2017
The missing observer – Special Mention of Jury 2016 - © Dario Giannobile/PNA
Terms and regulation
Photo Nightscape Awards – Chasseurs de Nuits
73 Bd Henri Barbusse – 93100 Montreuil – France
www.photonightscapeawards.com
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Article 1
The Association Chasseurs de Nuits, registered at 73, Bd Henri Barbusse –
93100 Montreuil - France, is organizing the fourth edition of « Photo Nightscape
Awards » - PNA - in 2017, a free digital photography awards.
This photo contest is organized in partnership with, L’Association
Française d’Astronomie (AFA) the Photography Laboratory Picto, the ESO
(European Southern Observatory), Dark Sky Alqueva, AIP (Astro Imaging
Processing), Nikon, the Pic du Midi observatory, the Maison MEDAS, The
French photographic federation, the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie de
Paris, and the French Ministry For Culture and Communication.
Article 2
The prize is intended to reward the best nightscapes shootings (photo or
timelapse) in multiple categories and fulfilling this common criteria: shootings
(photo or timelapse) must represent a nocturnal landscape, composed of
both heavenly and earthly elements - shootings must occur after sunset and
before sunrise. Only photos and timelapses in digital format are accepted.
Special attention will be given to the photographer's personal approach, his
intent, his screenplay for timelapses.
To participate, shootings must have taken place between:
October 1st 2016 and August 15th 2017
Adults can participate in multiple categories (with the exception of the
Junior category) — one picture per author and per category will be taken
into account.
Youngsters can participate in the Junior category only — one picture
per author will be taken into account.
Any and all authors (photographers) can participate, including the PNA
Ambassadors, with the exception of members of the jury and of the
organizing partners.
Any candidacy must be filed with the registration form duly completed
(available on the PNA’s website) as well as the parental consent (also
available on the website) for minors (-18 yo).
Submission modalities (sending the photos and timelapses) are
indicated in the registration form. The participation is free of charge.
Photo Nightscape Awards – Chasseurs de Nuits
73 Bd Henri Barbusse – 93100 Montreuil – France
www.photonightscapeawards.com
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Article 3
Four categories are opened for this fourth edition of the PNA.
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Category « Nightscape »
To participate, shootings must have taken place between:
October 1st 2016 and August 15th 2017
This category is opened to any and all photographer of age (18+ yo)—
professional or hobbyist—from all countries. Photographers retain
ownership rights to their images. Non-winning images will be deleted after
disclosure of the results. Winning images will be credited as follow:
Firstname Lastname - PNA. The authors assign their rights for publication of
the charts, promotion price (info, exhibition, projection, portfolio...) on any
suitable medium, for a period of maximum 3 years.
Much attention will be given to the photographer's personal approach, its
intention.
Technical constraints: pictures must represent a nocturnal
landscape, composed of both heavenly (starry sky and/or the Moon) and
earthly elements. Shootings must occur after sunset and before sunrise. The
image will be 5000 pixels wide minimum, and will not have a watermark,
credit line... Accepted formats are: jpg, tif.
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Category « In Town »
To participate, shootings must have taken place between:
October 1st 2016 and August 15th 2017
This category is opened to any and all photographer of age (18+ yo)—
professional or hobbyist—from all countries. Photographers retain
ownership rights to their images. Non-winning images will be deleted after
disclosure of the results. Winning images will be credited as follow:
Firstname Lastname - PNA. The authors assign their rights for publication of
the charts, promotion price (info, exhibition, projection, portfolio...) on any
suitable medium, for a period of maximum 3 years.
Much attention will be given to the photographer's personal approach, its
intention.
Technical constraints: shooting must occur within a municipality
(GPS coordinates requested) and represent a nocturnal landscape,
composed of both heavenly (starry sky and/or the Moon) and (a) public or
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73 Bd Henri Barbusse – 93100 Montreuil – France
www.photonightscapeawards.com
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private building(s) as earthly elements. Shootings must occur after sunset
and before sunrise. The image will be 5000 pixels wide minimum, and will
not have a watermark, credit line… Accepted formats are: jpg, tif.
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Catégorie « Timelapse »
To participate, shootings must have taken place between:
October 1st 2016 and August 15th 2017
This category is opened to any and all photographer of age (18+ yo)—
professional or hobbyist—from all countries. Photographers retain
ownership rights to their images. Non-winning images will be deleted after
disclosure of the results. Winning images will be credited as follow:
Firstname Lastname - PNA. The authors assign their rights for publication of
the charts, promotion price (info, exhibition, projection, portfolio, ...) on any
suitable medium, for a period of maximum 3 years.
