Carl Zeiss AG
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Carl Zeiss launches photo contest ‘digital culture’
Deadline for entering: January 15, 2010
OBERKOCHEN/Germany – December 15, 2009.
Each year, global optics manufacturer Carl Zeiss holds an annual
worldwide photo contest. This year’s competition, which opens on
December 15, has the theme “digital culture”. Photographers and photo
enthusiasts are invited to explore and capture this broad theme from
their own unique perspective. Anyone can participate, provided the
pictures are shot with a Carl Zeiss lens. Pictures can be taken with any
type of camera, from an SLR reflex camera to the camera of a mobile
phone.
Technology is shaping ever more areas of our lives and has become an
indelible part of our culture. Computers, internet and mobile devices are
part and parcel of daily life and have made many things easier. They
have also changed the way people interact with each other, exchange
information, work, play, meet friends, enjoy music, and much more.
Carl Zeiss invites photographers from around the globe to capture this
contemporary yet challenging theme in exciting images.
An international jury consisting of photographers Edith Held and Jürgen
Müller among others will assess the images on their creativity and
technical execution. Highest points will be given to photographers
whose images have been created before and during the shutter
release, with as little revising and adapting of the image as possible.
The jury will select 10 winners after January 15. They will receive
various types of merchandise.
Carl Zeiss AG
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First prize is a ZEISS SLR-lens, which the winner can select. The
second prize is a set of Cinemizer plus video glasses, including an iPod
touch 8 GB. Third prize is a Nokia N 86 mobile telephone.
The Carl Zeiss photo contest takes place each year in December. Last
year’s theme was “pulse of the city”. The jury was led by Uwe Ommer.
For more information or to sign up for the contest,
visit www.zeiss.com/photo
Related links:
Edith Held: http://www.edith-held.de
Jürgen Müller: http://www.studio-mueller.com
Cinemizer Plus: http://www.zeiss.com/cinemizer
Nokia N 86: http://www.nokia.com/n868mp
Last year’s contest „Pulse of the City”:
http://www.zeiss.com/c12567a8003b58b9/Contents-
Frame/368abf307903081dc12570f90043c7b4
Photo: Carl Zeiss invites you to take part at this year’s photo contest
“digital culture”.
Carl Zeiss AG
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Germany
Contact: +49 7364 20-9042
Press Contact:
Nicole Balle
Carl Zeiss AG
Camera Lens Division
Phone: +49 7364 20-9042
Fax +49 7364 20-4045
Email: n.balle@zeiss.de
Internet: www.zeiss.com/photo
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About Carl Zeiss AG
Carl Zeiss AG is a leading group of companies operating worldwide in
the optical and opto-electronic industry. The five independently
operating business groups are active in the future-oriented
markets of Medical and Research Solutions, Industrial Solutions
and Lifestyle Products. Founded in 1846 in Jena, the company is
headquartered in Oberkochen, Germany. The company has been a
technological pioneer in optical innovation for more than 160 years.
Carl Zeiss develops and distributes products and services under the
ZEISS brand name for biomedical research and medical technology, as
well as for the semiconductor, automotive and mechanical engineering
industries. Planetariums, binoculars, and camera and cine lenses are
valued by millions of users around the world. The eyeglass business is
now bundled in Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH, the number two
eyeglass provider in the world.
Carl Zeiss AG is fully owned by the Carl Zeiss Stiftung (Carl Zeiss
Foundation). During fiscal year 2007/08 (ended Sept. 30), the company
Carl Zeiss AG
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generated revenues of EUR 2,731 million. Carl Zeiss has around
13,000 employees in more than 30 countries, including more than
8,000 in Germany.