ROTTERDAM PHOTO FESTIVAL x Amarte / TERMS & CONDITIONS: CONTAINER EXPO 2025 

The sponsor of the Rotterdam Photo Container Expo Contest is Stichting Daguerre, co producer  More productions, Rotterdam (NL) and Amarte Fonds. 

TERMS  

The Contest has a regular deadline of November 2nd, 2024 at 11:59 pm CEST (the Regular Deadline).  

If extended, the final deadline (the Final Entry Deadline) will be November 9th at 11:59 pm CEST. All  entries must be received by the Final Entry Deadline.  

WHO MAY ENTER  

The contest is open to both professional and amateur Dutch photographers, including 3rd and 4th year art school students and 'Photography' alumni who have been active as autonomous visual  artists since 2020. Self-taught artists with up to five years of practical experience are also invited to  submit a project proposal. The main genres of the open call are artistic, conceptual, and  experimental photography; documentary or reportage work will not be accepted. Submissions must  consist of new work that has not been previously used as a school project.  

Stichting Daguerre staff, judges, and their families are not eligible to enter the competition.  CONTEST IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.  

COST OF ENTRY  

Submission is free of charge. The jury will select five photographers, each of whom will receive  €3,000 to create new work. 

HOW TO ENTER  

To enter electronically, please visit www.rotterdamphoto.eu to submit. Once the registration process  has been completed, you will receive an email confirmation. Simply log onto the website and follow  the online instructions to upload images from your computer. 

• You may enter any number of entries  

• No mail-in entry is available for this Contest 

• Each Entry consists of an entry form, five images, a short artist biography and a description  of the submitted work 

• Each submitted photograph, in its entirety, must be a single work of original material taken  by the Contest entrant 

By entering the Contest, entrant represents, acknowledges and warrants that the submitted  photograph is an original work created solely by the entrant, that the photograph does not infringe  on the copyrights, trademarks, moral rights, rights of privacy/publicity or intellectual property rights  of any person or entity, and that no other party has any right, title, claim or interest in the photograph. 

Photographs that include sculptures, statues, paintings, and other works of art will be accepted as  long as they do not constitute copyright infringement or fraud, provided that entrants must be  prepared to provide a release form as described below in "Third Party Releases/Licenses."  

When photographing the work of others, it must be as an object in its environment and not a full frame close up of another person's art. 

If the Photograph includes other people, you must be prepared to provide a signed written personal  release from all persons who appear in the Photograph submitted, authorizing use of the Photograph  as provided below in "Third Party Releases/Licenses." If you are unable to provide a personal release,  upon request by Sponsor and in the form provided by Sponsor, then your entry may be disqualified.  You do not need to send the release with your entry. If you win, we will contact you if a model release  is needed. 

The entries will be judged in accordance with the Judging Criteria, as defined below. The photograph  must not, in the sole and unfettered discretion of the Sponsors, contain obscene, defamatory, sexually  explicit, or otherwise objectionable or inappropriate content. Photographs deemed inappropriate will  be disqualified.  

On-line entries must be made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at  the time of entry. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an  email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, internet domain owner, or other  person or organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning  email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.  

CATEGORIES  

Categories and themes are specified on the Project Open Call on the Rotterdam Photo website.

JUDGING  

Contest consists of three (3) rounds of evaluation. In each round, a panel of experts in photography  (the "Judges") will each review a portion of the entries and select a group of entries in each Category  to proceed to the following round.  

Entries will be judged on the basis of creativity, photographic quality and effectiveness in expressing  the contest theme. Winners will be announced on this web site as well as on social media channels.  

Decisions of the Sponsors and Judges are final and binding.  

Sponsors reserve the right not to award all prizes in the event an insufficient number of eligible entries  meeting the minimum judging criteria are received, as determined by Sponsors and Judges in their  sole discretion.  

ENTRANT LICENSES/RELEASES  

By participating, ALL ENTRANTS grant Stichting Daguerre and their designees, licensees or affiliates  (the "Authorized Parties") the right to reproduce, distribute, display and post the entries online, and  in promotions directly related to the Rotterdam Photo Contest, so that audience members may view  all competing entries. 

By participating, each WINNER grants to the Authorized Parties a non-exclusive license for use of  his/her winning entry in connection with the Rotterdam Photo Contest and promotion of the  Rotterdam Photo Contest, including but not limited to print or digital publication and public  exhibitions showcasing the winners. Authorized Parties will not be required to pay any additional  consideration or seek any additional approval in connection with such use.  

