In the celebratory spirit of our 20th anniversary we invite our
readers and friends of IIAS to contribute to our growing image
collection by entering the IIAS Photo Contest, which will be launched on
1 January 2014 and run until 30 June.
At IIAS we endorse story-telling by way of pictures – The Newsletter uses an abundance of colourful images, which has become one of its most recognisable features. Our contributors and readers come from all over the world and speak dozens of different languages, so what better medium is there to represent a global language we can all understand?
We always have a lot of fun looking for pictorial material to accompany our articles and other items in The Newsletter, so now, in the celebratory spirit of our 20th anniversary we invite our readers and friends of IIAS to contribute to our growing image collection, by taking part in the IIAS Photo Contest, which will be launched on 1 January 2014, and run through to 30 June 2014.
This photo contest, on the special occasion of 20 years IIAS, offers you the chance to have your photo published in The Newsletter. We would like to give you the opportunity to tell a visual story, to explore photography’s capacity for communication, to capture the unexpected, and to share with us the world you live in.
The photos you send will automatically become eligible for publication in The Newsletter (always accredited to you), and to further reward you we are giving away a number of prizes, which will be announced here soon, and in the following issues of The Newsletter.
Submitting photos
Please send us your photographs by using our online form. You are welcome to start uploading on 1 January 2014. See the rules and regulations below for further details.
The categories
We ask you to send in a maximum of 5 photographs per person, for the following categories:
Rules and conditions:
At IIAS we endorse story-telling by way of pictures – The Newsletter uses an abundance of colourful images, which has become one of its most recognisable features. Our contributors and readers come from all over the world and speak dozens of different languages, so what better medium is there to represent a global language we can all understand?
We always have a lot of fun looking for pictorial material to accompany our articles and other items in The Newsletter, so now, in the celebratory spirit of our 20th anniversary we invite our readers and friends of IIAS to contribute to our growing image collection, by taking part in the IIAS Photo Contest, which will be launched on 1 January 2014, and run through to 30 June 2014.
This photo contest, on the special occasion of 20 years IIAS, offers you the chance to have your photo published in The Newsletter. We would like to give you the opportunity to tell a visual story, to explore photography’s capacity for communication, to capture the unexpected, and to share with us the world you live in.
The photos you send will automatically become eligible for publication in The Newsletter (always accredited to you), and to further reward you we are giving away a number of prizes, which will be announced here soon, and in the following issues of The Newsletter.
Submitting photos
Please send us your photographs by using our online form. You are welcome to start uploading on 1 January 2014. See the rules and regulations below for further details.
The categories
We ask you to send in a maximum of 5 photographs per person, for the following categories:
- Asian Cities, The rapid growth of Asian cities has tremendous effects on urban culture and communities – show us what you have witnessed.
- Global Asia, How can we best record the flow of people, goods, capital and ideas from, as well as within, the Asian region?
- Asian Heritages, Show us Asia’s broad diversity of cultural heritage and how it is used to express identity.
- Asia’s Pop Culture, Commercial culture, style and taste of the youth, ‘low culture’, mass media … ? How do you define pop culture in Asia?
- Everyday Life in Asia, Capture the daily routines, experiences and activities that unite each and every one of us, providing comfort and a sense of connection.
- Mobile Devices, Be spontaneous – use your phone or tablet to capture the moment. Set your device to its highest resolution!
Rules and conditions:
- By submitting a photo the contestant automatically agrees to these rules and conditions
- The IIAS Photo Contest begins 1 January 2014 at 00:01 Central European Time (CET), and ends 30 June 2014 at 23:59 CET
- Each contestant may enter a maximum of 5 photos
- Entries will only be accepted if they have been submitted through the online web form, in which you can upload photos and supply captions and additional information.
- The online form can be found on our Institution’s website from the 1st of January 2014
- All entries must be in digital format, saved as a JPEG (.jpeg)
- All photographs must have been made by the contestant, no earlier than 2 years before submission to this contest
- Only minor colour, brightness and contrast corrections are allowed. Any other changes made to the original photo will deem the entry ineligible
- Photos that feature other people’s work (e.g., paintings or sculptures) must comply with copyright regulations (i.e., have been given written permission to use). Responsibility lies with the contestant
- The photograph, in its entirety, must be a single work of original material taken by the contestant. By entering the contest, the contestant acknowledges and warrants that the submitted photograph is an original work created solely by the contestant, that the photograph does not infringe on the copyrights, trademarks, moral rights, rights of privacy/publicity or intellectual property rights of any person or entity, and that no other party has any right, title, claim or interest in the photograph.
- IIAS is in no way accountable for any copyright infringements that may occur – these responsibilities lie solely with the contestants
- The photograph must not contain obscene, defamatory, sexually explicit, or otherwise objectionable or inappropriate content
- Photos will be judged on a combination of creativity, relevance of subject to the category, and photographic quality
- All contestants grant an irrevocable, royalty-free, perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive license to IIAS to reproduce, distribute, display and create derivative works of the entries (along with a name credit), in any media now or hereafter known, including, but not limited to: The Newsletter, the IIAS website, IIAS monthly updates, IIAS promotional materials, the IIAS Flickr webpage, the IIAS Pinterest page, etc. IIAS will not be required to pay any additional consideration or seek any additional approval in connection with such use.
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