Menemen Çömlek Festivali

INTERNATIONAL MENEMEN POTTERY FESTIVAL PHOTO CONTEST

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MENEMEN MUNICIPALITY
INTERNATIONAL POTTERY FESTIVAL
"IN THE TRACE OF POTTERY" PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

1) NAME OF THE CONTEST: "IN THE TRACE OF POTTERY" 1st International Photography Competition
2) PURPOSE
The International Menemen Pottery Festival aims to develop the art of ceramics, include craftspeople in the field of art, especially encourage young artists in the ceramic field, and contribute to Menemen in artistic and cultural terms. The goal is to visually document, archive, and create a visual memory of Menemen pottery and the International Menemen Pottery Festival, as well as contribute to photography artists and their art. After the festival, the works selected by the jury for exhibition will be displayed in a digital exhibition and catalog created by the Menemen Municipality.
3) SUBJECT
The competition aims to create a visual memory, record moments, and leave works for future years by using the art of photography to capture images taken during the 3-day International Menemen Pottery Festival in the festival area and all its stages.
4) COMPETITION CATEGORIES
The competition consists of a single category in the Digital section. Both Colour and Black-and-White photographs will be evaluated.
5) COMPETITION PRIZES
First Prize                 20,000 TL
Second Prize             15,000 TL
Third Prize                10,000 TL
3 Honorable Mention Awards    5,000 TL each

6) COMPETITION CONDITIONS
a) Competition participation is free of charge.
b) The competition is open to all national and international amateur and professional photographers over 18 years of age, except for the personnel of the organizing institution, competition supervisor, jury members, and their first-degree relatives.
c) Each participating photographer can enter the competition with a maximum of 3 (three) colour or Black-and-White works.
d) The photographs submitted to the competition must have been taken during the Menemen Pottery Festival events to be held on September 6-7-8, 2024.
e) The documentary structure of the photograph should not be altered. Photographic interventions such as contrast adjustment, dust removal, sharpness, and colour adjustments are accepted to a reasonable degree. Collage works created by montaging multiple photographs, photographs created through artificial intelligence, and photographs with HDR (High Dynamic Range) applied will not be accepted.
f) Participants submitting to the competition are obligated to take all administrative and technical measures for the processing, sharing, and transfer of personal data in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Law. In this context, if photographs of real subjects (individuals) are processed, it is necessary to inform individuals within the scope of the law and obtain explicit consent statements in cases where explicit consent is required. It is assumed that people visible in the submitted work have given permission for their photograph to be taken and entered into a competition, and for the photograph to be published on the internet, visual and print media. The responsibility for photographs not transferred in accordance with the law belongs to the participant.
g) The participant accepts and undertakes that all the photographs submitted to the competition belong to them and all permissions have been obtained. Using images belonging to other people as they are or partially, making any changes aimed at showing a photograph as their own when it does not belong to them, and misleading the evaluation committee are considered rule violations.
h) Sanctions are applied in case of rule violations. The prize, title, and all kinds of gains obtained by the participant who violates the rules are canceled. In this case, the organizing institution reserves the right to change or not change the ranking of other participants; it does not create a right of claim for other participants who have or have not received awards. If a prize has been awarded, the participant must return the prize to the organizing institution within 5 (five) business days from the date the rule violation is detected.
i) The organizing institution approaches e-mail and digital catalog delivery as carefully and meticulously as possible, but cannot be held responsible for problems that may arise during catalog delivery. Participants accept that the addresses they use during the contest application are their legal residence addresses for all such deliveries. The organizing institution does not accept any responsibility for problems arising from participants incorrectly providing their addresses to the institution.

