AND
THE WINNERS ARE...
Brussels, 8 October 2008
The jury of the PES Group photo competition met today to select the 6 winning photos. This photo competition was organised under the theme of 2008 European Year for Intercultural Dialogue and in the framework of the "European Works" project, launched by photograph agency Agence VU' and the European think tank "Notre Europe".
The six best photos were selected on the basis of their relevance to the the theme of the competition, i.e. intercultural dialogue, and of their visual impact. The jury was chaired by Karl-Heinz KLÄR, 1st Vice-President of the PES Group and State Secretary for Federal and European Affairs of the Region of Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany), Gabriel AMER AMER, PES Group member and Delegate of the Government of the Balearic Islands (Spain) in Brussels, Cédric GERBERHAYE, photojournalist in Agence VU' and photographer for the "European Works" Project, Aziliz GOUEZ, of Notre Europe, Marc PRÜST, Director for Cultural Projects and Corporate Photography in Agence VU' and a reprensentative of the PES Group Secretariat.
The 6 winners will be invited to Brussels to attend the Forum on Intercultural Dialogue organised by the Committee of the Regions and will all receive a full "DSLR" camera kit. The 6 winning photos will be part of the photo exhibition organised on the occasion of the Forum and of a publication on the photo competition produced by the PES Group.
Here
are the winners and their photos:
Ilaria COVOLAN (22
years), Cornuda, Italy
Celia ZORZO VICENTE-ARCHE (25
years), Madrid, Spain
Yi HUANG (24 years), London,
UK
Alexandre BUISSE (22 years),
Lyon, France
Monika ADAMCZAK (23 years), Ostrow Wielkopolski, Poland
Janis JURKOVSKIS (21 years), Liepaja, Latvia
Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all the participants!
Thanks
to all young Europeans who entered the photo competition
for contributing to an intercultural Europe !
Brussels, 1 October 2008
The PES Group photo competition organised under the theme of Intercultural Dialogue is now closed. We would like to thank all young Europeans who entered the competition for sharing their vision of inter-culturalism through the 'eye' of their camera. Numerous photos have been posted on the PES Group website from all over the EU. Some are humourous, others moving, but they all convey a message of openess and fraternity and tolerance . Thank you all for creatively illustrating how Europe can be truly intercultural rather than just multicultural.
The next step will be the selection of the 6 winning photos by a jury composed of PES Group members, professionnal photographers from Agence VU', and a representative of Notre Europe, both partners in the organisation of the competition. Winners will be contacted later this month.
In addition to a full "DSLR" camera kit ( containing a camera body, a lens, an external flash, a memory card and a case), winners will be invited to Brussels to attend the Forum on Intercultural Dialogue organised by the Committee of the Regions . The 6 winning photos will be part of the photo exhibition organised on the occasion of the Forum. A publication on the photo competition will be produced in November and offered to the Members of the PES Group in the Committee of the Regions.
