1. PROMOTING ASSOCIATION

The "Anthipodi" Cultural Association of Lecce announces the first edition of the photo contest GAIA – Stories of Lands and Food with the aim of supporting and enhancing the talent of national and international photographers whose works have the quality of promoting territorial identities around the world and enhancing their cultures and typicality through the narration of food and wine traditions, to allow them a fruitful exchange of experiences, direct confrontation with professionals in the sector and the expansion of skills, as well as increasing the chances of making yourself known to a wider audience.

2. THEME AND CATEGORIES OF THE COMPETITION

The theme of the competition is Food and Territory: iconography of an indissoluble relationship. A theme that explores the traditions, memory and culture of peoples through photographs that represent iconographic images of the relationship between food and territory. Images able to tell the Food placed in relation with the Lands of which it is typical and withHumanity that populates it.

The competition is spread over two categories:

• Single Photos
• Projects and Portfolios

It is possible to compete in both categories.

SINGLE PHOTOS CATEGORY

Category for single photos relating to the theme of the competition.

In this category, each competitor can submit a maximum of n. 3 photographs.

The photographs must be named with surname - work title for 1 photograph or surname-numbering-work title for sending a maximum of 3 photographs.

PROJECTS AND PORTFOLIOS CATEGORY

Category in which it is possible to propose sets of photos on the theme of the competition: photographic projects, thematic portfolios, photo reports, series, storyboards (sequences of images that tell a story).

Projects must consist of a minimum of 3 to a maximum of 10 photographs.

The photographs must be named with surname-project title-numbering in the desired sequence
(eg: “Smith-projecttitle-01.jpg”, “Smith-projecttitle-02.jpg”, etc.).

03. ELIGIBILITY

Photographers and amateurs who have reached the age of 18 on the date of call of the competition and who are resident both in Italy and abroad can participate in the competition.

Family members of the selected jurors and those who collaborate in organizing the initiative are excluded from the competition.

04. SUBMISSION

The competition starts on 10 October 2021 and ends at midnight on 15 April 2022 (deadline for sending photographs).

All those who fill out the registration form in all its parts will be able to participate in the photo contest; providing consent to the processing of personal data, as well as the release for the use of images and acceptance of this regulation in its entirety.

To enter the contest:

• access the page relating to the selected competition category through the following links:
  • Single photo Category;
  • Projects and Portfolios Category;
• register for free;
• fill in the Registration Form and send the images electronically using the same form.

05. WORKS ADMITTED AND FORMAT

Published or unpublished works are admitted, even previously exhibited in other events, taken in the last 3 years and relevant to the theme.

To be considered suitable for online upload, the photographs must necessarily have the following characteristics:

• .Jpg format;
• RGB color method;
• The files must be less than 6 MB each;
• Dimensions: longest side not exceeding 2500 pixels;
• Resolution: 300 dpi.

Both color and black and white photos are allowed. Post-production and photo editing are allowed at the author's discretion.

Each photograph must be accompanied by a brief description and an indication of the geographical location to which it refers.

Photos with signatures, watermarks, frames or marks visible on the image are not allowed.

Photos or images deemed offensive are not allowed, according to the sensitivity and unquestionable judgment of the jury.

All photographs submitted must have been photographed by the author who must, therefore, have full and original authorship and ownership. Photographic post-production interventions are accepted. Photographs or parts thereof made with the exclusive use of computer graphics programs or models are not permitted. Photomontages are not allowed, under penalty of exclusion from the competition.

By registering for the competition, competitors authorize the Anthipodi Cultural Association to publish the following personal data on its website: name, surname and city of residence.

Participation in the competition implies the express acceptance of this regulation in its entirety.

06. CONTROL OF IMAGES

The Cultural Association Anthipodi reserves the right to communicate to the competitor, if some works should be offensive to current morality, or in any case harmful to the rights of others, tendentious, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, libelous, racist, images that constitute a form of advertising to any commercial activity not inherent to the proposed theme, contrary to public modesty and privacy regulations, or in any case not congruent with the spirit of the competition.

Should one of the cases listed above also occur, the Anthipodi Cultural Association reserves the right to delete these photographs and not to admit them to the competition.

07. JURY

The works presented will be selected by Anthipodi and submitted anonymously to a prestigious jury.

The judgments expressed by the jury will be based on the following parameters / concepts:

• creativity;
• originality;
• quality of photography;
• adherence to the theme.

The members of the jury are being identified.

The jury's opinion is final.

