Michigan Public Health - Student Photo Contest
Student Photo Contest 2022
The Student Photo Contest is now closed.
Students, share your creative photos with the school and win prizes for it!
Michigan Public Health strives for vibrancy and authenticity in its visual materials in order to convey the engaged, vital learning and research that happens at the School of Public Health. We invite you to participate in a school-wide student photo contest this fall.
Any Michigan Public Health student in any degree program can submit photos and win prizes.
In addition to the prizes you can win for your submissions, winning photos will be displayed throughout the School of Public Health and in our print and digital promotional materials.
Prizes
- Winning photos will be featured on social media.
- Each category winner receives a Michigan Public Health swag bag.
- Category winners also have the opportunity to work directly with our social media manager to create an
- Instagram story to be shared across campus and beyond.
Categories
- Public Health Engagement. Are you involved in a student organization? Did you take on some volunteer work? Show us how you get involved and pursue a healthier world.
- Public Health Community. Show us the people and places that make you feel inspired and at home while at Michigan Public Health!
- Public Health at Work. Show us how your internship or research is helping your pursuit of health equity.
- Public Health Pride. Show off your school spirit! Don your best Michigan Public Health gear, show us what makes you proud to study public health, or share a project you’re most proud of.
For all categories, it's fantastic (but not mandatory) for some or all people in the photo to be wearing Michigan gear.
Photo Content
Photos will be judged on subject matter (especially appropriateness for public health audiences), quality, creativity, originality, and respect for others. We are always looking for images that capture a meaningful and respectful relationship between photographer and subject.
Rules of Entry
- Photos must be your original work.
- Digitally altered photos are not accepted.
- Black/white, sepia, and duotone images are also not accepted.
- Entrants may submit up to ten (10) photos and as few as one (1).
- Each file should be a high-res jpeg file named with your name and photo location, including city and country (if not US). You can include a site name before the city, such as "NCRC" or "HenryFordHospital." Example: JaneDoe_TaubmanMedResInst_AnnArbor.jpg.
- Resolution: Photos must be at least 12x8 or 8x12 inches at 300dpi resolution (3600x2400 or 2400x3600 pixels).
- Each photo must be accompanied by a 30–50 word description of the event, location, and situation. Tell us some of the story behind the photo. The online submission form has fields where you can key in or copy/paste your descriptions.
- Winners agree to be featured on UM social media and other public platforms.
- Submissions must be received no later than Monday, October 31.
We encourage
- Authentic, casual, unplanned, unstaged images with an implied narrative
- Images of UM students in an academic and/or intercultural setting
- Images of UM students and others in Wolverine gear
- Images of students interacting respectfully with people in local communities at home or abroad
- Images that present unique, unusual insights about public health and health generally
We discourage
- Images that demonstrate a lack of respect for individuals and/or local communities.
- Images that could be misinterpreted easily as cultural (mis)appropriation.
- Images that depict children and minors.
- Photos of children/minors accepted only if you include a copy of written consent from parent/guardian.
- Images of large groups/crowds that include children are less concerning.