Building from our ongoing projects in Cauca, Voices from the Void (Voices) remains eager to better understand the wider reality of the post-peace era across Colombia. To help advance this understanding, Voices is organizing a photo contest to highlight the reality of peace-building efforts as Colombia approaches the halfway point of the 15-year implementation window of 2016’s Final Agreement. Specifically, have things gotten better over the last seven years? Is Colombia still on the path to peace? What’s working? What challenges remain? Any photos engaging these questions are welcomed within this contest.
PARTICIPATION
Participation is open to anyone residing in Colombia, be they an amateur or professional photographer, with consideration primarily focused towards those entrants most familiar with conflict, as well as potential solutions.
SUBMISSIONS
Each photographer is welcome to submit up to five photographs in any common format they choose, provided the photos were taken in Colombia since the signing of the Final Agreement (November 2016). Photographers are also encouraged to include an optional narrative of up to 100 words accompanying their submission that helps explain what their photograph(s) can teach us about what is working to help Colombia implement peace, as well as challenges that remain.
Submissions are welcomed via email until 30 June, 2024 to concursofotografico@voicesfromthevoid.org
By submitting entries all photographers acknowledge that they both took (and own the rights to) the photograph(s), that none of the entries violate the Convention on Children’s Rights or otherwise portray any young people in a negative light, and that all winning photographers will consent to their selected photos being licensed to Voices from the Void to highlight lessons learned in Colombia.*
EVALUATION AND AWARDS
A committee of photographers and representatives from Voices from the Void will evaluate all entries against our goal of better understanding the path to peace – including what’s working and what isn’t – following the Final Agreement. The committee will select the 15 photographs they believe best convey this goal and announce their selections in August, 2024.
Five winners will each be offered an award of 1,500,000 COP, while 10 notable mentions will each be offered 250,000 COP.
In addition to the financial award, Voices from the Void plans to feature winning photographs on its website, social media accounts, and upcoming reports to better promote peace and development in Colombia. In turn, all winning photographers are required to complete photo releases prior to receiving their cash distribution. (For all photographers 18 years and older not involving children in their submissions, a copy of the release is available here. For photographers younger than 18 and for submissions including people younger than 18, a release from parent or guardian — required for each child under 18 — is available here.) Yet beyond granting a license to use the winning images to promote peace-building and other non-profit themes, the photographer retains ownership of the photograph and all subsequent rights.
FURTHER INFORMATION
To inquire on specific questions or for further information, please email Voices at concursofotografico@voicesfromthevoid.org
*Winning photos being licensed to Voices notably does not include the ability to transfer the images to third parties or otherwise generate any financial proceeds from the photographs. Voices merely wants to highlight insights from Colombia and promote the work of winning photographers, who will retain all of their respective rights.