you might just want to  think about the BD competition below….probably most of you have been aware of this, but maybe not…anyway this is a last minute reminder…BD has been doing a masterful job of trying to match both iconic and emerging photographers with world health issues….

i would love to see someone from our audience here get a hold of one of these awards…please give it some thought

the JURORS are as good as they come…..

MARYANNE GOLON who  was for many years Picture Editor of Time Magazine in its very best picture days, respected teacher/mentor,  and an organizer of the Look3 Festival in Charlottesville, Va.

GARY KNIGHT was one of the original founders of VII agency  and editor of the brilliant Rethink-Dispatches

SCOTT THODE is a widely exhibited/published photographer turned editor, first as Director of Photography at Fortune Magazine and now as editor of VII Magazine

Link to the page: http://www.bdphotocompetition.com/

FAST FACTS BELOW:

Professional
Best Global Health Story
$5,000 cash and $5,000 to be used toward the production of a global health
story for a future exhibition.

Best Global Health Image
$5,000 cash

Best Global Health Multimedia
$5,000 cash

Amateur
Best Global Health Story
$2,500 cash

Best Global Health Image
$2,500 cash

Best Global Health Multimedia
$2,500 cash

All winners will receive a one-year subscription to PDN and all
professional winners will receive a PDN PhotoServe portfolio ($860 value).

Exhibit
All winners’ work will appear in a traveling global health exhibit
sponsored by BD debuting at LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph in
Charlottesville, VA., June 9-11, 2011, and will be placed in the winners’
gallery on PDNonline.com.

Categories
Professionals and Amateurs to be judged separately in the following:
Best Global Health Story
Best Global Health Image
Best Global Health Multimedia

Entry
Professional: $35 per image or series
Amateurs: $20 per image or series

* Please note, a series must be related visually, and has a limit of 10
images.