Terms and regulation 2019 - 1 st prize in Nightscape category 2018 - S. Liebermann /PNA - Photo Nightscape Awards
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2019
1st prize in Nightscape category 2018 – © S. Liebermann /PNA
Terms and regulation
Photo Nightscape Awards – Chasseurs de Nuits
73 bd Henri Barbusse – 93100 Montreuil – France
www.photonightscapeawards.com
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Article 1
The association Chasseurs de Nuits, residing at 73 Bd Henri Barbusse – 93100 Montreuil
- France, organizes the sixth edition of the prize « Photo Nightscape Awards » - PNA - in
2019, a free digital photography contest.
This photo contest is organized in partnership with, the Photography Laboratory Picto,
the ESO (European Southern Observatory), Nikon, the Pic du Midi observatory, the Maison
MEDAS, The French photographic federation, the magazines Sciences et Avenir and
Fisheye.
Article 2
The prize is intended to reward the best nightscapes shootings (photo or timelapse) in
multiple categories and fulfilling this common criteria: shootings (photo or timelapse) must
represent a nocturnal landscape, composed of both heavenly and earthly elements -
shootings must occur after sunset and before sunrise. Only photos and timelapses in digital
format are accepted. Special attention will be given to the photographer's personal
approach, his intent, his screenplay for timelapses.
To participate, shootings must have taken place between:
April 1st 2018 and March 31st 2019
during the same night and at the same location
In order to meet the costs of organizing the PNA, a financial contribution will be
requested from each participant. Each author, for €5 payable in advance, can compete
with a photo or video in each category (adults can compete in all categories except the
Junior category). If the photographer wishes to compete with several photos, he / she will
have to pay an additional €1.50 per photo within the limit of 5 additional photos.
Youngsters can participate in the Junior category only.
Any and all authors (photographers) can participate, including the PNA
Ambassadors, with the exception of members of the jury and of the organizing partners.
Any candidat must be filed with the registration form duly completed (available on
the PNA’s website) as well as the parental consent (also available on the website) for
minors (-18 yo).
Submission modalities (sending the photos and timelapses) are indicated in the
registration form.
The top 10 award-winning authors in each category will have their photo integrated
into the online sales platform for photographic prints and will thus be able to benefit from a
percentage on the sale of the prints of their photograph (50% of the net revenues will be
donated to the author ).
Photo Nightscape Awards – Chasseurs de Nuits
73 bd Henri Barbusse – 93100 Montreuil – France
www.photonightscapeawards.com
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Article 3
Four categories are opened for this sixth edition of the PNA.
- Category « Nightscape »
To participate, shootings must have taken place between:
April 1st 2018 and March 31st 2019
This category is opened to any and all photographer of age (18+ yo)—professional or
hobbyist—from all countries. Photographers retain ownership rights to their images.
Non-winning images will be deleted after disclosure of the results. Winning images will
be credited as follow: Firstname Lastname - PNA. The authors assign their rights for
publication of the charts, promotion price (info, exhibition, projection, portfolio...) on
any suitable medium, for a period of maximum 3 years.
Much attention will be given to the photographer's personal approach, its intention.
The author will have to pay € 5 to participate in this category and € 1.5 per additional
timelapse within the limit of 5 pictures.
www.photonightscapeawards.com/fr/règlement-et-inscription/
Technical constraints: pictures must represent a nocturnal landscape, composed of
both heavenly (starry sky and/or the Moon) and earthly elements. Shootings must occur
after sunset and before sunrise. The shooting must take place during an unique night
and at an unique location.
The image will be 5000 pixels wide minimum, and will not have a watermark, credit
line... Accepted formats are: jpg, tif.
Photo Nightscape Awards – Chasseurs de Nuits
73 bd Henri Barbusse – 93100 Montreuil – France
www.photonightscapeawards.com
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- Category « In Town »
To participate, shootings must have taken place between:
April 1st 2018 and March 31st 2019
This category is opened to any and all photographer of age (18+ yo)—professional or
hobbyist—from all countries. Photographers retain ownership rights to their images.
