ORIGINAL NAME: Neue Bilder vom Alter(n)

ORGANIZED BY: Academy Initiative on Aging, German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, German Academy of Science and Engineering acatech

1. Who can enter?

TERRITORY: international

ENTRANT STATUS: amateur, professional

AGE LIMITATIONS: none

2. Competition info

ENTRY CLOSES: 12th March 2010

ENTRY TYPE: mail & email

ENTRY FEE: free

3. What should photos be about?

What circumstances and opportunities do we hope for in old age? Do we have models from today’s perspective to go by? How do we imagine our lives from 65 on? How can the potential of the “old” in society be meaningfully utilized? Submitted photos should deal with civil or personal conceptions and ideas of aging.

Ageing in Germany – An aging Germany: We keep getting older and more and more of us are in old age. By just 2030, more people will be over 65 than under. On average, a girl born in 2050 will reach the age of 100 years. What does this mean?

Contrary to popular prejudices, older people are, with appropriate workplace organization, no less productive than younger people, they are able to learn, and open to new technology. 60-year olds are physically 5 years younger than the generation before them was. All findings about ageing shows: The lifestyle and capabilities of today’s elders no longer has anything in common with being old in 1950.

In order to be able to get the most out of the 30 extra years of life that have been won over the last century, however, and not to consider them as merely an undesired attachment to the end of life, we must all together change our preconceptions about old age. Many historically transmitted and still modernly held images of old age are no longer true to reality. But even those images that are adjusted for free time and consumption are to restricting. They also ignore the gains in life expectancy, health, and capability in the aforementioned old age. They overlook the accumulated variation among those of the same age as they grow older. They don’t express that being old now and in the future is what we – in a lifetime – make of it.

Thirty top-class scientists, representing medicine, economics, business management, psychology, athletics science, sociology, information technology, and further disciplines, have posed the question: What this aging means for the strength of the economy, the cohabitation of the generations, and for every single one of us. The give the following answer: They are won years.

We are looking for new images of aging that demonstrate new lifestyles with these extra years, their conditions and consequences.

Maximum 2 images per entry.

4. Photo Requirements

AREA WHERE IT CAN BE TAKEN: anywhere

AGE OF PHOTO: no limit

IMAGE FORMAT: Printed, no larger than 8.5”x11”, and labeled on the reverse side. The same photos as printable (300dpi) image files (jpg/tiff) by email.

PHOTO EDITING: There is no information about any restrictions.

5. Legal Issues

> Your legal responsibilities

In the case that the picture shows one or more clearly identifiable people, the written consent of all persons is required.

I certify that the submitted photographs belong to me and that I have all rights to these photographs.

> Photo usage rights

I give authorization that my [submitted] photographs may be used by the Academy Initiative “Aging in Germany” without royalty for non-commercial purposes related to this project. My photos may be published on the project’s website, www.altern-in-deutschland.de, displayed in exhibitions by the project, printed in a catalogue of the project, and used in press or advertising for the project. The photographer’s name will be credited in each publication. I am aware that the exhibition on above website will be announced and have informed myself about this.

6. Judging

JUDGING CRITERIA: There is no information how the photographs will be judged.

> Judges

• Prof. Dr. Josef Ehmer, historian, University of Vienna, member of the Academy Group “Aging in Germany”
  
• Dr. Andreas Krase, curator of photography and cinematography, Museum of the City of Dresden
  
• Christian Schwägerl, journalist, Berlin Office, The Mirror
  
• Dr. Johannes Stahl, Cologne, visiting professor of art history, castle Giebichenstein Hall
  
• Prof. Dr. Ursula M. Staudinger, Vice Speaker of the Academy Group “Aging in Germany”
  
• Heidi Stecker, Curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Leipzig
  
• Dr. Jeannette Stoschek, research associate, Museum of Fine Arts

7. Prizes

1st place: € 500

2nd place: € 300

3rd place: € 200

Selected photos will also be exhibited. These photographs will be published on the project’s website and exhibited at various locations in Germany. The locations of exhibitions will be advertised on the website. There will also be a catalog of the project.

8. Useful Links

Ready to enter? Register here (opens a pdf)!

Official website of the competition:
http://www.artae.de/popup/fotowettbewerb.html

I cannot take any responsibility for changing of rules or mistypes in this article. This article has only an informative nature. For official rules always refer to the official website!

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