
Event History
The Meitar award will be awarded for the third consecutive year during PHOTO IS:RAEL's International Photography Festival in November. As in previous years, works from shortlisted candidates will be exhibited during the festival, and for the first time this year will also travel to exhibit at the Head On Photo Festival in Sydney, Australia during May 2019.
Copyright Policy
Artists applying for Meitar Award will maintain ownership rights of all the intellectual property (including ethical rights) related to the images comprising the work body, subject to the award bylaws.
Image Usage Rights
The artists give the organizers of the award their irrevocable, non-exclusive, international, royalty-free permission to change, edit, copy, duplicate and adjust the images to the format required for internet product pages and marketing materials only, to advertise and use the photos and their content and components, including any name, place or portrait they may contain, in every type of media, including digital and electronic media, computers and audio-visual media (present or future), in any language, worldwide, and in any way, without need to check, notify or receive approval, without any return or compensation. All the above for the sole purpose of promoting and/or advertising the Meitar Foundation Photography Contest, or the 6th and 7th Photography Festivals. Other than the purposes listed above, and other uses intended to promote the festival, the award and the activities of PHOTO IS:RAEL, no commercial use will be made of the photographs.
Now on its third year, the Meitar Award is awarded during PHOTO IS:RAEL’s International Photography Festival in November to a photographer whose work has demonstrated excellence in the field of photography. The winner will receive a $14,000 grant for the production of a solo exhibition at next year's festival, while works from all shortlisted candidates will be exhibited during the festival as well as at the Head On Photo Festival in Sydney, Australia during 2019.