The Power of Language

THE MISSION

The competition invites interested photographers to capture the “power of language” in a photo – completely without words. As can no other medium, photography can pointedly and grippingly illustrate the effect of language. We are looking for images that show how language shapes relations among people and the relation of people to their surroundings, the self-understanding of the individual and of whole groups. The description of the mission has been deliberately kept fairly open. We are interested in your personal, pictorial interpretation of the “power of language”.

DIE PREISE

The awards are as follows:

1st PRIZE: 1,000 EURO (including a trip to Berlin)
2nd PRIZE: 700 EURO
3rd PRIZE: 500 EURO

The criteria of evaluation (idea, concept, and realisation) will take the heterogeny of the participants into consideration. The prize-winning photographs and a selection of the best entries will be exhibited at the festival “The Power of Language” in Berlin. In addition, a publication is being planned in which they will appear.

THE JURY

Anna Gripp: Editor-in-Chief of the journal PHOTONEWS
Annette Kulenkampff: Publisher, Hatje Cantz Verlag
Ulrich Pohlmann: Director of the Fotomuseum im Stadtmuseum, Munich
Bernhard Prinz: Professor of Visual Communication at the Kunsthochschule Kassel
Thomas Seelig. Curator of the Fotomuseum in Winterthur
Jim Rakete:Photographer

THE DATES

Theme:	"The Power of Language in Pictures"
Start:	June 6, 2006
Deadline:	November 30, 2006
Jury's decision and announcement of the awards	January, 2007
Awards ceremony:	June 2007 at the opening of the exhibition

FORMATS

Each participant may submit one photograph or photographic sequence or tableau on the subject. Black-and-white or colour images are possible. The photograph must be submitted only as a digital image file (JPEG file – JPG for short – with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi and a maximum format of 10x15cm). Prints or negatives are not permitted. To submit the photograph(s), it is necessary to use the online form.

CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION

Here you will find the Conditions of participation  of the photographic competion "The power of languages in images".

The photographic competition "The power of language in images" is presented by PHOTONEWS.