{"id":12699,"date":"2017-02-05T13:36:20","date_gmt":"2017-02-05T05:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=12699"},"modified":"2017-02-03T13:37:08","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T05:37:08","slug":"create-great-cities-photo-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2017\/02\/05\/create-great-cities-photo-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Create Great Cities Photo Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In celebration of the Great British Festival from\u00a024-26 February, the British Council and British Embassy are inviting amateur and professional photographers to take part in\u00a0Create Great Cities Photo Essay Competition.\u00a0Shortlisted photo essays will be exhibited at Bonifacio Global City High Street, Taguig during the festival.\u00a0The grand prize will be\u00a0roundtrip tickets for two (2)\u00a0from Manila to London courtesy of Etihad Airways.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12701\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/02\/british-embassy.png\" alt=\"british embassy\" width=\"366\" height=\"479\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Create Great Cities Photo Essay Competition\u00a0is open to Filipino citizens of legal age. Deadline for submission is\u00a016 February 2017. Shortlisted candidates will be notified by\u00a017 February 2017. The final judging and announcement of winners will be held at the Great British Festival on\u00a025 February,\u00a0Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Photos must illustrate or answer the following questions:\u00a0\u2018<strong>What is a liveable city for you?\u00a0What creative efforts can we do to make our cities more liveable?<\/strong>&#8216;<\/p>\n<p>It is one of the British Council\u2019s goals to contribute to more liveable and inclusive cities in the Philippines. One way is by using art and creativity as means of engagement and inspiration for urban dwellers. Liveable cities possess \u2013 among others &#8211; a vibrant street life, green spaces, an efficient transportation system, healthy inhabitants, an inclusive economy, and safe, accessible public spaces.<\/p>\n<p>See the full mechanics at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishcouncil.ph\/\">https:\/\/www.britishcouncil.ph\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1934, the British Council is the UK\u2019s international organisation for cultural relations\u00a0 and educational opportunities. Using UK\u2019s cultural resources, the council makes a positive contribution to the countries they work with \u2013 changing their lives by creating opportunities, building connections and engendering trust.<\/p>\n<p>You may get in touch with Pierre Pecson (<a href=\"mailto:Pierre.Pecson@britishcouncil.org.ph\">Pierre.Pecson@britishcouncil.org.ph<\/a>) or\u00a0<a href=\"tel:+63%202%20555%203000\">+63 2 555 3000<\/a>\u00a0for further information.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In celebration of the Great British Festival from 24-26 February, the British Council and British Embassy are inviting amateur and professional photographers to take part in Create Great Cities Photo Essay Competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[983,563,2324,2325,2326,119,2327,88,2328],"class_list":["post-12699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release","tag-983","tag-bgc","tag-british-embassy","tag-british-festival","tag-contest","tag-philippines","tag-photography","tag-travel","tag-uk"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/02\/british-embassy-e1486100098793.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12699"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12703,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12699\/revisions\/12703"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}