Ekvilib

Ekvilib Institute is launching a new initiative "Global World: Through the Lens of Human Rights", which promotes socially responsible use of photography as a tool for protecting and promoting human rights, and expressing a critical outlook on global social developments and processes.

The central part of the initiative is a collection of photos, which will be complemented through each year’s photography contest focusing on different aspects of human rights in the context of global development efforts. The emphasis is laid on documentary photos, which encourage contemplation and debate, have the power of political and social mobilization and advance a critical reflection on global development efforts. The photos should avoid sensationalism, present the actual situation and show respect for the subject, as well as the viewer. In addition to this, depiction of the countries, the inhabitants and their life stories should be conveyed in a non-discriminatory and non-stereotypical way, aspiring to portray and understand the causes of human rights violations and development challenges.

The initiative is open to professional photographers and other interested individuals, who share the vision and passion to contribute to a more just and balanced global development, and to a socially responsible representation of global development challenges.

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Ekvilib Institute in cooperation with SPP Institute for the Promotion of Photography invites you to participate in the international photo contest 2009:

GLOBAL WORLD: Through the Lens of Human Rights.

The honorary patroness of the contest is Dr. Zdenka Čebašek Travnik, human rights ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia.

Topic 2009: The topic of this year’s contest are economic, social and cultural rights, which, in spite of massive violations, are still being neglected in human rights debates and are often represented in ways that lead to stereotypes and generalizations.

You can read more about this year's topic of the contest, jury, prize and submission of photos HERE.

 

This year's contest is part of the project GREAT: »Global Rights: Europeans Acting Together!«. The project is co-financed by the European Union.