Popular Photography & Imaging's Photographer of the Year Contest
Winning Photographer will be announced on July 31, 2007.
$5,000 cash prize will be awarded to the winner.
Before you enter, please read these contest rules:
1.To enter, contestants must submit four photographs -- a portrait, a landscape, a product shot, and an action shot.
2. Entries must be digital files and contestants must follow the instructions for posting to the website; full instructions for posting are available on www.popphoto.com/shootout2007. Entries will not be accepted though email or postal mail.
3. Contest is open to amateurs and pros. To be eligible to enter, you must be 18 years or older at the time of entry. Employees of Sponsor, Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., Inc., publisher of Popular Photography & Imaging magazine and popphoto.com and their immediate families are not eligible to enter or win.
4. Contestants must post their first four photos must be posted by Friday July 6, 2007, 9:00 a.m. EST.
5. All entrants who have submitted the required photos by July 6th may participate in the Shoot-Out from July 16-19. Assignments for each day of the Shoot-Out will be posted on www.popphoto.com/shootout2007 at 9:00 a.m. EST, and will be due the next day by 8:00 a.m. EST. Entrants must post their completed assignment by the 8:00 a.m. EST on the day that they are due. Failure to post an assignment on time will disqualify a contestant.
6. All eligible entries received will be judged by a panel of qualified judges, consisting of the editors of Popular Photography & Imaging magazine, equally weighted criteria of: creativity, technical expertise, aesthetic value, and demonstration of photographic versatility. Judging will be completed, and potential winner(s) will be selected, on or about July 31, 2007. In the event of a tie, such tied entries will be re-judged by an additional, qualified "tie-breaking" judge based on the above criteria. Sponsor reserves the right not to award all prizes in the event it receives an insufficient number of eligible entries that meet the minimum judging criteria set forth above as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Judges' decisions in connection with all matters concerning the Contest shall be final and binding.
7. Winners may be required to sign and return an affidavit of eligibility, grant of rights, and a publicity and liability release within 10 days of notification, or an alternate winner will be selected.
8. By entering and/or accepting a prize, contestants release and agree to hold harmless Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., Inc. and its directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind, including death, arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of a prize or participation in this contest.
9. The winner of the Shoot-Out will receive a $5,000 check.
10. By entering this contest, you represent that your photographs are original and of your own creation, publication and web posting of the material will not violate the rights of any kind of any third party, and you have provided all necessary permissions and releases.
11. By entering this contest, you agree to allow Sponsor to use your name, city and state, voice and images in connection with publication and web posting of your entry and for promotional purposes (except where prohibited), without review, notification, or approval.
12. By entering this contest, you agree to abide by the rules of this contest and to accept the judges' decisions as final. Submission of an entry and/or acceptance of a prize grants Sponsor, and third parties authorized by Sponsor, the exclusive, perpetual right to publish, use, edit, adapt, modify, excerpt and/or copy the entry for any and all purposes in any and all media currently in existence or hereafter developed without further compensation to you, which includes, but is not limited to the right to, the right to publish the entry in Popular Photography & Imaging magazine and on popphoto.com and to use your entry as we see fit in exhibitions and promotions of Popular Photography & Imaging magazine.
13. Income, and other taxes (if any), on the value of the prize are the sole responsibility of the winner. A form 1099 will be filed with the IRS.
14. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any person tampering with the posting process, the operation of the web site, www.popphoto.com, or who is otherwise in violation of the rules. Sponsor further reserves the right to cancel, terminate or modify the Contest if it is not capable of completion as planned due to, for example, infection by a computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention or technical failures of any sort. In no event will Sponsor be responsible for any damages or losses arising out of access to and use of the web sites or the downloading from and or printing material downloaded from said site. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete or misdirected entries.
15. The name of the winner will be published in the October 2007 issue of Popular Photography & Imaging. It also will appear on www.popphoto.com on or around July 31, 2007. The winner's name will also be available upon request after July 31, 2007. Send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Sponsor: Popular Photography & Imaging magazine -- Photographer of the Year Contest, Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., Inc., 1633 Broadway, New York, NY 10019. Residents of VT may omit postage.
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