THE AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION

PARTICIPATION FORM
Participants full name:

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Postal address







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E-mail address



National ID Card
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Disclaimer
I hereby agree to abide to all the terms and conditions of the above
mentioned competition, attached overleaf and understand that any violation
thereof may result into my disqualification from the competition.
I hereby attach a postal order, in favour of The President of JCI Quatre
Bornes for the sum of Rs .. (representing a non-refundable
participation fee to the competition as per item of conditions).

Name of Participant: ________________________________

Participant Signature: ______________________________

Date: __________________


The Amateur Photography Competition

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION

JCI Quatre Bornes, hereinafter referred to as JCIQB invites amateur
photographers to enter its first Nationwide Photography Competition. The
photography competition, hereinafter referred to as the "Contest" is open to
ALL Mauritian amateur photographers of at least 18 years of age.

The competition shall be on the following theme:
Fascinating Mauritius

A. Eligible Participants
The Contest is open to all Mauritian amateur photographers of at least 18
years of age.

B. Participation Fee
The participation fee shall be as follows:
a. First two entries: Rs. 500 per entry.
b. Additional entries: Rs 350 per entry.

C. Transfer of Photo rights
All participants shall be deemed to have automatically transferred all their
intellectual property rights on their photo(s) submitted for the contest to JCI
Quatre Bornes.
JCI Quatre Bornes hereby reserves the right to use any or all of the photos
for a public exhibition and / or sale to raise funds for social activities.

D. General Rules
1. JCIQB is looking for creative digital photographs to represent the above
mentioned theme.
2. Pictures can either be in black and white or colour.

3. Submissions shall not be watermarked or bear any logo or name or any
mark whatsoever from the photographer
4. Participants will be required to submit their images in .jpeg format
through email on the following email address: jciqbphoto@gmail.com
5. Participants will also be required to submit a higher resolution of their
submission on a CD/ DVD which should be mailed to PO Box 77, Quatre
Bornes together with:
a. the original participation form, duly filled and signed; and
b. a postal order in favour of The President of JCI Quatre Bornes for
the non-refundable sum of Rs 500 per entry as participation fee for
first two entries and Rs 350 per entry for additional entries; or
c. for any other mode of payment please call on 57532129 or
52537004 for additional details.
6. Each submission is to be accompanied with a separate sheet,
indicating:
a. the caption of the photo,
b. the subject of the image,
c. the location where the photo was taken,
d. the date when the photo was taken and
e. the name of the photographer.
7. Submissions must be photos taken not earlier than May 2014.
8. Participants must not submit photos which involve human nudity, which
is injurious to the environment by the photographer, or which infringes
on the rights of other photographer or person.
9. Participation shall be deemed to have effectively transferred all
intellectual proprietary rights associated with the submissions to JCI
Quatre Bornes.
10. If participants include individuals in their submission, they (the
participants) shall be responsible for obtaining the necessary
authorisation (releases) from those individuals prior to shooting their
pictures. Participants should be able to provide copies of those releases
to JCIQB upon request, failing which their entry will be disqualified.
11. The submitted work must not contain material(s) offensive to any
particular community, group, individual or institution and should not
have any religious or political connotation.




E. Technical Requirements
1. All entries will be judged individually and the winner will be selected by
consensus of the Jury members.
2. Submissions must be in .jpeg format. The maximum file size of each
entry shall not be more than 10 MB.
3. The photographs may be in landscape or portrait formats, though the
landscape format is preferred.
4. Photo-editing can only be done to the extent of cropping, minor light or
colour correction. Any of the allowed alterations, once made, must be
clearly mentioned at the time of submission along with the caption.
5. Stitched panoramas shall be acceptable only if all parts have been
photographed at the same time.
6. Photographs previously published in any media or entered for any award
shall be not be eligible to participate in the competition and shall be
automatically disqualified.
7. Multiple exposures that have been combined to produce a single "High
Dynamic Range (HDR)" photo shall not be eligible to participate and shall
be automatically disqualified.

F. Rights and Reproduction
Should a participant submit material to JCIQB via post, email, social
network or any other means, s/he shall be deemed to have automatically
granted JCIQB an irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free license to use the
images across its entire portfolio, in print, online and digital, and to
deliver the images to existing and future clients, including but not limited
to international licensees for reproduction in international, licensed
editions of products.
Any material submitted is done at the participants own risk and,
although every care shall be taken, neither JCIQB nor its members shall
be liable for any loss or damage.


Deadline for Competition: 18th July 2014