Contest Guidelines Free

CONTEST GUIDELINES

The submission of photos for the specific contest is free. Each photographer can participate with up to 5 files.
All photographers, amateurs and professionals who are over 18, are eligible to participate to the contest.

In every exhibition there will be over 100 printed photos exhibited. We will also give the opportunity to some artists to exhibit their work on a digital screen, 43″, 4K, with optimum color quality.

The artists who will be chosen to participate in the exhibition and be presented at the web page of Blank Wall Gallery, will have to pay the amount of €35, if their photo is printed, and €15 if their work is displayed on the digital screen.
(The payment can be made via debit and credit cards)

This way, only the photographers who will exhibit their work will pay a small fee for participating in the exhibition. All the other artist will not be charged.

The photographs exhibited at the gallery will be printed at the labs of Blank Wall Gallery free of charge. In case an artist wishes to send us the printed photos, they are free to do it.
The exhibitions organised by Blank Wall Gallery last for 2 weeks and everything needed for the realisation of the exhibition (printing of your photographs on 260 gsm paper, framing, hanging of the photos, press releases, invitations, opening night and supervision) are provided by our gallery without any additional charge.


 

RULES

The dimensions of the frames used by Blank Wall Gallery are six:

1. Vertical: 43,5 x 53,5 cm (17.1” x 21.1”)

2. Horizontal: 53,5 x 43,5 cm (21.1” x 17.1”)

3. Square: 53,5 x 53,5 cm (21.1” x 21.1”)

4. Square: 46,5 x 46,5 cm (18.3” x 18.3”)

5. Vertical: 27 x 64 cm (10.6” x 25.2”)

6. Panoramic: 64 x 27 cm (25.2” x 10.6”)
All photographs displayed will have white mat.

 

The photographers chosen for the exhibition agree to supply a high-resolution file in any format they wish, suitable for printing upon request.

All works sent for participating in the contest can be used by the gallery for promotional reasons.

In case there is interest expressed for any of the works, Blank Wall Gallery will bring the collector and the artist in touch.
We do not take any commission from the artists’ sales.


 

FILES PREPARATION

We only accept digital submissions. Each image file should be RGB, JPG Format, 1.800 pixels (the longest side) on 72 dpi.

The file names should be as follows:

lastname-firstname1.jpg,…same way for the rest of the photographs… lastname-firstname2.jpg… etc.


 

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

1.Send an email

Title of the email: The title of the contest you want to submit photographs for.

In the main body of the mail you should include: Your name and your country of origin.

Title of contest

Titles of the photos, with their corresponding file names.

2. Attach the photographs and sent the email at: submissions@blankwallgallery.com

For technical support related to uploading the photos, entry forms, and/or payments,
please send an email at:
help@blankwallgallery.com


 

TERMS & CONDITIONS

In respect to the photographs you submit you warrant as follows.

 

1.a. You are the only copyright owner and creator of the photographs.

1.b. The photographs do not infringe upon the copyrights or any other intellectual property rights of any third person or entity, or violate any person’s rights of privacy, does not include trademarks owned by third parties or violate any other law.

1.c. Each person depicted in the photograph has granted permission to you.

1.d. All entrants agree to fully indemnify Blank Wall Gallery in respect of all royalties, fees and any other financial debt to any person by reason of your breaching any of the foregoing.

 

2.a. The royalties of the Works are not bestowed to Blank Wall Gallery at any time. The copyright of the Works remains in the creators and in them alone.

2.b. The copyright of the Works during and after the exhibition remains with the Artist.

2.c. Blank Wall Gallery does not have the right to make use of or bestow the high definition files or the prints of the Works that will be used for the realization of the exhibition.

 

3.a. Blank Wall Gallery will not have any commercial profit from the Works that will be exhibited and it cannot exploit them at any time.

3.b. The Works will remain at the Blank Wall Gallery premises only for the period the exhibition lasts for.

3.c. The Works can remain at the Blank Wall Gallery premises only if the exhibition is prolonged for some time after the end of the programmed date.

3.d. The artists whose works have been exhibited in our gallery can gather their prints from the gallery free of charge.
After a period of time the gallery will proceed to the destruction of the prints that were not claimed.

3.e. Only a small file in the size of 750 pixels will be kept for the prompt function of the web page.

 

4.a. Blank Wall Gallery assume no responsibility for any incorrect, inaccurate or incomplete information that has been uploaded printed on leaflets or found at the premises where the exhibition was realised. In no event will Blank Wall Gallery be responsible or liable for any technical or colour representation of the photos.

4.b. All photographs used by Blank Wall Gallery will clearly have the photographer’s credit. In case this has been overseen, there will be immediate corrections when mentioned.

4.c. All entrants agree that all photographs submitted to the competition may be used to promote and advertise Blank Wall Gallery.

4.d. Artists grant Blank Wall Gallery the right to use their images to promote the exhibition, for display on Blank Wall Gallery webpage and for inclusion in an exhibit catalog.

4.e. Blank Wall Gallery may use all entries submitted for marketing & promotional purposes across all media though there may not be any monetary compensation.

 

Neither Blank Wall Gallery nor their associates, affiliates or partners assume any responsibility for photos submitted in violation of copyright regulations.

 

I have read and agree to all the rules and regulations of this agreement.