Non-winning images will be deleted after disclosure of the results. Winning images will
be credited as follow: Firstname Lastname - PNA. The authors assign their rights for
publication of the charts, promotion price (info, exhibition, projection, portfolio...) on
any suitable medium, for a period of maximum 3 years.
Much attention will be given to the photographer's personal approach, its intention.
The author will have to pay € 5 to participate in this category and € 1.5 per additional
timelapse within the limit of 5 pictures.
www.photonightscapeawards.com/fr/règlement-et-inscription/
Technical constraints: shooting must occur within a municipality (GPS coordinates
requested) and represent a nocturnal landscape, composed of both heavenly (starry
sky and/or the Moon) and (a) public or private building(s) as earthly elements.
Shootings must occur after sunset and before sunrise. The shooting must take place
during an unique night and at an unique location.
The image will be 5000 pixels wide minimum, and will not have a watermark, credit
line… Accepted formats are: jpg, tif.
Any photograph representing an overall view of a town will be considered a
photograph of the NightScape category. The organizer will record it as a NightScape
(unless a photograph of the same author is already present in this category).
Photo Nightscape Awards – Chasseurs de Nuits
73 bd Henri Barbusse – 93100 Montreuil – France
www.photonightscapeawards.com
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- Catégorie « Timelapse »
To participate, shootings must have taken place between:
April 1st 2018 and March 31st 2019
This category is opened to any and all photographer of age (18+ yo)—professional or
hobbyist—from all countries. Photographers retain ownership rights to their images.
Non-winning images will be deleted after disclosure of the results. Winning images will
be credited as follow: Firstname Lastname - PNA. The authors assign their rights for
publication of the charts, promotion price (info, exhibition, projection, portfolio, ...) on
any suitable medium, for a period of maximum 3 years.
Much attention will be given to the photographer's personal approach, his script.
The author will have to pay € 5 to participate in this category and € 1.5 per additional
timelapse within the limit of 5 timelapses.
www.photonightscapeawards.com/fr/règlement-et-inscription/
Technical constraints: timelapses must represent a nocturnal landscape (or urban),
composed of both heavenly (starry sky and/or the Moon) and earthly elements.
Shootings must occur after sunset and before sunrise. The timelapse will last between 30
and 40 seconds and will be at least in full HD. Each sequence of the timelapse must
take place during an unique night and at an unique location.
It will not have any watermark, credit line, nor any sound (soundtrack, sound effect…).
Accepted formats are: mp4, mov, avi.
Photo Nightscape Awards – Chasseurs de Nuits
73 bd Henri Barbusse – 93100 Montreuil – France
www.photonightscapeawards.com
Page 5- Catégorie « Junior »
To participate, shootings must have taken place between:
April 1st 2018 and March 31st 2019
This category is reserved to French youth (-18 yo). Candidacy is subject to parental or
legal-tutor signed consent. Photographers retain ownership rights to their images.
Non-winning images will be deleted after disclosure of the results. Winning images will
be credited as follow: Firstname Lastname - PNA. The authors assign their rights for
publication of the charts, promotion price (info, exhibition, projection, portfolio...) on
any suitable medium, for a period of maximum 3 years.
Much attention will be given to the photographer's personal approach, its intention.
The author will have to pay € 5 to participate in this category and € 1.5 per additional
timelapse within the limit of 5 timelapses.
www.photonightscapeawards.com/fr/règlement-et-inscription/
Technical constraints : pictures must represent a nocturnal landscape (or urban),
composed of both heavenly (starry sky and/or the Moon) and earthly elements.
Shootings must occur after sunset and before sunrise. The shooting must take place
during an unique night and at an unique location.
The image will be 5000 pixels wide minimum, and will not have a watermark, credit
line… Accepted formats are: jpg, tif.
Photo Nightscape Awards – Chasseurs de Nuits
73 bd Henri Barbusse – 93100 Montreuil – France
www.photonightscapeawards.com
Page 6Article 4
Organizers reserve the rights to modify the category of a submitted picture if they consider
another category best fitted.
The organizers reserve the right to disqualify one or more photos if they do not respect these
rules even after the deliberations of the jury.
