Change the world, one photo at a time.

2013 PhotoPhilanthropy Activist Awards


A stone crasher worker. Jaflong, Sylhet, Bangladesh. January 18, 2008.?Photo: Khaled Hasan/Drik/Majority World?MWC000752

THE ACTIVIST AWARDS ? next submission period opens October 1, 2013

The PhotoPhilanthropy Activist Awards?identify outstanding work done by photographers in collaboration with nonprofit?organizations worldwide and awards prizes ranging from $2,000-$15,000. In previous years, work was submitted on behalf of 435 nonprofit organizations from 88 different countries.
This year, PhotoPhilanthropy will be honoring professional, amateur, and student photographers. Each photographer whose work is accepted?receives a page on our website and exposure to a growing audience of concerned and committed global citizens.

Additional Information

  • Before entering the Activist Awards, please review our?Submissions Guidelines.
  • Once the guidelines have been reviewed, you may?submit your essay.
  • If you have additional questions, please refer to our?list of FAQs.
  • If you have questions regarding how to create an effective photo essay, please refer to our?Photo Essay Tips.
  • If you would like more information about how to further distribute your photo essay, please refer to our tips to?Share Your Work.
  • If you have additional questions that were not answered with the above information, you can email us at?submissions@photophilanthropy.org.

Winning Tips for Submitting to Photo Contests

Ami Vitale?is an award winning photojournalist whose?long and distinguished career has taken her to more than 85 countries, and garnered her exhibitions and assignments worldwide. She?s also spent considerable time entering her images and serving as a judge for numerous photo contests including PhotoPhilanthropy?s 2010 Activist Awards. Her work has won multiple awards from World Press Photo, POYi, and The Lucie Awards, among others.
In a recent conversation with?PhotoShelter?co-founder Allen Murabayashi, Ami shares her key tips and insights for submitting work to photo contests, including:

  • Which contests are worth your time and effort
  • The most common mistakes photographers make when submitting work
  • The importance of properly researching contests and tailoring your submission
  • How to determine the right photo contest for you

Watch Ami?s webinar here:?

Winning Tips for Submitting to Photo Contests with Ami Vitale?from?PhotoShelter.com?on?Vimeo.

Change the world, one photo at a time.

Author: Shahidul Alam

Time Magazine Person of the Year 2018. A photographer, writer, curator and activist, Shahidul Alam obtained a PhD in chemistry before switching to photography. His seminal work “The Struggle for Democracy” contributed to the removal of General Ershad. Former president of the Bangladesh Photographic Society, Alam set up the Drik agency, Chobi Mela festival and Pathshala, South Asian Media Institute, considered one of the finest schools of photography in the world. Shown in MOMA New York, Centre Georges Pompidou, Royal Albert Hall and Tate Modern, Alam has been guest curator of Whitechapel Gallery, Winterthur Gallery and Musee de Quai Branly. His awards include Mother Jones, Shilpakala Award and Lifetime Achievement Award at the Dali International Festival of Photography. Speaker at Harvard, Stanford, UCLA, Oxford and Cambridge universities, TEDx, POPTech and National Geographic, Alam chaired the international jury of the prestigious World Press Photo contest. Honorary Fellow of Royal Photographic Society, Alam is visiting professor of Sunderland University in UK and advisory board member of National Geographic Society. John Morris, the former picture editor of Life Magazine describes his book “My journey as a witness”, (listed in “Best Photo Books of 2011” by American Photo), as “The most important book ever written by a photographer.”

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