Much attention will be given to the photographer's personal approach, his
script.
Technical constraints: timelapses must represent a nocturnal
landscape (or urban), composed of both heavenly (starry sky and/or the
Moon) and earthly elements. Shootings must occur after sunset and
before sunrise. The timelapse will last between 30 and 40 seconds and will
be at least in full HD. It will not have any watermark, credit line, nor any
sound (soundtrack, sound effect…). Accepted formats are: mp4, mov,
avi.
- Catégorie « Junior »
This category is reserved to French youth (-18 yo). Candidacy is subject to
parental or legal-tutor signed consent. Photographers retain ownership
rights to their images. Non-winning images will be deleted after disclosure
of the results. Winning images will be credited as follow: Firstname
Lastname - PNA. The authors assign their rights for publication of the charts,
promotion price (info, exhibition, projection, portfolio...) on any suitable
medium, for a period of maximum 3 years.
Much attention will be given to the photographer's personal approach, its
intention.
Technical constraints : pictures must represent a nocturnal
landscape (or urban), composed of both heavenly (starry sky and/or the
Moon) and earthly elements. Shootings must occur after sunset and before
Photo Nightscape Awards – Chasseurs de Nuits
73 Bd Henri Barbusse – 93100 Montreuil – France
www.photonightscapeawards.com
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sunrise. The image will be 5000 pixels wide minimum, and will not have a
watermark, credit line… Accepted formats are: jpg, tif.
Organizers reserve the rights to modify the category of a submitted picture if
they consider another category best fitted.
Article 4
The jury for the four categories is composed as follows:
- Miguel CLARO: Dark Sky Alqueva Photographer - President of the jury,
- Nicolas OUTTERS: AIP (Astro Images Processing),
- Michel VAISSAUD: production director for the laboratory Picto,
- Lars LINDBERG CHRISTENSEN: Education & Public Outreach Dept à l’ESO,
- Guillaume Cuvillier: Project manager Nikon Pro – Nikon France,
- Olivier Las Vergnas, President of AFA
- Rogelio Bernal Andreo, Nightscaper and astrophotographer
- Corinne Thorillon: photo editor at Paris Match,
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Franck SEGUIN: Director of association Chasseurs de Nuits
The submitted photos/timelpases will be presented anonymously to the jury
members.
In case of a tie, the President of the jury’s vote is decisive. The jury’s decision is
final and cannot give rise to claim.
This jury is established for the 2017 edition and may be modified in all or in part
for the next editions.
Article 5
Prizes awarded to winners are established as follows:
Catégorie "Nightscape"
1st prize: one-week trip to the ESO's VLT—Very Large Telescope
(Chile)—including transportation, accommodation, activities. Maximum
value of the prize: 4500 euros (this value is indicative, as transportation
fees vary depending on departing town).
2nd prize: A compass with level bubble and ladder latitude of Vixen
offered by Médas worth 59 euros.
Photo Nightscape Awards – Chasseurs de Nuits
73 Bd Henri Barbusse – 93100 Montreuil – France
www.photonightscapeawards.com
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The top ten winning photos will be showed at the 2017 PNA exhibit.
The top ten winners will have their photo embedded in Gallery Astro, and
may cash in the products from the sales of their prints (50% of gross revenues
will be payed to the author).
Catégorie "Timelapse"
1st prize: one-week trip to the Dark Sky Reserve of Alqueva, Portugal—
including transportation, accommodation, activities. Maximum value of
the prize: 3500 euros (this value is indicative, as transportation fees vary
depending on departing town).
2nd prize: A compass with level bubble and ladder latitude of Vixen
offered by Médas worth 59 euros.
The top ten winning photos will be showed at the 2017 PNA exhibit.
The top ten winners will have their photo embedded in Gallery Astro, and
may cash in the products from the sales of their prints (50% of gross revenues
will be payed to the author).
Catégorie "In Town"
1st prize: A Nikon D750 camera with its lens (to come) offered by Nikon
worth 2200 euros
2nd prize: A compass with level bubble and ladder latitude of Vixen
offered by Médas worth 59 euros.
