Street Football Photo Project

Mondo Futbalo is launching its street football photo competition. To take part in it, you only have to take your camera out or check your photo files and send us high quality shots of informal and amateur street football action from anywhere around the world. Theme You may send high quality creative pictures of street football. Eg: informal and amateur soccer being played in the streets, parks, villages, countryside, neighbourhoods, on the beach… Here are some suggestions of suitable photographs: Pictures of people playing football in traditional national costumes, or playing in front of an architectural monument or landscape characteristic of their region: Buddhist monks playing in front of a temple, European children playing football with a medieval cathedral in the background, Brazilians playing beach soccer in Ipanema, people from the Arctic Circle playing in the snow…. Ancient or new sports relating to street football: Italian historical Calcio, Hacky Sack or Footbag, Sepak Takraw or Chinlone in southeast Asia, Kemari japanese game, freestyle…. The practice of football in difficult conditions: Disabled players, armed conflicts, refugees, people of different ethnicities or religions united by football, the struggle for equal rights for women in football practice, global warming… These are just some suggestions, but the only limit is your own imagination…. Image requirements The photographs must be high quality, 300 dpi in JPG format. The minimum size of the widest side should be at least 3000 pixels. Both colour and black/white images are acceptable. How to participate You should send your photos as attachments to the following email address: mondofutbalo@mondofutbalo.org Participants must provide the following information pasted within the body of the email or/and attached as a Word Document: The title of the photograph A brief explanation of the photograph The country and place where it was taken The name and surname of the contestant The country of origin of the photographer The contestant´s contact email address * Curious facts (historical, social, cultural, etc.) about the photograph and / or the practice of street football in the country where it was taken. Any interesting story accompanying the photography submitted will enhance its chances of being selected as one of the winning photographs (* optional) Personal details will be used only within the context of the competition. Someone once said that football is the only true universal language, one same language spoken in different dialects in every corner of the planet. A multicultural nonprofit project, Mondo Futbalo was born aiming to develop cultural and artistic projects that raise awareness of this common world heritage that is football. From the humble football pitch of a village to the grand stadium that hosts a World Cup final..