Coinciding with the 4th Alavi International Congress and Elderly Commemoration Week, the Elderly Research Institute plans to hold a photography competition in the field of aging. Interested parties are kindly requested to send their works to aria@tbzmed.ac.ir no later than October 6, 1998. In addition, valuable prizes will be awarded to the first to third persons selected by the participants in the Elderly Congress. It is worth mentioning that the works of the participants in the photography festival will be displayed and evaluated by the participants during the days of the congress.