Here come the results of the Degré7 contest!

We received a lot of submissions for the fist summer collection of the brand. But there is only one winner, and the jury chose babate for his concept. You will find it on this page. Congrats to him! He wins 2500€ and will meet the Degré7 team very soon in France.

Francois Gadrey, Degré7’s CEO, wanted to congratulate the winner himself, and explain the jury’s choice:

“We really appreciated his graphic approach. We can feel the fluctuation of the body (with the different actions) and the spirit (with the meditation standing). In short, we can feel in these humans are always thinking or acting. We liked the colors, the sobriety with the very coloured backgrounds and the monochromic shadow.”

Congratulations

In preparation for an upcoming video/animation Call-for-Entries on Eyeka aimed at promoting HIV awareness and education, we invite you to learn about the campaign to save humanity!

Supported by Standard Chartered, the AntiHIVirus campaign (www.vir.us) focuses on education as a way of reducing the number of new HIV infections. There is no cure or vaccine for HIV, so we must stop people getting infected in order to tackle the virus. Giving people the facts about HIV and AIDS enables them to make safe lifestyle choices, and also dispels the myths that drive stigma!

Learn more about the VIRUS and protect yourself and your loved ones. TAKE THE TEST NOW!

A bit belated for vacation reasons but better late than never:

We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a fantastic New Year and thanks again for all your videos and support!

May 2009 be your best yet.

Bonne Année!

To launch their Style Clash Collection which highlights the constant opposition between 2 styles, Energie needs you to translate your vision of Energie through a true artistic performance, around the deep-set brand values:

● Experimentation
● Creativity
● Urban / contemporary / modern
● Music

The winner will be in all of ENERGIE’s communication campaign, in MK2 theatres for 2 weeks, on the Internet, and will receive a 5000€ prize!

On the Photo Side

Nicolas Mithois is 28.

He starts photography by chance ( thanks Nat), using the streets of Paris as a playground.

Observation, a neverending game.

He likes the « Decisive Moment », urban landscapes, randomness…
-Exhibition on the topic of Reflection in Paris, La Fabrique, 2004.
-Pro/Amateur Exhibition at « l’Espace Beaurepaire », Paris, June 2005
http://www.parisphotographique.org/06-2005/espace-photos06-2005.html
- Exhibition at l’Espace Beaurepaire, Paris, November 2005 http://www.parisphotographique.org/s-election/s-election.html
- Prize winner of the SFR Young talents contest and exhibition at the Transphotographiques of Lille, May 2007.
- Finalist for the SFR Young talents/Photo Response contest on urbanity and exposure to the European House of Photography,
Paris, September 2007 http://photo.sfrjeunestalents.fr//reponse-photo/

More photographs: http://www.nicolasmithois.book.fr

On the Video Side

3Lézards is 3 associates and friends (and vice versa) from the South of France who film together.

Shorts, theatre, TV Shows… Altogether we have had our hands in everywhere, except for the Loto of course! Ben, Fred, and Alain are delighted to present to you their different and diverse works for your personal pleasure. If it doesn’t make you happy, we’ll do better next time!

http://www.3lezards.com

1/ What is Eyeka?

It’s a video-and-photo website dedicated to quality original works.
Eyeka selects and edits these works and distributes them. In short, Eyeka acts as an agent for creators.

2/ What makes Eyeka different from YouTube or Flickr?

Eyeka is not a hosting service and accepts only works on which authors hold intellectual property rights.

Beyond communal capabilities such as sharing and blogging pictures and videos, Eyeka offers much more.

3/ What’s unique about Eyeka?

Eyeka is commited to authorship, first by pledging to respect authors’ rights.

Second, by helping authors distribute their works and thus get royalties.

4/ Whom does Eyeka want to reach?

All creators, be they amateurs or professionals, wannabe poets or recognized artists!

5/ What advantages for authors?

Not only can you gain recognition but also an opportunity to be syndicated and make money from royalties.

6/ Are there any success stories yet?

Yes. As we speak, Alex Chan is filming a series assigned by Eyeka and sold to 20minutes.fr and AB-TV Productions. World of Electors is broadcast from April 16 to May 7 on channel NT1 and 20minutes.fr

Great news! We have a new and improved Home Page: We give greater emphasis to Promising Authors and better access for Image Buyers who can go straight to the information they need.

Several new RSS feeds allow you to have instant access to your favourite sections: new pix and videos, best rated, etc…

Learn more on Eyeka’s “feeds page”

We need your feedback about the site. Express yourself!

We have launched a new player and i hope you’ll like it. It’s beautiful. The command and info bar under the image appears and fades when you drag on it. So you have more space for your images. Try it, play the video, wait a few seconds until the menu disappears, then move your mouse on the lower part of the player hereunder. Moreover, you can click on the page icon to access your Lightbox’s playlist and select more easily the video you want to watch.

In last weeks’s publication, we have also made a number of significant improvements on the UI : Eyeka’s blog is – as you can see ! – integrated in the web site to support our authors and interact with you, the TV channels have changed, and we corrected some bugs in the “album” function. More info in French here. As before, you can pull together several images, photos and videos, in one single lightbox and export it to your blog as i just did it hereunder.

On a former post on Franck Perrier’s blog, , Gregory commented on downloading a video on Eyeka to share it elsewhere. We have not adressed this because it does not match the vision we have for our business. Eyeka is not about taking videos from authors to allow anyone to distribute it on sharing sites. Our authors can do that themselves. Eyeka is about showcasing these videos in a like environment, building programs from them so that we can eventually create revenu for our authors when we distribute some of these programs on other media. We hope that you’ll visit our website to enjoy what the folks are uploading.

Check the new videos on Eyeka Tv.