Google’s Picasa Web Albums created the online platform for the contest, a first for the photo sharing website.
[2] The Photo Challenge is a spinoff of the Democracy Video Challenge, an annual contest in which contestants complete the phrase “Democracy is…” through short online videos.
An independent jury narrowed the submissions to 36 finalists representing each region of the world.
The 12 winners were announced on September 15, 2010 during International Day of Democracy.
[7] The 2010 jury was co-chaired by documentary photographer Phil Borges, International Center of Photography director Willis Hartshorn and Academy Award-winning director Louie Psihoyos.