Enchanting Bridges -- Yang Ming Photo Contest on World's Classic Bridges
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Objective
A bridge is a connector between two areas. It is also a form of construction and culture. In early
times, people used their wisdom to solve daily needs by creating bridges to communicate between
sea, land, valleys, and across rivers. With the improvement of bridge construction technology, kinds
of bridges became the delicate engineering artifact of economical transportation and human culture
development. Yang Ming Cultural Foundation holds the photo contest on world's classic bridges to
present their splendid history and eccentric sceneries.
Advisor: Ministry of Transportation and Communications, R.O.C.
Ministry of Culture
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
Overseas Chinese Affairs Council, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
Forestry Bureau C.O.A
III. Sponsor: Yang Ming Cultural Foundation
IV. Organizer: YM Oceanic Culture & Art Museum (abbr. as YM OCAM )
YM Museum of Marine Exploration (abbr. as YM MOME )
My Dear Design Co., Ltd.
V. Co-organizer: Taiwan Area National Freeway Bureau, MOTC
National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
Chung Hwa Photo Magazine
Chung Hwa Photo Society
VI. Eligibility
Whoever is interested in photography is welcome to enter.
VII. Theme
Photographs that illustrate the natural scenes or cultural customs of domestic or international
bridges.
VIII. Bridges photo contest groups (according to the bridge location) and mailing address.
1. Bridges in Taiwan group
2. Bridges of the world group
3. Mailing address
“Bridges in Taiwan group” and “Bridges of the world group”
Chung Hwa Photo Magazine “Enchanting Bridges -- Yang Ming Photo Contest on World's
Classic Bridges” Event Team
2F.-12, No.110, Sec. 1, Hankou St., Taipei City 10044, Taiwan
IX. Photograph collection and mailing address
1. Taiwan classic bridges historical photographs collection
There are many classic bridges in Taiwan, some of which have touching stories, and some have
disappeared because of natural or man-made disasters. This special event of “Taiwan classic
bridges historical photographs collection” is held to carry on their images as part of cultural
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properties, and for people to reminisce the beauty of Taiwan bridges.
2. Yang Ming photographs collection
To witness Yang Ming’s history, we are collecting pictures of Yang Ming’s domestic and
international related constructions, ships, containers, tow trucks, wharves, warehouses, container
yards, and building pictures of Keelung YM OCAM and Kaohsiung YM MOME, so the public
can recognize Yang Ming through photographs.
3. Mailing address
“Taiwan classic bridges historical photographs collection” and “Yang Ming photographs
collection”
My Dear Design Co., Ltd. “Yang Ming photographs and Taiwan classic bridges historical
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photographs collection” Event Team
1F, No. 621, Ln 62, 2nd Leli St., Anle Dist., Keelung City 20448, Taiwan
Acceptance Date
The acceptance date for both photo contest and photograph collection is from the 1 st of February to
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20 of August 2013. The entries may be delivered either in person or by mail (postmarked date),
and will not be accepted after the acceptance date.
XI. Awards
1. Bridges in Taiwan group
Gold medal award (1): NTD 50,000, one medal plaque, and one photo album.
Silver medal award (1): NTD 30,000, one medal plaque, and one photo album.
Bronze medal award (1): NTD 10,000, one medal plaque, and one photo album.
Excellence award (10): NTD 5,000 each, along with one certificate, and one photo album.
Honorable mention (15): NTD 2,000 each, along with one certificate, and one photo album.
Judges’ award (20): NTD 1,000 each, along with one certificate, and one photo album.
(Awards above the Excellence award is limited to one per person)
2. Bridges of the world group
Gold medal award (1): USD 1,200, one medal plaque, and one photo album.
Silver medal award (1): USD 800, one medal plaque, and one photo album.
Bronze medal award (1): USD 300, one medal plaque, and one photo album.
Excellence award (20): USD 100 each, along with one certificate, and one photo album.
(Awards is limited to one per person)
3. For “Taiwan classic bridges historical photographs collection” and “Yang Ming
photographs collection”, each selected photograph will receive one certificate and NTD 2,000.
XII. Judges
Chung Hwa Photo Society
Yang Ming Cultural Foundation
XIII. Entry Specifications
Each picture has to be developed or output to 5x7 inches colored pictures, do not frame, photo
cropping, add color, computer generating, computer post-processing, color painting, image adding,
lamination, combining or grouping pictures are not accepted. Disqualified photographs will not be
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accepted. Negatives, photographic prints or brand style is not limited (color negatives,
transparencies, or digital forms are acceptable). The entry is limited to 8 pictures per group per
person.
