WHAT IS THE UNCONTEST?
In 2022, RoundGlass Sustain launched #TheUncontest, an experiment in collaborative storytelling that was a resounding success.
The theme for 2024 is: A World of Waste
The world has a waste problem, and it is has infiltrated everything - our oceans, rivers, mountains and forests. Research indicates that half of all sea turtles have ingested plastic. By 2050, experts predict there will be more plastic in our oceans than fish. Even Mount Everest, now grapples with a significant trash problem due to increased unchecked tourism.
In 2021, we published a photo essay curated from Sanctuary Asia's 'In Our Filth' campaign, a crowd-sourced photo project that busts India’s “pristine wilderness” narrative. Our theme for 2024 advances this ongoing dialogue on waste and its environmental impact, pushing participants to see how nature is not just infiltrated by trash but is forced to navigate it, adapt to it or simply succumb under its pressures. We are looking for photographs of how trash impacts wild spaces in lesser-known habitats -- urban jungles, your neighbourhood green patch, a forest you may have loved, a wetland you frequent. We are also interested in photographs that highlight how trash impacts diverse species. But most importantly, we are seeking photographs that tell a story.
When you send in your photographs, tell us why you took the photograph, where did you take it, what made this visual significant, and what you learned from the experience.
HOW DO I CONTRIBUTE AND SHARE MY PIECE OF THE STORY?
1. To send in your entry, select your favourite photograph and then simply go to the form here.
2. Upload your image, fill in the required details, accept the terms and conditions and hit submit.
3. You can submit multiple photographs. Simply fill the form each time to provide the story behind each photo.
4. You must be following @rgsustain on Instagram to be eligible for the contest.
Read the Terms and Conditions here.
Guidelines
1. Ethics:
* Avoid photos of nests, chicks, and newborns, even if you are using a telephoto lens.
* Please photograph amphibians and reptiles in their natural habitats, without handling or stressing them.
* Avoid photos using direct flash on any species, especially nocturnal ones.
* Do not add, remove, or manipulate individual elements of the photo.
2. Technical specifications for entries:
* 1920 pixels on the longer side.
* File size: below 2MB.
* File format: High resolution JPG.
* Orientation: Any
* Post-processing of images are allowed. Minor adjustments, including cropping, removal of dust, sharpening, contrast, toning, slight colour adjustment and conversion to grayscale are acceptable. However, over processing and manipulation, including changing colour of species, habitat, subject are not acceptable.
SELECTION PROCESS
1. Jury will select 10 images from the pool of entries for the photo essay. The story will be published on our website.
2. Each selected image will receive an gift voucher of Rs 10,000 each.
MEET THE JURY
Cara Tejpal, Wildlife Conservationist
Dhritiman Mukherjee, Wildlife and Conservation Photographer, RoundGlass Sustain Ambassador
Neha Dara, Business Head, RoundGlass Sustain
More jury members to be confirmed soon!
About the contributor
Sustain Team
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