The United Nations Information Centre, Tokyo (UNIC Tokyo) and Sophia University
are, once again, co-organizing the student photo contest on SDGs with special
cooperation from Getty Images Japan. The first photo contest was launched in
Japan last year, amassing a total of 624 entries from 47 countries as far and
wide as Afghanistan and Brazil. They welcome presently enrolled college and
university students, graduate students, and vocational school students to
apply.
We ask that you
choose one or more of the 17 SDGs that inter
ests you most, and express what it
means to you through a photo snapshot. We particularly encourage entries that
depict elements of SDGs in your own community. A theme pertaining to the SDGs
must also exist within your own country. This year, we will be having the
TOGETHER Award and the Concept Award as new additions to the list of awards.
Contest
Details:
This contest aims to encourage students to “reflect on sustainable development
from his or her own perspective, express it through a photo, and share it with
others.” We welcome photos that tell a story; they may come in a journalistic
form, presenting a clear problem, or may be abstract and creative, representing
your ideas and thoughts. What can you do to change the world? How will the SDGs
influence the way you think or act? How can you inform your friends, family,
and community members of social issues and prompt them to take action? The
answers to these questions will become key to achieving the SDGs. We hope you
will take advantage of this opportunity and apply.
Application
Details
A maximum of
3 photos per person that
have messages concerning the SDGs may be submitted.
If 4 or more photos are submitted, the 3 latest photos will be viable.
Be sure to include the title and/or comments of your pieces in English or
Japanese.
For terms and conditions, please click here.
Deadline: Submit your photo(s)
between Thursday 20 April and Wednesday 30 August 2017. The announcement of the
results and the awards ceremony is scheduled to be held in conjunction with
United Nations Day, on 24 October.
Qualifications: Applicants must be presently
enrolled in university – college and undergraduate students, graduate students,
or vocational school students (We welcome entries from applicants of any
nationality, including those living abroad)
Submission of a Student ID or relevant IDs to prove one’s being a student is
required at a later point.
Awards (subject to change
depending on the content and number of applications):
Grand Prize (Foreign Minister’s Award) 1 Prize
Award of Excellence 3 Prizes
Special Award (TOGETHER Award) 1 Prize
Special Award (Concept Award) 1 Prize
Award of Recognition
Judges
Leslie Kee, Photographer
Akira Ono, Photo and Multimedia Editor, The Asahi Shimbun
Yuichi Kimura, Comedian, YOSHIMOTO CREATIVE AGENCY CO., LTD.
Hiroaki Mizushima, Professor, Department of Journalism, Sophia University
Mark Garten, Chief of the UN Photo Unit, Audio-Visual Services Section, United
Nations Department of Public Information (DPI)
Judging
Panel for the TOGETHER Award:
Representatives from the International Labour Organization (ILO), International
Organization for Migration (IOM), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR), UNIC Tokyo, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and United
Nations University (UNU)
Judge for
the Concept Award:
Getty Images Japan (evaluating based on how well the photograph represents the
concepts of the SDGs and evokes certain messages or emotions)
Organizers: UNIC Tokyo, Sophia
University
Special
Cooperation:
Getty Images Japan
Endorsed by: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of Japan, Global Compact Network Japan (GC-NJ),
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Japan Civil Society Network
on SDGs
Cooperating
Partners:
Fast Retailing Co., Ltd., Nikon Corporation, SIGMA Corporation
Media
Partner:
The Asahi Shimbun
Prize Money
and Goods:
Grand Prize (Foreign Minister’s Award) for 1 Person
- Prize
Money JPY100,000 - Nikon
D7500 18-140 VR Lens Kit - SIGMA
30mm F1.4 DC HSM?Art - Goods
with UN?SDGs logo - Leslie
Kee’s Photobook - Getty
Images’ Photobook
Award of Excellence
for 3 Persons
- Prize
Money JPY20,000 - Nikon
D5600 18-140 VR Lens Kit - Gift
certificate provided by SIGMA (JPY10,000) - Goods
with UNSDGs logo - Leslie
Kee’s Photobook - Getty
Images’ Photobook
Special Awards:
- TOGETHER
Award for 1 Person - 5
printed t-shirts with submitted photograph and TOGETHER logo - UNIQLO
gift card (JPY5,000) - Goods
with UN?SDGs logo - Leslie
Kee’s Photobook - Getty
Images’ Photobook
Concept Award for 1
Person
- Membership
to iStock, a community of creative photographers worldwide - Portfolio
review by the Art Directors of Getty Images - Goods
with UNSDGs logo - Leslie
Kee’s Photobook - Getty
Images’ Photobook
Award of Recognition
- Goods
with UNSDGs logo - Leslie
Kee’s Photobook - Getty
Images’ Photobook
All the awarded
photos will be exhibited at some of UNIQLO shops.
(Details will be available in due course.)Exhibiting store list will be posted
at this HP after the contest.)