569 Photographic competition opens with $50,000 top prize Global contest inspired by Family of Man exhibition returns with Elliott Erwitt as its judge M.I.L.K. Licensing has launched a photographic competition with a $125,000 prize fund. The competition, which is run in association with Elliott Erwitt, is open to any photographer, but images must relate to the themes of friends, families, lovers and laughter. The winner, who will pick up a $50,000 prize, will be chosen from a final shortlist of 150 images, all of which will be included in a new publication, 'Fresh M.I.L.K.: Friends, Families, Lovers & Laugher', scheduled for autumn 2009. All featured photographers will retain copyright on their images in exchange for granting M.I.L.K. a non-exclusive licence. For more information, and to submit an image online click here http://www.freshmilkphotos.com. The competition closes in December 2008. The M.I.L.K. photographic competition first surfaced in 1999, when British publisher Hodder Headline (now Hachette Livre) held an award dedicated to the same themes as the current contest. The 300 winning images were chosen by Erwitt, and the competition attracted 40,000 entries from photographers in over 164 countries, including four Pulitzer Prize winners. Best, youme. 2008-12-31T00:00:00Z 14 2008-08-15T11:05:00Z 0 2008-08-31T12:24:02Z true 23497 false 5973 2009-03-01T16:16:01Z Bangkok true 2009-02-15T00:00:00Z false the-m-i-l-k-photographic-competition 1 2009-03-01T16:16:01Z 1428