Participated work: The clouds over the ancient city of Datong, taken at Gulou East Street in Datong, Shanxi province, Sept 26 [Photo by Ma Jun/dtnews.cn]

Participated work: Memorial Arch, taken at Heyang Street in Datong, Shanxi province, Sept 26 [Photo by Ma Jun/dtnews.cn]

The city of Datong, Shanxi province has decided to leave behind its heavily polluted past with dirty coal to transform itself into a livable city and, thanks to some landscape changes over the past decade, has taken on a new look, but that's not the only thing that has changed -- people's feelings about their home have changed as well.

And, to document the positive changes, dtnews.cn has hosted a 'Loving Home, City, and Livelihood' activity and solicited photographs from local people that are expected to reflect the new look, environmental improvements, and repairs to older parts of the city, showing their home from as unique an angle as possible.

The photographs can be in color or black and white and there's no specific equipment that has to be used – with both smart phone and top-notch camera acceptable.

Participated work: Local restaurant, taken at Fanggu Street in Datong, Shanxi province, Sept 26 [Photo by Ma Jun/dtnews.cn]

Useful information:

Time: Aug 29 to Dec 30

Requirements:

Photographs are expected to be in line with the theme of the activity.

They should be in JPG format and have a title, time the shot was taken, where it was taken, the equipment used, and photographer's name, address, and contact number.

Computer-generated images are not accepted.

Send photos by e-mail to:

dtsjb100@163.com

Additional info:

The activity is totally free and any works selected will be exhibited online in a column at dtnews.cn, and the host will also publish an album of the photographs, after asking experts to evaluate the works. The top five winners will be asked to be freelance photographers for dtnews.cn and will have further opportunities to take part in the website's future photographic events.