Shoot Nations 2006
1st May - 31st July
THEME: Journeys
The first Shoot Nations competition took place in July 2006 with a month long competition open to young people around the world on the theme of ‘Journeys’.
Young people from 35 countries around the world took part.
Briefs
- What do you see when you wake up?
- What is your usual type of transport?
- What was the most interesting/fascinating thing that occurred on your journey?
- What is the favourite part of your journey?
- Where do you think you will be in 10 years?
The Best Journey Winner is shown below:
Kresnicka, Slovenia, 21
EXHIBITION
An exhibition of selected photos took place at the Association of Photographers Gallery in London from 12th – 18th August 2006 in celebration of International Youth Day.
Shoot Nations 2007
1st - 31st July
THEME: Governance
Shoot Nations 2007 saw the competition grow in strength as Shoot Experience joined forces with International children’s charity Plan International . The theme for 2007 was ‘Governance’, engaging young people to express their thoughts on power, control and participation. The competition received over 1500 entries from 85 countries around the world.
A presentation of 48 of the best photos was made to the world's highest form of government on August 10th at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to celebrate International Youth Day 2007.
This presentation realised the central concept of the project, that ‘the smallest family or community issue in the most remote part of the world can be photographed and displayed at the highest level of global government’.
The photographic briefs were:
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The overall winner is shown below:
Maher, 17, Egypt
EXHIBITION
Following the UN presentation, the project toured an exhibition and accompanying workshop to London, Berlin, Burkina Faso and India to disseminate the images to a global audience, and share young people’s voices through promoting their photographs.
The exhibition tour engaged over 200 young people in photography workshops, with over 5000 people viewing selected pictures via the exhibitions.
For more photos from last year’s workshops click here
