Thursday award 2012


Thursday award is the upgrade of Fotopub festival which is annually presented to the best documentary photo story. The story is presented at Fotopub in the form of a slideshow projection or a short film composed of authorial photographs and optional music. Photographers of all ages and ethnicities can participate. Short list of arrived stories is introduced on a big screen at the festival Fotopub on Thursday evening, July 26 2012. We are inviting you to participate in photo story evening with your photographs.

Deadline for applying to Thursday award is the sooner the better or by Friday, 20 July 2012. 

Please send applications and slideshow (file with photographs and music, movie clip) to our e-mail: [email protected]. Due to file size it is reasonable to send a file via web application for large file exchange e.g. Dropbox. For all questions about the award and possible help with exporting a file into the proper format or sending you can contact us by e-mail above. For every received application we send you a message of successful acceptance.

 

Application should contain (Form):

  • Series title
  • Story info: Place, year, title
  • Super short story synopsis: max 300 characters including spaces
  • Author info: name, surname, telephone number, e-mail address
  • Slideshow should be prepared in a movie form in standard format (mpg, mpeg, mov, wmv, avi).

 

Content guidelines are following:

  • Photographers – males and females of all ages and nationalities can participate.
  • Slideshow of a story should be in a time frame of max. 5 minutes.
  • Every photograph is documentary, however the series of photographs must contain documentary value and are made without manipulations which radically modify its primary meaning.
  • In principle we give the priority to socially comitted stories as well as personal confessions over nature and travel photography.
  • Series of photographs must express clearly shapen conceptual and narrative idea.
  • You can add a music of personal choice to the slideshow that goes with the concept of presented series.
  • Organizer reserves all rights to eliminating series and rearranging projection time to their benefit.
  • Author keeps all rights of their work and allows organizer of Fotopub festival to use the projection and photographs in case of promotion of that contest.
  • Slideshow will play on a cinema screen of Dolenjski muzej gardens (in case of bad weather in Kulturni center Janez Trdina (culture center or other suitable area).
  • The award will be chosen and presented by 3 member group of mentors and guests of Festival Fotopub 2012 who will be chosen by the art director of the festival.
  • Committee can also present second place award as an honorary mention which is of no material prize.
  • Value of Thursday award price in 250€ given by Topsolutions d.o.o..
  • By applying to this competition it is automatically acknowledged the author agrees with terms of tender.

 

Best regards,

Chris de Bode