The jury for the four categories is composed as follows:
- Nikon France
- Michel VAISSAUD: production director for the laboratory Picto,
- Olivier Las Vergnas, President of AFA
- Andreina de Bei, Associate Editor at Sciences & Avenir
- Corinne Thorillon: photo editor at Paris Match,
- Anouk Graux, Photographic Federation of France
- Gérald Vidament, Chief Editor Compétence Photo
- Eric Karsenty, Editor Fisheye
- Maud Potier, International wildlife photo festival
The submitted photos/timelapses will be presented anonymously to the jury members.
The jury’s decision is final and cannot give rise to claim.
This jury is established for the 2018 edition and may be modified in all or in part for the next
editions.
Photo Nightscape Awards – Chasseurs de Nuits
73 bd Henri Barbusse – 93100 Montreuil – France
www.photonightscapeawards.com
Page 7Article 5
Prizes awarded to winners are established as follows:
Catégorie "Nightscape"
1st prize:
A Nikon Z6 offered by Nikon France. Maximum value 2299 euros
A € 300 voucher in one of the Yellow Korner shops
One year subscription to Astronomy Ireland, a value of 59 euros.
One year subscription to Pixtrakk, a value of 99 euros
A bag with goodies offered by ESO
2nd prize:
A compass with level bubble and ladder latitude of Vixen offered by Médas worth 59
euros.
An Optolong filter against light pollution, a value of 149 euros.
The top ten winning photos will be showed at the 2018 PNA exhibit.
A bag with goodies offered by ESO
The author authorizes Chasseurs de Nuits to sell his photo as a photographic print via its
dedicated online platform and to see his photograph resized so that it respects the size
of the standard prints. In return, the author will receive 50% of gross sales.
Catégorie "In Town"
1st prize:
An admission to the Mayo dark sky Festival 1-3 november 2019 (Ireland) including all
activities (excluding travel expenses)
A € 300 voucher in one of the Yellow Korner shops
One year subscription to Pixtrakk, a value of 99 euros
A bag with goodies offered by ESO
2nd prize:
A compass with level bubble and ladder latitude of Vixen offered by Médas worth 59
euros.
An Optolong filter against light pollution, a value of 149 euros.
A bag with goodies offered by ESO
The top ten winning photos will be showed at the 2017 PNA exhibit.
The author authorizes Chasseurs de Nuits to sell his photo as a photographic print via its
dedicated online platform and to see his photograph resized so that it respects the size
of the standard prints. In return, the author will receive 50% of gross sales.
Catégorie "Timelapse"
1st prize:
Photo Nightscape Awards – Chasseurs de Nuits
73 bd Henri Barbusse – 93100 Montreuil – France
www.photonightscapeawards.com
Page 8A weekend trip to the Dark Sky Reserve of Alqueva, Portugal—With a value of 500 €
maximum including activities, hotel … (without trip) The winner must take advantage
of its price at most 9 months after the award ceremony and must contact the
reserve for the organization of his arrival, within 6 months after having received his
prize. Beyond these deadlines, its price will be canceled.
A € 300 voucher in one of the Yellow Korner shops
One year subscription to Pixtrakk, a value of 99 euros
A bag with goodies offered by ESO
2nd prize:
A compass with level bubble and ladder latitude of Vixen offered by Médas worth 59
euros.
An Optolong filter against light pollution, a value of 149 euros.
A bag with goodies offered by ESO
The top ten winning timelapses will be showed at the 2018 PNA exhibit.
Catégorie "Junior"
1st prize:
A weekend to Pic du Midi, all inclusive for the winner and one of his parent, offered
by Pic du Midi and RICE (international Ciel Etoilée reserve), worth 1500 euros (without
trip)
A Polarie Star Tracker from Vixen offered by Médas worth 399 euros.
A € 300 voucher in one of the Yellow Korner shops
A 60x80cm print mounting on Aluminium with hooking bar, worth 223 euros, offered
by Picto Laboratory.
A bag with goodies offered by ESO
2nd prize:
A compass with level bubble and ladder latitude of Vixen offered by Médas worth 59
euros.
An Optolong filter against light pollution, a value of 149 euros.
A 50x40cm print mounting on Aluminium with hooking bar, worth 179 euros, offered
by Picto Laboratory.
