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The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy Photo Contast is over. After carefully analyzing the hundreds of photos received from every corner of the world, the jury has assigned the prizes to the ones they considered the best ones. Cultural Diplomacy is in action. And the winner is…
1. Chaterine Michelle T. Aragoncillo (Philippines) – “Towards Future”
2. Williams Brutas Baclao (Philippines) – “Sona Kids”
3. Naima Perveen (Bangladesh) – “Horse Race”
About the winner:
My photo illuminates the richness of the Filipino life and culture. What inspired me to take this photo was the desire to share the culture of our ancestors to the future generations. It is an awesome experience to be part of history, to witness and experience remarkable events that I can impart to the next generations. Pictures tell a story and my camera is my tool to preserve and share our culture to fellow Filipinos and to diverse nationalities. The photo I submitted entitled “Towards Future” shows the Philippine indigenous people in their traditional attire. I find this photo interesting as it shows a fusion of the old and the modern times. It’s a fascinating picture of how technology is used for communication and how it plays a factor in the growth of developing countries. It shows a big step to technological advancement and huge step in achieving the ambition to build solutions in solving economic issues. It also shows the people’s determination in continuing learning and adapting to social changes. It depicts the Filipinos embracing the modernity of life while preserving the heritage of our own. I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy for organizing this photography contest. It encourages people to share insightful photographs about their country and at the same time promotes an appreciation to cultural diversity. I congratulate you for the success of this outstanding project and I would also like to wish you all the best to your future activities.
The other photos:
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idea is great , tooling the photograph to tie the cultural issues is very impressive ,
but how the pariticipants could know about the contest, kindly try to announce about the contest in facebook next time to enable the chances for whom it may concern, even out Berlin boarders,
Randa Ibrahim from Egypt
Posted by Randa | November 4, 2011, 10:36 amDear Randa,
Thanks for your comment; it’s always great to receive comments/responses from the public about our events. The photo contest (which is running until the end of this month) is posted on Facebook through our various groups. It can be found in the following Facebook groups: ICD Berlin, Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (ICD) and you can also visit the profile of our director Mark Donfried.
If you have any further recommendations about other means of promoting the photo-contest, please do not hesitate to write to us again. If you have not already done so, please do entre the competition (first prize is €100!!!) and good luck!
Best wishes,
Tom
ICD Team
Posted by icdblogsphereteam | November 4, 2011, 11:47 amQuick clarification: Will the up-to-five photos that are submitted have their copyright transferred over to ICD as well, or only the winning photos? Thanks!
Posted by Elyse | November 5, 2011, 6:19 amYes the terms and conditions refer to ALL photos submitted, however we will consult the author of the photo when and if we use their photo in the future… We are waiting for your photos!
Posted by icdblogsphereteam | November 7, 2011, 10:12 amWow – the photos featured here are beautiful (and recognizable) but the prize is rather lame, Considering photo rights will be automatically assigned to ICD even if the photograph is not chosen as the winner (and a few more issues) the rules and regulations are not very diplomatic of ICD, my inclusion or even to refer people to this has been sadly extinguished. (though the concept is great and the Institute of Cultural Diplomacy is a great thing)
Posted by F. Bucci | November 7, 2011, 1:09 pmThis is disgusting. You claim to be an organization concerned with Cultural Diplomacy, but clearly don’t have any respect for the rights of the photographer’s entering your contest. If you did, copyright for all photos would be retained by the photographer and you would ask for a liberal license.
Posted by Joe Photo | November 7, 2011, 6:00 pmHi,
It’s great!
Let me know any rules & guidelines for photos to be submitted like resolution, size, format…etc.
Thanks, soe
Posted by soe | November 8, 2011, 12:21 amPlease inform details of the entry ,- file size ,size of the longer and shorter sides , resolution , colour photo or monochrome etc. required .
