NOW accepting photography (SUBMIT) submissions. Deadline September 1.
2011 Photo Contest
Submit photos that, to you, best exemplify the experience of local food here in San Diego and the unusual bounty it offers. Show us the who, what, when, where, how & why of agri-CULTURE, as you see it, in San Diego.
Below are some guiding questions:
Below are some guiding questions:
- What is your relationship to food?
- Where do you draw the line: what is REAL food?
- Where does your food come from? Do you grow it? Does your neighbor grow it?
- What do you eat?
- How do you prepare it?
- How do you eat (on one leg, with 3 fingers, with a tortilla or chopsticks)?
- When do you eat (on the way to school, while biking, at sunrise)?
- Who do you eat with (alone, with family or friends)?
What do you WIN?
Selections from the contests will be included in the San Diego Roots 2012 Kitchen Garden Alamanac, due Fall 2011.
We're still working on the rest of the details, but you can expect things like CSA boxes, gift certificates, t-shirts, free entry to workshops, and more.
All winning photos from the 2010 contest were on display at Sea Rocket Bistro, and were also displayed at the Art of Agriculture Harvest Festival in October at Wild Willow Farm. You can view a selection entries online here.
We're still working on the rest of the details, but you can expect things like CSA boxes, gift certificates, t-shirts, free entry to workshops, and more.
All winning photos from the 2010 contest were on display at Sea Rocket Bistro, and were also displayed at the Art of Agriculture Harvest Festival in October at Wild Willow Farm. You can view a selection entries online here.
PLEASE READ: Photography Contest Rules
- Entrants must be residents of San Diego County.
- The photography contest is for amateurs only. No photos accepted from individuals who photograph professionally.
- Each photograph must have been taken by the person submitting it for entry into the contest. And any manipulations of an image must also have been done by the artist.
- Entries must be in suitable format for an 8x10 inch print.
- By entering in the contest each entrant gives San Diego Roots the right to use his or her photo in any publication, website, or exhibit relating to this program.
- Neither judges nor their immediate family members may submit photographs for the competition.
- The contest is free for those 12 & Under. For all others there is a required fee (donation) of $5/image. You may submit up to 4 images. If you pay for 3, you get the 4th free.
All fees are received as donations to the San Diego Roots Sustainable Food Project's Grow the Farm Campaign to support Wild Willow Farm & Education Center.
Educating, cultivating, and empowering sustainable food communities in San Diego.
