Photographic Competition

COMPETITION DETAILS AND RULES

Open to competitors from within and outside Bushey in the following three classes: OPEN, PICTURES of PEOPLE and BUSHEY SUBJECTS. There are no entry fees.

Only prints mounted on cream mounting board 8x10 ins or 12x16 ins will be accepted (any other size will be disqualified). Mounting boards of these sizes can be bought from Bushey Museum shop. Prints should be surface mounted (no window mounts) on a single thickness of mounting board, with a border of at least 1 inch of mount visible on all sides after mounting (prints not complying with this requirement may be disqualified). Prints will be hung using self-adhesive Velcro™ at each corner of the back of the mount. Please put a title ("No title" or "Untitled" is not acceptable), name, address and telephone number in the centre of the back of each mount, and hand in to Bushey Museum during normal Museum opening hours: 11am to 4pm on Thursdays to Sundays. Entries will be accepted between Saturday 24 May and Sunday 22 June, maximum of four entries in each class per person.

Judging will take place on 23 June and winners will be notified prior to the presentation of prizesKodak Ltd have kindly donated a digital camera as a prize for each class. In addition, the best image in any category directly associated with the Bushey environment by a newcomer to this Exhibition will receive the Gawan Vesey Challenge Cup.

Selected prints will be on display at Bushey Museum during the Festival and those in the 'open' & 'people' classes can be collected on or after 24 July 2008 during normal Museum opening hours - failure to do so by 28 September may result in the print being destroyed. Prints in the 'Bushey subjects' class may remain on display for several months and then enter the Museum collection. Copyright remains with the photographer but the organisers reserve the right to use any image submitted for Bushey Museum or Festival purposes.

Please contact Bushey Museum if you have any queries: tel. 020 8420 4057 or by post: Bushey Museum and Art Gallery, Rudolph Road, Bushey, WD23 3HW

You can print off an Entry form, or get one from the Museum.