“Foreign View” photo contest united the world and the people

November 12, 2013 the Presidential Library will hold a ceremony of awarding the winners of the IV International Photo Contest “Foreign View.” The award ceremony will be broadcast on the website of the Presidential Library. The broadcast begins at 11.00 Moscow time.

The deadline for submission of works for the competition was October 10, 2013. There have been received about 4, 000 of photos, which is six times more than in the first competition, which was held in 2010.

Representatives of 24 countries of the world took part in the contest. The competition brought together states and religions, languages and worldviews, sometimes polar, but the photographic art has become the common thread. Among the participants are representatives of Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States and Belarus, Yemen, Morocco and Mauritania, the Palestinian territories and Israel, and other countries.

Russian regions are represented by 71 members of the Federation. The participants are aged from 7 to 80.

At present, the jury composed of well-known photographers of St. Petersburg, is completing the selection of photos. The works are evaluated in six categories: "Immortality of the people in their language," "Cognizing the other, you cognize yourself", "Innovations and traditions", "Nostalgia", "Series of photos", "Holland through the eyes of Russians." The sixth nomination is timed to coincide with the cross Year of Holland in Russia and the Year of Russia in Holland. The winners in this nomination will be awarded by representatives of Holland.

As part of the overall theme of the competition "Language in a Changing World" there has been introduced a special, seventh nomination for professional photographers, "Professional Photograph." By tradition, the best works will join the collections of the Presidential Library.

Great attention to the photo contest paid not only by the inhabitants of Russia, but also of other countries shows that the competition has become a major cultural event, and its democracy, the opportunity to represent works of both professionals and amateurs, has attracted various participants. Compared with the first competition in 2010, their number increased by 6 times - in 2013, the competition numbered over 600 participants.

Accreditation for the media is until 11.00 a.m., November 11:

Press service of the Presidential Library: Maria Smirnova, email smirnovamk@prlib.ru, tel.: (812) 305-16-21, ext. 781

The letter must include: the name of the media, journalist's name, date and place of birth, full passport details (series, number, date and place of issue), place of registration, phone number, the equipment to be used.

Entrance to the Presidential Library is possible only upon showing the passport.

The program for the press:

10.00-11.00. Passage into the Presidential Library (entrance 2)

11.00-13.00. Coverage of the event