RULES
1.
Photographers :
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must have been 14 years of age or over on 31st
March 2010
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who are below 16 years, are required to submit
a Letter of Recommendation from either their
legal guardian / parent / school photography
or art club. The entrant must send an email
to : info@klphotoawards.com along
with the Letter as an attachment (word document
or jpeg file) for approval before submitting
the entry
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may submit up to eight (8) images
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must complete the Entry Form with their name,
address, daytime telephone, email address and
title of work (indicating if it is part of
a series if appropriate)
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must pay the appropriate fee/s as follows
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who are using another person's credit card,
must have consent from the card owner
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PORTRAIT INDIVIDUAL entrants may submit up
to 8 images at USD$10 per image.
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PORTRAIT STORY entrants must submit a
minimum of 5 up to a maximum of 8 images
at USD$50 per series.
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The 2010 KL PHOTOAWARDS is open to all photographers,
Professional and Amateurs
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Fees are payable by Credit Card before submitting
the images online. Entry fees are non-refundable.
Typical Credit Card fees apply. The payment
sites are secured sites. Non Credit Card payment
is also accepted. See ENTER page.
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The organisers of the KL PHOTOAWARDS are explorenation.net
in association with Time Out Kuala Lumpur.
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The prizemoney sponsor is amarin.com.my and
entry fees are required to cover venue hire,
catalogues, printing and organisation of the
event.
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warrant to the organisers that they (the
Photographer) own the work submitted,
that the whole copyright in the work is vested
in the Photographer or, if the copyright belongs
to a third party such as an agency, that the
Photographer has the right to submit the work
free from encumbrances or restrictions and
that if the work was commissioned for private
and domestic purposes it is submitted with
the permission of the person who commissioned
it.
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warrant that, if their work is selected for
exhibition, they (the Photographer)
have obtained the appropriate model releases
from persons featured in their submitted photographs
for all sales, marketing, educational and publicity
uses and that no additional releases are required
in respect of names, trademarks, designs or
works of art depicted in the work.
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agree that their work may be exhibited by the
organisers at an appropriate venue, and subsequently
at any other exhibition tour venues organised
by them for 2 years from the close of the contest.
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agree that the organisers may use any entries
featured in the exhibition without any payment
to the Photographer, model or any third party
for any sales, marketing, educational and publicity
use on, and in, all media worldwide including
catalogues, posters, postcards, the Internet
and within a television documentary related
to the exhibition for 2 years from the close
of the contest. However, such free use shall
only be in connection with the KL PHOTOAWARDS
and its promotion, and the photographer, and
if appropriate the agency, will receive credit
for such use.
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the Photographer retains the copyright of all
submitted images at all times,
except in relation to the previous provision,
that is, any free use shall only be in connection
with the promotion of KL PHOTOAWARDS and the
Photographer, and if appropriate the agency,
will receive credit for such use.
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All photographs must have been taken in 2009 and
2010.
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Entries will be disqualified if any of the
above criteria are not adhered to. The judges’ decision
will be final. No correspondence will be entered
into.
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Employees of Time Out Kuala Lumpur and sponsors
may not enter the KL PHOTOAWARDS 2010
2.
Photographs
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must be portraits. 'Portrait' may be interpreted
in its widest sense, in relation to 'photography
concerned with portraying people with emphasis
on their identity as individuals in relation
to their surroundings, status and humanity'.
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Commercial and advertising images, heavy digitally
manipulated, or montaged images are not permissable.
Basic darkroom techniques e.g. levels, curves,
dodging, burning, minimal sharpening, colour
correction are permissable. Images with branded
product logos that are prominent are not allowed.
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can be black and white or colour, in any format.
Photographs must not have any borders, keyline
or film edges, name, personal logos or watermarks,
and must be of sufficient quality and resolution
for enlargements.
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must follow the guidelines in ENTER.
3.
The decision of the judges is final and no discussion
or correspondence can be entered into. The judges
reserve the right to vary the awards or not to
make any award.
4.Timeline
- a.
Call for Entries : 1st December 2009.
- b.
Participants can only submit their entries from
1st March - 31st March 2010. All entries must
be received by 2400 hrs GMT on Wednesday, 31st
March 2010.
- c.
Judging will take place during the first week in
April 2010. Photographers whose entries are selected
as finalists will be notified by email or by post
by Saturday, 17th April 2010, or earlier.
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A Shortlisted Finalists gallery will be available
on this website from this date.
