Istanbul Photo Festival

Programs

Additional information on the festival program will be available soon.

STUDENT PHOTO COMPETITION

Overview:

Turkish Photography students are invited to submit their photography for consideration in this juried competition. A jury of notable judges will select the 20 most compelling and visionary images and vote on an overall contest winner from that selection. All 20 jury selected images will be presented at festival and highlighted on the website. .

Categories
o Advertising
o Documentary (Editorial)
o Fine Art
o Nature
o People and Portrait
o Digital-Enhancement

Eligibility

The Contest is open to Photography students and recent graduates (within 12 months of graduation) from any college or university, or high school. All competitors are required to submit current student or recent graduate status (via email to competition@istanbulphotofestival.com).

How to Enter:

You may submit a total of up to three images that are created and solely owned by you. Email your submissions to competition@istanbulphotofestival.com with your name and title of image.

Judges:

* Hossein Farmani, Chairman, Lucie Foundation
* Jasper Thomsen, Muse 44 Gallery, London

Rights and Reproduction:

Contest entrants will retain copyright of all submitted work but grant Istanbul Photo Festival unlimited and indefinite permission to display submitted images on Istanbul Photo Festival’s website, print collateral, display images, and/or additional event promotional materials related to Istanbul Photo Festival.

Disclaimer:

Contest Sponsor shall not be held responsible for: (a) any late, lost, misrouted, garbled, delayed, inaccurate, incomplete, or distorted, damaged, ineligible or incomplete transmissions, registrations, or entries; (b) telephone, electronic, hardware, software, network, Internet, or other computer or communications-related malfunctions, failures, errors, or limitations of any kind relating to or in connection with the Event, including, without limitation, malfunctions, failures, errors or limitations which may occur in connection with the administration of the Event, the processing of entries, winner notification, or the conducting of the Event; (c) any Event disruptions, injuries, losses, or damages caused by events beyond the control of Sponsor, including, without limitation, theft, vandalism, or destruction or unauthorized access to or alterations of entry materials; or (d) any printing or typographical or other errors in any materials associated with the Event. Entrant is responsible for online charges and fees incurred by it with any Internet Service Provider. Entry materials that have been tampered with or altered are void. If Sponsor determines, in its sole discretion, that there is any suspected or actual tampering with the Contest, or if technical difficulties compromise the integrity of the Contest, Sponsor reserves the right to void the entries at issue and/or terminate or modify the Contest and/or conduct an additional judging session to award the prizes using all eligible, non-winning entries received for such Contest as of the time of termination. Any attempt to deliberately damage the content or operation of this Contest is unlawful and subject to legal action.
General Release:

By entering the Contest, entrants agree to release, discharge, and hold harmless Released Parties (Sponsor, Sponsor affiliates, Contest jury, Contest affiliates) from any liability whatsoever, and waive any and all causes of action, related to any claims, costs, injuries, losses, or damages of any kind, either at law or in equity, whether known or unknown, arising out of or in connection with the Contest or delivery, mis-delivery, acceptance, possession, use of or inability to use any prize (including, without limitation, claims, costs, injuries, losses and damages related to personal injuries, death, damage to or destruction of property, rights of publicity or privacy, defamation or portrayal in a false light, whether intentional or unintentional, whether under a theory of contract, tort (including negligence), warranty or other theory.