[CML #9080] 5th International Cave Photography Contest

Cavers Mailing List № 9080

5th International Cave Photography Contest - Last call for entries

Автор: Ioannis Zenas
Дата: 16 Sep 2006

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th International Cave Photography Contest -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Description: 16 Sep. 2006. Dear Cavers, Speleoklub Warszawski from Warsaw, Poland organises the 5th International Cave Photography Contest. Till the 29th of September 2006 we are waiting for the entries for Contest. You'll find all the information at: http://konkurs.speleo.waw.pl/index.php?jezyk=en Regards, Organisation Comittee Kasia Biernacka, Magda Glowacka, Kasia Kedracka, Kasia Starosta, Marcin Gala, Wojtek Szabelski, Adam Zozula 5th INTERNATIONAL CAVE PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST in Commemoration of WALDEMAR BURKACKI 2006 Edition Statute 1.. The concept and organisation of the Contest is provided by Speleoklub Warszawski stowarzyszenie based in Warsaw, postal code 00-666, at Noakowskiego 10 street, flat no. 12, referred to as the Organiser. 2.. The subject of the Contest is caving photography depicting caves as far as their natural, sport and aesthetic values are concerned. 3.. The Contest is open to all photographers: amateur and professionals. 4.. Members of Organising Comitee of Speleoklub Warszawski stowarzyszenie as well as the jurors and their families cannot participate in the Contest. 5.. The official webpage address of the Contest is: http://konkurs.speleo.waw.pl/ 6.. The Contestants are given free will to issue any piece of art. The technique for making pictures can be chosen by a Contestant. 7.. The authors can send their work in two forms: single pictures or picture cycles. Picture cycle will be treated and evaluated as a single piece of work. 8.. The pictures sent must meet the following conditions: 1.. A maximum number of pieces that can be sent by one author is 10. 2.. A maximum of pictures in a cycle is 5. 3.. The pictures, enlarged on photo paper should have the following format: - the shorter side of 20 cm at minimum - the longer side of 50 cm at maximum 4.. The pictures the format of which shall differ from the one above will not be a subject to the Contest 5.. The pictures sent for the Contest cannot be pasted or framed 6.. Each photography (a single picture as well as every each one in a cycle) should be described on the backside with the following information: number; title; authors sign (stamp etc.) 7.. above all that in case of cycles the number of the photo should also contain alphabetical letters in a sequence representing the order in which the photos from the cycle are to be shown, e.g.: 1a, 1b, 1c for the first three photos in the first cycle... etc. 8.. each package,containing the pictures constituting one piece of work, under the conditions of the statute should be supplemented by an envelope containing authors sign inside of which an obligatory Contestants Form filled in capital letters must be placed. 9.. The Form will be made available at the website of the Contest from the 1st of March 2006 9.. The works which were awarded a place last year cannot take part in current edition of the Contest. 10.. The sent pieces of work shall be treated with utmost solicitude, but the Organisers do not take responsibility in case of loss or damage incurred in postal transport. 11.. The Contestant is an author of the published photos and as such states that he or she possesses unlimited and sole property rights to the submitted photos and that all the people appearing in the images agree to have themselves published and showed in public. 12.. The Organisers do not take responsibility for consequences of erroneous or illegible description of the photos made by their author and the resulting exclusion of such work from the Contest. 13.. The Organisers reserve the right to exclude the works that do not meet the conditions described herein. 14.. The works are to be submitted in a rigid packaging via postal letter (not a package!). All the postal information will be announced with a Contestant Form, March 1st. 15.. The works will be granted awards and evaluation by the Jury of the 5th International Cave Photography Contest in Commemoration of Waldemar Burkacki appointed by the Organiser of the Contest. 16.. The following prizes shall be awarded in the Contest: 1.. I prize of PLN 1500 in value 2.. II prize of PLN 1000 in value 3.. 3 special prizes (material prizes) 17.. One author can be awarded one prize only. 18.. The Jury reserves the right to distribute the prizes in a different manner 19.. The verdict of the Jury is final. 20.. The timing of the Contest: - 1st of February 2006 - anouncement of the Statute of the Contest - 1st of March 2006 - anouncement of the Contestants Form - from the 1st of July till the 29th of September 2006 - the time for submitting of the work (counted against the time the package is delivered to the Organiser) - 30th of September - 8th of October 2006 - judging panel - 9th of October 2006 - the Contestants will be noted on the results and the results shall be published on the webpage of the Organiser. 21.. The ownership of the entries submitted for the Contest shall be hereby transferred to the Organisers, remaining in the archives of the Contest. 22.. The Organisers reserve the right to repeatedly distribute, publish, record, copy the works for the purposes of the Contest meaning: presenting the exhibits, presenting their reproductions in catalogue, media and internet as well as in special marketing publishings that promote the Contest. 23.. The submittance of the work for the Contest shall be hereby understood as an approval of the Statute set forth as well as a consent to disclose the personal data of the Contestant in accordance with the Legal Act on Protection of Personal Data of 29th of August 1997. 24.. Prizes for the Contest described herein, should they exceed PLN 760 in value, will be subject to personal taxation of 10% of the value of the prize that shall be collected by the Organiser and transferred to appropriate Tax Office. 25.. The Contest is not a sweepstake in accordance with Legal Act of 29 th of July 1992 about lotteries. 26.. The final interpretation of the Statute is reserved for the Organiser of the Contest and the Jury thereof. 27.. Any other issues not mentioned herein will be solved by the regulation of the Civil Code. _________________________________________________________ Worldwide Caving News Network http://www.zenas.gr/WCN To receive caving news directly to your email reply this email or send a new email to with the subject SUBSCRIBE WCN _________________________________________________________

CML archive browser created by Pavel Gulchouck