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Photographic Competition CHANGES – XXI century

Idea of the competition

What has recently changed in your life? How are your surroundings changing, how are people changing around you? What are the challenges facing them? What CHANGES does the world need today? What CHANGES do people want, and which do they reject in the XXI century?

These are just a few of the many questions that come to mind when we think about the CHANGES. In organising an international photography competition, we are looking for the fullest answers. We are interested in all possible aspects of this subject:

personal,
ecological,
social,
fashion,
cultural,
historical,
political.

Entrants

Seen both in the eye of professional and amateur. We are interested in CHANGES both in the global and private dimension, even intimate. Documentary and metaphorical presentations

Everyone has equal chances – photography, as a generally available medium, allows participants of the competition to express themselves freely! Here in the heart of the European Union, we want to create a place where everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, national origin or religion will have the opportunity to free and unfettered expression.

Prizes

The winner will receive 4000 Euro, and distinguished works will appear at an elite exhibition in a place that is an example of CHANGES – the building of Warsaw's Dom Partii (the former headquarters of the communist party), which as a result of political changes became the headquarters of the Stock Exchange.

This competition has been organised by The Association of the Underground Radio "Solidarność" For Media Freedom seated in Poland - Warsaw. Our Association works for the broadly understood freedom of expression as the basic canon of civil liberty. We want to project CHANGES – the XXI century to become the plane of free, unfettered media.

For further information please visit the competition website.

This competition meets all the standards set out in the Bill of Rights

Note that although Pro-Imaging will promote competitions sponsored by organisations which support the Royalty Free licensing model, this does not imply that Pro-Imaging support Royalty Free Licensing. Our only consideration in this report is compliance with the Bill of Rights for Photography Competitions. Competitions which pass the Bill of Rights do not -

claim copyright
seek waiving of moral rights
fail to give a credit for all free usage.
add, alter, or remove metadata from digital images
seek usage rights other than for solely and exclusively promoting the contest. Note that a book, posters, cards, or a calendar are seen as legitimate ways of promoting the contest and defraying costs.
seek free usage rights in excess of 5 years
use the images commercially without the photographers agreement, and such commercial usage is to be rights managed and limited to 5 years.
make it a condition of winning that an entrant must sign a commercial usage agreement.
fail to publish all documents on the competition website that an entrant may have to sign
fail to name the judges for this or last year's competition
fail to explicitly state all the organisations who will acquire rights to the images
set a closing date more than 18 months after the contest launch date
fail to make clear statements of rights claimed and how images are used.

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