2015 12 31 Global Photography Awards

The Competition

Global Photography Awards

GPA small logo Global Photography Awards aims to promote the beauty of the photograph. It does not matter if the photo was shot in the past or shot in the present, framed by a professional or an amateur. Our desire is to find a one photograph that is worthy of the Grand Prize.

Top 4 semifinalists including one guest each will travel to London UK for the Global Photography Awards Black Tie Gala & Ceremony with Luxury Accommodations at the Le Méridien Piccadilly.

Grand Prize - $150,000

Entries open 1 July, 2015 and close 31 December, 2015.

For further information please visit the Global Photography Awards website.

Complies with the Bill of Rights

This competition meets all the standards set out in

the Bill of Rights For Artists

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Competitions which meet all the standards set out in the Bill of Rights For Artists do not do any of the following -

claim copyright
claim exclusive use
seek waiving of moral rights
fail to give a credit for all free usage
add, alter, or remove metadata from submissions
seek usage rights other than for promoting the contest and no other purpose. Note that a book, posters, cards, or a calendar are seen as legitimate ways of promoting the contest and defraying costs
seek free usage rights in excess of 5 years
use the submissions commercially without the entrant's agreement, and such commercial usage is to be subject to a freely negotiated license independently of the competition.
make it a condition of winning that an entrant must sign a commercial usage agreement
fail to publish all documents on the competition website that an entrant may have to sign
fail to name the judges for this or last year's competition
fail to explicitly state all the organisations who will acquire rights to the submissions
set a closing date more than 18 months after the contest launch date
fail to make clear statements of rights claimed and how submissions are used.

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