories

This year the theme of the photography contest would revolve around the following categories and series. This year’s contest features 11 categories and 2 awards covering a broad range of global public health and development topics: 

1. Sexual and Reproductive Health(Presented by: Girl’s Globe with the Photoshare People’s Choice Award)
2. Healthcare Providers(Sponsored Category: HIFA Photography Award)
3. Family Planning
4. HIV/AIDS
5. Malaria
6. Environment
7. Agriculture and Economic Development
8. Democracy and Governance
9. Humanitarian and Disaster Relief
10.  mHealth and Communications Technology
11. Global Health and Human Interest (open subject) 

The candidates can apply on or before 10 April 2017 the results would be declared in the month of May 2017.

The reward of the 12^th Photo-share contest is divided as follows

Best Show

• First place: US$1,000
• Second Prize: US$500
• Third Prize: US$250

Other awards

The entries for the contest is accepted through Photoshare’s upload photos submission form. For those who are having an account in Photoshare, they will have to just click on the upload button for application upload. There is no application fee for the contest.

• The candidates must submit the photos as per the appropriate contest category. Five photos are allowed

• Photograph Specifications - At a minimum, digital images must be approximately 1800x1400 pixels. In case, the photos below the minimum resolution, collage, digitally altered photos, photos without completed caption, photos previously contributed to Photoshare will not be considered eligible for application.

• The candidates are allowed to submit a maximum of five photographs.

Submission of Application Form

The submission should be done through Photoshare Upload Photos submission mode. Candidates must choose the appropriate contest category while submitting the photos.

Professionals photographers, health communication professionals, journalist and Photoshare staff would judge the competition.

• Interest in using photography to document issues facing their communities
• Image quality -  Image quality (e.g. lighting, composition, focus) by panel of judges for a camera prize.