Sligo Camera Club

Here are the details of some competitions, exhibitions etc that have been brought to our attention:

• Tallaght 19th International Salon of Photographic Art. Details can be found at www.tpssalon.com

• Belgrade is the World, which includes a category ‘Cities of the World’. Details can be found at http://www.fotosavez.com/doc/pdf/BELGRADE%20IS%20THE%20WORLD%20A.pdf

• Humanity Photo Awards (email me for address details if you are interested, Darren).

‘This is Yang from China Folklore Photographic Association (CFPA), organizer of the Humanity Photo Awards (HPA), the ONLY worldwide folklore photo contest. It is aimed to everyone who loves folkore cultures.

This year, HPA is co-organized with the Guangzhou Asian Games Organizing Comittee (GUAGOC) and UNESCO. In addition to the contest, CFPA will organize a folklore exhibition in the Guanghzou Asian Village for the 16th Asian Games. We hope we can include most of the countries in the World.  We also will organize the winners of HPA2009 to shoot the view of Asian Games Stadiums during the openning ceremony and arrange them to come to Guangzhou in 2010 for Asian Games.(Air tickets and hospitality are afforded by CFPA)  It is an unmissable chance for us to promote the folklore cultures of each countries. We have received a lot of photos from different countries so far but we are still missing photos from your country, so if you or any of your friends would like to promote the culture of your country, take a chance and feel free to join this contest.

Considering that postal mail might be too long for overseas participants and to encourage more nationalities to take part of HPA2009, the head office of HPA2009 has decided to postpone the entry deadline from 15th April to 25th May (The date postmarked by the Beijing Post Office will be the deemed arrival date).This will give participants more time to prepare their photo entries and make sure their photo works arrive in China on time.’

• Environmental Photographer of the Year. Details at www.ciwem.org/arts/photographer

   This is a serious competition that seeks to celebrate photographers who use their ability to raise awareness of environmental and social issues. Itis open to all professional and amateur international photographers of any ages. This year’s categories are Changing Climates; AWorld of Difference; Quality of Life; The Natural World; and theYoung Environmental Photographer of the Year (Under 21).EPOTY encourages entries that are contemporary, creative, experimental, resonant, original and beautiful.