Photographers can enter an international competition.
"Click About It" is a series of international photography competitions organized by the European Journalism Centre. http://ejc.net/ The third edition, co-organized with Oxfam and sponsored by the European Commission, offers the first-place winner a trip to an Oxfam project.
The competition focuses on the topic of "aid." In this competition, photographers are asked to capture moments that show how people's lives and communities are being transformed. Whether in Berlin or Bogota, tackling poverty, health, education, gender, environment and agricultural issues -- photographers should use creativity to illustrate the concept.
Each contestant can upload a maximum of eight entries to the competition platform but they must be added at the same time.
First place wins a trip to an Oxfam project and the three runner-ups each win a EU€500 (about $700) Amazon gift certificate. A selection of photographs will be published in various Oxfam publications.
For more information, click here http://wildfireapp.com/website/302/contests/131787
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Items of interest from around the Circumpolar region.
Monday, 11 July 2011
Re: Oxfam photo contest awards travel grant [Worldwide]
Saturday, 9 July 2011
Call for Submissions / Cinema Politica / 2011-2012 Programming
Cinema Politica is currently seeking submissions of independent Canadian works their Fall deadline of August 1, 2011.
Cinema Politica is a non-competitive continuous documentary screening series with locations throughout Canada and abroad. A non-profit media arts organization committed to connecting audiences on campuses and communities to independent political and social issue non-fiction cinema. The majority of screenings occur during the academic year with two annual submission deadlines: August 1, 2011 (for the Fall 2011 Program) and December 1, 2011 (for the Winter 2012 Program).
There is no cost to submit your work to Cinema Politica.
Full submission guidelines can be found at http://www.cinemapolitica.org/submit-a-film
• Works must be independently produced, with the filmmaker retaining complete editorial control.
• Works must be in English, or with English subtitling if language is essential to the production
• Works may be from any genre including fiction, docudrama, documentary, hybrids, etc
• Works must be submitted in one of three length categories: 0-15min, 15-30, and 30+mi
Cinema Politica Submissions
PO Box 55097 (Mackay)
Montreal, QC H3G 2W5
If you would like to send a link to the website for the film, the trailer, or to stream a preview of the film, please send appropriate information to programming@cinemapolitica.org with "Submission" in the subject heading.
For more information, email programming@cinemapolitica.org
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Friday, 8 July 2011
WAMP Accepting Films & Videos to screen during 2011 #YZF #NWT Ramble & Ride
Thursday, 7 July 2011
Hay River #NWT Steadicam Operator
http://youtu.be/m8-uvGWdAuk
"...The weekend got the better of me! Like I mentioned, I've only had the Steadicam for a few months, so I'm still pretty new. All of my work up till now has been as an event videographer. I generally shoot and then hand the footage to the client. If I had more free time, I'd probably get into editing, but right now I just shoot. My camera package includes a Sony EX-1r, Sennheiser wireless mic package, Sachtler sticks, and a Steadicam Zephyr. I very seldom need a light package, so I rent those as needed. ..."
"...I've been doing videography since I was in my early teens. As you can imagine, there's not a lot of this type of work down here. Just enough to pay for new toys. J I did attend the 2yr film program at Sait in the early '90's. Somewhere along the road I ended back in Hay River. Or as I like to say, "Life happens". I'm very easy to get along with and bring a professional attitude to any project.
If you ever have any projects where you need an extra videographer, don't hesitate to give me a call. The summer months can be difficult with the staff taking holidays, but I try to fit things in.
Sincerely,
Craig Kovatch
G.B. Superior Sound Audiotronic
#3-4 Courtoreille St.
Hay River, NT, X0E 1G2
Ph. 867-874-6688
Fx. 867-874-6788
#GNAF Great Northern Arts Festival Artist Seminars July 17 ➜ 22nd 2011
From: Great Northern Arts Festival <gnafATtown.inuvik.nt.ca>
Date: 6 July 2011 12:22
Subject: Artist Seminars at GNAF
Artist's Commercial Development
Harreson Tanner – Yukon Artists at Work (2hrs)Jessica Vellenga – Community Gallery Coordinator (2hrs)
Pricing your Artwork
Carla Wallis – GNWT Manager, Arts and Fine Crafts (2hrs)Internet Presence Training for Artists
George Lessard – Media Mentor (2hrs)How to shoot your work for the Internet
Leslie Leong – Professional Art Photographer (4hrs)Presentation on GNWT's Branding Logo and NWTArts.com
Carla Wallis – GNWT Manager, Arts and Fine Crafts (2hrs)Looking Ahead: A brief introduction on ITI's new visual arts marketing plan
Lynn Feasey, - Points North CreativeFunding Panel Presentation with:
Artists in the Park with Parks Canada
Tuesday, 5 July 2011
The Northern Review, No. 33 (Spring 2011): Canada's Role in the Circumpolar World
Date: 4 July 2011 08:35
Subject: Special Issue - The Northern Review, No. 33 (Spring 2011): Canada's Role in the Circumpolar World
From: Deanna McLeod [dmcleod@yukoncollege.yk.ca]
Special Issue - The Northern Review, No. 33 (Spring 2011): Canada's Role in the Circumpolar World
The articles in this collection represent award winners of the Canadian federal Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Circumpolar Affairs Fellowship program.
Canadian Leadership in the Circumpolar World: An Agenda for the Arctic Council Chairmanship 2013–2015, Heather Exner-Pirot
Rising Above the Rhetoric: Northern Voices and the Strengthening of Canada's Capacity to Maintain a Stable Circumpolar World, Peter Kikkert
The Arctic Linked to the Emerging Dominant Ideas in Canada's Foreign and Defence Policy, François Perreault
Canada's Tous Azimuts Arcti c Foreign Policy, Joël Plouffe
Political Climate Change: The Evolving Role of the Arctic Council, Alison Ronson
Canada, the Arctic, and Post-National Identity in the Circumpolar World, Lisa Williams
http://www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/review
Contact:
Deanna McLeod
Managing Editor, The Northern Review
Box 2799, Yukon College, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 5K4
t 867.668.8861 f 867.668.8805
http://www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/review
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Saturday, 2 July 2011
Showing the diamonds in the rough #YZF #NWT #NWTSPCA #SPCA
Full Text http://nnsl.com/northern-news-services/stories/papers/jun30_11coa-arts.html
[excerpt]
Kevin Allerston
Northern News Services
Published Thursday, June 30, 2011
SOMBA K'E/YELLOWKNIFE - A Yellowknife man is showing the world how he finds diamonds in the rough while raising money for the Northwest Territories Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) through his photography.
 Alexander Legaree, who recently launched Coal Photography, said his picture, "I Was Here" holds a special place in his heart. - photo courtesy of Alexander Legaree |
Alexander Legaree launched Coal Photography on June 19, with the goal of showing ordinary things in new ways.
"What motivates me is my innate desire to explore the ordinary and make it extraordinary," said Legaree through e-mail. "I want to look at things through a new lens and show someone something they have seen a million times before, yet have never seen."
This vision also applies to the name of his company.
"The name has a bit of a story … Carbon is one of the most common elements in the universe and is present in all known life and can take several forms – the most notable? A diamond," Legaree wrote. "Atoms so tightly packed together under intense heat and pressure that they form the hardest material known and something truly breathtaking to behold ... and another form of carbon is coal."
As part of the launch, Legaree is donating $2.50 to the NWT SPCA for every "like" Coal Photography received between June 19 to June 28 on its Facebook page.