Deadline: February 28, 2025
Are you a professional or amateur photographer or simply passionate about camelids? Join the International Year of Camelids (IYC) Photo Contest and help spread the word about the importance of these heroes of deserts and highlands! An international professional jury composed of photographers, photo editors, and camelid experts will select an overall winner. The four runners-up will go to a public vote on social media.
Photos should illustrate one or more of the following aspects:
- Camelid products and services;
- Camelids, livelihoods and economic growth;
- Camelids, food security and nutrition;
- Camelids and culture;
- Camelids and women’s empowerment; and
- Camelids, climate change and resilience.
Prizes
- The first prize winner of the photo contest will be invited to a camelid event at FAO headquarters in Rome (Italy). Travel expenses will be covered for the winner, according to FAO rules.
- Winners will be announced on the International Year of Camelids website in April 2025.
- Winners will be promoted on FAO social media, by FAO offices around the world and partner websites.
- All five winners will receive a certificate of recognition and a surprise gift bag.
- In the event that any of the selected winner(s) of any prize (that is/are eligible in accordance with these Contest rules and/or the General Rules, Copyright and Privacy) cannot be traced, or refuses the prize, the prize will be forfeited and it will be in the sole discretion of FAO to choose whether to award the prize to another eligible entry.
- When winning photos are published, only the first and family name will be published. No other personal information about the contestants will be published or shared.
Eligibility
- Participants should be 18 years old or above.
- Each participant can submit up to five photographs by filling in and submitting the registration form. Each photo should be submitted separately by filling in the form.
- Submissions will be accepted only in English, French, and Spanish.
- Participants must own the copyright and must have taken the photographs themselves. The photos must have been taken after 1 January 2021.
- Each submitted photograph must have a title and a short description/caption explaining what the photo represents, considering one or more of the aspects mentioned, and where/when the photo was taken.
- Participants are invited to post their photos on social media accounts, using the IYC hashtag/s: #YearOfCamelids and #IYC2024 and tagging @FAO.
- Photographs must be submitted in .jpeg format. Images should be of high quality (e.g. 300 dpi and 5000 pixels and a file size that does not exceed 2 MB). Both colour and/or black and white images will be accepted.
- The material must not violate or infringe third party’s rights including but not limited to trademark, privacy, publicity or other intellectual property rights, or that constitutes copyright infringement.
- The submission must not contain dates, texts, brand names, logos or trademarks.
- The IYC Secretariat respects photographers’ rights and does not claim copyright over images submitted to this contest. The author retains full copyright for each entry. Whenever the image is published by FAO, the author will be credited.
Application
- Step 1: Choose up to five of your own photos and prepare captions.
- Step 2: Fill in and submit a registration form for each photo by 28 February 2025.
- Step 3: Stay tuned to find out who the winners are!
- Bonus step: Share your photos on social media with the hashtags #YearOfCamelids and #IYC2024.
For more information, visit UN FAO International Year of Camelids Photo Contest.
