15th Pollux Awards
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CATEGORIES:
The Pollux Award is addressed to professional and non professional photographers worldwide, who will compete in this 15th edition in two different sections (Professional and Non-Professional) in the following categories:
Abstract - Advertising & Fashion - Alternative Processes - Architecture & Interiors - Black & White -Children - Cell Phone - Cityscapes - Culture & Daily Life - Digital Manipulation & Collage - Documentary & Reportage - Fine Art - Landscapes & Seascapes - Nature - Nude & Figure - Open Theme - People - Portrait - Self Portrait - Still Life - Street Photography - Wild Life
(A professional photographers is defined as anyone who earns more than 50 percent of her annual income from photography.)
AWARDS AND EXHIBITION SELECTION:
Winner of the Pollux Award: The Jurors of the 15th Pollux Award will select one Winner in the Professional Section and One Winner in the Non-Professional Section.
Fully-paid Solo Exhibition: The Gala Awards will organize a solo exhibition for each of the above mentioned overall Winners in the respective sections (Pro and Non Pro) taking care of all exhibition expenses, including printing and framing of up to 20 photographs each. The exhibition will be held during the 6th Biennial of Fine Art & Documentary Photography. A curator designed by The Gala Award will assist the Winners in the selection of the work to be exhibited and will take care of the exhibition setup.
Gallery Representation: The two overall winners will be offered a consignation representation contract for 18 initial months with the gallery FotoNostrum.
Exposure in Artsy and Artnet: Represented artists will be exhibited online for sale in FotoNostrum’s page in Artsy and Artnet.
Collective exhibition of category winners and category honorable mentions: The Jurors will also select, in both Pro and Non-Pro Sections, runners up and honorable mentions, as well as a shortlist of finalists. All these selected photographers will be entitled to exhibit (with the category winners) in a collective exhibition in a space contiguous to the solo exhibition of the two the overall winners. In the collective exhibition, the exhibition organization and venue costs will be borne by The Gala Awards, while the exhibitors will be charged for printing and framing as well as setup costs (hanging, labelling, and insurance) in the amount of $280, approximately, per piece. To participate in the exhibition artists will have to be able to submit high resolution files of 300 dpi suitable for fine art printing.
Images of all awardees (Winners, Runner Ups, Honorable Mentions, and Finalists) will be exhibited online in The Gala Awards' website during a minimum of two years.
ENTRY FEES
$35 each set of 3 single images.
$60 each series composed of 3 to 6 images.
Please note that an image or series can be submitted to more than one category, counting as an additional image or series.
SUBMISSION SPECIFICATIONS:
File Type should be: profile sRGB or Adobe RGB, jpg, resolution = 72 dpi
The dimension of the file should be 1200 pixels in the largest side.
IMPORTANT: Before uploading your submission please check that file size, resolution and file type complies with the specifications; otherwise your upload could be rejected.
EDIT: you submission can be edited at any given time until the final deadline (such as change of title or even change of image submitted.
INSTRUCTIONS TO FILL OUT THE FORM: Since we ‘re now using a new registration platform (powered by Evalato) and although is is very simple to use, we have drafted a short instruction manual that can be read HERE.
COPYRIGHT:
All submitters warrant that they own the work submitted and that they have the exclusive copyright. The Gala Awards recognizes that the author retain full ownership of the image copyright.
USAGE:
Submitters warrant that their photographs may be reproduced for the purpose of marketing and promoting The Gala Awards’ competitions and Awards, as well as in catalogues, posters, postcards, publications, and on the Internet. Such use is granted for no more than two years after the announcement of the works selected in this competition. Such use is granted without any payment to the photographer or featured models. Photographers will receive credit with each use, and allow The Gala Awards to sublicense their photographs to the press for reproduction in connection with The Gala Awards’ competitions and awards.
The Gala Awards has the right to reject and remove any entry that contains defamatory, racist, obscene or pornographic content, or that may be considered a criminal offence or violate any law.