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Food can be life altering because you ARE what you EAT. It isn’t a silly cliche, it is true. Cutting a significant amount of processed foods out of my diet put me in control of my weight, my energy and my mood. Are there foods I never want to live with out? Sure. Farm fresh eggs, goat cheese and freshly made pasta. Make it as a finalist for this next call, you can eat all the pasta you want. Take a look…
Check out this Call for Entries for the ITS#PHOTO International Photo Competition from International Talent Support (ITS). There is no entry fee, but the entry is somewhat complicated including sending your portfolio to Italy. Read carefully and follow instructions. If you’re a finalist, it could change your life.
CALL for ENTRIES:
ITS#PHOTO International Photo Competition
The photo competition of International Talent Support is an important observatory to find talented, creative and highly prepared young photographers, able to shoot images that can easily find their place in the most important lifestyle and photography magazines as well as in renowned art galleries. The competition is organized in partnership with DISARONNO, the Italian liqueur.
10-15 finalists will be selected and will be invited to Trieste, Italy on 15-16 July 2011 for the finals. Their photos will be displayed in a dedicated exhibition in the ITS#TEN location and viewed by all the guests of the event: international press, opinion leaders, professional photographers.
ELIGIBILITY: ITS#PHOTO is open to the following categories (Refer to the FAQ ’s for guidelines): 1) College students in their last year of a Photographycourse (BA or MA) who will graduate in 2011 in Photography. 2) Photography graduates. 3) Young talents not in possession of a degree in Photography who work professionally as photographers.
THEME: DISARONNO will challenge young photographers asking them to present a project based on the theme Open the Possibilities, the claim of the international communication campaign of DISARONNO. Selected finalists will be asked to present an extra photo project on a more focused theme “DISARONNO Open the Possibilities” which will be presented during the finals in July.
MEDIA: Photography
DEADLINE: April 2, 2011
NOTIFICATION: The pre-selections will take place by April 27, 2011. The results of the pre-selections will be promptly published on their website.
ENTRY FEE: There is no entry fee.
AWARDS: DISARONNO Photography Award € 5000 (Approx $7000 USD as of 3/5/2011) plus special communication project ITS is a chance to meet professionals in the field. It gives amazing coverage and allows young photographers to showcase their work in front of the leading international press, opinion leaders and professionals from the world of photography.
The pictures may end up in editorials in magazines, or finalists could even work with these magazines directly on projects, like ITS#EIGHT winner Saana Wang who had the chance to work side by side with renowned photographer Ari Marcopoulos. The photos of the trip were showcased in an exhibition in Milan and published in GQ Magazine with a dedicated article. Being selected as a finalist means you have already won, because ITS continues to support their finalists’ careers and help them out for as long as we exist.
ABOUT ITS: EVE is an agency geographically based in Trieste, Northern Italy that works on projects at a worldwide level.
EVE is a group of young people, in spirit at least, coming from different countries and cultural environments. They have built up know-how and professionalism for almost 20 years.
EVE created ITS – International Talent Support 10 years ago. It has been organising ITS since then, finding the right partners to involve in the platform every year and creating different projects around their needs.
EVE started with a fashion competition for young designers. On the basis of the great success of the competition and its follow-ups, EVE has expanded its activities developing new areas related to fashion design through the format of competitions: photography, accessories and jewelry.