The Development Gateway is now accepting submissions for the 2008 photo contest. The top 10 photographs will be posted on the website. The winner will receive US$1,000. The competition looks for compelling photographs of socio-economic development in developing countries.


The Development Gateway Foundation photo competition is open to all photographers at least 18 years of age, except employees of the foundation and their immediate families. The top 10 photographs will be posted on the Development Gateway Foundation website. All visitors to the site will be able to vote once.


Four types of photographs will be accepted:

1. The images may show information and communications technologies (ICTs) helping ordinary people.
2. The images may show people making something, selling wares, working in a field, constructing a building or type of infrastructure, or acquiring knowledge.
3. The images could be abstract images representing hope, the future, or capacity building.
4. The photographs may also include images of original artwork from a developing country.

It is requested that entries do not include photographs of groups of people posing. Each online entry must include a description explaining how that image is representative of development. Images will be judged on technical excellence, composition, overall impact, and artistic merit. Each entrant may enter up to three photographs.


Each digital photograph must be uploaded to the Foundation server. Original files of camera-made digital photos must be no larger than three megapixels (3 mb). Acceptable photo formats are TIFF, JPEG, GIF, or BMP.


Entrants retain ownership and all rights to future use of their photographs while granting the Foundation full rights to use the winning photograph, name, occupation, city and state of residence, to be published as the selected award winner and used in Foundation printed and electronic materials.


The deadline for application is September 19 2008.

Click here for more information.

Click here to read about last year’s winner.