Wiki Loves Heritage is a photo contest in Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels taking place from 15 June until 15 November 2018 in the context of the European Year of Cultural Heritage. During the contest you are welcome to upload photos from heritage in Belgium. Heritage includes immovable heritage and movable heritage, as well as immaterial heritage as maritime heritage.
Participate by uploading photos of heritage from Belgium, enrich Wikipedia and make heritage more visible for the public!
Heritage?
Eligible heritage in this photo contest are all four types of heritage.
Immovable heritage are archaeological sites, monuments, cultural-historical landscapes, war relics and city and villagescapes.
Movable heritage are the collections of art objects, utensils, decorative objects, archival documents, visual material, historic tools and vehicles, etc., which are stored in museums, archives and heritage libraries.
Immaterial heritage are the non-tangible habits or customs of the past that one cherishes and still practices today. For example, parties, stories, songs, traditions, social customs, rituals, crafts ...
Maritime heritage is the nautical heritage that can sail or float. This concerns both seagoing vessels and vessels for inland waters with various propulsion types, or without their own propulsion, which were used for pleasure or for professional purposes.
In this photo contest all photos that contain a clearly identifiable heritage subject are eligible, as described in the left column, and include for example:
After the contest period a jury will judge the photos and select the winning photos. During an award ceremony the winners will receive a prize.
Conditions
All entries must be your own work.
All photos must be uploaded within the contest period of 15 June until the last day at 15 November 2018, to be eligible (but can be made in earlier months/years).
All photos must be freely licensed, preferably CC BY 4.0.
Photos do not contain a watermark (text added by the photographer).
All photos have a clear description what is depicted on the photo, including the town or municipality where the photo has been taken. If applicable the description also contains the name and address of the immaterial heritage, and the museum, archive or organisation where the movable heritage has been stored.
Participants have registered in the contest with an active email account.
Each participant guarantees to have all the required authorisations of any persons depicted or of the owners of the photographed interiors, works, objects, goods.
