FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

ENTRIES, SUBMISSIONS & RIGHTS

How do I enter the Awards?
First you need to Sign-up to the website and then you need to ENTER THE AWARDS.

How many photos may I submit?
You may submit between five and eight photographs taken within ten years of the Awards start date.

What types of images can I upload and how recent can my images be?
You may only submit JPEGS up to seven megabytes in size. Minimum size 1 megabyte, 2,000 pixels in width or height. See the 2011 finalists for inspiration and a guide to the types of images accepted.

When I submit a photo to the Award, what rights does the festival have to my submission?
You own the rights to your image and the festival requests a license to use your images in connection with the Awards and to promote the Awards and Festival for up to five years. The images you submit remain the property of the author (you) in accordance with Pro-Imaging's Bill of Rights.

Why won't my photos upload?

• Ensure you have signed up to the website (this is different to signing up to the mailing list)
• Try uploading one image at a time, until you have successfully uploaded one image then try and duplicate the settings of the successful images with subsequent images
• Make sure your photograph meets the following requirements:
  • JPEG file format
  • At least 2,000 pixels wide (if a horizontal image) or 2,000 pixels tall (if a vertical image)
  • Total file size must be 7 megabytes or less
  • Make sure your file names do not contain spaces or strange characters
  • Try saving your images from Photoshop with the BASELINE STANDARD setting in the Save As dialogue box.

When is the Awards deadline?
6pm (GMT) Thursday 12 January 2012

Is there a theme?
There is no theme but your photographs must fit within the festival's definition of street photography.

I can't remember which photographs I've entered. Can you tell me which of my photos you've received?
You can view your submissions in Your Profile.

• Below is the list of countries that receive a 50% discount on the entry fee. Please note that all payments are taken by Paypal which does not serve all countries, please check their countries list for more details: https://www.paypal.com/worldwide/.
  If you country is not listed please email us and we can arrange for you to make payment by alternative methods.

• Afghanistan
• Albania
• Algeria
• Angola
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Argentina
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Bahamas
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Belarus
• Belize
• Benin
• Bhutan
• Bolivia
• Botswana
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Brazil
• Bulgaria
• Burkina Faso
• Burma
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Cape Verde
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Chile
• China
• Colombia
• Comoros
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Republic of the Congo
• Costa Rica
• Côte d’Ivoire
• Croatia
• Cuba
• Djibouti
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• Egypt
• El Salvador
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Fiji
• Gabon
• The Gambia
• Georgia
• Ghana
• Grenada
• Guatemala
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Guyana
• Haiti
• Honduras
• Hungary
• Indonesia
• India
• Iran
• Iraq
• Jamaica
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Kenya
• Kiribati
• Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos
• Latvia
• Lebanon
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Lithuania
• Macedonia
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Mali
• Marshall Islands
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Mexico
• Federated States of Micronesia
• Moldova
• Mongolia
• Montenegro
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Nauru
• Nepal
• Nicaragua
• Niger
• Nigeria
• North Korea
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Palau
• Panama
• Papua New Guinea
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Philippines
• Poland
• Qatar
• Romania
• Russia
• Rwanda
• Saudi Arabia
• Samoa
• São Tomé and Príncipe
• Senegal
• Serbia
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Solomon Islands
• South Africa
• Somalia
• Sri Lanka
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• South Sudan
• Sudan
• Suriname
• Swaziland
• Syria
• Tajikistan
• Tanzania
• Thailand
• Timor-Leste
• Togo
• Tonga
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• Tuvalu
• Uganda
• Ukraine
• United Arab Emirates
• Uruguay
• Uzbekistan
• Vanuatu
• Venezuela
• Vietnam
• Yemen
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

What is the entry fee?
The entry fee is £30, with a 50% concession for selected countries. The first 500 applicants go into a draw to win some fabulous prizes and each photographer recieves a £28.95 Blurb voucher to print their own photo-book.

How do I pay the entry fee?
You must use PayPal to pay the Award fee. You can use Paypal to pay with a credit/debit card without using a Paypal account as well as/or pay with your Paypal account. Your credit/debit card information is maintained by PayPal and is not shared with the festival.  Please visit the PayPal Help Center if you have further questions or experience any problems.

Why do I need to register with the festival to submit images?
Signing up to the festival website ensures that we have your contact information should you win and that you have read and accepted the Terms of Conditions for the Awards.

How do I know that you've received my entry?
You will be taken to Your Profile where you will see a confirmation message that you images have been received. You will also receive a confirmation email.

I didn't receive my confirmation email. Why not?
Some Internet Service Providers have filters that block or filter emails sent from unknown addresses. If you have a "junk mail" box, check to see if that's where the email has ended up. If you use software to monitor your email, make sure your settings aren't blocking the festival's emails. Save website@lfph.org in your address book to help solve this issue.

I accidentally uploaded the wrong photo. Can I delete my entry and submit a new photo?
Unfortunately, due to the large volume of photos submitted to the Awards, all entries are final and cannot be replaced or modified.

Is image manipulation allowed?
Cropping, minor burning, dodging, and basic colour correction and high dynamic range images (HDR) are acceptable in keeping with a realistic representation of the subject. Stitched panoramas are NOT acceptable. We trust our participants to keep within these rules. We cannot research every photo entry. However, if a photo is chosen as a winner, it will be scrutinised for possible alterations. See the Rules page for more information.

Do photos have to be taken with a digital camera?
Submitted photos must be digital JPEGS but can be taken on a film camera. Digital scans are acceptable, as long as the end result is a JPEG file. You may submit scans of negatives, transparencies, or photographs taken with film cameras. You may not email or post photographs to the festival unless by a prior written agreement.

Will my entries appear on the website?
Yes all entries will appear on the website. You can choose to be credited as "anonymous" or you can request (by email) to have your photos hidden.

I’d like to enter a photo that has previously been published. Is that allowed?
Yes, you may enter a photo that has previously been published.

What should I include in the description of my photograph?
Captions are a good way to engage others in your photography. Take the time to write about the place, time, setting, and situation. Think what, where, when, how and why.

PRIZES & JUDGES

What are the prizes?
The prizes include a solo exhibition in London, cash prizes of £2,500 and a full expenses paid trip to London. See the Prizes page for further information.

Who are the judges and how will the photographs be judged?
See the Judges page.

PUBLICATION

Will there be a book?
All finalists will be published in the  high quality Awards catalogue, to be distributed at the exhibition and to photography editors around the world through Blurb.com.

Do you sell my images?
We DO NOT sell your images however, selected finalists are asked if they would like to enter into a PRINT SALE agrement with the festival. Selected finalists are also asked to donate an image(s) to an annual fundraising event. Both of these offers are optional.

Still have a question? Check the Rules page for further info pertaining to the Awards or use our contact form to get in touch.