RULES

1. Photographers

Indian Institute of Photography's Kaleidoscope India 2012-2013 Photography Awards is open to all the photographers, professional and amateurs from all over India.

A. Must have been 16 years of age on 1st January 2012.
B. Can submit minimum of 1 and maximum of 5 images for consideration in the contest.
C. Must submit the entries with duly filled submission form. Entries without the requisite information will be disqualified and participation will be held null and void.

2. No Entry Fees

3. General

A. The organizer of the Kaleidoscope India 2012-2013 Photography Awards is Indian Institute of Photography.
B. Entrants warrant to the organizers that they (the Photographer) own the work submitted, that the whole copyright in the work is vested in the Photographer or, if the copyright belongs to a third party such as an agency, that the Photographer has the right to submit the work free from encumbrances or restrictions and that if the work was commissioned for private and domestic purposes it is submitted with the permission of the person who commissioned it.
C. Entrants warrant that, if their work is selected for exhibition, they (the Photographer) have obtained the appropriate model releases from persons featured in their submitted photographs for all sales, marketing, educational and publicity uses and that no additional releases are required in respect of names, trademarks, designs or works of art depicted in the work.
D. Entrants agree that their work may be exhibited by the organizers at an appropriate venue, and subsequently at any other exhibition tour venues organized by them for 3years from the close of the contest.
E. Entrants agree that the organizers may use any entries featured in the exhibition without any payment to the Photographer, model or any third party for any sales, marketing, educational and publicity use on, and in, all media worldwide including catalogues, posters, postcards, the Internet and within a television documentary related to the exhibition for 3 years from the close of the contest. However, such free use shall only be in connection with the Kaleidoscope India 2012-2013 Photography awards and its promotion, and the photographer, and if appropriate the agency, will receive due credit for such use.
F. COPYRIGHT: The Photographer retains the copyright of all submitted images at all times, except in relation to the previous provision, that is, any free use shall only be in connection with the promotion of Kaleidoscope India 2012-2013 Photography Awards.
G. All photographs must have been taken in 2012- 2013 or part of an on-going project.
H. Entries may be disqualified if any of the above criteria are not adhered to. The judges' decision will be final. No correspondence will be entertained regarding the same.
I. Employees of the organizers and sponsors are barred from participating in the Kaleidoscope India Photo Awards 2012-2013.

4. Submission of Photographs

A. Submissions will be received from 1st March to 31st March, midnight IST, 2013 only. The 'Register' link will come live on these dates. Please note that the dates are subject to change on the sole discretion of the organizers without any prior notice.
B. All photographs must be photographers' own works.
C. Commercial and advertising images, heavy digitally manipulated or processed, HDR (High Dynamic Range) or montaged images are not permissible. Basic darkroom techniques e.g. levels, curves, light dodging, burning, minimal sharpening, color correction are permissible. Images with branded product logos, which are prominent, are not allowed. Excessive vignetting, over saturation, solarization and other digital effects are not permissible.
D. Photographs can be black and white or color, in any format. Photographs must not have any borders, Keyline or film edges, name, personal logos or watermarks, and must be of sufficient quality and resolution for enlargements.
E. Submission dimensions, minimum 1MB in size. Submission is via online uploads from this website only.
F. The decision of the judges is final and no discussion or correspondence can be entered into. The judges reserve the right to vary the awards or not to make any award.

5. Timeline:

A. Entry submission will only be open from 1st March . This website will provide a live link for submissions from the 1st March 2013.
B. Photographers whose entries are shortlisted will be notified by email or bypost as soon as the selection and judging process will be completed.
C. A shortlist gallery will be available to view on the website as soon as the organizers get done with the selection process.
D. The award winners will be announced at an Awards Presentation ceremony to be held at Indian Institute of Photography.
E. The sponsors, the exhibition venues or the organizers shall not be liable for any loss or damage, whether or not caused by their negligence.