Organisation : Alliance Française of Madras
Competition Name : La Mode & Les Codes Vestimentaires Photo Contest 2017
Applicable For : All
Competition Deadline : June 1st 2017

Website : http://madras.afindia.org/internatio...estimentaires/
Contest Rules : http://www.indianjobtalks.com/uploads/76206-Rules.pdf
Entry Form : http://www.indianjobtalks.com/uploads/76206-form.pdf

International Photo Contest :
For the 7th edition of the international photo contest of the Alliance Française, The Fondation Alliance Française suggests the topic “La Mode et les Codes Vestimentaires” The purpose of this contest is to show the extent and the wealth of the heritage, as well as the contemporary creativity, and of the innovations all over the world. Like the last six editions, it shows the diversity of the world.

The artistic quality as well as the original ideas will be appreciated by the Paris based jury. This contest is open to anyone who is legally a major in their country of origin. By entering the contest, each participant will be bound by these present rules. Any failure to obey the rules will result in a candidate’s participation being cancelled.

How To Participate ?:
** The competition is free and open to all non-professional and semi-professional photographers aged 18 and above. Pls note that professional photographers who are recongnised for their artistic work and making exclusively their living from it are not allowed to participate.
** Participants will need to submit two digital files formatted to TIFF (.tiff) or JPEG (.jpeg) with a resolution of 300 DPI
** Participants must guarantee that the photos submitted are originals not previously published (the reproduction of existing works is forbidden) and that they hold exclusive rights to the use of their work.
** The Entry form needs to be filled in and forwarded along with each of the photograph that is being sent by the participants.
** Send in your entries to communication AT af-madras.org via wetransfer. Pls note that the entries should be sent from MARCH 15th – JUNE 1st. Entries sent after June 1st will not be considered.

PRIZES AWARDED :
** Some of the photos submitted by the “Grand Prize Winner” and the “Finalists” selected by the jury, will be exhibited in a group exhibition in a Parisian art space chosen by the Foundation Alliance Française and/or at the gallery of the Foundation.

** The “Grand Prize Winner” will be invited to spend one week in Paris.

** Air fare (economy class round- trip), lodging (youth hostel category or the equivalent) for one week in Paris, and per diem at €40/day will be provided to the “Grand Prize Winner” by the Fondation Alliance Française.

** Prize winnings do not include the following:
- any eventual expenses and additional services related to benefiting from the award, which shall be borne by the prize winners;
- personal expenses (e.g. travel within France).

** The “Grand Prize Winner” and the “Finalists” will not receive any monetary reward for their participation in this contest sponsored by the Fondation Alliance Française other than the above-mentioned benefits.
** Prize awards may not be transferred or exchanged.
** The contest sponsor has the right to replace the stated benefits by equivalent benefits.
** The “Grand Prize Winner” and the “Finalists” will be contacted by e-mail and/or telephone by the Alliance Française of their home country.

** Should the contact data provided by a winning participant not allow him or her to be contacted concerning an award, he or she shall lose their place as a prize winner and shall not be entitled to any further claims.

** The awarding ceremony shall not entitle recipients to any sort of claim, or to payment in cash or in any other form, nor to a substitution or exchange of their prize on any grounds whatsoever.

** Should the “Grand Prize Winner” and/or a “Finalist” be unable to benefit from their prize, totally or partially, on whatever grounds, they shall lose all entitlement to it and shall have no recourse to obtaining compensation of any sort for it.

** The contest sponsors shall be responsible for printing the winning photos and for hanging them in the selected exhibition space. The staff of the Fondation Alliance Française shall make all decisions concerning the printing format, the type of framing and the means of hanging the photos, as well as the general scenography of the gallery.