‘Inside our Minds’ Photo Contest

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Before We Forget (Facebook page) is organising a photography competition to foster conversations about dementia. The theme of the contest is ‘Inside our Minds’.

Some projects by photographers inspired by dementia include: Suk Yi Yee’s Dementia, James Estrin’s Mental Twilight, Maggie Steber’s Memory, and Isa Leshko’s Elderly Animals.

The best five photographs will be printed on postcards for distribution throughout Singapore at nursing homes, clinics, and other health facilities. They will also be displayed in two public exhibitions at Vivocity and the National Library Building (pending confirmation) in September 2011.

Email your captioned high-resolution photographs to insideourminds@beforeweforget.org by 1 July 2011 with your full name, telephone number, and email address.

By sharing your photographs, you agree to release it with a Creative Commons license. Others are allowed to share, transmit and distribute your story freely for non-commercial purposes, on the condition that they cannot make changes and must attribute you when they use it.

About the campaign

Before We Forget is a youth-led initiative that aims to foster conversations about dementia, and is supported by the Lien Foundation’s Life Before Death campaign.

“勿忘我” 是由一群青少年自发率领的计划。在连氏基金 “有生之年” 企划的支援下，为了发掘更多有关失智症的讯息，“勿忘我”正在积极征求投稿，希望失智症病患或家属能把自己的亲身体验与全世界分享。

誰でも認知症を知っているかもしれませんが、認知症患者と患者の周りにいる人たちの物語を知っていますか？「忘れないように」を計画した青年たちは、認知症患者の病状とその患者の周りの人たちが体験したことを、世界の人たちと分かち合うために、認知症の経験談を積極的に募集しています。

Supporters

Alzheimer’s Disease Association
Peacehaven Nursing Home
Lions Home for the Elderly
Ren Ci Hospital & Medicare Centre
Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Assisi Hospice
Apex Harmony Lodge
Ngee Ann Polytechnic School of Film & Media Studies

Sponsors

National Library Board
Vivocity
Cathay Photo
bench by RightBrain

 

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Please remember to include a short caption for each photograph you submit, and send us the original hi-resolution image. Thank you!

 

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We have been getting emails and suggestions, and have broken down the competition into 4 themes. Bob Lee, a photojournalist who has brought to light many social issues, has also stepped forward to contribute his time. The best 5 photographers will now win a Photojournalism Workshop with Bob.

Please go to the new post for more information.