13th Latin American Documentary Photography Contest
THEME - “WORKING DAYS ”
DEADLINE: March 1, 2007We have powerful reasons to think that the Latin American workers are joined by something more than a simple geographical link.
Beyond the artificial limits that delineate the borders, the busy hands of the workers extract the oil, cut the aloe, cultivate the fruits of the land, extract the minerals and process the raw materials that later magically appear in the supermarkets.
But, though the abundance flows in the American lands like cornucopia, this generosity does not make it to the plate of the basic producers of the wealth, that is to say, to the workers.
We ask: why does not the fairy of prosperity touch with her magic rod the barren economies of the workers, where are those elves that turn straw into gold, hidden into the basements of the palaces?
This Contest has been created as a space of convergence of images that celebrate, repudiate or simply show the world that the anonymous producers of wealth enjoy and suffer. We invite creators of images to this space, so that they document the life and work of Latin-American workers.RULES1. The theme of the photographs should center on human beings (regardless of their age, sex, or race) carrying out some kind of work or task. This does not mean that works cannot be sent where the human presence is implicit through objects or material, but the juror will decide on the relevancy of those treatments. In essence, our proposal seeks to focus the eye of the photographers towards the human factor as the fundamental protagonist of the productive process.
2. As our interest is centered on the Latin-American workers,
we invite you to also send photographs that document the labor and social situation of Latin American immigrants in developed countries.
3. Only digital images are admitted, meaning, images that come directly from a digital camera or that have been scanned to a computer from negatives or prints. The competitors will submit their photographs by Internet, through the link on the web page
www.ens.org.co between November 29, 2006 to March 1, 2007.
4. The photographer will have to identify his or her work with a TITLE. The works will not be admitted without a title, for their unsuitability for file and cataloguing. Every work will have to be accompanied by a written text, with an extension that does not exceed 500 words, which describes the concise information about the photographed persons and the context of their work (for example: geographical location, names, characteristics of work, remuneration, duration of the workday, etc). We recommend that it should be concrete and substantive information). This text must be written in the corresponding field in the format which is available on the Internet.
5. Every digital image should be sent as 72 DPI JPG file. Each side of the image can be no larger than 500 pixels and the weight of every file cannot be more than 50 kb. In case that works are selected for the exhibition, the organizers of the event will communicate with the contest participant who should do a definitive sending in a resolution adapted for the impression. It is recommended to all the contest participants to depart from the beginning of files in high resolution, that they have a weight between 2 and 3 mega bites. (already if are photographies taken with digital camera or scanned negatives), from which the images can be obtained as files sending by Internet, as the files of major quality, in case that they are selected.
6. Submission of photographs is free.
7. The photos we receive will be considered as individual photographs. Each participant will be able to submit a maximum of five photos. In case several photos combine to form one work of art, it will be considered as such, if the set has an a single title and every photo is duly numbered and marked with the he word “Series ” (Series x 1, series x 2, etc.). A SERIES cannot have more than five (5) photos and will be considered in its set as an individual WORK. Each participant has right to send up to 5 works, individual photos or series.
8. When the participant enters the web page of the contest, they will find a few fields of personal information that must be filled out as a part of the inscription, such as the pseudonym, the title of the work (or the works), name and surnames, identity card number, profession or occupation, complete address, country and city, e-mail and telephone number. All the fields must be filled out in order to validate the submission.
9. AWARDS. The photographs will be judged by a panel of three well known personalities from the world of photography. The jury will choose the photographs for the exposition, from which they will select three prize winners and two special prize winners, plus another special prize of Maria Cano works on women workers. (Maria Cano was an important union leader of the first half of the twenty century, whose pioneering work achieved important benefits for Colombian workers).
10. The photographs selected and awarded will become the property of the Escuela National Sindical, which reserves the right to publish and exhibit them, granting the proper credit to the artist. The works selected and awarded will become part of the physical and digital archives of the ENS, which will be able to exhibit and publish them, giving the respective credit to the artist, but without any economic retribution.
PRIZESFIRST PRIZE : $ 2,300.000 (US 982)
SECOND PRIZE : $ 1,700.000 (US 726)
THIRD PRIZE : $ 1,000.000 (US 435)
SPECIAL PRIZES
“CHILD AND YOUTH WORKERS ” $ 1,000.000 (US 427)
“WOMEN WORKERS ” $ 1,000.000 (US 427)
(The special prize on infantile labor should have images of child or adolescent workers. The special prize of woman workers should involve the presence of women carrying out some kind of task).
For more information contact:
comunicaciones@ens.org.coJairo Ruiz Sanabria
Director, Latin-American Documentary Photography Contest
jairoruizsanabria@yahoo.comESCUELA NACIONAL SINDICAL – ENS
Calle 51 # 55-78.
Tel: (057-4) 513 31 00 - Fax: (057-4) 512 23 30
Medellà n – Colombia
Website:
www.ens.org.coWith the support of FNV (Netherlands Workers Federation)
Julie will give a slide show with a brief chronology of her development as an artist, and talk about her current work, a photography series she is shooting at Tulane University's Natural History Department. She will be creating a new museum off campus showing the actual specimens and her photography in 2008 on location within the museums grounds in Belle Chase. This is a link to images she shot there, where you can also find a link to Tulane's NH Department. 
13th Latin American Documentary Photography Contest
I am currently looking for images from local photographers for the purpose of compiling a story for Lenswork Magazine about New Orleans. They are specifically interested in telling the narrative about our culture, Katrina experience and current reality from our insider’s perspective. This is in response to the many publications that have utilized the work of photographers who have come in from other locals to tell the tale on our behalf. This is an excellent opportunity to showcase the extensive talent and creativity of our community of photographers as well as a way to shine a light on our city once again. The story is planned to run in the July/ August 2007 issue, to coincide with the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
