By Kwon Mee-yoo
Exercise creativity for 24 hours straight in the Grundfos Photo Marathon 2011, taking place on Sept. 24.
The Embassy of Denmark in Korea will hold the first photo marathon event in Korea together with the SLR Club, an online community of photographers.
A photo marathon is a limited-time photo-taking event. Participants have 24 hours to take five photos inspired by five themes which will be announced on the day. They are then required to submit five photos on each theme.
The theme for this year’s Grundfos Photo Marathon will be announced on SLR Club’s website at midnight, Sept. 23. Only pictures taken and uploaded to the SLR Club website within the next 24 hours are eligible for the contest.
“The themes are very general and require no preparation by participants. Just a camera and some inspiration,” said Lee Jae-mi of the Embassy of Denmark.
The judges of this event are Baek Young-cheol, former director of the Korea Advertising Photographers Association, Jin Dong-sun, head of the Modern Photograph Research Center, Yang Hyun-moh, president of IL Studio, Jeon Hyeong-joon of the Society of Digital Photography and photographer Lee Min-soo.
The winner will receive a photo holiday in Copenhagen, including a round ticket and accommodation for four nights. A runner-up will be awarded 2 million won.
One of the first known photo marathons was organized in Copenhagen in 1989 and has run ever since, making it the oldest existing photo marathon. The concept slowly drifted to other cities around the continent, spread all over the globe and has now been organized in cities in North America, Asia and Africa.
For more information, call the Embassy of Denmark at 02-795-4187 or visit www.slrclub.com/event.php.