7) COPYRIGHT (USAGE) RIGHTS
a) The right to publish, use, and exhibit the photographs that qualify for exhibition in the competition will belong to both the creators and the organizing institution. The right to use the work cannot be sold/transferred to a third person or institution. These works will be stored in the archive of the organizing institution and will be published on social media accounts.
b) The participant accepts that, for photographs deemed worthy of exhibition, from the date the competition results are announced, they grant permission/consent to the organizing institution for the use of financial rights of processing as defined in Article 21 of the Intellectual and Artistic Works Law No. 5846, reproduction as defined in Article 22, distribution as defined in Article 23, representation as defined in Article 24, and public transmission by means of signs, sounds and/or images as defined in Article 25, as well as reproduction, processing, representation, public transmission rights and publication rights for use in promoting the organizing institution and its affiliated organizations in internet, visual and print media channels, without limitation of place and content, on the condition of using their name and the name of the work (In case of graphic arrangements such as collage etc. with the photograph, the name of the creator cannot be used).
c) For works used in this way, the creator irrevocably accepts, declares, and undertakes that by qualifying for exhibition as stated in this specification, they have given the copyright (usage) right, will definitely not withdraw the permission given later, will not prevent the use of the work in the above manner, and does not and will not have any rights and receivables claims from the organizing institution for this permission/competition, and will not make any material or moral claims.
d) The participant accepts, declares, and undertakes that the photographs submitted for the competition application are entirely their own, taken by them, and all permissions have been obtained. All legal responsibility for copyright infringements that may arise in case of using images belonging to others, as they are or partially, belongs to the participant.
e) The participant who applies to the competition declares, accepts, and guarantees that the work is their own, that third parties have no rights on this work, that they have not previously transferred the rights on their work, and that in case of a contrary claim by third parties, the creator of the work (participant) is legally responsible.
f) It is assumed that permissions have been obtained for photographing and submitting to a competition, and publishing on the internet and in print media, architectural structures, artworks, human faces, etc. used as objects in the composition of the photographs submitted to the competition. All responsibility for any disputes that may arise from such uses belongs to the participant.

8) OTHER MATTERS
a) In matters not specified in the specification or in case of possible disputes, the decisions of the organizing institution and the Selection Committee are valid.
b) Participants are deemed to have read, understood the content, and accepted and approved the terms of the competition by applying to www.comlekfestivali.com.tr and uploading their photographs. This specification comes into effect when the participant submits their contest photographs. Participants who apply to the contest do not have the right to object to the provisions of this specification later.

9) SUBMISSION AND UPLOADING OF WORKS
a) Online submission of competition photographs will be carried out by following the membership and photo submission/upload instructions at www.comlekfestivali.com.tr. As the competition will be based on an online photo system, no alternative submissions (e-mail, courier, hand delivery, etc.) will be accepted.
b) Uploaded photographs should not have mats or margins. There should be no information such as name, signature, date, etc. on the photograph that identifies the participant.
c) The technical specifications, sizing, and naming of the photographs to be uploaded for participation should be prepared in advance and the files should be kept ready and uploaded in a single session.
d) The photograph(s) to be submitted to the competition should be saved in JPG/JPEG format with 72-350 DPI resolution, and the file sizes should not be less than 1 Mb and should not exceed 5 Mb.
e) When uploading photographs to the system, the "Photograph Name" should be written in the relevant field for each photograph in the form that opens. This information is taken as the participant's declaration. In case of participation with more than one photograph, each photograph must be given a separate name.
f) For help with membership and participation and similar situations, information can be obtained from the phone number 0501 710 84 86 for frequently asked questions.
g) The organizing institution will not be responsible for possible problems that may arise from the uploading of works.

10) SELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBERS (JURY)
Prof. Dr. Ahmet Şefik Güngör (Yaşar University Faculty of Art and Design)
Dilek Gappi (President of Izmir Journalists Association)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nezaket Tekin (DEU Faculty of Fine Arts)
Asst. Prof. Dr. Alahattin Kanlıoğlu (Ege University Faculty of Communication)
Asst. Prof. Dr. Pınar Boztepe Mutlu
Lect. Ufuk Tambaş (DEU Faculty of Fine Arts)
Emin Mengüarslan (Anadolu Agency Photojournalist)
Mehmet Yıldıztekin (Photography Artist)
Hakan Akdemir (Photography Artist)

The Selection Committee meets with at least 3 (three) members coming together. If 3 (three) selection committee members cannot come together on the meeting date, the meeting and announcement of results will be postponed for one week.
In case the Selection Committee Members cannot come together due to force majeure, the final round meeting will be held via video conference.
11) CONTEST CALENDAR
•	Last Application (Upload) Date: September 15, 2024
•	Selection Committee Meeting Date: September 24, 2024
•	Result Notification Date: September 27, 2024
•	Exhibition Date will be announced later by the Organizing Institution.

12) ORGANIZING INSTITUTION CONTEST RESPONSIBLE
Name and Surname: Sinan Kerim Uçkaç
Contact Phone: 0501 710 84 86
E-mail Address: comlekfestivali@menemen.bel.tr
Address: Mermerli Mah. Şehit Aycan Aksoy Cad. Halil Alkaya
Covered Marketplace Floor 1 R&D Unit Menemen/Izmir

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