08. TIMELINE

Registration open for Single Photos and Projects and Portfolios: October 10, 2021

Deadline: April 15, 2022

Publication on the website of the Finalist Photographers in alphabetical order (without ranking): by the end of May 2022

Collective exhibition of the best photos and classified projects: last week of June 2022

Award ceremony: June 26, 2022

09. AWARDS AND RANKING

The value of the prize pool is yet to be quantified.

All the finalist works will be exhibited during the collective exhibition and published in a photographic volume.

Finalists and winners will be notified within 7 working days of the decision by e-mail using the data indicated by the user at the time of registration. The finalists and winners must respond to the communication by sending a copy of their identity document necessary to prove that they meet the requirements for participation in the competition no later than 7 days after receiving the communication. Failure to comply within the deadline established therein and / or the case in which the finalist is not traceable will result in the forfeiture of the nomination of finalist and consequently of the possible awarding of the prize and the names identified by the jury in the ranking order established by the same will take over.

The prizes for the winners are the follows:

SINGLE PHOTO CATEGORY WINNER

Category for single photos relating to the theme of the competition.

• GAIA Photo Fest 2022 Trophy - Single photos
• Guest of honor at "FESTA GAIA - Stories of Lands and Food": 2-night stay for 2 people on the occasion of the award ceremony
• Guest at the gala dinner of "FESTA GAIA - Stories of Lands and Food"
• Evidence in the collective exhibition of the winners and other works selected by the jury during "FESTA GAIA - Stories of Lands and Food"
• Online publication and in photographic volume
• Any Sponsor Prizes

WINNER OF PROJECTS CATEGORY and PORTFOLIO

• GAIA Photo Fest 2022 Trophy - Projects and Portfolio
• Guest of honor at "FESTA GAIA - Stories of Lands and Food": 2-night stay for 2 people on the occasion of the award ceremony
• Guest at the gala dinner of "FESTA GAIA - Stories of Lands and Food"
• Evidence in the collective exhibition of the winners and other works selected by the jury during "FESTA GAIA - Stories of Lands and Food"
• Online publication and in photographic volume
• Any Sponsor Prizes

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Assigned at the discretion of the jury, among the most representative photographs and projects.

• Diploma of Honorable Mention
• Evidence in the collective exhibition of the winners and other works selected by the jury during "FESTA GAIA - Stories of Lands and Food"
• Online publication and in photographic volume

The prizes offered by Partners and Sponsors are yet to be identified.

10. FINAL EXHIBITION AND AWARDS CEREMONY

The winning photos and projects will be exhibited in a collective exhibition to be held during the Gaia Festival - Stories of Lands and Food in June 2022. The printing of the photos will be the responsibility of the Anthipodi association. Some of the classified photos can be chosen for impromptu exhibitions in Italy and abroad.

11. PUBLICATIONS

• Gaia Photo Fest website
• Festa Gaia – Stories of Lands and Food website
• Social profiles Gaia Photo Fest and Festa Gaia - Stories of Lands and Food
• Special section of the website of the main Sponsor BestGusto.com
• Gaia Photo Book - Stories of Lands and Food - Volume 1
• Publication on the Media Partner portals

In order to improve the promotion of the event, the photographs participating in the competition will be shared on the social profiles of the Anthipodi Cultural Association and the Main Sponsor Bestgusto.com

12. EXHIBITIONS / PREVIEWS

The best photos in the competition (usually 30% of the photos of the finalists) can be chosen for impromptu exhibitions in Italy and abroad in the circuit of events in which the Anthipodi Association and / or the main sponsor BestGusto.com participate.

13. COPYRIGHT

 Each author remains the owner of the copyright on the images; by accepting the competition rules, you declare that you own all the rights on the originals, on the digital acquisitions and on the elaborations of the photographs sent. By participating in the competition, the author grants the organizing Association the right to reproduce the images, awarded and admitted, in the catalog, in the photographic book, in other publications, on websites and on social profiles for the purpose of advertising the event or the dissemination of photography or to promote / advertise the activities of the association and / or the main sponsor BestGusto.com.

It also allows for the aforementioned purposes to use the photos for photographic exhibitions organized by the Anthipodi association, for this purpose a copy of the awarded photos, selected, exhibited and published remains in the availability of the Association itself.

All the material printed and collected during the event will be archived by the Anthipodi Cultural Association.