The top ten winning photos will be showed at the 2017 PNA exhibit.
The top ten winners will have their photo embedded in Gallery Astro, and
may cash in the products from the sales of their prints (50% of gross revenues
will be payed to the author).
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73 Bd Henri Barbusse – 93100 Montreuil – France
www.photonightscapeawards.com
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Catégorie "Junior"
1st prize:
A weeken to Pic du Midi, all inclusive for the winner and one of his
parent, offered by Pic du Midi and RICE (intenational Ciel Etoilée
reserve), worth 1500 euros
A Polarie Star Tracker from Vixen offered by Médas worth 399 euros.
A 60x80cm print mounting on Aluminium with hooking bar, worth 223
euros, offered by Picto Laboratory.
2nd prize: A compass with level bubble and ladder latitude of Vixen
offered by Médas worth 59 euros.
A 50x60cm print mounting on Aluminium with hooking bar, worth 179
euros, offered by Picto Laboratory.
The top ten winning photos will be showed at the 2017 PNA exhibit.
Prizes are awarded to winners and are not interchangeable nor can be
perceived in any other ways than the ones mentioned in the present
regulation. No compensation will be received in cash.
Article 6
The award ceremony will take place on September 22th, 2017. The place
remains to be defined. A selection of the best photos and timelapses will be
exposed/presented.The exhibit will be printed by the Picto laboratory. Winners
will be advised by the organizers. Prizes will be sent to winner unable to attend
the award ceremony.
Article 7
Participants have until August 15th 2017 to send in their candidacy, via email*
only (attested to by date of email sent), at the following address:
[email protected]
* because of the size of photographs and videos, it is asked to the candidates
to send their duly completed candidacy (photo/timelapse, filled registration
form, parental consent) via SendGB.com —a free tool usable without need to
download.
Only complete applications (photo/timelapse, filled registration
parental consent) will be taken into account.
form,
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73 Bd Henri Barbusse – 93100 Montreuil – France
www.photonightscapeawards.com
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Participation fees are the candidate responsibility. Participation in this contest
requires candidates to comply with the present Regulation, to accept it fully
and to refrain from any claim.
Article 8
Regulation and Registration form can be found and downloaded on the
following website:
http://www.photonightscapeawards.com/contest/
Regulation and registration form can be sent on written request:
- via e-mail to [email protected]
- or via mail:
Chasseurs de Nuits - Photo Nightscape Awards 2017
73 Bd Henri Barbusse
93100 Montreuil - France
Article 9
Rights to the photographs:
The author concedes all rights of reproduction of his photo/video and his
testimonies, for the promotion (on any given media), the communication
and/or advertising, and publishing related to the PNA (on any given media),
to the organizer, without being entitled to financial compensation, for a
period of maximum 3 years.
No other use will occur without a prior written consent of the photographer.
Each winner authorizes the organizer to record his picture—and to make any
editing or adaptation of aforementioned picture—to be used in photographs,
videos, etc…
The author as well agrees to assign the rights of the photo/video, which can
be used on the itinerant exhibit dedicated to the 2016 PNA edition.
The organizer commits to crediting any and all reproduction of the author’s
photograph as follows: 2016 © «first name last name» - PNA.
Candidates pledge holding the sole rights to photographs submitted and
holding legal authorization of persons and/or owners of the buildings, their
lighting and their architecture, pictured in the photograph/video.
The organizer disclaims all responsibility for any violation of image rights.
Photo Nightscape Awards – Chasseurs de Nuits
73 Bd Henri Barbusse – 93100 Montreuil – France
www.photonightscapeawards.com
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Article 10
Organizers and partners cannot be held responsible if, as a result of force
majeure or any other cause beyond their control, the operation had to be
canceled or postponed. Additions or amendments to this Regulation may be
published during the contest. They will be regarded as annexes to this
Regulation. Candidates will be informed of any and all changes by all
appropriate means. Furthermore, the organizers cannot be held responsible
for delays or errors attributable to the post office or any problems with
computer servers regarding Internet.
Article 11
Candidates, in accordance with the Data Protection Act, have a right to
access and rectify all personal information upon written request to Chasseurs
de Nuits/PNA. Candidates can express their wish not to be recorded in the
files of Chasseurs de Nuits/PNA and/or of partners of the event—all
communication from said parties would then be prohibited.
Contact:
Franck Séguin – Founder and picture editor in chief:
[email protected]
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