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Submit Photos

Amateur and professional photographers from all over the world are encouraged to submit photos to Sowar Magazine.

Submission Guidelines

There are two ways to submit photos to Sowar Magazine:

1. You have an idea
If you have an idea about a documentary that you want to take photos about, or you have already worked on a topic, please send your thoughts or sample portfolio to submissions[at]sowarmag[dot]com and we will respond back with our comments.

2. We give you the idea
A list of topics and their descriptions is available in the "Theme Topics" webpage – you can feel free to submit photos to one or more of the topics available.

Submission Steps

To submit your photos, please follow the following 5 steps:

Step 1: Decide on a topic
Step 2: Take high resolution photos of the theme, making sure you capture the date, location, and any other interesting information about the individual shots
Step 3: Send a low resolution version of all your photos to: submissions[at]sowarmag[dot]com
Step 4: You will receive an email reply requesting specific photos
Step 5: Save the high resolution requested photos on CD or DVD for us to pick up

Presentation Overview

The photos in Sowar Magazine are presented as part of a theme or portfolio in a specific section. Each section would include the following:

• A title (e.g., “Celebration of Weddings,” “Arghileh Culture,” “Walls of Beirut”)
• Overall descriptive text (1-2 short paragraphs that describe the photo essay, including some background information)
• A selection of 12 – 18 pictures (might be more or less depending on the final selection)
• Captions (usually 1-2 short sentences that describe each picture)

When submitting photos, it is always a good idea to keep in mind how the final set of pictures will end up being presented in the magazine.

Resolution Requirements

In general, the higher the resolution of the picutes, the better. The ideal resolution would be 20cm x 30cm at 300 dpi. However, we do realize that not a lot of you have the equipment or the memory capacity to hold such large file sizes. Hence, please make sure that you set your camera settings to the maximum resolution you could afford. Most pictures are usually considered for publication as double spreads (two full pages) in the magazine, and low resolution files might become pixelized when enlarged.The preferred picture file format is JPEG (.jpg)

If you have any questions, please email us at submissions[at]sowarmag[dot]com