Update 05/05/2011 - thanks for taking part everyone! The winners have been announced....
The Equality Trust is pleased to announce the launch of our first photo competition:
The Spirit Level: images of [in]equality
We are looking for photographic representations of income inequality and equality, photos that can grab attention, communicate and inspire.
Closing date - midday on 15 April 2011
Have a look at our flickr group where entries will be submitted.
About us
The best-selling book The Spirit Level, published in 2009, brought wider public attention to compelling new evidence that the large gap between rich and poor in society damages the social fabric and the quality of life for everyone – rich and poor alike. The Equality Trust was set up in conjunction with the book's publication to spread this message and to campaign to halve the current levels of income inequality in the UK.
About the competition
Judges
The competition will be judged by professional photographers Mark Burton and Jeff Hubbard and The Spirit Level authors Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson.
Categories
We welcome entries from professional photographers, photography students and amateurs of all levels of experience. Full details of categories
Prizes
Winning entries will be displayed on our website and in other media, and there will be a book launch to accompany the competition. All winners will receive a copy of The Spirit Level: Images of [in]equality photo book.
We hope also that the photo competition will lead into an exhibition later in 2011.
How to submit your photographs
Submit your photographs by uploading them to this flickr group
Please read the full instructions of how to upload, title and tag your entries
Rules
Before entering the competition please read these important competition rules and guidelines
About the theme
Unfortunately, there are images of income inequality all around us. So while we anticipate many striking entries that capture the destructive nature of income disparities in our society, we are also looking for positive representations of what a more equal society might look like – photos that can motivate through their positivity, galvanising people to action.
Above all else, we are looking for photos that conceptualise [in]equality in a new way, to provoke thought and debate in fresh and interesting ways.
And just a couple more points about The Spirit Level and the theme:
- We campaign on the gap between rich and poor so we are looking for images of income [in]equality, rather than poverty or (for example) race, gender or sexual [in]equality, although of course these inequalities often overlap and can influence each other.
- The evidence presented in the The Spirit Level is based on inequality within richer countries such as the UK, rather than developing countries. We are not, therefore, looking for photographs of international inequalities or international poverty.
Thank you in advance for respecting the autonomy and dignity of any individuals whom you include in your photographs.
We very much look forward to receiving your photographs.
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