| Copyright | All entrants agree that any image they submit to the HARIBAN AWARD competition may be used for marketing and promotional purposes directly related to HARIBAN AWARD and Benrido programming. All images used by Hariban and Benrido will carry a credit line of the artist. Copyright and all other rights remain that of the artist. |
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| Eligibility | Open to all photographers, worldwide. |
| Finish | 30 June 2020 |
| Entry fee | 50 USD |
FinishedSubmit 12 monochromatic photographs.
Award:
Grand Prize Winner:
- Two-week residency The imperial capital of Japan for more than a thousand years, today the city of Kyoto is the last bastion of many traditional arts and artisan crafts. In autumn/winter 2020, the Grand Prize Winner of the Hariban Award will travel to this major cultural heritage site. Flights and accommodation expenses will be paid.
- Benrido Experience & Collotype Prints While in Kyoto, the Grand Prize Winner will collaborate with master printers of the Benrido Collotype Atelier. Working closely with printers of superlative technical expertise, the artist will enjoy a rare opportunity to participate personally in the complex process of collotype printing and will produce of eight museum-quality collotype prints of their winning photographs.
- Solo Exhibition 2021 The Grand Prize Winner’s collotype prints will be exhibited in a solo exhibition of their works in 2021.
Online submission of digital photographs via the website. Each artist is limited to one entry.
Image requirements: JPEG format; Longest dimension: 1500 pixels at 72 dpi/ppi; Color space: grayscale or RGB.
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