India Is Global Photography Challenge 2013

, a global initiative to create, narrate, showcase and celebrate the experience of India, is a concept by the Public Diplomacy Division (PDD) of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of India.

focuses on showcasing the country’s growing 'soft power' - factors that influence the opinion of individuals and organizations towards India through the medium of culture and personal experience.

Now,

gears itself for another amazing year of seeing the country through the eyes and minds of thousands across the world. Share your perspective of what defines the country, in it and outside, in kind and in spirit. Highlight through the visual medium, what touches you and pulls at your heart strings.

Open to beginners, professionals and amateurs and just about anyone with a camera, the India Is Global Photography Challenge 2013 looks forward to creativity, colour and a different perspective through your lens.

The 3 themes this year are:

• India is..

• India is..

• India is..

We request you to play fair and present photographs that are

(beyond the standard optimization or basics needed to achieve realistic color balance and sharpness). Participants can submit up to a maximum of

photographs. The image should be

on the world map as close to the location at which it was taken.

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