World’s largest photography competition launched in Malta

by Gozo News · September 2, 2017

Wiki Loves Monument s- the Guinness World Record holder for the largest photography competition, will once again be taking place in Malta.

Now in its second year in Malta, the competition brings together photographers from around the world to take stunning pictures of our cultural heritage to be shared on Wikipedia.

During the launch at the National Museum of Archaeology, the Minister for Justice, Culture and Local Government Owen Bonnici explained how it can serve to raise awareness about cultural heritage in our communities.

Wikimedia Community Malta President, Tony Micallef explained that this year’s competition will be taking place in over 50 countries across six continents.

Nearly 2 million photographs have been uploaded since the competition started in 2010, with last year’s competition attracting over 277,000 submissions across 42 countries.

It is our interest to serve as a platform and catalyst for such projects and initiatives. As an integral project from the Spazju Kreattiv programme, Spazju Kreattiv Chairman Rupert Cefai stated/

He added, “Wiki Loves Monuments allows Spazju Kreattiv to serve the creative community, namely the photographers participating but also reaching out to other communities and strengthening their relationship with the local monuments in their respective settings.”

The deadline for submissions for the competition is the 30th of September. A jury composed of experts within the field of cultural heritage, photography and Wikipedia will be selecting a number of winning entries.

An exhibition of the submitted photos will be held at Spazju Kreattiv in Valletta (St James Cavallier) throughout November and December.

Ten winning submissions will be nominated for the international Wiki Loves Monuments contest, with the opportunity to win further prizes.

For more information on how to participate, visit www.wikimalta.org/WLM2017.

Wiki Loves Monuments in Malta is organised by Wikimedia Community Malta (WCM) in collaboration with Spazju Kreattiv and Heritage Malta, and is sponsored by Photocity.