VILEM HECKEL PEAKS
3rd biennale of the photographic competition held under the auspices of the Mayor of Prague
Deadline: 30 December 2010
Logo: Praha, Czech Photo, SČF
CZECH PHOTO, o.p.s., and the CAPITAL CITY OF PRAGUE in cooperation with the Union of Czech Photographers invite professional and amateur photographers to participate in the third year of the biannual photographic competition VILEM HECKEL PEAKS, which takes place under the auspices of the Mayor of the Capital City of Prague.
The competition, named after the eminent Czech photographer and mountaineer Vilem Heckel who was killed tragically together with the entire Czechoslovak mountaineering expedition in Peru on the 31st May 1970 by an avalanche on Huascaran Mountain, follows on the popular competition founded on the day of the first anniversary of Heckel’s death by his fans and friends.
The aim of the competition is to promote and support active contact of man with nature, knowledge of nature and it’s conservation – fully in tune with Vilem Heckel’s life’s objective.
ENTRY RULES
Photographers resident in the Czech Republic and Slovakia can take part in the competition with work originated between 1st January 2009 and 30th December 2010. Individual black and white and colour prints and series of black and white and colour prints (taken with classical or digital cameras) are accepted. All competition pictures have to be accompanied by their digital version on CDs.
COMPETITION CATEGORIES
1. Cityscape and countryside (acronym K, KS for a series)
2. Man and mountains (acronym H, HS for a series)
3. Man, nature and environment (acronym ZP, ZPS for a series)
JURY
Photographs will be judged by a nine-member jury of experts made up of specialists from the field of photography, environment, nature protection, sport and tourism. The jurors will judge their content and aesthetic value. The pictures will be shown to the jury anonymously. In the interest of appraisal, the jury has a right by majority of votes to move photographs to a different category or award only some of the photographs from a series or not to award a prize at all.
AWARD WINNING AND OTHER SELECTED PHOTOGRAPHS
Will be exhibited in March and April 2011 at the Old Town Hall in Prague and later will tour other places.
AWARDS
First, second and third prize will be awarded in every category – 25 000 Kc, 15 000 Kc and 10 000 Kc.
Name and surname ..................................
Date of birth................................................
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Employer .........................................................
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LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHS SENT TO THE COMPETITION
Write down a short title of individual photographs or series including place and date of their origin. Mark the photo series in sequence as follows: 1/A,1/B, 1/C, etc (it means series number 1, sequence A, B, C...)
In case of need, add another sheet of paper.
category title of photograph (series)/date number of pictures
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COMPETITION RULES
Every participant may submit maximum of eight individual sets (one photo-series is regarded as one set). Photo-series can have maximum of nine pictures on one theme. The minimum size is 30 x 40 cm, maximum 50 x 60 cm, and variations on these sizes. All submissions must be accompanied with their digital version on CD and have minimum size A4 (210x297mm), minimum resolution 300 dpi (2480x3425 pixels) and be in either RGB or CMYK colour space. All formats are accepted, especially jpg, tiff or bmp.
Photomontages or trick photographs won’t be accepted in the competition.
All submission must be accompanied by a completed entry form.
Photographs included in the exhibition (all awarded photographs and other selected ones) will remain available to the organisers exclusively for exhibitions in connection with the VILEM HECKEL PEAKS. The organisers may publish the competition photographs for promotional purposes of the VILEM HECKEL PEAKS competition only.
Photographs not included in the exhibition will be returned after the end of the competition only if the sender includes a return postage. Otherwise they will be ready for personal collection.
Packages, together with a completed entry form should arrive by post or delivered in person not later than 30 December 2010:
CZECH PHOTO, o.p.s.
Rytířská 10
110 00 Prague 1
Tel/fax: +420 236002828
GSM: +420 605228483, +420 603177792
E-mail: Czech.photo@volny.cz
Entry forms and competition rules:
www.czechpressphoto.cz
www.stityheckel.cz
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