VIIIth INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC FESTIVAL VOLZHSKOYE BIENNALE – 2018

VIIIth INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC FESTIVAL 

VOLZHSKOYE BIENNALE – 2018

Nizhny Novgorod City Administration

Department of Culture of Nizhny Novgorod

Foreign Economic and Interregional Relations Committee

of Nizhny Novgorod City Administration

The Russian Museum of Photography

Supported by the Russian Union of Art Photographers

GOALS AND INTENTIONS:

• further expansion of cultural relations between Russia and foreign countries;
• promotion of international and national art of photography;
• contribution to development of photography skills and creativity of professional and amateur photographers;
• evolvement of photographic art history, criticism and pedagogics.

MAIN FESTIVAL EVENT:

International Photographic Contest exhibition (within the Russian Museum of Photography).

MEETINGS, MASTER-CLASSES, LECTURES OF LEADING RUSSIAN AND FOREIGN PHOTOGRAPHY PROFESSIONALS.

FESTIVAL DATES AND VENUE:

September 26 – October 21, 2018, Nizhny Novgorod.

INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC CONTEST

VOLZHSKOYE BIENNALE – 2018

CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION

1. All amateur and professional photographers, as well as groups of photographers may submit their works.

2. Participants shall submit works of authorship grouped together into a project (series). A series shall comprise from three (3) to eight (8) works united by virtue of one theme/idea/image concept and produced not earlier than 2012. Each author/group of authors may submit at most two projects (series), i.e. the overall maximum number of works per each author/group of authors shall be sixteen (16). Submission deadline is August 25, 2018.

3. The projects (series) shall be referred by the participant to either of the two categories:

“A”– art photography; and

“B” – press photography (not processed in Photoshop).

4. The works must be provided with the following information:

• name and surname of the author (group of authors);
• category (“A” or “B”);
• title of the work and/or title of the project (series);
• serial number, if necessary;
• year of shooting;
• e-mail, telephone number.

5. The judges of the contest may withdraw one image/some images from the series to be exhibited.

6. According to the results of the contest in each of the two categories the authors of three prizewinning projects (series) will be rewarded as follows:

1st prize – diploma, souvenir;

2nd prize – diploma, souvenir;

3rd prize – diploma, souvenir.

7. Each participant whose project(s) (series) is (are) to be exhibited will get the exhibition catalogue (printed or .pdf).

8. All projects (series) shall be submitted in electronic format. Image settings: 300 dpi, JPG (at least 3200 pixels in long direction).

9. The list of the participants whose works are to be exhibited as well as the results of the judges meeting will be available at www.fotomuseum.nnov.ru (the Russian Museum of Photography website).

10. The images shall be printed by the festival organizer (max print format – 30x45 cm) at its own expenses and shall NOT be sent to the author (group of authors).

11. The organizer may use images for the purpose of the festival promotion but shall NOT use them commercially.

12. Each author/group of authors submitting his (her, their) works for the contest guarantee(s) that he (she, they) has (have) rights of authorship or copyright owner’s permit to exhibit the works submitted. Submission of the works for the contest means that the author/group of authors is ready and willing to accept the conditions and the procedure of the contest.

http://www.fotomuseum.nnov.ru/en/competition.html

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TIME SCHEDULE OF THE CONTEST AND OF THE EXHIBITION: