Alliance Française of Washington, DC is back with the second edition of the Photo Contest “Paris on the Potomac!” This year, we are extending the geographic zone to a broader area and will be accepting photos taken in DC, Virginia, or Maryland. While the Nation’s Capital has had links with France and Paris from the very start – after all, it was designed by French architect Pierre Charles L'Enfant – many other places in the DMV area carry French names and remind us of France... We hope you will enjoy capturing this connection between the US and France, as well as the change of seasons!

Sarah Diligenti

Sarah Diligenti comes from a multicultural family. She spent her childhood in the West Indies and arrived in Toulouse at age 6. She moved to the US in 1995, where she joined the Alliance in 2004 and became its Executive Director in 2013.

Emanuel K. Miranda

Emanuel K. Miranda is an Uruguayan producer and film director based in Washington, DC. He leads a practice with extensive experience in cinema, advertisement and journalism, focused on capturing the stories and pulse of human nature and cultural identity.

www.ekmiranda.com

@emanuk90

Nassereen Mirza

Nassereen Mirza is a photographer and Press & Communication Officer at the Embassy of France in the United States.

• Entry is limited to original works that have not formerly been displayed or exhibited
and for which the entrant holds all applicable rights.

• Photos should be taken in the DMV area (DC - Maryland - Virginia) and should
illustrate a connection with France.

• Any equipment can be used: Image data files created with any device capable of
taking still images, including smartphones and digital still cameras (including medium
and large-format digital cameras)

• Images that have been lightly retouched by using camera apps, photo editing apps,
other software, etc. will be accepted.

• Both color and monochrome images will be accepted

• Send your photos in digital format to culture@francedc.org (you can use
WeTransfer if the photos are too heavy).

• Digital file size: up to 20 MB of image data per work.

• Image-data file format: JPEG/150 dpi recommended.

• Winners might be asked to provide higher resolution images for publication or display
purposes related to the contest.

• The limit for submitted works is 3 single photos.

• Works that have won prizes in other contests or that have been submitted to other
contests currently underway, including similar works, are not eligible. No
simultaneous submission is accepted.

• Works that are identical or similar to another submitted work ("identical or similar
works") are ineligible for submission. "Identical or similar works" refers to the
following works: a work produced from identical image data; a work produced by
cropping or retouching identical image data to alter it; or a work produced from similar,
though not identical, image data as described above (e.g. a frame from the same series
of shots, photography conducted at a different date or time yet producing the same
result, or work otherwise deemed to be similar).