XIV. Entry Process
Each entry has to fill in a completed entry form (see attached), and slightly attach the form to the
back of picture and mail (or deliver) to assigned addresses (see VIII and IX); aberrant will not be
accepted.
XV. Judging
Sponsor, organizer, and co-organizer will invite a panel of photographic experts to evaluate
photographs, and decisions of the judges are final and binding.
XVI. Winner Announcement and Award Date
1. Winners will be announced in September 2013. All winners will be informed by mail and on
event websites: Yang Ming Cultural Foundation (www.ymculture.org.tw), YM OCAM
(www.ocam.org.tw), YM MOME (www.mome.org.tw), and Chung Hwa Photo Magazine
(www.chphoto.com.tw).
2.Award presentation will be held on October 5th, 2013 (Saturday) at National Chiang Kai-shek
Memorial Hall (Brilliant Jade Room).
XVII. Publication
1. “Enchanting Bridges – Yang Ming Photo Contest on World's Classic Bridges” Awarded
Photograph Exhibition
October 5th ~ 31st, 2013 at National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall (Brilliant Jade Room)
2. Awarded photos will be displayed in “Classic Bridges Exhibition”
December 2013 – December 2014 at YM OCAM
December 2014 – December 2015 at YM MOME
3. Publication of “Enchanting Bridges -- Yang Ming Photo Contest on World's Classic Bridges”
photo album
XVIII. Conditions
1. All entries will not be returned (including unqualified entries).
2. All entries should be original and created by the entrants themselves, and should not have been
awarded prizes or published before; failure to meet the terms will result in disqualification. If
entries are found violating the rules after the award has been given, not only will the entries be
disqualified, the awarded prizes, plaques, and photo albums shall be returned, and the award
will not be replaced.
3. Awarded photographs should provide negatives or digital files (digital file size has to be 6
million pixels in .tiff or .jpg files, and .jpg file compression ratio and quality have to be the
“maximum”) in accordance with the notification. After approval, awards will be granted, if
unable to provide files before the requested date, prizes will not be awarded.
4. The economic rights of awarded photographs and its negatives or digital files all belong to the
Sponsor. The Sponsor reserves the rights to reproduce and re-use the awarded photographs for
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public release, display, publication, produce personalized stamps, large poster outputs, produce
albums and other related products according to the Copyright Act, and the Sponsor will not pay
any additional fees.
5. Unrecognized photographs if considered for other purposes, the Sponsor will provide prizes to
the entrants, and the Sponsor has the exclusive rights to use them.
6. Entrants shall be responsible for any copyrights or relevant issues of their entries, and the
Sponsor and organizer assume no responsibilities. All entries, except those with return mailing
envelopes with valid register stamps, will not be returned.
7. Please use cardboard paper to protect photographs when mailing. Do not roll and mail with
poster tubes. Please designate “Enchanting Bridges -- Yang Ming Photo Contest on World's
Classic Bridges” Event Team or “Yang Ming photographs and Taiwan classic bridges
historical photographs collection” Event Team on the envelope.
8. Entrants shall pay taxes according to Republic of China tax law and related regulations.
9. Whoever enters the contest is deemed to agree to all terms of the contest rules.
10. The Sponsor reserves the right to amend any unaccomplished matter relevant to the contest at
any time.
Entry form of “Enchanting Bridges -- Yang Ming Photo Contest on World's Classic Bridges” and
“Yang Ming photographs and Taiwan classic bridges historical photographs collection”
Photo
Caption
□ Bridges in Taiwan photo contest
□Taiwan classic bridges historical photographs collection
□ Bridges of the world photo contest □ Yang Ming photographs collection
□Name of the bridge:
□Taiwan classic bridges historical photographs collection:
Entry
□Yang Ming photographs collection:
Information
Aperture:
Shutter:
Date taken:
Entry
Group
Location: (Country/ City)
Name
Telephone
Number
E-mail
Mailing
Address
Economic rights release agreement on entries: If the entry is awarded, I hereby waive all economic rights of the
entry and its original negatives (or original output digital files) to the Sponsor.
Signature:
Note: This entry form can be copied. Please slightly attach it to the back of the entry (not to damage the photograph).
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