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YKL Color/Fujifilm and Victory Liner have issued their final call for entries to the “Timeless Baguio” photo competition. This was relayed to the FPPF by Ariel Tresvalles, pictured at left, marketing services manager for YKL Color/Fujifilm Philippines.

The contest is open to all photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, aged 18 years and above. Theme is “Timeless Baguio as an Idyllic Tourist Destination.” The photographs should depict people, places and events in the Philippine summer capital. First prize is P75,000; second gets P50,000 and third prize is P35,000, plus YKL Color Fujifilm gift packs for the major prizes.

Deadline for entries to the contest is on April 30, 2009. See the Victory Liner website at www.victoryliner.com for full details. Contest rules and entry forms are available at the Victory Liner website and bus terminals, YKL Color Fujifilm outlets and at the FPPF offices in Intramuros.

Deadline for submission of entries to the Timeless Baguio photo contest, sponsored by YKL Color/Fujifilm and Victory Liner is on April 30, 2009.

Happy in Her Own World by Environmental Photographer of the Year 2008 Abhijit Nandi

CIWEM, the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management, based in London, England is calling for entries to the Environmental Photographer of the Year 2009 photo competition, open to all professional and amateur, national and international photographers of any ages. The competition is part of CIWEM’s Arts and Environment initiative.

Individual pieces of work will be judged on impact, creativity, composition, originality and technical abilities. The judging panel is made up of some of the most respected environmental photographers in the industry, including Gary Braasch, winner of the Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography, Anthony Epes and Ronnie Israel, as well as senior environmentalists including Lord Smith, the Chairman of the Environment Agency, and Nick Reeves, Executive Director of CIWEM.

This year’s categories are OSF’s Changing Climates; Black & Veatch’s World of Difference; Quality of Life; The Natural World; and the Young Environmental Photographer of the Year (Under 21). EPOTY encourages entries that are contemporary, creative, experimental, resonant, original and beautiful.

All winning and highly commended entries will be displayed at the international Environmental Photographer of the Year exhibition in London, England during the month of October, 2009.

The competition is open until July 31, 2009. Winners will receive cash prizes: £1,000 (P70,000) for the Environmental Photographer of the Year, £500 (P35,000) for the Young Environmental Photographer of the Year and £300 for each category winner. Entrants may also be given representation by photographic library OSF.

[Site: CIWEM.org]