Pro-Imaging

Press Release                                                                                        Stockholm
December 12, 2008                                                                                 Sweden

PHOTO CONTEST RECEIVES UNIQUE HONORS

The PGB Photo Award, the first European photo contest outside Great Britain, has scored the highest marks from the photography organisation Pro-Imaging for its respect for photographers copyright.

The international photo organisation Pro-Imaging reviews and sets standards for photographers’ rights in connection with photo contests all over the world. Sweden’s The PGB Photo Award has now received the organisation’s highest honor: ”the green light”.

– It’s of course flattering that The PGB Photo Award has become one of the first photo contests in the world to live up to Pro-Imaging’s tough demands. Complicated contest rules hardly ever put the photographer’s rights first, so we whole-heartedly support the work of this organisation, says Jonas Lemberg, founder of The PGB Photo Award.

Pro-Imaging has put together several requirements that photo contests need to comply with to be ”green lighted”. For a complete list of rules and regulations and to look at Pro-Imaging's test results, go to the link: http://www.pro-imaging.org/content/view/444/171/

The deadline for the contest is on the 4th of January 2009.

For more information, visit: www.thephotoaward.com or call: Jonas Lemberg at: +46 (0) 70-733 46 00; or email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Pro Imaging: www.pro-imaging.org, or call Gordon C Harrison, tel: +44 (0) 1445 731557. Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

About The PGB Photo Award:

The PGB Photo Award is a yearly photo contest dedicated to find the best pictures taken during the year: The contest is open to everybody in the world and has twelve categories. Entries are accepted up to January 4, 2009 whereafter they’ll be judged by an international jury. The winners are presented March 6, 2009 at Berns Salonger in Stockholm, Sweden. The goal of the contest is to help change the world for the better. The total prize equals 30,000 USD. The PGB Photo Award is financed through sponsors, entry fees and donations.