Art and Science International Photo Contest

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Art and Science Exposition
Discover science in a new view! Send your photos to us until 30th of April 2014 and get the chance to win your place in the 1st Art and Science Exposition in Iasi Romania 2014 and one of the 3 surprise prizes!

The present contest addresses to all amateur/professional photographers and scientists. Any science related image is eligible for competition. Every participant can submit up to 5 images free of charge and up to 10 images at a fee charge of 3 euros/extra image.

The money collected from fees will be used for sponsoring of some of the winners, participants in the Exposition and Workshop.

Send your digital images named: YOUR NAME_number.jpeg together with your one page short CV and a file containing a short description of each of the submitted images by e-mail to [email protected] until 30-th of April 2014. These should be 1000 pixels on the longest side, 72ppi, .JPEG format saved at maximum quality. For selected images higher resolution files will be requested after a first stage evaluation.
Evaluation
All images will be included in an on-line gallery in the event Facebook page.
The submitted images will be evaluated in two stages:
1st Stage evaluation will be done by the organizing committee and an international jury of 5 professional artists.
Up to 50 images will be selected as finalist images to be included in 1stArt and Science Photography Exposition and Workshop Iasi 2014 at Al I Cuza University Iasi Romania during the 10th International Conference On Physics Of Advanced Materials (ICPAM-10) held at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania, from 21 to 28 September 2014. Selected works authors will be contacted for high-res versions for print. Print, matting and framing charges may be applied.
Note: Copyright of entered artworks remains with the artist who agrees by submitting his/her works, to grant permission to 1stArt and Science Photography Exposition and Workshop Iasi 2014 at Al I Cuza University Iasi Romania organizers to use the submitted material in exhibits, on their web site, and other media for marketing and printing for off line marketing. Your permission to display the entry for the festival and later online and in the archives cannot be reversed and its use or removal is entirely at the discretion of event organizing committee. After the event, the printed works remain the property of the organizing institutions. It may be part of further worldwide exhibits connected with the event. If artists would like to have their print, they will have to pay for handling and shipping. For artists who would like to attend the event, information regarding travel, accommodation and supplementary events are available on the ICPAM10 website.
2nd Stage From the 50 selected images, a number of 3 images will be selected during ICPAM-10 as contest winners and authors will receive diplomas and surprise prizes.
Source: Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi