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Rules for Gothenburg Street Photo Festival contest
The contest is open to participants over 16 years of age from all the world.
Entries should not have previously been shown at any street photography festival
Entry fees are not refundable.
You can only enter with pictures that you have take and of which you own the copyright.
Gothenburg Street Photo Festival has the right to use the pictures for marketing purposes in connection with Gothenburg Street Photo Festival and its contests on the website, in social media and in printed matter.
Gothenburg Street Photo Festival does not own the right to sell or use entries in any other cases than the above mentioned.
About the pictures
Competition entries must have a street photography theme and be taken in public spaces. This means images taken in streets, squares, buses, trams, pubs, etc. The images should contain people or clear traces of human presence. There are no time horizon requirements.
Images must not be staged and/or taken of people you know.
The pictures may not have been arranged.
No pictures with defamatory, sexually explicit or abusive content will be accepted.
Editing and cropping pictures is allowed, but not to add or take away objects through cloning.
The pictures may not contain watermarks or signatures.
The pictures may not have any type of frame.
The pictures must be in JPG format.
The images must be 821 pixels high (on the vertical side) and be a maximum of 4Mb in size.
Should your entry be nominated you will be asked to provide a high resolution copy.
Further information
The entries will be anonymously judged by a jury in each category
Nominated entries will be announced on the website around a week before the festival.
Nominated pictures will be printed and exhibited as part of the festival exhibition.
The winners will be announced during the festival on Saturday September 14th 2024.
Payment options
Payment for contest entries and membership fees can be made through the phone payment system Swish (only Swedish phones), Swish-number: 1233987278 alternative
Paypal: info@ggff.se or for international payments IBAN can be used.
See respective section on the website.
Tickets for the festival are bought through Tickster, just click on the link “Buy festival pass”.