TERMS & CONDITIONS
Definitions
Contents of participating photos must conform to the generally accepted theme of “Humanity World,” which celebrates the diversity and richness of human existence. The focus should be on people, their creations, and their traditions, highlighting the various aspects of human life across different cultures and environments. Whether through portraits, street photography, travel, architecture, or culture, the images should reflect the essence of humanity and the intricate connections between individuals, communities, and the world they inhabit.
Your photos can be in color or black and white.
Right to participate
Participation is open to individuals from all countries in the world with no territorial, gender, ethnic or other restriction. Any person interested to enter must be at least 18 years of age.
Categories
Participants can enter any of the five categories or all five of them. They may submit up to 10 photos per category with a paid package or one (1) photo per category for free (only once across all five categories, solely during the Early Bird period). Please note that submission fees are non-refundable.
Tech details are quoted in the PARTICIPATE and HOW TO ENTER sections.
Judges – Jury
Judging committee consists of world acclaimed photographers and photo editors. Appointment of judging committee is the organizer’s prerogative. Obscene, sexually explicit, offensive and indecent content will be disqualified by the jury – at the judges’ discretion. Rejected photos, whatever the reason might be, are not eligible for refunding.
No claims, disputes or objections against judging committee decisions can be accepted and participants hereby waive any such right. The decision of judges is final and cannot be contested in any court anywhere in the world and under any capacity or jurisdiction.
Submission of photos
All photos (Color or Black & White) must be submitted in medium resolution (minimum longer side 2000pixel and maximum longer side 2500pixel). Size at the initial submission stage is limited to 2MB JPEG. At the point of registration and uploading all requested data, all required fields should be filled-in properly according to the supplied instructions.
Film or printed originals are also acceptable. However submission of analog prototypes should be made in the form of scanned, digital files. Scanning of originals is the entrant’s responsibility.
At a later stage short listed participants will be notified by the organizer to supply full resolution photos and probably Raw files (when available) for the judging committee to fully appreciate technical and other details. Failure to supply high resolution files within reasonable deadline voids eligibility for awards.
Copyright
- By entry alone, any participant confirms, ascertains and assures that is sole holder of copyright as the original and only author of the image or images he/she submits to the competition.
- Entries should be fully original photos made by a camera and lens and not the produce of Artificial Intelligence, Image Generators or heavily composite works. Such images will be excluded and void.
- In case of depicted people in the photo/photos, permission of included recognizable persons is required. By submitting entry, the participant declares that he/she has been granted such permission (s) by depicted person(s). If it is later proven that such permission was not really granted to the participant, it is the latter’s liability to assume all incurred damages and compensation.
- Participant also assures that whole or part of submitted photo(s) does (do) not infringe copyright, trademark or intellectual property rights of any party. Especially that photo(s) does (do) not contain large elements and parts of images belonging to creators other than the participant himself (herself). This provision holds even in the case of AI images.
Usage rights
The copyright of all submitted images remains exclusively with the author (photographer). However, participants allow unlimited free of charge license for the organizer to fully use images entered to the contest for publication, upload, use in website, social media, online and printed in relation with the contest and all relevant promotional activities. Participants agree to allow publicity and promotional use of their images by the organizer, in relation with the contest, without additional compensation.
Images entered to the contest cannot be sold or otherwise transferred by the organizer to third parties with or without payment. The copyright always remains with the author, with the exception of fair use for the purposes (announcement, publicity, promotion etc.) of the competition.
Any use, publication, upload or other, online or printed, must be accompanied by proper credit line.
Photo Exhibition
Participation in the Photo Exhibition (the date, and the venue will be announced soon) at a prominent Athens venue is optional and open to participating photographers who are specially chosen by the organizer’s editorial committee. All interested photographers will be contacted from Jan.20 to Feb.28.2025. A token sum per exhibited printed photo will charged and has to be paid by March 14.2025, along with supplying High Resolution files for exhibition quality printing. In case of any problem, technical, copyright or other, paid monies will be refunded without any other claim for compensation..
Personal data
Registration data of participants are kept in our files for the duration of the contest and as long need to process and conclude the contest effectively. The organizer commits to offer any interested participant access to his (hers) personal info, correction, amendment or deletion of personal info and the right to be forgotten after reasonable time after termination of all contest related activities.
Legal
Terms, conditions and deadlines of this competition can be altered, changed or voided by the organizer at his sole discretion, and it can be prolonged, modified or totally cancelled at any time. In case of cancellation proper refunds will be made. Participants agree to indemnify the organizers of all penalties, fees, and any other monies owed to any person for failure to comply with any of the above requirements.
Participants assure satisfactory knowledge and command of English, hereby admitting and asserting that they have fully understood and are bound by the terms and conditions quoted in the above. Any dispute, claim, demand and civil procedure is subject only to Greek Law and will be tried and adjucated accordingly by Greek competent courts.