Share Halloween Photos - American Folklife Center

Cover of Jack Santino Brochure,

American Folklife Center, 1982.

From engraving by Francisco Goya

(1746-1828).

Share your photos of Halloween, Día de los Muertos, and related holidays with AFC and the World!

American Folklife Center

Folklife Today: 10.01.2014 by  Stephen Winick

Between October 22 and November 5, 2014, AFC invites you to document in photographs how you, your friends, your family, and your community celebrate, perform, and experience traditions of the season. To participate in this event, take photos of traditional festive, religious, spiritual, and social practices related to these holidays. Then share them online with a description, using the tag #FolklifeHalloween2014.

If you wish your photos to be considered, also please include AT LEAST the following information with the photos you share.

1.Title: Give your photo a title

2.Short Description including photographer and location: Include a brief description. What is significant about the image? Where was it taken? Who is the photographer?

3.License: For a photograph to be eligible for potential inclusion in the collection, it must be licensed under a Creative Commons license.

To recap:

•Take and share photos showing how you celebrate Halloween and related holidays between October 22 and November 5

•Use the #FolklifeHalloween2014 tag to make it easy for us and others to find your photos

•Upload your photos to Flickr  and add a Creative Commons license for potential consideration for the collection. (AFC may also include other tagged and licensed photos, but will primarily look on Flickr.)

•Be sure to title and describe your photos and include information on where they were taken and who took them.