1.1. To qualify to enter the competition, you must be over 18 years of age.
1.2. By entering the Competition you hereby accept these competition rules.
1.3. Entries must be submitted no later than the deadline of listed on the Competition.
1.4. The competition is open to everyone that is 18 years and older, professional and amateur photographers alike.
1.5. By entering the Competition, you agree and acknowledge that SHAHVAR PHOTOGRAPHY is permitted to receive and review your registration data. Participants agree that personal data including, but not limited to, name, mailing address, phone number, and email address may be collected, processed, stored and otherwise used for the purposes of conducting and administering this photo competition. At any time, participants have the right to access, review, rectify or cancel any personal data held by SHP by sending an email.
2.1. The screened entries are then reviewed by our international jury. The jury will choose the winners. The decisions of the jury are final.
2.2. Winning photographs may be included in the future in traveling group gallery exhibitions and/or screenings and projections at arts institutions and festivals (Iran).
2.3. The full name of each entrant whose work is selected as a winner, juror’s pick, or finalist will be published online.
2.4. Cash prizes will be paid by wire transfer or other electronic methods. Any fees incurred for foreign currency transfers will be deducted from the winning amount.
2.5. No cash alternatives will be offered for any prizes.
3.1. SHP reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify and remove any photograph that does not comply with the following requirements, even after the photograph appears on the website. You warrant, in respect of the photographs submitted by you, as follows:
3.2. You are the sole copyright owner and creator of the photographs.
3.3. To the best of your knowledge, the photographs do not contain any infringing, threatening, false, misleading, abusive, harassing, libelous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic or profane content.
3.4. You have the right to enter your photographs in this competition.
3.5. To the best of your knowledge, the photographs do not contain any material that could constitute or encourage conduct which would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law.
3.6. The photograph does not infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, contract rights, or any other intellectual property rights of any third person or entity, or violate any person’s rights of privacy or publicity, and your photograph does not include:
- trademarks owned by third parties.
- copyrighted materials owned by third parties.
- names, likenesses or other characteristics identifying celebrities or other public figures, living or dead.
- You confirm that each person depicted in the photograph has granted permission to be portrayed as shown—and has the right to grant that permission. Any costumes, props or other materials used must be rented or borrowed with the permission of the owner, and all other relevant permissions must have been obtained.
4.1. All entrants agree that all photograph(s) submitted to the competition may be reproduced (with photographer copyright credit) and used to conduct and promote SHP competitions. You hereby grant SHP with a right to use submitted photographs in the framework of such promotional activities.
4.2. You acknowledge that SHP and its event partners assume no responsibility and are not liable for any image misuse.
4.3. You agree to participate in related publicity and to the use of your name and winning images for the purposes of advertising, promotion and publicity for SHP and the Competition without additional compensation. Such requests will not be unreasonably withheld.
4.4. For the purpose of this award, SHP will not accept any purely AI-generated work. It is acceptable to modify and edit your own original photography using AI tools, but you must clearly indicate in your project statement how you have applied AI to your submission, and the extent of the modifications. All awards will be given at the discretion of the jury.
