RULES

1          All the professional photographers or amateurs who meet the conditions of these rules will be able to take part in the Contest.

2         The technique and the style are free. The subject for the 1^st and 2^nd Prize can also be freely chosen, however only could aim to the 3^rd Prize series of photographies taken in “Sierra Magina” and dealing with any subject that can be identified as characteristic of this region. 

3          Piece of works. The works which will be presented at the Contest will be a series from three to five photographs which do not necessarily need to be of the same subject. Each participant can present at the maximum two series. The essential condition is that none of the works were rewarded in other contests for photography, being the Organization empowered to take away the Prize from the awarded participant if this were known in a timeframe of 20 days since the prize was granted.

 4          Forms and identification of the piece of works: The size of the photographs will be free, provided that the largest side does not exceed 40 centimeters.

The photographs will be presented on a passe-partout of 50 X 40 centimeters and, on the back, will have written its sequence number and a common  anonymous subject name. It is asked to write all these data with a soft graphite pencil or in adhesive paper.

In a separated letter the following data must be registered: the serial numbers and the title of the series (again) and the personal data of the author, i.e. name and surname, address, telephone, E-MAIL, photocopy of the identity card or passport; if necessary also the name of the photo institute to which the author belong to.  Optionally could be added also a short description of the photographic series or works.

5          Deadlines: The reception of the works begins from the date of publication of these rules until June 30th, 2007, 2 p.m.. The piece of works will have to be delivered, either personally or by mail, to the “Asociación Cultural Cerdá y Rico” accompanied with a document indicating that the work is explicitly submitted for entry in the International Prize of Photography "CERDÁ Y RICO" contests edition 2007. Works which are received later than this deadline would be only accepted if the shipment was stamped  not later than June 30^th and the delay is not longer than 7 days.   The results will be communicated to winners by electronic mail or telephone and will be published during the second fortnight of July by various media and on the following web sites www.cerdayrico.com , http://aytocabradelsantocristo.com and  www.magina.org .

6         Jury:The jury will be composed by five members and will be chaired by the Cabra del Santo Cristo council´s Mayor or a person he designates; the Academic Director of the Price, D.Francisco Fernández Sánchez of the Department of Photography. Faculty BB. AA. of Granada; making function of Secretary D.Julio Arturo Cerda Pugnaire, vice-president of the cultural association  "Cerda y Rico", and like member D. Francisco J Sánchez Montalbán of the Department of Photography. Faculty BB. AA. of Granada. Will also be part of the jury a member to be designated among important personalities of the artistic creativity.

7          PRIZES

For this Edition of 2007, the jury will grant the following Prices:

First Prize, 3000 EURO Medal and an official Diploma, for best photographic serie with free subject, technique and style; sponsored by the Office of advisers of Culture of the Parliament of Andalucia.

Second Prize, 2000 EURO, medal and official Diploma, for second best photographic serie with free subject, technique and style; sponsored by the Provincial Delegation of Jaén.

Third Prize, 1.000 EURO, medal and official Diploma, for the best photographic serie with free technique and style and with subject related to the Sierra Magina region (landscape, nature, culture, artistic o monumental heritage, etc.); sponsored by the Town Hall of Cabra del Santo Cristo. 

The medals offered by the cultural society Cerdá y Rico are rated with  a value of 600 € each.  They are bronzeworks with the bas-relief effigy of Arturo Cerdá y Rico, designed and made by the spanish sculptors Rafael Amadeo Rojas, mounted in an stone holder, with a memorial-plate.

The participants can present works for more than one category but the prizes are not cumulative. The prizes can be declared null if the Jury find that pertinent, also if pertinent they can be subjectedto legal tax retentions. In addition, the Jury is authorized to grant honorary mentions or certificates of merit at their discretion. 

The judgement of the Jury is unappealable, with the exception that in the timeframe of 20 days since the prize is granted, it is known that some of the awarded works were previously prized in another contest. If this happen the award will be declared void.

The participant s interested in presenting works aiming to the 3rd Prize can get detailed information for their stay in Sierra Magina (lodging, accomodation,  transports, traditions, festival, etc) by phone calling to in the phone + 34 953/300400 ext. 6 (atn. Francisco Catena) or consulting the webpage www.magina.org. 

 The winning author must be present at the award ceremony physically or nominating someone who can stand in for him at the place, date and time that will be indicated (first fortnight in August). Participants from countries different than Spain are exempted from this requirement.

The winning photographs will become part of the regional artistic funds and will remain the property of the Town hall of Cabra del Santo Cristo.

All photography submitted by the participants to the contest could be  published and,  if this is the case, a copy of the issue will be sent to the respective author.

 The judgment of the Jury will be published and a copy of the act can be obtained by simple request.

8          EXHIBITION

With an aim of spreading the artistic values of the rewarded piece of works, will be organized an exhibition with the rewarded works, as well with others works that the Jury will choose for this purpose. This public exhibition could be itinerant.

 9        CATALOGUE

Will be build a catalogue in which the finalist’s works will be reproduced,  including an introduction for specific subjects of the contest, the list of the artists selected and the jury.

 10      The participation in this Contest implies the acceptance of these rules, and the jury is the exclusive competent authority in the case of eventual litigation.

11       Not winning or non selected works may be withdrawn, or returned to the authors upon request, within a timeframe of 2 months to be counted since September 1st 2007. Piece of works chosen for the exhibition and not rewarded, will be returned only at the end of the exhibition.

The organization will take all due care at the author’s works but cannot be held responsible for any deterioration or loss of some of them, case this unfortunately happen. Costs of returns will be splitted as follows: the contest organization will be responsible for any cost related with the proper packaging of the works, while the participants will have to pay the cost of the courier that they decide to use. 

After the given deadlines, none withdrawn and/or  unclaimed works will become part of the regional artistic funds and property of the Cabra del Santo Cristo´s  council.

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