Terms and Conditions

By submitting to Capture Photography Festival, you certify that you are the sole creator and owner of the artwork(s) submitted or have been granted permission by the artist to submit and exhibit his or her work. Additionally, you are authorizing Capture Photography Festival to use the image(s) for activities related to the Festival, and the promotion thereof. Capture Photography Festival assumes no ownership rights of the images submitted. Any reproduction of the image(s) for promotional purposes will be fully credited to the artist.

Please ensure your submission has substantive lens-based content or it will not qualify for the Festival.

Each submission must comply with the following requirements:

• Final images of completed work must be submitted digitally. The photograph need not be taken with a digital camera; scans of negatives, transparencies, or photographic prints are acceptable.
  
  
• Photographs or lens-based artwork that depicts sculptures, statues, paintings, and other works of art will be accepted as long as they do not constitute copyright infringement or fraud. You must be prepared to provide a release form as described below in “Release.” When photographing the work of others, it must be as an object in its environment and not a full-frame close-up of another person’s art.
  
  
• The photograph, in its entirety, must be a single work of original material taken by the applicant or artist representative. By submitting to the Festival, the applicant represents, acknowledges, and warrants that the submitted photograph is an original work created solely by the applicant or representative, that the photograph does not infringe on the copyrights, trademarks, moral rights, rights of privacy/publicity, or intellectual property rights of any person or entity, and that no other party has any right, title, claim, or interest in the photograph or lens-based work.
  
  
• If you use Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) to contribute to your creative work, we ask for transparent disclosure of how and why you are using AI content. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that AI use is appropriately disclosed, and that projects do not include copyright-infringing content.
  
  
• The applicant acknowledges that nothing contained within the submitted text infringes on the copyright of another person or institution, and will not be generated, authored or substantially assisted by AI tools. The applicant may use standard tools for grammar, spelling, and formatting assistance, provided such tools do not generate substantive written content for the submission. Capture Photography Festival will not accept written content generated by AI.
  
  
• The photograph or lens-based work must not, in the sole and unfettered discretion of the Festival organizer, contain objectionable or inappropriate content. Capture Photography Festival is an open forum for the promotion and discussion of photography and lens-based art.

Capture Photography Festival is not responsible for the specific content or subject matter of any work displayed or advertised. Some exhibitions or materials may be offensive, upsetting, or disturbing to some members of the public.

Releases

If the photograph or lens-based work contains any material or elements that are not owned by the entrant and/or that are subject to the rights of third parties, and/or if any people appear in the photograph, the entrant is responsible for obtaining, prior to submission of the photograph, any and all releases and consents necessary to permit the exhibition of the photograph. If any person appearing in any photograph is under the age of majority in their country of residence the signature of a parent or legal guardian is required on each release.

Upon request, each applicant must be prepared to provide a signed release from all people who appear in the photograph submitted and/or from the owner of any material that appears in the photograph entry.