Australian Competitions Club

 http://photophemmes.com/the-award-2016

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The Award 2016 is a photographic competition open to women of all ages who are Australian residents. The organisers of The Award are the Photo Phemmes, a group of seven women involved in the photographic industry. They hope The Award will inspire female photographers and promote excellence in Australian photography.

The Noeline Kelly Award for Photography offers a $2,000 first prize and is open to Australian female photographers.
The new award is an initiative of a group of seven women who call themselves the Photo Phemmes. Their senior member, Noeline Kelly has had a 35 year career working as a photographer, and did so at a time when not many women considered choosing such a career. Noeline is now a grande dame of 85, and the Photo Phemmes have banded together to offer the $2000 award for portrait photography in her honour.

There is no entry fee and The Award 2016 is privately funded by the Photo Phemmes. The purpose of The Award is to not only honour one of their number, but to raise awareness amongst female photographers and to promote excellence in the industry. Noeline worked tirelessly to express her vision of humanity and has used her passion and dedication to create an extraordinary yet humble life. Her work took her to four continents and has been sold and represented around the world. In selecting portrait photography, The Award aims to reinforce Noeline’s view of the world through the expression and viewpoint of those around us. A deeply spiritual person, Noeline believes in the fundamental goodness of humanity.

Terms and Conditions

1.     Entries will be accepted from June 1, 2016 until midnight September 30, 2016.

2.     Entry must be a photographic portrait and can be of an individual person or a group of people taken in 2016.

3.     The competition is open to women who are Australian residents (proof of permanent residence to be      submitted on request). Each Entrant will be allowed to submit only one photograph and can only make one entry.

4.     The Entrant guarantees that she is the creator of the work and that she owns the copyright of her entry. Additionally, the Entrant guarantees the permission of the subject and/or the subject’s parent or guardian for the creation of the portrait and that the portrait is available to the Photo Phemmes for publicity purposes.

5.     The Entrant agrees to indemnify the Photo Phemmes for any expenses, costs, loss or damages suffered by the Photo Phemmes in case the Entrant breaches the above clause.

6.     Technical specifications: photographs can be either colour or black & white, jpeg or tif format at a resolution of 300ppi, a minimum of 3000px on short side, no interpolation. No RAW files will be accepted. The image filename should be: [name of photographer]_image title e.g. Jane Smith_Girl with Green Hat.tif (or .jpg). It is the responsibility of the photographer to include metadata such as copyright status, contact details, description and title.

7.     Images to be uploaded by URL link and accompanied by a completed entry form.

8.     All entries will be judged by the Photo Phemmes. The decision of the judges is final. The Award winner will be notified on by phone and/or email on December 1, 2016. If the Photo Phemmes have not received a response by December 9, 2016, an alternative winner may be selected. Unsuccessful applicants will not be contacted. The announcement of the winner and a shortlist of finalists will be published on social media and the Award website.

9.     The photographer retains copyright to her submitted image at all times. The Photo Phemmes reserve the right to publish any submitted images at no charge in all media, both digital and print, for the future promotion of the Award. With any such usage, the Photo Phemmes will endeavour to credit the photographer.

10.  No entries can have been previously exhibited or reproduced in any commercial publication, either in print or online.

11.  The winner and finalists agree to their works being exhibited at a future stage.

12.  No Photo Phemme or members of their immediate families are eligible to enter.

13.  A cash prize of A$2000 will be awarded to the winning entry. There are no other prizes.

14.  Uploading of an entry to The Award implies acceptance of these terms and conditions.