Image Usage Rights
All submitters warrant that they own the work submitted and that they have the exclusive copyright. The Gala Awards recognize that the author retains full ownership of the image copyright. Submitters warrant that their photographs may be reproduced for the purpose of marketing and promoting The Gala Awards’ competitions and Awards, as well as in catalogues, posters, postcards, publications, and on the Internet. Such use is granted for no more than two years after the announcement of the works selected in this competition. Such use is granted without any payment to the photographer or featured models. Photographers will receive credit with each use and allow The Gala Awards to sublicense their photographs to the press for reproduction in connection with The Gala Awards’ competitions and awards. The Gala Awards has the right to reject and remove any entry that contains defamatory, racist, obscene or pornographic content, or that may be considered a criminal offence.
Photography Award
20th edition of the Pollux Awards - Anniversary Edition, juried by Frank Meo.
The Pollux Awards include:
A Fully-paid Exhibition: The Gala Awards will organize an exhibit for both Winners in the respective sections (Pro and Non-Pro) taking care of all exhibition expenses, including printing and framing of up to 20 photographs each. The exhibition will be held in the FotoNostrum Gallery in Barcelona in December 5th-22nd, 2024. A curator designated by The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards will assist the Winners in the selection of the work to be exhibited and will take care of the exhibition setup.
Gallery Representation: A consignation representation contract for 18 initial months with the gallery FotoNostrum will be offered to the two overall winners.
Exposure in Artsy: Represented artists will be exhibited online for sale in Artsy. Artsy attracts millions of unique visitors each month. Since 2018, is one of the top-ranking art marketplaces on Google with visitors from more than 160 countries.
Collective exhibition of category winners and category honorable mentions: FotoNostrum and the Juror will also select winners and honorable mentions in all categories. All these selected photographers will be invited to exhibit in a collective exhibition in a space contiguous to the exhibition of the two overall winners. In the collective exhibition, the exhibition organization and venue costs will be borne by The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards. At the same time, the exhibitors will be charged for printing and framing as well as set up costs (hanging, labeling, and insurance) in the amount of $280, approximately, per piece. By participating in this award, artists acknowledge that they will be charged for the printing in case of participating in the exhibition and that for that purpose will have to submit high-resolution files of 300dpi suitable for fine art printing.
Images of all awardees (Winners, Runner Ups, and Honorable Mentions) will be exhibited online on The Gala Awards' website for a minimum of two years.
*Participating artists must submit high-resolution 300dpi files for fine art printing.
*Awardees' images will be showcased on The Gala Awards' website for at least two years.
For more information about this photography award, please visit the Event Website.
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