SUBMISSION OF WORKS
1st September to 17th November 2009
EXHIBITION OPENING AND AWARDING CEREMONY
9th January 2010
EXHIBITION RUNS FROM
9th to 30th January 2010
BNU AWARD
MOP 20,000
CREATIVE MACAU AWARD
MOP 10,000
CREATIVE MACAU AWARD
MOP 8,000
MACAU BUSINESS AWARD in photojournalism
MOP 10,000
CANON AWARD The best composition
Canon EOS 450D
Participants are welcome to register HERE
1st June to 31st August 2009
The Color Photography Competition 2009 is a local photography contest organized by CENTER FOR CREATIVE INDUSTRIES (CCI). The contest aims to boost the productivity of the local creative talents, in the form of a competition and the resulting exhibition at gallery CREATIVE MACAU.
Macau is a small city with rich blend of culture, history and buildings. Fascinated interior architecture design of the buildings with strong local cultural features could not be found else where but everywhere in Macau. In fact, these interior architecture designs are strongly associated with the local social culture and be recognized as the fashion indicator of the general society in the period of the construction completion. Thereupon, it makes the interior architecture designs reflected the Sociocultural Identity.That is what we call it the VOICES OF MACAU and this is the theme of this particular contest.
Entrants are required to tell a story with a series of 6 photos about these voices through the exploration of interior architecture designs of the old and contemporary social, commercial, industrial, religionary and historical buildings etc. To be able to link with the key issue “Sociocultural Identity” will be the most critical point of the competition. However, decidedly different from the usual photo competitions in the city, this photo competition offers an opportunity to all entrants to exploit their creative potentials. As a piece of digital or analogue color photography is the departing point to excellence of the final product, but goes beyond it, focusing on the printout of original photos enhanced by the MASTERLY OF MANIPULATIONS TECHNIQUES, which can include the use of dark room, any software programs, hand applied coloring or emulsions, mixed media and even making an image that mergers photography with graphic, drawing, painting, collage and other mean.
In this connection, the conceptual quality, group coherence, creativity and the quality of the edited final images will be the main criteria for the selection.
The competition is open to all Macau residents (permanent and temporary) that must be over 16 years of age on 31st August 2009. Only individual entries are allowed and each entry must carry 6 images presented as an exhibition series with a unifying concept. The judges are seeking dynamic and distinguishing images which portray a compelling narrative. Only photographs in color are acceptable. Images must fall into the criteria of the photo contest theme and print on glossy photo paper. (please refer to the rules)
The jury, consisting of respected photographers, visual arts and publishing professionals as well as the organizers and sponsors, will base their decisions on the series of images submitted and designate five winners for BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO AWARD, CREATIVE MACAU AWARD, MACAU BUSINESS AWARD, CANON AWARD.
UNG WAI MENG Head Department of Cultural Activities and Recreation - IACM
DAVID HARTUNG Photography Director Destination Macau
NOAH, NG FONG CHAO Independent Artist
LUIS ALMOSTER Independent Photographer
PAULO AZEVEDO CEO and FOUNDER Macau Business
JOSÉ LUÍS DE SALES MARQUES President IEEM
LÚCIA LEMOS Project Manager CENTER FOR CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
- Winners agree that CCI may reproduce and/or license the reproduction the entries featured of their works in the award exhibition without any payment to the owner for any promotional, marketing and publicity use on and in all media including catalogues, posters, postcards and the internet. In addition, the sponsor MACAU BUSINESS has the rights to have the first publication for the awarding images in their sponsorship without any payment to the owners.
However, such free use shall only be in connection with the competition and exhibition only.
- CCI assumes all entries are original creations and are the works and property of the participant, with all rights granted therein. CCI is not liable for any copyright infringement on the part of the participant. Modifying, enhancing, or altering someone else's existing artwork does not qualify as an original creation. Entries must not defame or invade publicity rights or privacy of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any personal or proprietary rights of any third party.
- The winners agree that their work will be exhibited at the gallery Creative Macau. CCI is responsible for mounting and farming the works for the winners. However, the costs of the said will be billed to the winners. Please also note that the works will be returned to the winners after the exhibition. In addition, CANON will offer a free printing service for the winners in the coming exhibition.
- The Judges’ decision is final and no discussion or correspondence can be entered into their decision. They reserve the right to vary the awards or to not make any award.
- The Jury Panel retains the rights, not to present the awards if no high quality works in submission.
- Reasonable efforts will be made to notify all participants as to whether their photograph has been short-listed for an award or been selected for the exhibition. It is the participant’s responsibility to contact CCI if he or she has not received notification.
- Collection/return of submitted photographs. All submitted photographs and CD ROMs must be collected in person before the end of February 2010.
- Delivery. Each participant is entitled to submit ONE series (6 photos) to the photo contest in JPEG or TIF format on a CD- ROM and also the printed images. Images size and resolution are listed below:
PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT (Unit) *
DIGITAL IMAGE (Unit)
Size (inch)
Size (mm)
600dpi (pixels) or over
8”x 12”
203 x 305
2832 x 3602 (pixels) or over
* Submitted photographic prints must be border prints.
- SUBMISSION OF WORKS from 1st September to 7th November 2009. Send by register mail or by hand delivery in a sealed envelope (no sender’s name or address) containing two other separate sub-envelopes. Besides, the sentence “Submission for the Voices of Macau, photography competition” MUST be written under the address of CREATIVE MACAU.
- For the first sub-envelope, it should only contain the printed images and CD-ROM WITHOUT any personal identification on. The printed images should not be mounted but supplied with transparent sleeves and hard cardboard for protection. Images and printed photographs MUST be shown in the display sequence along with our filled in submission form. All contents inside must be free from any personal information. Otherwise, entries will not be accepted.
For the second sub-envelope, it should only enclose a copy of the Macau ID card with contact numbers and email address.
Upon receiving the submission envelope, the two sub-envelopes will be given an entry number. The second sub-envelope with the participant’s personal information will only be opened after the completion of the selection process.
Registration Form 1st June to 31st August
The registration has finished on 31 August.
The submission form is in a fillable PDF format. Please use Adobe Reader (8.0 or higher) to view, type the information and print it out. The filled in submission form should be put in the envelope which contains the printed images and the CD-ROM. For details, please refer to the competition rule.
Please click here to download the form.
Jeff Lao
jefflao@creativemacau.org.mo ; cci@creativemacau.org.mo
Tel: (852) 2875 3282
Working Hours: 14:00 – 19:00 (Monday - Saturday)
CREATIVE MACAU
G/F Macau Cultural Centre Building, Xian Xing Hai Avenue, Macau