The 2011 Anthropographia Award for Human Rights is now open.

This competition, opened and free to all, offers an opportunity for photographers to show their work and manifest their commitment to the human rights issues.

Submission period : November 15 – December 31, 2010
Notification of selected photos & multimedia : February 1, 2011

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Two awards will be granted by the curators :

• The Anthropographia Award for Photography and Human Rights
• The Anthropographia Award for Multimedia and Human Rights

Submission guidelines

1 ) There is no specific qualification to enter the “2011 Call for Entires” except that the photographs and/or multimedia project(s) submitted must contain a clear link to Human Rights. Anthropographia does not discriminate because of age, sex, religion, race, color, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation or identification, or any other factor prohibited by law. Photographers and artists of diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds are encouraged to respond to the “2011 Call for Entries.” There is no charge to submit photographs and/or multimedia project(s).

2) By entering the Competition you hereby accept these competition rules.

3) Anthropographia accepts all proposed photographs and/or multimedia project(s), from both professional and amateur artists and/or photographers, without discrimination except that the photographs and/or multimedia project(s) submitted must contain a clear link to Human Rights.

4) Candidates’s photographs and/or multimedia project(s) must be received before 23:59 (eastern standard time), December 31, 2010 via the Anthropographia website. Photographs and/or multimedia project(s) received by mail will not be considered.

5) Photographs submitted to the “2011 Call for Entries” must include a minimum of 10 still images and a maximum of 25 still images and must be on only one subject.

6) Files of photographs must be in jpeg format and must be no larger then 1000 pixels on their longest side, at a resolution no higher then 72 dpi. All layouts are accepted, including but not limited to, panoramic, diptych, triptych, and square. If the candidates photographs are chosen to be shortlisted, a full resolution version of the photographs should be sent to Anthropographia within 10 days after the candidate is notified.

7) Multimedia project(s) submitted to the “2011 Call for Entries” should be in the format of “.flv,” “.wmv” or “.mov” and should be no larger than 60 MB. Furthermore they should be no longer than 12 minutes in length. If the candidates multimedia project(s) are chosen to be shortlisted, a full resolution version of the multimedia project(s) should be sent to Anthropographia within 10 days after the candidate is notified.

8 ) All photographs and/or multimedia project(s) must be compressed into one “.zip” folder and must use the candidate’s email address in the name of the “.zip” folder. For example, a candidate with the email “jonsmith@gmail.com” would label his “.zip” folder in the following way: “jonsmith@gmail.com.zip.”

9) Each photograph requires a caption of up to 150 characters that should be correctly embedded in the file metadata.

10) Each candidate submitting photographs and/or multimedia project(s) must include a short written statement of no more then 150 words to be submitted at the same time as photographs and/or multimedia project(s).

For the official website and complete mechanics, click here.