Swedish Innovations – Indian Interpretations

There is a multitude of Swedish innovations, many of which are present in the lives of Indian people in one way or the other. As part of the Sweden-India Nobel Memorial Week, a juried exhibit of photographs, in which Indian photographers capture these innovations, will be organized.

his competition/ exhibition is open to amateurs as well as professionals. 

Background

In October, the high profile Sweden-India Nobel Memorial Week will be organized for the fourth time. The week celebrates innovations and their contributions to the development of the world. The fruitful cooperation between Sweden and India is also at the heart of the week.

This year, Nobel Memorial Week will feature creativity as a driving force for innovations. As part of this, Indian photographers are invited to artistically capture and interpret Swedish innovations (in an Indian context or the interpretation in general – this is up to the each photographer). Ten photographs will be selected for the exhibit, which will be first displayed on the Nobel Memorial week party on October 30, 2010, hosted by the Ambassador of Sweden to India. Close to one thousand influential members of society will thereby get to see the photographs already on the opening day. The exhibit will afterwards be screened in the Swedish Trade Commission, among other places.

The photos will be featured with the names of the photographers in a booklet of “Swedish Innovations, Indian Interpretations”. One photographer will be honored with a round-trip ticket to the capital of Sweden, Stockholm.

The jury will consist of Indian cultural profiles, and the Ambassador of Sweden to India. The decision of the jury cannot be overruled.

Guidelines:

• Entries should be in landscape format.
• Each entry should be sent in a 8x12 inch print, marked on the backside with the name of the work (also indicating the innovation being captured), the name of the photographer, e-mail address and telephone number.
• Photograph should be taken by the photographer himself/ herself. Photographs taken by other people or downloaded from the net or taken from an existing work by someone else will be disqualified.
• Attach a letter in which you briefly describe yourself and give your contact details, including e-mail address.
• Do not attach the original or electronic files in the application.
• Photographers that are selected for the exhibit will be contacted in September and requested to send their high resolution photo in a file on a DVD or CD. If this has not reached the Embassy within 7 days, the photographer has forfeited his or her place.
• Entries arriving at the Embassy of Sweden after September 8 will not be considered.
• Winners will be contacted by e-mail on or before September 30.

For further information, please do not hesitate to contact Ms. Urvinder Kaur at urvinder.kaur@foreign.ministry.se.

Applications should be marked "Nobel Memorial Week Photo Competition" and sent to:

Embassy of Sweden
Attention: Sara Aulin
4-5 Nyaya Marg, Chanakyapuri
New Delhi, 110 021

Applications can also be handed in in the reception of the Embassy of Sweden in New Delhi during opening hours.
> Embassy opening hours

Applications will not be returned.