MENSA INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2016
The art of photography is an area where
Mensans from over 50 countries with different languages, customs and traditions
can converge with a single, visual language!
Use your creativity, skills, and technical expertise to produce your
entry in this year’s PhotoCup competition.
The theme for 2016 is
“UNEXPECTED!”
Let your imagination run wild.
Your Mensa chapter is holding a
national competition to select entries for the International phase.
The Mensa International Photographer of
the Year 2016 could be you!
MENSA PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION
Intercontinental Project Convergence
“IPC”
The Search for the International Mensa
Photographer of the Year 2016
RULES OF THE COMPETITION FOR PARTICIPATING
COUNTRIES
- This competition is organized by the
National Mensa of South-Africa as part of the International Project
Convergence.
- The theme for 2016 is UNEXPECTED!
- There is no fee for entry into the
Competition. The entrant must be a financial member in good standing of Mensa South-Africa
for the duration of the competition.
- Photos should be in JPG format not
exceeding 1 MB. Entries in the national
competition must be received by 20 July
2016 [NB: Winning prints will be scanned into JPGs for entry into the
International competition.]
- Name, membership number and title of
photograph should be included in the photo information/label or in the text of
the email.
- The photos should be in .jpg format
and e-mailed to the following national mailing address: marketing@mensa.org.za
- Each entrant may submit up to three
images only.
- All entries must be the sole work of
the entrant.
- The three best entries in the
national competition will be selected by a locally organized Judging Panel.
Entries will be judged on the effectiveness of how they convey the theme as
well as composition, technical and other considerations. The decision of the
Judging Panel is final. The national winner will win the title of Mensa
South-Africa Photographer of the Year 2016.
- The three best entries in each
national Mensa competition will be included in the Mensa World PhotoCup
competition run under the supervision of Mensa International. The closing date
for the (International) Mensa World PhotoCup is 20 August 2016. The
International winner (MIL Photographer of the Year) will be selected by a
professional judging panel which will include the Mensa International Chairman
ex-officio.
- Winning photographs will become
part of the “Mensa IPC Collection” and will be exhibited at the Annual
Gatherings and otherwise publicized, inside and outside Mensa.
- Entrants will retain copyright of
their photos but will grant Mensa non-exclusive rights for publication in Mensa
journals, on Mensa websites, on Photo SIG posters, for display in exhibitions,
or other appropriate places as part of the Mensa IPC Collection without any
financial reward to the contestant.
- Contestants agree that their name
and country may be published nationally and internationally.
- By submitting entries for the
competition, the entrant accepts all the conditions listed above.
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