A bag with goodies offered by ESO
The top ten winning photos will be showed at the 2018 PNA exhibit.
Prizes are awarded to winners and are not interchangeable nor can be perceived in any
other ways than the ones mentioned in the present regulation. No compensation will be
received in cash.
Photo Nightscape Awards – Chasseurs de Nuits
73 bd Henri Barbusse – 93100 Montreuil – France
www.photonightscapeawards.com
Page 9Article 6
The award ceremony will take place on July 19th, 2019, during the NightScapades festival in
Lourdes, France. Winners will be advised by the organizers. Prizes will be available at
Chasseurs de Nuits’ headquarters for one (1) year to be picked up.
Article 7
Participants have until March 31st 2019 to send in their candidacy, via email* only (attested
to by date of email sent), at the following address:
pna@photonightscapeawards.com
* because of the size of photographs and videos, it is asked to the candidates to send their
duly completed candidacy (photo/timelapse, filled registration form, parental consent) via
SendGB.com —a free tool usable without need to download.
Only complete applications (photo/timelapse, filled registration form, parental consent) will
be taken into account.
Participation fees are the candidate responsibility. Participation in this contest requires
candidates to comply with the present Regulation, to accept it fully and to refrain from any
claim.
Article 8
Regulation and Registration form can be found and downloaded on the following website:
http://www.photonightscapeawards.com/contest/
Regulation and registration form can be sent on written request:
- via e-mail to pna@photonightscapeawards.com
- or via mail: Chasseurs de Nuits - Photo Nightscape Awards 2017
73 Bd Henri Barbusse
93100 Montreuil - France
Photo Nightscape Awards – Chasseurs de Nuits
73 bd Henri Barbusse – 93100 Montreuil – France
www.photonightscapeawards.com
Page 10Article 9
RIGHTS TO THE PHOTOGRAPHS:
The author concedes all rights of reproduction of his photo/video and his testimonies, for
the promotion (on any given media), the communication and/or advertising, and
publishing related to the PNA (on any given media), to the organizer, without being entitled
to financial compensation, for a period of maximum 3 years.
No other use will occur without a prior written consent of the photographer.
Each winner authorizes the organizer to record his picture—and to make any editing or
adaptation of aforementioned picture—to be used in photographs, videos, etc…
The author as well agrees to assign the rights of the photo/video, which can be used on the
itinerant exhibit dedicated to the 2018 PNA edition.
The organizer commits to crediting any and all reproduction of the author’s photograph as
follows: 2016 © «first name last name» - PNA.
Candidates pledge holding the sole rights to photographs submitted and holding legal
authorization of persons and/or owners of the buildings, their lighting and their architecture,
pictured in the photograph/video.
The organizer disclaims all responsibility for any violation of image rights.
Article 10
Organizers and partners cannot be held responsible if, as a result of force majeure or any
other cause beyond their control, the operation had to be canceled or postponed.
Additions or amendments to this Regulation may be published during the contest. They will
be regarded as annexes to this Regulation. Candidates will be informed of any and all
changes by all appropriate means. Furthermore, the organizers cannot be held responsible
for delays or errors attributable to the post office or any problems with computer servers
regarding Internet.
Article 11
Candidates, in accordance with the Data Protection Act, have a right to access and
rectify all personal information upon written request to Chasseurs de Nuits/PNA. Candidates
can express their wish not to be recorded in the files of Chasseurs de Nuits/PNA and/or of
partners of the event—all communication from said parties would then be prohibited.
Photo Nightscape Awards – Chasseurs de Nuits
73 bd Henri Barbusse – 93100 Montreuil – France
www.photonightscapeawards.com
Page 11Contact :
Franck Séguin – Founder and picture editor in chief:
franck@chasseursdenuits.eu
PNA Ambassadors: http://www.photonightscapeawards.com/contact/
Website: www.photonightscapeawards.com
Facebook page : https://www.facebook.com/PhotoNightscapeAwards/
Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/photonightscapeawards/
Photo Nightscape Awards – Chasseurs de Nuits
73 bd Henri Barbusse – 93100 Montreuil – France
www.photonightscapeawards.com
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