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Shortlisted Finalists Exhibited photographs :
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Notified finalists will be required to submit
high resolution image files by ftp / email by
17th April 2010. Image files not received by this
date will be disqualified. High resolution files
should be at least 3,500 pixels at its shortest
dimension, (approx. 16'' x 20'' size), and must
be of exhibition quality. (Contact the organiser
if in doubt). Files may be interpolated upwards
in a photo editing software to the required dimensions,
but image quality must be maintained.
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organisers will prepare, print and mount all
photographs from the finalists for exhibition.
The copyright belongs to the photographer subject
to the Rules in Paragraph 1 above. All finalists
must collect their exhibitied photographs after
the organisers have completed the exhibition.
Photographs not collected within 2 weeks of
the exhibition closing will be destroyed
5.
The Winners will be announced at the Awards Presentation
ceremony and exhibition. This will take place on 20th
May 2010 at The Annexe, Central Market, Kuala Lumpur
from 7pm.
6.
The sponsor, the exhibition venues or the organisers
shall not be liable for any loss or damage, whether
or not caused by their negligence.
7.
Entrants whose credit cards payments are refused
or cannot be processed will be disqualified.
For
further information :
KL
PHOTOAWARDS 2010
email : info@klphotoawards.com |
PROJECT
MANAGERS
Explorenation.net
(www.explorenation.net)
Explorenation.net
is a web-based photography portal running travel photography
workshops, publishing, exhibition, & photography education.
Founded by Steven Lee in 2006, an award winning UK based
freelance photographer dedicated to the personal advancement
of photographic objectives for all enthusiasts.
Together
with photographer Andy Craggs, World Photography Travel
Workshop programs was set up in 2009 to cater for a growing
demand in hands-on instruction and guidance in basic photographic
practice since the ownership of DSLRs have become affordable.
explorenation.net aims to combine travel and photography
as an inspiration to learning and developing one’s
photographic eye, and in the process, achieve a personal
objective, improved visual and communication skills. Most
of all, we make learning photography achievable to all and
fun.
Time
Out Kuala Lumpur (www.timeoutkl.com)
Time
Out Kuala Lumpur is published by Mongoose Asia, and is the
city’s premier events and listings magazine. A minimun
of 30,000 copies are printed every month targeting over
125,000 affluent, active and outgoing locals, tourists and
travellers. Distribution is via newstands in the Klang Valley,
select point of sale locations in music and boutique outlets
and by subscription. Time Out Kuala Lumpur also hosts regular
roadshows, and events. Other Mongoose Asia titles : Golf
Vacations, Expatriate Lifestyle and Newsweek. Time Out Kuala
Lumpur is part of the worldwide Time Out cities events listings
group of publications.
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AFTER
AN IMPRESSIVE AND MUCH PRAISED INAUGURAL
2009 AWARDS, KLPHOTOAWARDS.COM AND TIME OUT KL
ARE NOW CALLING FOR ENTRIES FOR THE
2ND INTERNATIONAL KL PHOTOAWARDS 2010 CONTEMPORARY
PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION
Portraits
are the most photographed genre in photography, from
one's family snaps to a full studio session and not
forgetting those special occasions. Contemporary portraits
however may be derived from a wide range of disciplines
in photography, from social images like documentary,
reportage and editorial fields, to the more considered
studio or 'staged' styles of conceptual 'tableau'
images.
As
in the previous year, the judges will be seeking
to unearth new talent and vision from emerging
and established artists alike. For the 2010 event,
there will no longer be a distinction between
Professional and Non-Professional categories.
Instead, entrants may submit portraits either
as Individual entries or as
a Story.
In
the Individual Portrait category, the judges will
be looking at overall technical skills, composition
and challenging aesthetics in a single, stand alone
portrait that rises above the rest.
The
Portrait Story category is added to enable photographers
to enter portraits in a series, along with accompanying
narrative. Identifying strong visual narrative that
speaks to the viewer is a criterion the judges will
be seeking in this category, as artists that use photography
creatively rather than camera operators will be rewarded.
We feel that understanding the processes of an artist
and his or her ability to bring concept to fruition
in a series of pictures exemplifies the creativity
in the art.
The
KL PHOTOAWARDS 2010 is open to all photographers,
over 14 years, from full time students, enthusiasts,
semi-professional to professional photographers.
