{"id":37157,"date":"2020-06-05T16:49:05","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T14:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/?p=37157"},"modified":"2020-07-27T16:28:50","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T14:28:50","slug":"photography-app-agora-launches-theworldwewant-photo-contest-in-support-of-un75","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/photography-app-agora-launches-theworldwewant-photo-contest-in-support-of-un75\/","title":{"rendered":"Photography app Agora launches #TheWorldWeWant photo contest in support of UN75"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Photographers are invited to submit their unique points of view about the world they<br \/>\nwant for future generations for a chance to be featured in a series of exhibitions<br \/>\naround the world.<\/li>\n<li>The call for submissions in the Agora app is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">open until 24 July<\/span>, with the contest\u2019s 75<br \/>\nfinalists to be revealed on 14 October.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agoraimages.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Agora<\/em><\/a>, the free-to-use mobile app that has been organizing some of the world\u2019s most diverse photo contests since 2017 announces today the launch of an exclusive competition in support of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/un75\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UN75<\/a>, the global conversation launched by the United Nations on the occasion of the organization\u2019s 75th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>The UN75 campaign, launched in January 2020, is set to be the largest and farthest-reaching global conversation inviting all citizens to participate in a year of online<br \/>\ndebates to discuss the priorities for the future.<\/p>\n<p>Through its online photo contest named #TheWorldWeWant, the mobile app Agora supports the UN75 initiative by encouraging all photographers, whether they be amateur or professional, to share their unique visual perspectives of the world they want for future<br \/>\ngenerations.<\/p>\n<p>Once downloaded to a mobile device, the Agora app presents the opportunity for<br \/>\nphotographers to join the initiative and submit as many photos as they\u2019d like to present their own vision of the future they want for Humanity. The photographers will have until July 24th to upload their submissions in the contest for a chance to make it as one of the finalists.<\/p>\n<p>To commemorate the United Nations milestone anniversary, 75 photos from #TheWorldWeWant initiative will be selected to reach the final stage, which will be revealed<br \/>\non October 14th. These 75 finalist photos will form a visual manifesto of what Humanity<br \/>\nwants for the future and will be featured in a series of exhibitions around the world during<br \/>\nautumn 2020.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"UN Secretary-General Call to Participate in the World Biggest Global Conversation (Long Version)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ikl-HoPVbv8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Launched by UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres, it promises to be the largest and<br \/>\nfurthest-reaching global conversation ever on building the future we want. Through UN75,<br \/>\nthe United Nations will encourage people to put their heads together to define how enhanced international cooperation can help realize a better world by 2045. The views and ideas generated will be presented to world leaders at a high-profile event during the 75th Session of the General Assembly, 21st of September 2020.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For more information, please visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/un75\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/un75<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Take the UN75 global survey: <a href=\"https:\/\/un75.online\/partner\/Agora\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/un75.online\/partner\/Agora<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photographers are invited to submit their unique points of view about the world they want for future generations for a chance to be featured in a series of exhibitions around the world. The call for submissions in the Agora app is open until 24 July, with the contest\u2019s 75 finalists to be revealed on 14 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":37162,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16769,24,17201],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37157"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}