“A picture is worth a thousand words.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
Kevin Carter’s 1994 Pulitzer Prize winning photograph
A frozen moment, with motion, sound, and other sensual distractions removed, has the ability to translate through the intense focus of a single frame that which language cannot do in a single word. To transcend the verbose and engage with direct emotional understanding; to invoke shock, spectactle, and awe; to liberate intensity from the distorted feedback of a visual continuum – these are the responsibilties of the world’s photographers as they catalogue our woes; our triumphs; our sentiments; and the splendor of the natural world.
We are calling for you to enter your photos or pictures to help us raise money for The Global Fund, an organisation dedicated to allocating the funds needed to combat AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis around the world.
Submissions to Visions For Humanity are not restricted to photographs only. If you are an illustrator, digital artist, cartoonist, or work with a more traditional medium and can capture the emotion of a powerful moment, we’d love to see your work.
Submissions must be related to the overall theme of a common humanity, yet pictures related to the specific topic of AIDS are highly encouraged. The widest range of emotions are being sought: joy; sadness; suffering; happiness; beauty – there is a place for every picture related to the human condition – and there is no limit to the amount of images you may enter. Your submitted image must be sized to dimensions exceeding no more than 500 pixels wide or high (we can reformat this through code or software if this is a problem for you). In order to have your movie submitted to The Blog Honour Roll, please ensure that it is uploaded to the Visions For Humanity group on Flickr.com.
To have yourself stand out more in The Blog Honour Roll, the catalogue for entrants of Visions For Humanity’s World Aids Day 2007 event, please submit a short biography of any length up to 500 words, along with a photo/promo shot (can be a jacket design or flyer) of approximately 200 x 200 pixels in size.
All pieces will be voted upon by the Web For Humanity audience via online polling, for ultimate inclusion in the inaugural volume of Visions For Humanity, to be made available through online publisher Lulu.com on December 10, 2007. 100% of all profits from the sale will be donated to The Global Fund.
Please be advised that profane or erotic content will not be linked to. All submissions must be entered no later than 11pm on Friday, November 30, 2007, for inclusion on the day (December 1, 2007). We look forward to your submission, and wish you good luck with your entry.
Submitting is easy! Simply send us a link to the web page with your picture/photo by using our submission form. We’d be only too happy to help you out. 
Click here for the submission form
Help us get the word out! If you’ve made a submission, or if you’re cheering on a group or artist as a friend or fan, please display the Visions For Humanity banners wherever you possibly can. Just copy and paste the code beneath whichever image you wish to use, and help promote this initiative!
To copy, right-click in the box, and choose “Select All” from the pop-up menu.
Then right-click once more on the selection, and select “Copy”.
Your code is now ready to paste.
To copy, right-click in the box, and choose “Select All” from the pop-up menu.
Then right-click once more on the selection, and select “Copy”.
Your code is now ready to paste.
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