Macau CLOSER is proud to announce the Macau 2021 – A Strange Familiarity photography competition.
And good news… the deadline for submitting your entries has now been extended to October 15!
2021 has been a year of ups and downs, of high hopes for better days to the utmost pessimism about the future. In short, a very suitable terrain for creativity. “A Strange Familiarity” suggests the phenomenon of experiencing situations that one recognizes in some fashion, but that nonetheless seem novel and unfamiliar, just as the current times that we are all in.
This competition invites Macau-based photographers to submit some of their best photos taken since the beginning of the year, to be considered by a jury of experts and to be in the running to win great cash prizes.
Entrants should try to present an image of the city that symbolizes or reflects the subject given, as they view it. A title and description should accompany each entry.
The competition is open to both professional and amateur photographers.
Photos can be submitted into one of two competition categories:
• Single photo
• Series (minimum of 3, maximum of 5)
The competition Jury will select a short list of photographs for consideration. The photographs will be presented on Macau CLOSER’s Facebook page for the public to vote on. The jurors will select the winning photographs in both categories, and there will be a separate prize reflecting the winners of the online voting.
The first prize winner in each of the above two categories will win a cash prize of MOP 10,000. The runners-up in each category will win a cash prize of MOP 5,000. The winner of the online voting will win a cash prize of MOP 5,000; the runner-up, will win MOP 3,000; and third place will win MOP 2,000. The Jury will also select a maximum of five Honorary Mentions.
A selection of submitted photographs will be published in the November-December issue of Macau CLOSER magazine, and in our sister publication, Ponto Final newspaper.
Competition Guidelines
1. All entrants must be over 18 years old.
2. Photos can be submitted in colour and black & white, and must have been taken in 2021.
3. Photos must be submitted by email (macaucloser@gmail) with the subject line “Macau CLOSER Photography Competition ___ (photographer’s name)”, together with the below form.
4. Photos must be submitted by the competition deadline: 6pm, October 15, 2021.
5. The photographer(s) must be the author(s) of the pictures submitted in his/her/their name.
6. Photos submitted must not have previously been published in any periodical publication (newspapers or magazines), either in their printed or online editions.
7. Photo format: Digital images should be no larger than 4MB per image. Save as JPG compression High, 72 dpi, and minimum 1,000 pixels on the longest side.
8. Photos must not show the name or by any means identify the photographer.
9. Only single exposure and single frame pictures will be accepted. The following are not accepted: Multiple exposures; polyptychs (diptychs, triptychs, and so forth); stitched panoramas, either produced in-camera or with image editing software.
10. The content of a picture must not be altered by adding, rearranging, reversing, distorting or removing people and/or objects from within the frame. There are two exceptions: Cropping that removes extraneous details is permitted; Removing sensor dust or lens scratches is permitted.
11. Adjustments of color or conversion to grayscale that do not alter content are permitted, however: Changes in color may not result in significant changes in hue, to such an extent that the processed colors diverge from the original colors. Changes in density, contrast, color and/or saturation levels that significantly alter content by obscuring or eliminating information in the picture are not permitted. The jury determines which changes are significant.
12. The winners from each category will be selected and announced on Macau CLOSER’s Facebook page, in mid-November 2021 during The Script Road – Macau Literary Festival.
13. The competition jury reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to remove, disqualify any photography that doesn’t comply with the above rules.
14. Details regarding the public online vote will be announced in due time.
15. The competition entrant gives permission for their photos to be published in Macau CLOSER magazine and our sister publication Ponto Final newspaper. The photos may also be presented as part of an exhibition at The Script Road – Macau Literary Festival and later published in the exhibition catalogue or in book format.
“Macau 2021 – A Strange Familiarity”
Macau CLOSER Photography Competition
Application Form
Name: __________________________________________________________
Age: ___________________________________________________________
Photo title: ________________________________________________________
Photo Description: __________________________________________________
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Date taken: ________________________________________________________
Location: __________________________________________________________
Email: ____________________________________________________________
Phone: ___________________________________________________________
