Varied theme suggestions for “Best Sampaguita Photo Contest”
by Mandy Navasero
Deadline for “Best Sampaguita Photo Contest is extended on 30 April 2012, and all photographers, except relatives and employees of contest organizers, are invited to submit entries on as many themes as their imagination can conceive, including:
· “A day to bloom,” portraying Sampaguita as symbol of life’s evanescence
· “Healing Flower,” showing therapeutic uses of Sampaguita such as lactifuge poultice for painful over-production of milk on breasts of pregnant or breastfeeding mothers, as medicinal tea, etc. Photographers can also be researchers. Discovery of knowledge adds to the thrill.
· “Sumpa kita,” from which Sampaguita name was derived, a pledge of loyalty between ill-fated lovers according to legend
· “Hello and Goodbye,” with Sampaguita garland used as welcoming and farewell token to honored guests
· “National Flower” as both lofty and “irreverent” symbol of love and purity but also of exploitation and degradation among child vendors as eloquently portrayed in the art film “Sampaguita, National Flower” by Francis Xavier Pasion that was much acclaimed in 2002 Berlinale International Film Festival. Trailer is on YouTube.
· “Women Empowerment,” portraying women garland makers of San Pedro in Laguna, as well as garland peddlers in Baclaran and Quiapo churches earning money for family survival
· “Palabra de Honor,” portraying honesty and trust among stakeholders (farmers, suppliers, contractors, peddlers, garland makers) in Sampaguita trading industry in San Pedro or in Sta. Cruz, Laguna
Indeed photography themes can be varied. Join the contest now. Get camera, compose, and shoot that winning masterpiece! Here are the contest rules for guidance:
Contest Rules
MandyNavasero PhotoPRo Studio, in cooperation with Gig and the Amazing Sampaguita Foundation Inc. (GASFI) accepts entries for “Best Sampaguita Photo” Contest starting 1 February 2011. Deadline is on 30 April, 2012. Entries can be pictures of Sampaguita orchards, blooms, stringing of flowers into leis, selling of Sampaguita leis by children and women, used in weddings, around the neck of St. Immaculate Conception of in her folded palms, or anything that stirs imagination about the national flower, satisfying these criteria:
Overall Creativity / Choice of theme - 50 %
Technical Finesse (Composition, Lighting, etc.) - 30 %
Novelty / Fresh Approach / Uniqueness of Vision - 20 %
Total -100 %
Unpublished photographs will only be accepted. Can submit up to maximum of three entries in high resolution color and/or black-and-white print as well as digital (on CD) copies indicating name, address, contact nos., email address and whether Professional or Amateur, in a sealed white letter envelope, to:
MandyNavasero PhotoPRo Studio
Rm 329 LRI Design Plaza
210 Nicanor Garcia St., Bel Air II, Makati City.
For inquiries, call 8963208; 09155430482
Email mandynavasero@yahoo.com
Visit http://mandy-navasero.blogspot.com
Winning entries will be exclusive properties of contest organizers, to be exhibited at Glorietta 3- Makati and to be published in THE SAMPAGUITA book by Ms. Jullie Yap Daza, as a coffee table book. Winners waive rights to publish their works for three years after contest. Publishing and exhibit rights revert to winners three years after the contest and publication of the coffee table book.
Decision of the Board of Judges is final. Winners will be announced not later than April 30, 2012 due to contest extension.
Winners will receive the following prizes:
First Prize-- Round Trip for two in Batanes with accommodations in Batanes Photo Safari plus a Certificate of Recognition
Second Prize-- Round Trip for two in Boracay with accommodations plus a Certificate of Recognition
Merit Prizes for next Top Ten Entries-- Cash and Certificates of Recognition
Winners will be notified as to date of awards ceremony, photo exhibit, and book launching. Dates and venues to be announced.
We are looking for sponsors in printing the book (Sampaguita, The Flower of our Race by Ms. Jullie Yap Daza, photography by winning photographers and by Ms. Mandy Navasero, Researcher: Ms. Dulce Festin Baybay)
Call: 8963208
Beneficiary: The Gig and Amazing Sampaguita Foundation Inc. (GASFI)
Please issue checks in favor of the above.
You will receive with your sponsorship the corresponding number of the Sampaguita books in return.
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