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MiratecArts announces mountain photo contest

20.07.2016

Mountain Pico Festival is an arts celebration hosted by MiratecArts taking place in January 2017 on the mountain island of Pico, Azores, Portugal. Programming is subject to the mountain theme "Portugal´s Highest Peaks". Any organization wishing to participate with an artistic project, please contact [email protected] as soon as possible, deadline 1 November 2016.

International Photography Contest Montanha "Portugal´s Highest Peaks"

The surface of planet Earth is 22 percent mountainous, and 13 percent of the world’s population lives in mountainous terrain. MiratecArts presents the third International Photography Contest Montanha under the theme of "Portugal´s Highest Peaks".

Finalists will take part in an exhibition on the island of Pico, Azores. The winners also receive a future solo exhibition, if they wish, will be invited to participate in a MiratecArts program and also have the opportunity to have their image turned into a Portugal stamp (CTT).

Conditions of participation:
• Participation is open to any person over 18 years old.
• Works may be submitted until 1 November 2016 via [email protected]
• The photographs presented, maximum of three per participant, may be in color, black-and-white (B&W) or sepia. Must be original and unmanipulated except for color transformation for B&W or sepia, tweaking contrast, brightness and reframing.
• Photos should be submitted in digital format, JPG or JPEG, with dimensions of at least 2 000 pixels on the longest dimension.
• Photographs should be accompanied by a maximum of 1 200 characters (without spaces) specification, according to the contest theme.

The message for entering the competition should include:
• The title of the photo(s);
• The identification of the location of the photo;
• Name and contact of the photographer.

The finalists photos will be printed for the exhibition only and not for sale. The winners’ photos will also be used in the organization´s website and marketing materials, always crediting the artist.

MiratecArts aims to enhance individual, team and organizational productivity in the world of artistic culture.

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