Nevada Camera Club, a non-profit photographic membership organization supporting the art and technology of photography, announces Nevada Camera Club 2010 Annual Print Competition.

Purpose

• Raise the community level of awareness of photography as an art form.
• Motivate photographers to create quality images.
• Provide photographers with an opportunity to show their work and receive recognition for artistic and technical achievement.
• Reward photographers for photographic achievement.

Schedule

• October 22 and 23, 2010: Entry acceptance.
• November 15, 2010 through January 7, 2011: Exhibition Gallery Showing.
• January 14, 2011: Prints returned to entrants.

Eligibility

• Open to anyone of any age.
• Entries must have been photographed by the entrant.
• Prints that have won a first place ribbon in a previous Nevada Camera Club Annual Print Competition are not eligible.

Media

• Accepted media is monochromatic prints and color prints.

Awards

• The Best of Show winners in each of the two Divisions (monochromatic prints and color prints) are awarded a $100.00 cash prize and a Best of Show ribbon.
• At the judges' discretion, first place, second place, third place and honorable mention winners in each category are awarded ribbons.

Divisions

• There are two (2) divisions.
  • Monochromatic Prints and Color Prints.

Categories

• There are fourteen (14) categories in each of the two (2) Divisions for a total of twenty-eight (28) categories.
  • Abstract, Animal/Pets, Commercial, Creative, Documentary, Nature, People, Pictorial, Photojournalism, Portraiture, Still Life, Travel, Unclassified, Wildlife.
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• NOTE: No specific category is defined by technique. Subject matter must be the defining parameter. Care must be taken in the Documentary, Nature, Photojournalism, Travel, and Wildlife categories. Normal photographic processes may be used to enhance the image quality in these five reality based categories but must not be used to alter the truth of the photographic statement. This means not altering the factual representation.

Print Specifications

• The long side of the print must be at least 8". Slimlines are allowed. Exceptions to this rule are allowed for contact prints (must be at least 4"x5") and Polaroid transfer prints (no minimum size).
• Maximum print size is 16"x20".
• Prints must be mounted on RIGID stock (e.g., mount board or foamcore). Heavy materials such as Masonite or Lucite are not acceptable. No loose prints will be accepted. Minimum mount size is 8"x10". Maximum mount size is 16"x20". Window mat(s) are optional.
• No glass or plastic covering or frames are allowed.
• Prints not in accordance with the above will be disqualified.

Fees

• The entry fee is $2.00 per print.
• Each entrant may submit a total of eight (8) prints.
• Prints which do not comply with the required print specifications will be disqualified and will not be judged. No refund will be made for disqualified prints.

Entry Procedure, Date & Location

• Use the entry forms included in the NCC 2010 Annual Print Competition Rules & Entry Form PDF file which is linked below.
• Prints, entry forms and entry fees must be submitted together.
• Entries are accepted at the following locations:
   
      Friday, October 22, 2010 from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
      Nevada Camera Club Meeting
      Church of Jesus Christ of LDS
      West Oquendo Ward
      6325 W. Hacienda Ave.
      Las Vegas, NV 89118
      Google Map: West Oquendo Ward
   
      Saturday, October 23, 2010 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
      Sunrise Hospital Doctor's Conference Room
      3186 S. Maryland Parkway
      Las Vegas, NV 89109
      Google Map: Sunrise Hospital

Intellectual Property Rights

• The entrant grants to the Nevada Camera Club the right to display submitted prints during the gallery exhibition period. All other rights remain with the entrant.

Judging

• Prints are judged by a panel of three photographic judges.
• Judges have the right to re-categorize prints.
• The decision of the judges is final.

Exhibition

• Prints are exhibited at the Lloyd D. George United States Courthouse beginning November 15, 2010.
• The public is invited and admission is free.
• The exhibition continues through January 7, 2011.
   
      Lloyd D. George United States Courthouse
      333 S. Las Vegas Blvd.
      Las Vegas, NV 89101

Return of Prints

• Prints must be picked up at the January 14, 2011 Nevada Camera Club meeting between 6:00 PM and 7:00 PM or by previous arrangement. Prints not picked up within 90 days become the property of Nevada Camera Club. Under no circumstances may prints be removed from the exhibit during the exhibition.
• For time and location of Nevada Camera Club meetings, please see the Nevada Camera Club web site Invitation page.

Rules and Entry Form

• The complete official rules and entry form are available for download in Adobe PDF format. The PDF document may be viewed and/or printed after downloading by using Adobe Acrobat Reader. The current version of Acrobat Reader is available free-of-charge from the Adobe web site.
  

NCC 2010 Annual Print Competition Rules & Entry Form  [61KB]