DUSHANBE, August 4, 2014, Asia-Plus — The Swiss Cooperation Office in Tajikistan invites local professional and amateur photographers to participate in the contest of photos with the subject “The Beauty of the Nature of Tajikistan” for its next Calendar “Tajikistan 2015-2016.”
A release issued by the Swiss Cooperation Office in Tajikistan notes that Tajikistan is often associated with a number of beautiful places and breath-taking scenery, endless pure rivers, lakes, magnificent mountains and hospitality of the locals. No wonder tourists from around the world strive to see and experience the natural beauty of the country.
Building on the success of the previous calendars devoted to beautiful Tajikistan, and with the aim to promote tourism in Tajikistan the Swiss Cooperation Office invites local professional and amateur photographers to participate in the contest, which will result in selecting of a limited number of photos that shall reflect the numerous touristic features of Tajikistan.
Selection criteria: artistic quality/professionalism; technical quality/high resolution; and content/reflection of the subject.
The yearly calendar “Tajikistan” has become a ‘trade mark’ of the Swiss Cooperation Office in Tajikistan, therefore the selection of winning photographs will be done internally by the staff of the Office.
Requirements to contestants: personal info in brief; info on the photographs: date, place, captions; language: Tajik or Russian; quantity of photographs submitted: 2-5; minimal resolution: 300 d/I; size: minimum 2 MB.
All photographs meeting the above requirements should be submitted in the electronic form either by email or hand carried in a media device (CD).
The prize per one selected photograph is 650 Tajik Somoni. Deadline for submission of the complete application package: August 25, 2014.
