UN photography competition in praise of the humble spudThe United Nations has launched an international photography contest celebrating the UN Year of the Potato. Photographers are asked to submit images relating to potatoes and potato production to highlight the vegetable's role as a source of food, employment and income in developing countries. The competition is being run by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation and Nikon.
Photographers can enter separate professional and amateur categories and submit single digital images or photo stories of four to eight related images, in black-and-white or colour. Participants can submit files by uploading them directly via internet or sending them by normal post on a CD.
The winning photographs will be chosen by a judging panel including Lucy Conticello, Adrian Evans, Steve McCurry, Maria Wood and Francesco Zizola. Winners in the professional and amateur categories will be awarded cash prizes of up to £2000. The deadline for entries is 01 September.
For more information and to enter the competition, visit
www.potato2008.org/en/photocontest.
