Posted by Amanda Brooks on Jan 04, 2012 - 10:50 AM
![Serving Abroad Photo Exhibition: November 11, 2011 to February 20, 2012 [State Department image]](http://blogs.state.gov/images/Dipnote/behind_the_scenes/2011_1213_photo_service_m.jpg)
Any current or former military, civil, and Foreign Service officer may submit a single, compelling photograph from their service abroad for consideration as one of up to a thousand selected for inclusion in an expressive video artwork display. The image captured in the photograph should be of daily life, friendship, places, faces, loss, or triumph and taken since the year 2000. Submissions will be accepted now through February 20, 2012. Rules, entry forms, and guidelines may be found by visiting http://www.ourmilitary.mil/their-eyes/serving-abroad-through-their-eyes. The multi-venue video artwork will be on display during a private, evening reception on November 30, 2012 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and will then travel to the Pentagon, the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, and other prominent international locations.
A jury selection panel of noted Americans, including former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright; former Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Navy Admiral Mike Mullen, Air Force General Richard Myers, Marine General Peter Pace, and General Colin Powell, who also served as Secretary of State; New York Times photographer Joao Silva; and David Gregory, of Meet the Press, will announce the selections on Armed Forces Day, May 19, 2012. The "Best in Show" photographers will be honored at the November 2012 opening celebration.
The direct submission form is here. Simply fill it out and email your image to be included!
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Karen in Washington, D.C. writes:
Are Personal Services Contractors (who work directly for USAID) allowed to participate? I'm a PSC and would love to enter!
Posted on Wed Jan 04, 2012
Are Personal Services Contractors (who work directly for USAID) allowed to participate? I'm a PSC and would love to enter!
Posted on Wed Jan 04, 2012
Brian N. in Afghanistan writes:
I won't be participating in this contest. The rights to the image I'd have to agree to demanded are completely outrageous.
Posted on Wed Jan 04, 2012
I won't be participating in this contest. The rights to the image I'd have to agree to demanded are completely outrageous.
Posted on Wed Jan 04, 2012
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