PRIZES
PORTRAIT
INDIVIDUAL (OPEN) CATEGORY
- FIRST
PRIZE USD$2,500 & TROPHY
- SECOND
PRIZE USD$1,250 & TROPHY
- THIRD
PRIZE USD$ 700 & TROPHY
PORTRAIT
STORY (OPEN) CATEGORY
- FIRST
PRIZE USD$2,500 & TROPHY
- SECOND
SERIES USD$1,250 & TROPHY
- THIRD
PRIZE USD$ 700 & TROPHY
PORTRAIT
STORY CATEGORY entrants must submit a minimum
of 5 up to 8 photographs, in a
coherent series or story. Series submissions
must be accompanied by a 250 word (maximum)
narrative.
Entries
in the PORTRAIT STORY CATEGORY will also
be judged in the PORTRAIT INDIVIDUAL category.
PROFESSIONAL
PHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (PPDP)
To
encourage, nurture and develop professional
artists in the medium to long term, all Awardees
of the KL PHOTOAWARDS may wish to enrol in
the PPDP. The organisers will be teaming
up with its associate gallery owners in the
region, to offer guidance to the Prize Winners
with the ultimate aim of obtaining representation
by these commercial galleries. We plan to
hold solo or joint exhibitions of past Awardees
on a rolling 2 yearly basis provided the photographer
is committed to developing a personal portfolio
of new works within the ambit of the PPDP.
More details of the PPDP will be available
on the website.
All
prize winners will also receive a year's
subscription to ArtMalaysia's publication. |
'A/D'(Analogue
Digital Man) by Matt Richards
People's Choice Public Voting
The
popular People’s
Choice voting system will be available again
for the public to vote for their favourite
image after the judges have announced the
finalists, mid April 2010. A special prize
will be awarded to the finalist with the
highest vote count.
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ENTRY
FEES
PORTRAIT
INDIVIDUAL entrants may submit
up to 8 images at USD$10 per image.
PORTRAIT
STORIES entrants must submit a minimum of 5 up
to a maximum of 8 images at USD $50 per series.
The
organisers have put together a panel of judges
from the art, media and photography industries,
each with years of practical experience within
their own disciplines. The judges are seeking creative
and outstanding photographs to challenge the conventional
definition of portrait photography, with emphasis
on portraying people's identity as individuals.
Specially commissioned trophies will be presented
to the top category winners.
50
Finalists images will be included in a keepsake
catalogue to accompany a public exhibition
at The Annexe, Central Market in May 2010.
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SPONSOR
Amarin
Sdn Bhd (www.amarin.com.my) “Indulging
Your Senses”
The
Amarin Group of companies are involved in resorts, property
development, property management and investments. Amarin
is driven by a team of dedicated professionals with extensive
experience in the property industry and are committed to
developing and managing some of the most sought after properties
in Malaysia and the ASEAN region. A recently completed
project, the fully sold Amarin Kiara, is a high-end landed
boutique residences nestled on the hills of Mon’t
Kiara, comprising 31 villas and 31 private swimming pools
within a gated community. A project comprising the newly
launched Amarin Wickham, a 21-unit eco-condominium in the
embassy district of Ampang, Kuala Lumpur has been launched
also in 2009.
PARTNERS
LifeAndStyle.com.my
(www.lifeandstyle.com.my)
Being
the definitive lifestyle online portal for Malaysia
and the region, LifeAndStyle.com.my brings to its readers
the most current lifestyle, events and entertainment information
in a slick, fresh and innovative website providing a blend
of international and locally produced content. Content
'Channels' cover Wine & Dine, Entertainment, Travel, Health
& Wellness, People and Style.
The
Annexe Gallery (www.annexegallery.com)
Kuala
Lumpur’s premier art venue for fringe and mainstream
artists The Annexe Gallery has become increasingly popular
over the last few years, due to its eclectic events attracting
visitors from all over. The Annexe Gallery, located behind
the recently rebranded Central Market, was launched in January
2007 as a centre for contemporary arts. Making the perfect
complement to the more traditional Central Market, The Annexe
Gallery provides spaces for the ongoing expression of present
generations – whether they are artists or audiences,
locals or tourists, young or young-at-heart. The gallery
hopes to bring together folks from all walks of life in the
shared adventure of art in order to make the arts a vital
part of Malaysia’s public and private life. Located
in the heart of Kuala Lumpur’s Pasar Seni area, next
to Central Market, it enjoys convenient access via the LRT.
ArtMalaysia
(www.artmalaysia.com.my)
ArtMalaysia
initiates to create an interactive platform to promote
the finest artwork of Malaysian emerging & known artists, in order to gain
the recognition they deserve. ArtMalaysia endeavours in organizing
innovative and meaningful art exhibitions in an on-going
process of promoting diverse imagery skills in contemporary
and abstract idioms to transform reality on canvases. |
