| Copyright | Copyright in all images submitted for this competition remains with the respective entrants. However, in consideration of their providing the competition, each entrant grants a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual licence to Seven Snaps to feature any or all of the submitted images in any of their publications, exhibits, their websites and/or in any promotional material connected to this competition. |
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| Eligibility | Open to residents worldwide aged 18 years or over, iPhone shots. |
| Finish | 18 December 2009 |
| Entry fee | Free |
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- seven snaps tell a story
- seven snaps teach a lesson
- seven snaps make us laugh
- seven snaps unravel a secret
- seven snaps show our talent
What do your seven snaps reveal?
Seven Snaps is all about a daily lifestyle: capturing the world with our mobile phone. Seven Snaps challenges you to be creative and share the fun of telling a story in a sequence of seven images. To connect space, language, culture, expressions and visualization and freeze it in seven snaps. Our aim is to promote mobile photography in a snap culture-based society. And make it a fun and active way of connecting people through shared interests. We cooperate with the promissing dutch company Mobypicture, a distributor of mobile pictures to social media platforms.
Grab your iPhone and share your seven snaps with the world!
Prize:
The winning entries will be rewarded (iPhone 3GS) and will be published in a book and exposed in a public environment.
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How to join the contest:
- install Mobypicture at your iPhone and register at www.mobypicture.com
- upload your seven snaps with the moby app and use hashtag #7s in the title of all seven snaps
- register at Seven Snaps with your mobypicture login and PIN
- arrange your entry and enjoy others at www.sevensnaps.com
The most funny, touching and amazing seven snaps will be selected around Christmas by an international jury of diverse creative backgrounds including the writer Paulo Coelho, composer Max Richter and sculptor Jason de Caires Taylor.
Official web site: http://www.sevensnaps.com
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