If the photograph contains any material or elements that are not owned by the entrant and/or which  are subject to the rights of third parties, and/or if any persons appear in the photograph, the entrant  is responsible for obtaining, prior to submission of the photograph, any and all releases and consents  necessary to permit the exhibition and use of the photograph in the manner set forth in these Official  Rules without additional compensation. If any person appearing in any photograph is under the age  of majority in their state/province/territory of residence the signature of a parent or legal guardian is  required on each release.  

COPYRIGHT OVER EACH ENTRY REMAINS THE PROPERTY OF ITS RESPECTIVE ENTRANT.

THIRD PARTY RELEASES/LICENSES  

Winners authorize Stichting Daguerre to reproduce, distribute, and display the photograph entry in  connection with the Rotterdam Photo Container Expo Contest and promotion of the Rotterdam Photo  Container Expo Contest, in any media including but not limited to: publication in the Rotterdam Photo  Container Expo website showcasing the winners, and in exhibits and promotions related to the  Rotterdam Photo Container Expo Contest.  

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY  

By participating, entrants agree to release, discharge and hold harmless Stichting Daguerre, and each  of their respective partners, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising agencies, agents and their employees,  officers, directors, and representatives from any claims, losses, and damages arising out of their  participation in this Contest or any Contest-related activities and the acceptance and use, misuse, or  possession of any prize awarded hereunder.  

Sponsors assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, or delay in  operation or transmission; communications line failure; theft or destruction of or unauthorized access  to Contest entries or entry forms; or alteration of entries or entry forms.  

Sponsors are not responsible for any problems with or technical malfunction of any telephone  network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software,  failure of any email entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the  Internet or at any Web site, human errors of any kind, or any combination thereof, including any injury  or damage to entrants' or any other persons' computers related to or resulting from participation,  uploading or downloading of any materials related to this Contest.  

CONDITIONS  

This Contest is subject to local laws and regulations. Certain restrictions may apply. Entries void if the  Sponsor determines the entry to not be an original, or if the entries are illegible, incomplete, damaged,  irregular, altered, counterfeit, produced in error or obtained through fraud or theft.  

Participants also agree (a) to be bound by these Official Rules; (b) that the decisions of the Judges are  final on all matters relating to the Contest; and (c) if he/she wins that Sponsor may use each winner's 

name, photograph, likeness, and/or voice in any publicity or advertising relating to the Contest or  future promotions without compensation or approval. All local taxes, fees and surcharges on prizes  are the sole responsibility of the prize winners. In the event that the selected winner(s) of any prize  are/is ineligible or refuses the prize, the prize will be forfeited and Sponsors, in their sole discretion,  may choose whether to award the prize to another entrant.  

RIGHT TO CANCEL OR SUSPEND CONTEST/FESTIVAL  

If for any reason the Contest/festival is not capable of running as planned, due to infection by  computer virus, bugs, worms, trojan horses, denial of service attacks, tampering, unauthorized  intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of Sponsors that corrupt  or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, Sponsors  reserve the right, at their sole discretion, to disqualify any individual(s) who tamper with the entry  process, and/or to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Contest. If Sponsors elect to cancel or  terminate the Contest/festival, Sponsors will not retain any rights in the submitted photographs and  will return the entry fees minus 25% administration fee.  

Due to safety reasons (a storm/fire/pandemic or others) the sponsor can cancel or postpone the  festival. No fees or costs made by participants are refunded.  

INSURANCE  

All participants are required to insure their own photographic work for shipping/transportation and  hanging during the Rotterdam Photo festival. The organisation (Sponsor) of Rotterdam Photo is in no  means responsible for any damage to your work.  

HANDELING & SHIPMENT ARTWORK  

Sponsor can help to install the work of the participant if they are informed minimum 4 weeks prior to  the festival and send the prints and instructions for hanging. In some cases, Sponsor will need to  modify the participant's design. This will then be done at Sponsor's discretion and capabilities. Sponsor  can never be held liable by participant for changes within the festival. 

Sponsor is not responsible for any damage done by transportation or during the exhibition period.  Sponsor can deinstall the work of participants and send the work back to participants only if  participants arrange and pay the return shipment.