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Open call - Images for ISSP Agenda 2023

Dear friends, we invite image submissions for the inclusion in the new ISSP Agenda 2023. The next edition will be issued in cooperation with our partners Antalis and VVFoundation and will traditionally combine the functions of a weekly planner, a bullet journal and a notebook and will remain as user-friendly and minimalistic in design as always.

The Agenda will feature about 25 original images selected via this open call.
 
Theme of the year - Light /and Darkness/
Light and darkness are basic natural phenomena as well as symbolic or metaphorical meanings that are often equated with the pairs of Being and Non-Being, primordial chaos and world order. According to the ancient conceptions from the early civilizations of the Middle East, light and darkness are experienced in rhythmical alternation and hence as being contingent on each other. Darkness is the mysterious, impenetrable ground and source of light; and light is associated with creation - it grants and is therefore a symbol for the primal conditions of life. - www.encyclopedia.com 

The authors of the selected images will receive their own copy of the Agenda free of charge and up to 3 copies at production costs.

Submit your images by 30 September here: https://ej.uz/agenda_2023 

Please use the visual board attached and last years’ edition as a visual guide:
https://ej.uz/agenda_2022   
https://ej.uz/2022_issuu  (full edition in issuu)

Thank you <3  

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