The first photography contest of the MuDiB - Museo Diffuso Bicocca and the Area Servizi Culturali e Documentali, was born from the need to tell the story of the life of the University of Milano-Bicocca and its neighborhood through a shared narrative, which uses photography as a fovorite tool in conveying this complex, articulated and constantly changing reality.
The decision to ask the university community, the citizens of the neighborhood, and those who work and operate in this place to take a photograph, is motivated by the intent to tell, with one or more images, the daily life and contemporaneity.
The photo contest "Life in Bicocca: stories from the protagonists" aims to collect and enhance images that tell the story of life within the University and the area and that see, therefore, as protagonists the people who live and work in these places. Whether closed or open environments, large or small groups, individual subjects, the important thing is to enhance the experiences of people in a constant articulation of relationships with the Bicocca neighborhood.
The contest is open to everyone: it is aimed not only at the Milano-Bicocca University community - currently enrolled students at all levels, professors, researchers, fellows, scholars, linguistic assistants, technical administrative staff, Alumni - but also at the general public. The competition is also open to high school students, as long as they have reached the age of 18 by the call deadline.
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The competition is divided into three categories:
A) Portrait set figure (digital image in color or black and white).
B) Street photography (digital image in color or black and white).
C) Reportage (digital image in color and/or black and white).
For categories A) and B) it is allowed to participate with only one photograph. For category C) it is expected to submit an annotated portfolio with a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 5 photographs.
In compliance with the Copyright Law (L.633/1941), each author, through participation in the contest, guarantees that he/she is the only Author of all the works and their components submitted and therefore the owner of all rights related to them, including property and copyrights.
It is not permitted to use and process photographs of other authors and such an occurrence will be considered as misappropriation and therefore punishable as "plagiarism."
Each author/participant is personally responsible criminally and civilly for the photographs submitted to the competition, holding the University harmless from any liability including to any subjects depicted.
Each author warrants that he/she has obtained the appropriate releases from the persons possibly portrayed in the submitted photographs, this is because the photographer's right to exhibit, reproduce or assign to third parties a portrait of a person, depends on the consent of that person (Art. 96 Law April 22, 1941 no. 633), therefore the Author, where the photographs include persons other than the Author who are easily recognizable and/or identifiable, must declare that he/she has a signed release from the subject(s) photographed, holding the University harmless from any possible recourse and/or claim by them for unauthorized use of his/her image.
Therefore, the participant must inform any interested parties (such as the persons portrayed) in the cases and in the manner provided by the Law to protect Privacy, explicitly confirming adherence to the provisions of the GDPR Regulation No. 679/2016 and what follows from it, and in particular from what is contained in Articles 13 to 22, and Article 34, as well as provide information inherent in the data processing where provided, under penalty of exclusion from the contest.
Through participation in the contest, the author authorizes the University to use the photographs in the contest for purposes pertaining to the event and its conduct. Participation in the contest therefore automatically entails the author granting the University the right to reproduce the photographs in all ways permitted by modern technology, for purposes related to the photo contest.
Uses other than these will be requested in advance from the author of the images.
By entering the competition, the author unconditionally accepts all the provisions of the announcement. For anything not explicitly stated, reference is made to Law No. 633 of April 22, 1941 (Official Gazette, 16.07.1941 No. 16, as amended), which regulates "The protection of copyright and other rights related to its exercise."
Participation in the competition is free of charge.
Each author may enter for only one category.
Eligible entries are:
(a) unpublished photos and therefore never published or made available to the public in any way;
(b) photos in digital format with the following requirements: minimum size of 2,500 pixels on the largest side; maximum 10Mb; JPEG format;
(c) photos that do not contain the author's signature, watermarks, frames or identification in the metadata;
(d) photos taken after March 31, 2023.
Photos must be accompanied by a title, date and location of the shot, and a caption/description. Works that do not respect morality and decency will be excluded from the contest.
Photographs or parts thereof made with computer graphics programs and models are not allowed. Images produced with generative AI will not be allowed.
Authors who submit photographs that do not meet the requirements of this Notice will be excluded from the competition.
Only the first 300 entries received by 11:59 p.m. on April 11, 2024 will be accepted.
To participate and submit photographs, it is necessary to complete the ONLINE FORM (active as of March 19, 2024) on the photo contest platform. Entry involves uploading images in their final form, as errors and subsequent uploads are not permitted.
The Evaluating Commission, identified from among the various components of the academic community and experts in the field, is appointed by the Rector, in accordance with current regulations on the subject.
The Commission will determine, at its sole discretion, a ranking in consideration of relevance to the theme of the Contest, aesthetic-artistic quality and technical quality; it will also select the best photos in each category, which will be displayed in an exhibition dedicated to the photo contest.
The Commission will determine the winner for each category, who will be awarded at the University.
The selected photos and winners of the Contest will be announced on the University Library website (www.biblio.unimib.it) and via e-mail to all participants.
The Judging Committee will award a prize consisting of a Gift Card for stores and online stores in the amount of €500.00 to the first place winner in each category.
The photographs exhibited will compete for a Special Prize in each category, consisting of a Gift Card worth € 200.00, awarded following a vote by all visitors to the exhibition.
Prizes must be collected in person. All participants will be given ample notice of the date and place where the awards ceremony will be held.