Friend-ship Screenshot Competition
To mark World Mental Health Day 2020, Youmanity has partnered with the charity Papyrus for the launch of a screenshot competition: Friend-Ship.
In 2020, the world went into lockdown. Many of us lost physical contact with loved ones, and the daily support of social workers, volunteers and medical staff. A situation of unparalleled proportions in which friends became our lifeline, developing important emotional connections with people, near and far, neighbours, past and present, young and old.
Together we explored new ways to stay connected, to support one another, to alleviate anxieties and cope with the many uncertainties that came with the outbreak of Covid-19. We supported one another by making, sharing our experiences, good and bad.
We learned that social distance does not have to mean emotional isolation. Video calls have now become part of our lives, helping us through crises of all kinds. According to the World Health Organisation, one person takes their own life every 40 seconds, and many more attempt to. Isolation is a main reason for suicide. Friendship, togetherness, and connection, therefore, are as vital as ever.
We want to reclaim the importance and value of friendship by encouraging you to connect and celebrate the importance of friendship through a screenshot!
Your screenshot entry
Friend-Ship encourages you to submit a screenshot of your phone, tablet, computer used during video calls with family, friends, neighbours and/or anyone you made video-calls with. Screenshots don’t need to be of high resolution so long they capture a treasured connection between friends. Submission is free.
The closing date for entries is 29/01/2021.
The Friend-Ship Screenshot Exhibition will showcase the top 20 entries online in December 2020. The judges are looking for visual impact, originality, and sensitivity. The winning screenshot will be awarded £500 cash prize.
The submissions will be selected by the following judges:
Anne Williams – Documentary Photography Historian
Aris Kourkoumelis – Asst. Curator of Photographs – The Royal Collection Trust
Lise Hansen – Culture Lead at Thrive LDN
Lucy Chesters – Marketing and Comms – Papyrus TBC
Marie Popon – Customer Experience Project Manager, KAD
Michael Pritchard, Director-General, The Royal Photographic Society