14. RELEASE FOR THE USE OF IMAGES

By submitting, and for each photograph sent, the user acknowledges and guarantees under his own exclusive responsibility that the photo sent is original, that he owns the intellectual property rights, author and exploitation, including economic, of the same and therefore to own all reproduction rights; it also guarantees that the photo is not protected by copyright or other third party rights and that it has acquired all image rights and / or other rights of third parties, in general, as portrayed from legitimate third parties.

The user also declares that any persons photographed in the shot have granted the release for the use of their image, thus relieving the Anthipodi Cultural Association in its entirety from any liability connected with the publication and / or use of this photograph, also pursuant to Legislative Decree 196/2003.

The competitor declares and guarantees that nothing sent is contrary to the law and therefore, by way of example and not exhaustive, that the content of the photograph is not obscene, defamatory, blasphemous, racist, child pornography or in violation of intellectual property rights. , industrial, moral rights, copyrights or rights to protect the personal data of third parties, publication rights and in general respect the provisions of the law on copyright 633/1941 and subsequent amendments and additions.

Furthermore, he declares to be responsible for the content of his own photograph, indemnifying and keeping the Cultural Association Anthipodi harmless from any connected claim and / or action, of any nature, of third parties and that he will be required to compensate the Anthipodi Cultural Association from any connected prejudicial consequence, including any legal costs, also of an out-of-court nature that the Anthipodi Cultural Association should suffer as a result of the violation of the above and of the publication / exhibition of the photograph.

By registering, the user declares that he or she renounces the possibility of requesting from the Anthipodi Cultural Association any compensation for image rights, photographic footage, footage transmitted via the web and through any other means of transmission and present and future technological support for participation in the event. award ceremony.

By participating in the competition, the author of the photograph grants the Anthipodi Cultural Association the right to publish and in any case use, in any way and without limitation, the photographs sent free of charge. This transfer is free of charge also in consideration of the promotional effect that falls on the photographs sent and on the author himself. Competitors waive their right to return photographs.

15. ACCEPTANCE OF THE RULES AND REGULATION

By registering for the competition, the Author accepts these Rules and Regulations and declares to possess the authorship and rights of use of the image presented and any necessary releases.

The author also agrees that his works will remain published on the sites of the Gaia Photo Fest and the Gaia Festa - Stories of Lands and Food indefinitely: for technical reasons it will not be possible to request the removal of a work after publication.

16. COMPLIANCE AND GUARANTEES

The Anthipodi Cultural Association assumes no responsibility for any access problem, malfunction, impediment, dysfunction or difficulty concerning the technical tools, the computer, the cables, the electronics, the software and the hardware, the transmission and the connection, the telephone line, the Internet connection that may prevent the consumer from accessing the service and participating in the competition.

The Anthipodi Cultural Association assumes no responsibility in the event of failure to deliver the notice of selection and win due to the indication of incorrect or untrue email addresses and / or personal data by the finalists and winners. The correspondence and truthfulness of the data provided upon registration are essential conditions for participation. The violation will result in the cancellation of the winnings.

598 / 5000 Risultati della traduzione The Anthipodi Cultural Association reserves the right to delete and exclude from the competition all photographs and users who do not participate in good faith (double identities, multiple registrations, etc.). Users who, according to the unquestionable judgment of the Anthipodi Cultural Association or of third parties appointed by the same to manage the competition, are winners with means and tools capable of evading the uncertainty, or in any case judged in a suspicious, fraudulent, or in violation manner. of the normal course of the initiative, they will not be able to enjoy the prize won in that way.

The Anthipodi Cultural Association, or the companies appointed by it to manage the competition, reserve the right to proceed, in the terms deemed most appropriate, and in compliance with the laws in force, to limit and inhibit any initiative aimed at circumventing the system devised. Those who, on behalf of the Anthipodi Cultural Association, carry out the task of organizing and managing the competition are excluded from this initiative.

Data collection will take place in compliance with Legislative Decree 196/03. For anything not indicated in these Regulations, the promoter refers to the provisions of the D.P.R. 430 / 01.625.

17. CANCELLATION OF THE COMPETITION

If for any reason the contest is unable to function as intended, due to computer virus infections, bugs, worms, Trojans, attacks, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failure or any other cause that corrupts or affects the management, safety, correctness, integrity or proper conduct of the competition itself, Anthipodi reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who alters the registration process, and / or to cancel, interrupt, modify or suspend the Contest. Anthipodi is not responsible for any cancellation or modification of the prizes offered by the partners.

In the event of cancellation or suspension of the competition, Anthipodi will not retain any rights on the photographs submitted.