During the Paris 2024 Games, at a time when the world is looking in the same direction, we wish to imagine together a world without malaria. The Team Zero Malaria committee – composed of Friends of the Global Fund Europe, Esprit d'Ebène, and Local Elected Officials Against Malaria – mobilizes a Team Zero Malaria comprised of athletes, artists, political figures, researchers, and malaria advocates to raise awareness among the general public and call on decision-makers to increase funding for malaria control.
As part of this mobilization campaign, the Team Zero Malaria committee is launching a photo contest to showcase the reality of the work of those who enable millions of people to access essential health services, particularly for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of malaria. The results of this contest will be presented at an exhibition at the Africa Station, a temporary venue dedicated to African Olympic committees and athletes during the entire Paris 2024 Games, located on the Île Saint Denis, opposite the athletes' village.
This exhibition will be an essential element of the Zero Malaria campaign and must therefore present images illustrating the reality of this work and a balanced selection of stories from malaria- endemic countries. To achieve this, we apply these rules and recruit a highly qualified and diverse jury.
To facilitate a fair registration and judging process, it is important that each participant reads and accepts these registration rules when submitting their entry. These registration rules detail who can participate in the contest and what can be submitted.
1. Eligibility Rules
The contest is open to all photographers, amateurs, and professionals, regardless of their nationality
or place of residence.
- The contest is only open to individual entries; group submissions will not be accepted.
- The photographer submitting the photos must be their author.
- Photographs can be in color or black and white.
- Entries must meet the technical criteria of this contest.
- The proposed photographs may have been published or unpublished.
- Members of the Team Zero Malaria Committee and the associated organizations, as well as donors funding the campaign, are not allowed to participate in this contest.
2. Theme
The photo contest is dedicated to the work of healthcare personnel, particularly community health
workers, in the fight against malaria.
3. Technical Criteria
- Each participant can submit up to 6 photographs in JPG RGB format (max 3 megabytes).
- The selected photos must then be sent in JPEG with a resolution of 300 DPI for printing.
- No rules are imposed on the type of device on which these photographs must be taken.
- Photos must be submitted digitally.
- Images generated by artificial intelligence are not eligible.
4. Jury
The photos submitted for the contest will be shared with the jury, which will select the winning
photographer. The jury will evaluate the photos based on creativity, composition, relevance to the
theme, and overall impact.
The jury consists of:
- Lassy King Massasy, photographer
- Fatoumata Diabate, photographer
- Jeff Pachoud, AFP photographer covering the Paris 2024 Games
- Astrid Lepoultier, curator and exhibition curator
- Sokona Tounkara, public communication specialist
- Dr. Nathan Peiffer Smadja, infectious disease specialist, Bichat Hospital infectious and tropical diseases department
- Mohammed Gnabaly, Mayor of Île Saint Denis, which will host the Africa Station
5. Prize
The winner of the contest will be invited to Paris during the Olympic Games to attend the opening of the exhibition featuring their winning photograph (subject to acceptance of any necessary visa). Travel and accommodation expenses (hotel and meals) will be included. The selected photographs will be exhibited at the Africa Station, a venue dedicated to African athletes and Olympic committees, located near the athletes' village on Île St Denis, Paris.
6. Participation Fees
No participation fees are required to enter the photo contest. Entry is free.
7. Deadline
Submissions must be received by June 23, 2024, 23:59 CET.
8. Submission Guidelines
Participants can submit their photographs by sending them via a link (dropbox, google drive, or
similar platform) to the following email: teamzeropalu@gmail.com or directly by email.
9. Notification
The winner will be notified by email or phone before July 2, 2024.
10. Terms and Conditions
By participating in the contest, photographers retain their copyright to their works. For winning photos and selected photographs, photographers grant the Team Zero Malaria Committee and the three associated organizations unlimited and non-exclusive rights to use the photographs in high resolution for all media, including social media, online, and print, in connection with this contest, exhibition, and campaign, as well as any promotional and educational activities that may be conducted as part of the malaria awareness campaign, without any compensation. The photo credit will be mentioned with each use.
Participants confirm that they hold the copyright to the submitted photos and confirm that they are not subject to any disputes or objections from third parties.
By participating, participants agree to comply with all contest rules and regulations. Any violation of the rules may result in disqualification.
By participating in the Team Zero Malaria Photo Contest, photographers affirm their commitment to raising awareness about the fight against malaria and supporting the vital work of community health workers in combating this disease.
11. Questions
For any questions regarding the photo contest, please contact the Team Zero Malaria committee:
teamzeropalu@gmail.com
