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January 5, 2013 7:51 AM

Children's Eyes on Earth 2012 photography contest

The Children's Eyes On Earth International Youth Photography Contest 2012 was initiated by IDEA (International Dialogue for Environmental Action), in collaboration with photographer Reza. The project is supported by the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Azerbaijan, WPO (World Photography Organisation), National Geographic Kids magazine UK, SDN (Social Documentary Network) , FotoEvidence, Webistan Photo Agency and NGO Ainaworld.

posted by roomthreeseventeen (3 comments total)

Damnit kids, stop being so much better than me at everything.
posted by k8t at 8:35 AM on January 5, 2013

BTW, as much as I love these photos, the contest sponsor is a dictator's daughter. Last fall a poem that she wrote was used in primary school textbooks. Myself and other Azerbaijan-watchers talked about it on Twitter. Then one of the twitter-ers, an Azerbaijani citizen was thrown in jail. He's out now, but just wanted to add this tidbit to this otherwise nice FPP.

Also of note is how she benefited personally from Eurovision and owns one of the few telecom companies.
posted by k8t at 8:42 AM on January 5, 2013 [3 favorites]

Somehow I think the age range has to be below 17 above 16 because no way a 1 year old took these.
posted by stormpooper at 6:48 AM on January 7, 2013