Photography competition, “Health Through My Lens”

The Ministry of Public Health Qatar, WHO and Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy announce an open call for photography exhibition, “Health Through My Lens”

August 23, 2022 - 06:17

Photography competition, “Health Through My Lens”

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The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), World Health Organization (WHO) and Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy announced a photography competition hosted by Qatar Foundation today. The initiative calls for health-related images to be submitted for a photography exhibition titled, “Health Through My Lens”. Aimed at showcasing healthy life choices through photography, the winning photos will be displayed at an upcoming exhibition at Oxygen Park, within Qatar Foundation’s Education City in Doha, in late October.

Displaying health through the diverse lenses of participants from all nationalities and backgrounds is a key component of the photo exhibition, which seeks to highlight people’s own interpretation of what health means to them. The competition further amplifies the three-year partnership ‘Healthy FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™: Creating a legacy for sport and health’ of the MoPH, WHO, FIFA and the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, which promotes physical and mental health and acts as a model to ensure healthy and safe future mega sporting events.

SUBMISSION DETAILS

The competition invites everyone interested in photography, both amateur and professional, and of any nationality living in Qatar, to submit photographs that they have taken themselves relating to health.

Each participant is invited to submit up to 3 photographs. Photo submissions must be original and should represent one or more of the 4 health promotion themes of the Healthy FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™: partnership: physical activity, nutrition and healthy diets, mental health and tobacco control. Images must not contain any materials owned or controlled by a third party without a license obtained, and must not infringe the copyright, trademark, moral rights, rights of privacy/publicity or intellectual property rights of any person or entity. Entry is open to participants of all ages - anyone younger than 16 years of age is required to obtain parental consent.

The judging panel, which consists of health professionals from MoPH and WHO, as well as experienced and amateur photographers, will select 24 winning entries based on creativity, quality, originality, alignment with the themes, inclusivity consideration and overall impact.

The online submission form will open on Monday 22 August. All submissions must be must be made online via the MoPH website https://sportandhealth.moph.gov.qa.

The deadline for submissions is 11:59pm on 15 September 2022. The winning entries will be displayed in the photography exhibition, “Health Through My Lens” that will open at the end October 2022 and run through to the end of December 2022, at Oxygen Park in Education City.

For more details on the photography competition, exhibition, submission guidelines, and terms and conditions, please visit the MoPH website.

Source: Ministry of Public Health