UMENCIA ART PHOTO® CONTEST

INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITON

Winners will be announced in 2025

 

 

The Contest is open to any individual who is an amateur or professional photographer, eighteen (18) years of age or older, regardless of where they reside or are domiciled. Excluded from the Contest are the current judges of the Contest, employees, agents and representatives of the Organizer, companies affiliated with the Organizer, suppliers of prizes, services or materials related to the Contest.

  • Open to professional and amateur photographers
  • 18 years old and older
  • Territory: Worldwide
  • Regular fee: $ 15/single photo (plus tax if applicable) USD

 

 

Submission of photos. The Participant may submit unlimited photos in all major category “Portrait” category, “Commercial” category, “Artist” category.

The Participant must upload and submit their photos at the time of registration for the Contest, through their account. Once the Participant’s photos have been submitted, an email confirming receipt of the photos will be sent to the Participant within one business day, to the email address registered in their account. The photos submitted must comply with these participation rules. Sending the email confirming receipt of the Participant’s photos does not constitute confirmation that the photos submitted comply with these participation rules.

Categories. Details of the major categories (“Portrait”, “Commercial” and “Artist”) and each category and subcategory therein are set out in Annex A of these participation rules.

Deadline. The deadlines for submitting a photo to the Organizer depend on the major category with which the photo is associated. The deadlines for submitting a photo for each major category are listed below.

 

Entries must be submitted in the deadline date of midnight Canada eastern time

 

Deadline. The deadlines for submitting a photo to the Organizer depend on the major category with which the photo is associated. The deadlines for submitting a photo for each major category are listed below.

MAJOR CATEGORY START

(Midnight ET)

END

(11:59 ET)

Portrait March 1, 2024 June 30, 2024
Commercial July 1, 2024 October 31, 2024
Artist November 1, 2024 February 28, 2025

 

Each photo submitted in the context of the Contest must comply with the conditions set out below:

  1. The photo must not contain a watermark, logo, signature or any other form of identification;
  2. Adding background texture effects is allowed in all subcategories;
  3. The photo must have a title; the same name must be used on the photo and on the form (choose a name that represents the storytelling of your photos);
  4. The photo can be submitted with or without a frame;
  5. The colour profile of the photo is: Adobe RGB1998 or other;
  6. The photo can be in colour or in black and white;
  7. The format of the photo is: jpg;
  8. The compression of the photo is: 10-12;
  9. The maximum size of photos submitted per major category is less than:10 Mb;
  10. You can submit your images Vertical or Horizontal minimum sizes 1000 pixels. Send your questions toinfo@umencia.comif you are not sure;
  11. The photo must have been taken by the Participant;
  12. The photo must not infringe on the rights of third parties or damage the reputation of any person or constitute defamation;
  13. The photo must not contain obscene or immoral material.
  14. The photo must not infringe on the rights of third parties or damage the reputation of any person or constitute defamation;
  15. The Participant must ensure that the tools or software used to create the image do not infringe on any copyrights or intellectual property rights;

If a photo does not comply with one or more of the above conditions, the Organizer may contact the Participant to inform them of the photo’s non-compliance and allow the Participant to submit a new photo within the time period indicated by the Organizer. If it is impossible or unreasonable for the Organizer to contact the Participant or if the Participant does not submit a new photo within the time limit indicated, the photo initially submitted by the Participant will automatically be excluded from the Contest.