World Lung Foundation Photo Contest

Contributed by Fran Humber
15 May 2007

Win a digital camera by documenting lung health illnesses and programs

The World Lung Foundation is seeking new photographs for its Lung Health Image Library (LHIL), a comprehensive collection of several thousand photographs related to lung health worldwide. LHIL images are available for free download to journalists, educators, and public health workers for any non-commercial purpose.

Photographs can be effective tools in advocacy and communication efforts. Submit a photograph related to tuberculosis, asthma, tobacco, or child lung health, and help colleagues all over the world to be better educators, advocates, and health communicators. The four winners will each receive a Canon digital camera.

Photo Contest Details

Who can enter?

Any individual or organization, with the exception of contest judges, is welcome to participate. No entry fee required.

Image Submissions

We are looking for photos in 4 categories:
  1. asthma
  2. tobacco
  3. tuberculosis
  4. child lung health
Submissions from all over the world are welcome.

Images might include some of the following:

  • patients in health centers or hospitals
  • health care workers, such as physicians, nurses, social workers, or pharmacists, providing care
  • diagnosis and treatment
  • asthma patients using or learning how to use medicines and devices, such as peak flow meters, spacers, inhalers, or their patient card
  • any research activity
  • lung health-related policy issues, such as smoke-free zones, tobacco cultivation, and air pollution
  • families suffering from (or avoiding) indoor air pollution
  • health education and promotion activities
  • community-based health programming, such as community health workers and village-based education
  • advocacy activities, such as marches, workshops, speech contests
Contestants may submit more than one photo. Each photo must be accompanied by a submission form (Microsoft Word).

Please send photos in JPEG format. For photos not exceeding 4 MB, send the file in zipped format as an attachment to imagelibrary@....

For photos exceeding 4 MB, send the file on a CD-ROM to:

LHIL Photo Contest, World Lung Foundation, 61 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10006, USA.

Please note files and documents sent by mail will not be returned.

DEADLINE: September 3, 2007 by 11:59 p.m. US EST

Terms and Conditions

Entries that violate copyright laws or laws of the country in which they were taken will not be accepted.

You must also submit the completed submission form (Microsoft Word) with your photograph(s).

Prizes

A winning photograph will be selected from each of the 4 lung health areas (asthma, tobacco, tuberculosis, and child lung health.) The four winners will each receive a Canon digital camera. The winners will be announced at the 38th Union World Conference on Lung Health in November 2008, in Capetown, South Africa and posted on the LHIL web site.

Judges

Photos will be judged on the basis of content and quality by an independent panel of judges.

For more information on the World Lung Foundation please visit: www.worldlungfoundation.org