Posted by Kallol Tripathi | November 9, 2011, 5:50 pmHi, we don´t really have a particular standard, different sizes and resolutions will be taken into consideration for the competition. We can, therefore, suggest:
-jpg, jpeg, tiff, jif formats are accepted, but the png is suggested
- the minimum dpi is 72
- between 1 and 4 Mb and between 4 and 8 Megapixel
Warm Regards,
the CD News
Posted by icdblogsphereteam | November 10, 2011, 10:26 amThank you for your information.
Let me know about the title and captions for each photo, like words count.
Posted by soe | November 22, 2011, 8:04 amDear,
How can i see the winner of 1st, 2nd and 3rd ?
or which photograph is winner in the slide show?
Posted by Md Ibrahim | December 5, 2011, 8:40 amIt is a shame that the winner who is a Filipina had to tell this about her winning photo;
She says:
“The photo I submitted entitled “Towards Future” shows the Ifugao indigenous people in their traditional attire. This photo was taken during one of my trips in the remote area of Benguet Province.”
The photo is not taken from a remote place, but rather in Baguio Botanical Garden in Baguio City, Philippines–a buzzling modern city! These Igorot women earn their living by posing in a photo for a fee. This is not remote by our standards. It is just 200km from Manila. ANd these are not Ifugaos. Ifugaos come from the Province of Ifugao and not the province of Benguet. Benguet people are called Ibaloi’s or simply called Igorot.
ICD should be better informed about this. This photo is not factual and not depicting of the real story about the photo.
Posted by Ding | January 11, 2012, 5:59 amDear Ding,
thanks for your comments. I just would like to tell you that many of the photos entered into the competition were taken at tourist hotspots. This, however, does not take away from the presence of cultural diplomacy, in fact there is a great amount of cultural exchange in tourist areas, as this is a visible example of people taking interest in another’s culture. Part of what the judging panel liked so much about the photo was that the women had sunglasses on their heads and official id cards around their neck, it was an interesting contrast with the traditional dress. However we do acknowledge the fact that should have been mentioned by the winner in her description, but we see this as having no reflection on the ranking of the photo. Many thanks for your comments.
Posted by icdblogsphereteam | January 12, 2012, 3:07 pmTo substantiate my facts, here is a photo of these Igorot women in Baguio Botanical Garden:
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=baguio+botanical+garden&um=1&hl=en&safe=off&client=safari&sa=N&rls=en&biw=1639&bih=700&tbm=isch&tbnid=MhD5QmR494hZoM%3A&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cityofpines.com%2Fbotanicalgarden.html&docid=EYk8uSHu2TTU6M&imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cityofpines.com%2Fbotanicalgarden01.jpg&w=750&h=563&ei=qCgNT_fFNcGYiAf7rKj8BQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=246&sig=109986444897781780737&page=1&tbnh=158&tbnw=200&start=0&ndsp=21&ved=1t%3A429%2Cr%3A1%2Cs%3A0&tx=117&ty=69
Posted by Ding | January 11, 2012, 6:17 amQualification:
This competition is open to anyone who has any eye for photography and feels they can capture the essence of cultural diplomacy in a photograph.
Theme & Categories:
We’re looking for exciting, storytelling and insightful photographs which represent the richness of culture and the vibrancy of the people who interact with it.
The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy is holding a photo contest for the photographer who can best capture;
“Cultural diplomacy in action”
diplomacy
- the art and practice of conducting negotiations between nations
- the conduct of the relations of one state with another by peaceful means
- the art or practice of conducting international relations, as in negotiating alliances, treaties, and agreements.
Where’s the DIPLOMACY?
I believe the picture only shows culture.
Posted by ag | January 30, 2012, 4:46 amDear user,
don´t you think that knowing better somebody´s culture, even if just thanks to a meaningful photo, you can strenghten “relations of one state with another by peaceful means”, for example?
Posted by icdblogsphereteam | January 30, 2012, 9:36 amsona kids is awesome picture
Posted by insang | March 25, 2012, 10:44 am