Hueman Photography Contest
The Hueman photography contest seeks to gather photography from around the globe that captures the human life, experience and environment in a creative and compassionate manner.
The Hueman initiative is a project of the Dawn Breakers International Film Festival, a non-profit organization dedicated to recognizing and showcasing films with a “world-embracing” vision. The goals of the Hueman photography project are the same with that of the film festival and only differ in the medium of expression.
The finalists, chosen from among all the entrants at the end of the contest, will go on to be published and showcased in various venues explained further here.
Exhibition
The chosen finalists work will be showcased in the following manner.
Festival Exhibition
All Hueman finalist’s photographic works will be presented during the Dawn Breakers Int’l Film Festival in a gallery-like setting. The film festival attracts a diverse group of people who flood in to be inspired and enlightened by the selection of films presented to them in various cities across the world. So far, United Sates and Europe.
The Hueman initiative aims to present the art of photography as a complimentary yet stand-alone medium to film.
Photobook/Magazine
All finalist work will be published in a one-volume photobook (print) or a magazine (online) to be published regularly.
Digital Distribution
Selected photographs will presented online in the “photo of the week” section of this website. Furthermore, a digital photobook may also be released along with a printed format.
Categories
General Categories
Photographs are accepted in the following general categories with two additional special categories listed below:
- People
- Animals
- Nature
- Enviroment
- Conceptual
- Altered (manipulated for artistic purposes by applying digital/traditional special effects. HDR and Panoramic qualify here.)
Special Categories
All entrants are able to select one of the two below special-interest categories, if applicable. The existence of the special categories allow for the recognition of such photographs and photographers who work with niche subjects that the festival aims to highlight and promote. All submitted entries, be it in the the general or the special categories go through the same selection process.
- Baha’i photography/photographers (Photographs of historical or current events, people, buildings, symbols and objects.)
- Action Photography (Photographs of a moment in time that could be a still frame from a sequence of moving images/a film.)
Rules
Quality/Size Requirements
Your photograph must meet the following requirements:
JPG or JPEG file format
Minimum 1,600 pixels on the longest side
Maximum file size of 5 MB
Photo Modifications
Minor adjustments, including spotting, dodging and burning, sharpening, contrast and slight color adjustment or the digital equivalents, are acceptable for all categories. If we determine that a photograph is altered significantly, we reserve the right to move the photo to Altered Images or to disqualify it altogether.
Previous Recognition
Photographs that have won any other contests or have been previously published are eligible. However, the photographer is responsible for letting us know of the name and date of publication.
Number of Submission
You may submit up-to five (5) photographs per category. You could submit to more than one category; however you must submit a new form for each category.
Submission Process
Please submit photographs online through our online entry form or via mail to Hueman/DBIFF, POB 501355, San Diego, CA 92150. If entering by mail, fill the online application and send us a CD with digital files or a folder of traditional photographs.
Release
At the time of entry, you agree that the photograph contains only material or elements that are owned by the entrant and/or are not subject to the rights of third parties. And/or if any persons appear in the photograph, the entrant has obtained, prior to submission of the photograph, any and all releases and consents necessary to permit the exhibition and use of the photograph.
Copyright
The entrant keeps all and the full copyright on their work and gives the following permissions to us.
License
By entering the Contest, all entrants grant an irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide non-exclusive license to us to reproduce, distribute, display and create derivative works of the entries (along with a name credit) in connection with the Contest and promotion of the Contest, in any media now or hereafter known, including, but not limited to the display of potential exhibition of finalists; publication of a book featuring select entries; publication in an online magazine or website highlighting entries or finalists of the Contest.
Enter
Submission Instructions
- Files should meet the quality requirements provided in the Rules page
- Make sure the individual image files are no larger than 5MB
- Title images as follows: LastName_PhotoNumber_PhotoTitle.jpg (ex. Pike_2_TheSmilingMan.jpg)
- Upload either a zipped file of all your images or individual image files to a file hosting website and paste the download link(s) on the entry form. We recommend ge.tt or filedropper.com
Online Entry Form
Deadline: August 14, 2012
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Dawn Breakers film festival is a wonderful and reputable film festival and I am excited to enter in their photography contest with a few pics that I think meet the quality standarts. I think the Hueman project will give all the finalist a good place to showcase their work straight to an audience who want to see their work. My only question, when will the finalists be announced?