Portrait Photography Collective – Compete for Unlimited Prize Money
The Portrait Photography Collective was created to showcase the work of the world’s most talented portrait photographers. By creating a platform that hosts monthly competitions exclusively within the field of portraiture, we offer photographers a realistic opportunity to monetise their passion by competing for completely uncapped prize money. 50% of all income received from entry fees is given back as prize money.
As a media, photography has never been so popular. The combination of equipment becoming more accessible and social media providing multiple platforms for photographers to showcase their work, the industry has never been so competitive. With opportunities becoming scarcer to make a living within the field, the Portrait Photography Collective poses the opportunity for photographers to supplement their income by competing in monthly portrait photography competitions that are run back-to-back throughout the year. Our prize money will always scale with the popularity of our competitions, and we won’t ever cap what we give out.
RULES
Eligibility
Our competitions are open to both amateur and professional photographers over the age of 18.
Individuals or persons directly connected (deemed as partners and family) with judges or competition organisers are not eligible to enter.
Entry Submissions and guidelines
Entrants are permitted to submit as many images to each competition as they wish.
Competitions are run monthly throughout the year and are run back-to-back.
All competitions will run from 7th day of each month to the following 7th of the next month. For example, a competition will begin on April 7th, and close on May 7th, with the May competition opening immediately.
Submissions must be in JPEG format, saved at a minimum quality of 8 - Scans of transparencies/negatives are eligible.
Images should be a saved at 1920 pixels on their longest side.
Ethics
It is the duty of all photographers to obtain any necessary licenses needed to pilot drones if used and adhere to laws surrounding their use.
It is the duty of all photographers to obtain permissions and any necessary model release forms needed from relevant people
Judging
An appointed judge will be presented a shortlist of images to award prizes to the winner and runner-up, taking in to account the composition, originality and creativity of images.
Judges may also decide to award any number of images a 'highly commended' award which will be displayed in each competition's Winner's gallery.
Winners will be notified of their success within 2 weeks of a competition closing.
An image that has previously won a cash prizes in any of our previous competitions can not be entered again.
An image that receives a 'highly commended' award can be entered again in to future competitions.
Prize Money
All prize money is generated from entry fees we receive from participants and 50% of all income is used as prize money in each competition.
Prize money will be awarded to the named person on the entry form.
Winners will be contacted by the email address provided on their entry submissions and will have 60 days from the day they are notified of their success to provide valid payment details. If no details are provided, prize money will be forfeited.
All prize money will be paid via PayPal - any fees induced for foreign currency conversions are the responsibility of the recipient.
The percentage of the prize money each winner will receive is as follows:
Winner - 35%
Runner-up - 15%
Copyright and Liability
By submitting images to our competitions you agree that:
You are the original creator and copyright holder of any image(s) submitted.
Images submitted do not breach any third party intellectual property rights, trademarks, or contract rights.
You have relevant model release documents and the permission of any persons included in submitted images. You also have the permission of any parents/guardians for any persons under the age of 18 shown in your images.
You will be responsible for any claims made by third party organisations regarding any legal breaches made against any of your entries, and grant IPPC and associated persons full indemnity in respect of all royalties, compensation and legal fees which may occur as a result of any breaches you have made.
IPPC reserves the right to disqualify any entries at any point in time that breach any of the rules mentioned above, as well as report any potential legal breaches to appropriate authorities.
Rights to Use
By entering images in to our competitions you agree that any entry that receives a winning or highly commended award may be used, without compensation, for promotional purposes of future IPPC competitions.
IPPC does not make any claims to the copyright of any submissions to our competitions
You grant IPPC a non-exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable license for all competition entries to be used, displayed, published, edited or sub-licensed for any purposes connected to our competitions. All images will be credited to the photographer when used.
Liability
Proof of entry submission to a competition is not deemed as proof of receipt.
It is the responsibility of all entrants to ensure that their email security settings accept emails from any email addresses associated with IPPC.
Entries that do not receive a competition award will not be stored by us.
Except where stated elsewhere, IPPC will not be liable for any loss or damages suffered by you in relation to our competitions, the use of your entry or the use of any prize money awarded. This exclusion includes, but is not limited to, any liability for the misuse of any entries by third parties.
Data Protection
Personal data that is necessary for the running of our competitions will be collected about you at the time of registration. We will not pass on your personal details to any third party, but it may be used to contact you about any future IPPC competitions.