UNESCO Youth Eyes on the Silk Roads Photo Contest 2025 – YOA

Deadline: July 20, 2025

Applications are open for the UNESCO Youth Eyes on the Silk Roads Photo Contest 2025. The annual “Youth Eyes on the Silk Roads” International Photo Contest affords an thrilling OPPORTUNITY for younger individuals from throughout the world to seize their understanding of the shared heritage of the Silk Roads by the lens of their digital camera.

As the visible arts, and particularly pictures, are so usually utilized by as we speak’s youth as a strong device for communication and self-expression, photos have the potential to play a major position in elevating consciousness of the key points going through our modern world and assist promote peace and understanding. The photograph contest offers a possibility for younger individuals to attach with each other in a digital house and share their creativity and imaginative and prescient for our future.

The Youth Eyes on the Silk Roads Photo Contest is a chance for younger individuals who stay or have travelled inside these areas to share their perceptions and additional their understanding of the widespread cultural heritage and pluralistic identities rising from the interactions and exchanges going down alongside the Silk Roads. The contest encourages the use of pictures to increase these cultural interactions and encounters in the modern world, to foster mutual understanding and promote peace amongst the various populations encompassed by the Silk Roads.

Categories

• The contest is split into two age classes: 14–17 yr olds and 18–25 yr olds. For the seventh version of the contest this yr individuals are invited to submit their images that finest encapsulate the shared heritage of the Silk Roads the theme of “Women, Guardians of Silk Roads Heritage”. 

Prizes

• First place winners will obtain an expert digital camera.
• Second place winners will obtain a semi-skilled digital camera.
• The prize for third place will likely be an ordinary-mannequin digital digital camera.

Eligibility

• Open to everybody between 14 and 25 years outdated, no matter his or her nation of residence, besides workers of UNESCO and the donor, China World Peace Foundation, and their relations (dad and mom, youngsters, siblings and spouses).
• Entrants will need to have entry to the Internet.

Selection Criteria

Photographs will likely be chosen on their originality, creativity, photographic high quality and relevance to the themes of the 2025 “Youth Eyes on the Silk Roads” Photo Contest. The selection will likely be made in accordance with the discretion of the Selection Committee. No appeals will likely be thought-about.

Application

Upload a most of 20 images:

• Include a caption for every {photograph} or sequence of images, in digital format (JPEG or JPG)
• The high quality of the images should be not less than 1,500 pixels broad for horizontal photos and 1,500 pixels tall for vertical photos.

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For extra data, go to UNESCO Youth Eyes on the Silk Roads Photo Contest.