Fotofestival Lenzburg 2024

Open Call - 2023/2024

SYNTHESIS

The Fotofestival Lenzburg, edition 2024 is opening a public international Call for artists on the theme "SYNTHESIS". Submissions for the Fotofestival Lenzburg Open Call are open from December the 6th 2023 to January the 14th 2024, 23:59 CET. Selection of proposals will be decided by a jury of experts. The Festival will notify the selected photographer by the end of February 2024 by email. The winner will have to answer within 5 days and confirm hers/his participation in Lenzburg's Fotofestival 2024.

1. By entering the Competition you hereby accept these competition rules.

2. Entries must be submitted until the deadline of the January 21st 2024 on the Competition platform in Picter, having paid the entry fees and completed the submission form in order to be considered for the competition.

3. The competition is open to everyone, professional and amateur photographers alike.

4. By entering the Competition, you agree and acknowledge that Fotofestival Lenzburg is permitted to receive and review your registration data. Participants agree that personal data including, but not limited to name, mailing address, phone number and email address, may be collected, processed, stored and otherwise used for the purposes of conducting and administering this photo competition. At any time, participants have the right to access, review, rectify or cancel any personal data held by Fotofestival Lenzburg by sending an email to the following address: info@fotofestivallenzburg.ch

5. The copyright to the images remains the property of the author of the images. Submitting photographers agree that they created the work(s) and/or that they are authorized to use the work(s) as submitted, co-authors and as relevant original sources should be referenced or credited and that our use of the Work(s) for exhibition and PR will not infringe on third party's copyright or other rights. Entrants to the Open Call Showcase represent and warrant that they are the authors and owners of the copyright to all images submitted and that their entries do not infringe upon privacy rights, copyright or any other rights of any person. The submitters warrant that their photographs do not contain any infringing, threatening, false, misleading, abusive, harassing, libelous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic or profane content or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct which would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law. The Submitter agrees to fully indemnify Fotofestival Lenzburg in respect of all royalties, fees and any other monies owing to any person by reason of your breaching any of the foregoing.

6. The organizer reserves the right to free reproduction and exhibition of the submitted images in all media, printed marketing material, publication and online, in connection with Fotofestival Lenzburg and its promotion. The copyright will, at all times, be retained by the photographer and, where an image or images are reproduced by the organizer, the photographer will be credited. By participating, all selected applicants grant Fotofestival Lenzburg and its Authorized Parties usage of images and acknowledge that any Festival and Authorized Party may use the entries and a name credit in any media before, during and after, without restriction in relation to the uses stated above. The Fotofestival Lenzburg and Authorized Parties will not be required to pay any additional consideration or seek any additional approval in connection with such use.

7. The theme of this year's call for single images is "SYNTHESIS".

8. Entries will be reviewed by our jury. The jury will choose the winners. The decisions of the jury are final.

9. Fotofestival Lenzburg assumes no responsibility for any incorrect, inaccurate or incomplete information, whether caused by website users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Competition.

10.  The organizers reserve the right to possible changes of the rules of competition without prior notice. Any amendments will be published on the website and it is the entrants' responsibility to review the website for any amendments.

11. There will be no correspondence about the competition. Legal recourse is excluded.