FotoIstanbul 2017 Instagram Photography Contest
FotoIstanbul 2017 Instagram Photography Contest is held in collaboration with FotoIstanbul, Lomography Türkiye and Hart Collective.
Share your photographs on Instagram with the hashtag #fotoistanbul2017.
Awards:
Lomo'Instant Wide Black Combo
Lomo'Instant Automat & Lenses Bora Bora
Diana F+
LomoKino
50 finalists will be exhibited at FotoIstanbul 2017 starting September 30 in Istanbul, Turkey.
About:
FotoIstanbul announces its Instagram photo competition, in collaboration with Lomography Türkiye and Hart Collective. This competition is open to anyone around the world with access to Instagram.
Rules & Eligibility:
- The contest is open to anyone with an Instagram account.
- Participant’s Instagram account must be public.
- Participants do not need to be professional photographers.
- Participants must share their images with #Fotoistanbul2017 hashtag on their Instagram feed.
- Submitted images may be taken with any photographic device.
- The participants must have the copyright to uploaded and tagged images.
- Participants must comply with Instagram community guidelines and terms of service as well as international copyright and intellectual property laws.
- Participants using other people’s photography will be disqualified.
- Participants agree and give full permission to Fotoistanbul to post their submissions on Fotoistanbul’s social media accounts including but not limited to Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
- Participants agree and give full permission to Fotoistanbul to post their submissions in Fotoistanbul Facebook page for public/second round of judging.
- Contest winners allow Fotoistanbul the right to use their name, likeness and biographical information, as well as the right to select and use images in connection with any and all Fotoistanbul promotions.
- Participants retain full copyright of their submissions and work.
- Fotoistanbul reserves the right to request documentation in any form proving ownership of submitted photographs.
- There are no limits on the number of images tagged and submitted.
- Fotoistanbul reserves the right to unilaterally amend the contest rules, awards, dates, content, and structure.
- Participants are considered to have read and fully agreed and understood Fotoistanbul terms and conditions.
- Employees of Fotoistanbul as well as all employess, founders and administrators involved with Lomography Türkiye and Hart Collective are not eligible to participate.
- Make sure to use the #Fotoistanbul2017 hashtag in your captions.
Deadline:
Submissions are accepted between August 4, 2017 and August 31, 2017. Submissions close at 18:00 Eastern European Time Zone (Turkey time).
Judging:
A distinguished and independent panel from Hart Collective will select the best images for the preliminary round of the judging. Once the first round is completed the images, selected by Hart Collective jury, will be posted on FotoIstanbul’s Facebook page. At this point, the public is invited to participate in the second round of judging. For this round, the public (everyone, everywhere) is invited to visit Fotoistanbul’s Facebook account and LIKE the best images. There will be no limit to the number of images one can LIKE on FotoIstanbul’s Facebook page. At the end of the public judging round, the top four images with the most number of ‘LIKE’s will be announced as winners. Public judging period ends on September 28, 2017.
Prizes:
The first place winner will be awarded a Lomo'Instant Wide Black Combo, the second place winner will be awarded a Lomo'Instant Automat & Lenses Bora Bora, the third place winner will be awarded a Diana F+ and the fourth place winner will be awarded a LomoKino. Fotoistanbul will arrange for the delivery of prizes to the winners. Winners may be subjected to various taxes and tariffs depending on each winner’s country of residence and/or citizenship. Fotoistanbul, its affiliates, and sponsors will not be responsible for such taxes and tariffs. And also 50 finalists will be exhibited at Fotoistanbul 2017 starting September 30 in Istanbul, Turkey.
Announcement:
The winners will be announced publicly on Fotoistanbul’s Facebook page on September 29, 2017.