The Commonwealth Press Union (CPU) is inviting photographers to submit entries in the 2006/7 Commonwealth Photographic Awards, for which this year’s theme is “Achievement’.

 

November 7, 2006: The Commonwealth Press Union (CPU) is inviting photographers to submit entries in the 2006/7 Commonwealth Photographic Awards, for which this year’s theme is “Achievement’.
This is an open competition for all Commonwealth residents. The photographs will be judged on the interpretation of the theme as well as technical quality. The Awards offer a view of how people in the Commonwealth, with its mixture of races, creeds, cultures and ways of life, see themselves and others. The Awards are sponsored by (in alphabetical order), Australia’s The Canberra Times, the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association, The Commonwealth Foundation, Commonwealth Secretariat, Canada’s Globe & Mail and The Royal Commonwealth Society. Several exhibitions of the best photographs and winning entries will be held in various Commonwealth cities, starting in London in March 2007.
This year’s Awards will include two new categories:
The Canberra Times/CPU Young Photographer Award will be offered to a young person (aged 21-25 on 17 January 2007) from a developing country. The prize is a three-week photographic residency at the newspaper’s offices in Canberra, Australia.
‘Three Pictures – One Story’ invites entrants to create a storyboard. The purpose is to tell a story of achievement in three pictures. The prize for this Award is ø‚ £250.
The overall winner of the Commonwealth Photographic Awards will receive ø‚ £1000 sterling, and further prizes will be awarded to the regional winners. The final deadline for entries is Wednesday 17 January 2007. To see rules, criteria and the full details on the Awards, plus winning photographs from previous years, please visit www.cpu.org.uk and click on the picture link.