Deadline Extended: 2024 How We Age Photography Competition

The deadline has been extended for this year’s How We Age photography competition, which is seeking images of older adults engaged in work, teaching, learning, or volunteering in their local communities. 

The Institute of Public Health (IPH) has extended the deadline for entries to the all-island photography competition by six weeks to coincide with International Day of Older Persons in October. The competition is free to enter, open to residents of Ireland and Northern Ireland over the age of 18, and is now open for entries until 1 October 2024.

It seeks to build on the success of IPH's 2022 competition by creating a series of images that will better represent and more accurately portray what it means to age or get older in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Under the theme of ‘Working, learning, and volunteering in later life’, the 2024 competition is seeking photographs that show how older people enrich our lives and communities through work, teaching, learning, or volunteering. 

Entries are invited that reflect and include older adults engaged in: Working – all forms of work, part-time, full-time, paid and unpaid; Learning – engaged in lifelong learning, teaching or sharing skills, learning new skills; Volunteering - contributing at local or community level, both formally and informally. Images should portray older people in an authentic and inclusive way - regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, religion, politics, culture, ability, income, or post code. 

Entrants can submit up to a maximum of three photos and all entries must be submitted via the online entry form on the IPH website, which can be accessed at www.publichealth.ie/photo. Acceptance of terms and conditions is a condition of entry. 

Prizes include gift vouchers for photography equipment to the value of €/£500 for first prize, €/£300 for second prize, and €/£100 for third prize, depending on where the winning entrants reside. From the entries received, IPH will add a selection of photos to its How We Age image gallery, which was created in 2022. 

The How We Age gallery images are used by IPH to promote healthy ageing and broader public health themes and are also available to partner and allied organisations as a free-to-access image resource. Details of the winners will be announced in November. 

To find out more about the How We Age photography competition, please visit www.publichealth.ie/photo for terms and conditions, submission guidelines, and consent forms. Any queries about this competition can be emailed to communications@publichealth.ie.