FIAP   PATRONAGE   2009/038

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY

 

1)   The �FATA Assicurazioni Danni� with the patronage of he Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, of the International Federation of Photographic Art and of the Italian Federation of Photographic Associations organizes, in cooperation with "The Sole 24 Ore Specialized Publishing", the fourth edition of International Photography Award "Target Agriculture" regarding the agricultural world in all its forms and expressions.

 

2) The Award is divided into three themes:

a)  THE COUNTRYSIDE AND ITS FRUITS

Countryside is meant to be the representation of rural landscape, also characterized by cultivation and all works made by man to allow and encourage the development of agriculture and activities that man plays in the countryside, aimed at cultivation and/or animal breeding. Fruits are meant to be the representation of any land products at any moment of the stage, from land manufacture to cultivation and its use.

 

b)  MODERNE AGRICULTURE

Modern mechanized agriculture is meant to be the modern techniques and equipments involved in all stages, farming/breeding, industrial processing, marketing of the existing processes related to vegetable production(grapes, olives, fruits, cereals etc.) and animal (milk, meat, fish etc.) also as the new forms of agricultural land use (agritourisms and nurseries).

 

c)   THE AGRICULTURAL FOOD CHAIN

For agricultural food chain is meant all stages of agricultural products process, vegetable or animal, starting from the land and reaching the consumer through sowing, harvesting, processing, distribution (fairs and markets) and consumption.

 

3) Participation is reserved for photographers from around the world, amateurs or professionals. The works sent by them will participate to all stages of the competition. The people involved in organization and their closest relatives, employees of �FATA Assicurazioni Danni S.p.a.� and of �Il Sole 24 Ore Specialized Publishing� can not participate.

 

4) The images participating in this contest must not have participated in previous editions of "Obiettivo Agricoltura� and must arrive as digital files (or as analog images digitalized) in JPG format with the longest side between 3000 and 3500 pixels and at a resolution of 300 DPI and can be sent in CD�s, DVD�s or in the website form www.obiettivoagricoltura.it or by email at the following address: [email protected] (we recommend only this address, the emails that will arrive at other unauthorized addresses will be deleted). Each image must be marked with the first two letters of the surname, the first two letters of the author's name, the letter of the topic and the sequence number (Newman Paul who will participate to the topic �the countryside� will mark his images with NEPAA1 etc...), the title of the works must be given in the participation card or in the form.
Prints or slides are accepted (WHICH WILL NOT BE RETURNED) and the organization will scan them in order to give everyone the opportunity to participate.

 

5) Each competitor can participate with up to four images in the �A� and �B� topic, whether they are independent or linked. The theme �C� will be played exclusively in the "portfolio" formula and all images must be linked to each other by a thread, in the theme chosen by the author, from a minimum of 5 to a maximum of 10 works.

 

6) Each competitor can participate to one or to all topics, dividing the work into folders, organized by topics, writing his name and the theme letter (A, B, C,) to which he plans to participate. Inside the shipment bag (or e-mail) must be sent also the registration card (attached to the notice of competition, as a photocopy or printed from the internet site www.obiettivoagricoltura.it ), written in all its parts in capital letters.
 
7) The digital support (CD-DVD) with images participating to the competition must be sent in a sealed envelope (or e-mail) to Concorso Fotografico Obiettivo Agricoltura� c/o Circolo Fotografico Arno Via Roma 2, 50063 Figline Valdarno (Italia).

 

8) Calendar:
   - Last day for receipt of works September 1, 2009
   - Jury Meeting September 5/6, 2009
   - Photo Exhibition of works and screening November 13/15 2008 (Rome)
   - Award Ceremony November 14, 2009 (Rome)
9) The fee to participate to the contest, as a partial contribution to the costs, is � 20.00 or U.S.$ 30.00 (or 35 IRC) per participant and can be paid as follows:
- Postal Account No. 56284995 headed to
Circolo Fotografico Arno Via Roma 2, 50063 Figline Valdarno.

- Postal order headed to Circolo Fotografico Arno Via Roma 2, 50063 Figline Valdarno.

 - Bank transfer: Poste Italiane ABI 07601 CAB 2800 C/C No. 56284995 headed to Circolo fotografico Arno

  IBAN IT64L0760102800000056284995
- Check to Circolo fotografico Arno.
- PayPal: Silvano Monchi -
[email protected] .
The works not accompanied by the participation fee (check, postal payment slip or postal order, PayPal) will not be judged or returned.

 

10) The �FATA Assicurazioni Danni S.p.a.�, has the right to use the pictures rewarded for advertising campaigns, for the publication on its prints, advertising supports (6x3 road signs or other dimensions, calendars and so on) on any volumes related to the award, on prints inherent the ceremony, on internet sites, on media storages (CD, DVD and so on) or for promotional exposures of the award and, anyway, whenever the �FATA Assicurazioni Danni S.p.a� will consider it necessary. The Sole 24 Ore Specialized Publishing and the New Holland Company have the right to use the pictures rewarded and allowed, for the publication on its prints, prior approval of �FATA Assicurazioni Danni S.p.a� and always mentioning the source or the authors of the photographs.

 

11) Every author is responsible for the contents of their works and participating to this award they declare all image and legal rights of what portrayed.
 
12) The Jury selects at his sole opinion the works. The awards are not cumulative.
 
13) The jury will be composed by:
 - Giorgio CAGNETTI, general Manager
FATA Assicurazioni Danni S.p.a.

 - Fulvio MERLAK, AFIAP, FIAF President
 - Riccardo BUSI MFIAP, HonEFIAP, FIAP / Secretary-General FIAP
 - Roberto ROSSI, ESFIAP, AFI, BFI, Director of the magazine Fotoit and Vice-President of FIAF
 - Raoul IACOMETTI, AFI, EFI, winner of last edition

 

14) The Jury reserves, in its sole discretion, to not accept those images whose representation is presumed to bear damage towards organizers and to allocate the prize according to his technical opinion and culture.

 

15) The organization, while ensuring the utmost care in handling and in exposing the pictures, disclaims any responsibility for loss, fire, theft or damage.

 

16) The prizes must be withdrawn at the award ceremony by the winner or any person delegated by him. Otherwise, they will be sent home, by courier or by post, at the expense of the winner.


17) To all participants will be sent a catalogue with all awarded pictures. The catalogue will have a dimension of 22x24 with 240 pages and more than 300 pictures.


18) The prize implies to the participant, the unconditional acceptance of this regulation and participating means knowledge of this regulation.

 

Organizzazione: Circolo Fotografico Arno

[email protected]

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