ACCU - Asia-Pacific Cultual Centre for UNESCO

"My Country" captured through the eyes of photographers in Asia and the Pacific.

Every year thousands of photographs taken by photographers in Asia and the Pacific in their own countries are sent to the ACCU Photo Contest. The prize-winning works are selected by an international jury on the basis not only of their technical quality but also their imaginativeness in depicting their own cultures.

The series of contests were organized annually between 1976 and 2002, in the hope that people living in different countries in Asia and the Pacific to develop mutual understanding through photographs by finding what they have in common and gaining insights into the lives and cultures of people in countries other than their own.

New programme "the ACCU Asia-Pacific ESD Photo Message Contest" has started in 2007.
=> ESD Photo Message Contest Website

Themes of Past Contests

2002 Contest	2001 Contest	2000 Contest
The Joy of Sport © Fan Jiashan (China)	Clothes and People © M. A. Sadek (Bangladesh)	Living in Harmony © Debashis Mukherjee (India)
1999 Contest	1998 Contest	1997 Contest
Our Elders Happiness in Old Age © Bao Weidong (China)	Nature and Daily Life © Le Tu (Viet Nam)	Traditional Arts and People © Moe Hlaing (Myanmar)
1996 Contest	1995 World Photo Contest	1994 Contest
Children at Play © Ren Qin (China)	Living Together © Eddy Hasby (Indonesia)	People at Work © S. Palu (India)
1993 World Photo Contest	1992 Contest	1991 Contest
Family © R. Gombajov (Mongolia)	Food and People © Dhansukh Patel (India)	Animals in Daily Life © Syed Azmat Ali Zaidi (Pakistan)
1990 Contest	1989 Contest
Education for All © Liu Wan Tian (China)	Traditional Life Cycle Ceremonies © Woon Cheow Long (Malaysia）

Travelling Photo Exhibition

The prize-winning works of each contest are mounted on panels for a travelling exhibition which tours the participating countries in Asia and the Pacific bringing messages of peace and mutual understanding.