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SYDNEY NOW - THE EXHIBITION

Sydney now: new Australian photojournalism is a new exhibition at the Museum of Sydney from 15 December 2007 to 27 April 2008.

Photojournalists may be said to be taking the temperature of our times: reflecting our lifestyles and concerns, our motivations, aspirations, dreams and everyday realities. This exhibition presents an extraordinary portrait of contemporary Sydney life, with over 100 images by 24 photographers made since the year 2000. They record moments from the everyday lives of ordinary citizens, rather than the news and celebrity more frequently observed in mainstream media.

Photojournalism traverses the boundaries between documentary and art photography. According to critic Robert McFarlane, the photographers in Sydney now are "shaping a definition of photojournalism that is freer, more impressionistic, but also informed by the changing visual literacy of the internet culture and music video". Vivid colour combines with a sense of movement to create distinctive new visions of life in Sydney today.

1. Visit the Museum of Sydney

2. Check out the Sydney Now exhibition

3. Join the MySydneyNow Flickr group
Once you have a Flickr account, join our Flickr group MySydneyNow.

4. Upload your photo (by 15 February 2008)
Add your photo to the MySydneyNow Flickr group through your browser, by email or in a number of other ways. Photos must be uploaded in jpg format, at least 1024 pixels on the longest side. If you become a finalist we'll contact you to get a high res version for printing, preferably at A2 size (7016 x 4961). For more information see the Flickr Frequently Asked Questions.

5. Tag your photo
Tag your photo with "MySydneyNow" and add it to the map.

6. Fill in the entry form
Go to the HHT website to fill in the entry form so we know who you are and how to contact you.

One entry per person!

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY

Photos must be:
- taken in Sydney in 2007 or 2008
- be tagged with MySydneyNow
- geotagged using Flickr to show where the photo was taken
- be uploaded in jpg format, at least 1024 pixels on the longest side. If you become a finalist we'll contact you to get a high res version for printing, preferably at A2 size (7016 x 4961)

Final entries close at 5pm Friday 15 February 2008 (AEST)

Winners will be chosen by a panel of judges comprising:
SMH photographer, to be advised
Inara Walden, Curator, Sydney now
Craig Gillespie, Nikon Australia

PRIZES

1st prize
Nikon D80 Digital SLR with 18-135mm + 70-300mm lenses (rrp $2299) &
Nikon COOLPIX S51 Blue 8.1MP compact digital camera (rrp $399)
The winning image will also be made as a print to hang at the Museum of Sydney.

2nd prize
Nikon D40x Digital SLR with 18-55mm + 55-200mm lenses (rrp $1399)
The winning image will also be made as a print to hang at the Museum of Sydney.

3rd prize
Nikon D40 + 18-55mm lens (rrp $899)
The winning image will also be made as a print to hang at the Museum of Sydney.

Finalists
The remaining 17 finalists will receive a copy of the Sydney now book.
All winners and finalists will have their entries displayed on a screen at the Museum of Sydney.


The HHT would like to thank the sponsors of Sydney now :

Major Sponsor
The Sydney Morning Herald

Sponsor
Nikon Australia Pty Ltd

Sponsor
City of Sydney

Media Sponsor
Adshel

Full terms and conditions:
My Sydney now – Online Competition – Terms and Conditions
The exhibition is organised by the Historic Houses Trust of NSW ("HHT").

By entering your photograph to the "My Sydney now" Flickr group, you declare and warrant to the HHT that the photograph was taken by you and is your own original work, which will not infringe the copyright or any other rights of a third party.

Entrants must ensure that any third party copyrighted material contained in a photograph has already been cleared with the copyright holder.

All photographs submitted on the "My Sydney now" Flickr group may be displayed on the HHT’s website, www.hht.net.au, on the Nikon Australia website www.nikon.com.au, and in the Museum of Sydney as part of the Sydney now exhibition; and photographs may be used in online and offline material to promote the Sydney now campaign. All entrants give HHT and Nikon Australia a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty free, irrevocable licence in perpetuity to use their photographs for such purpose.

Entry photographs must have been taken after midnight on 31 December 2006 and are not to have been published in any print media in Australia.

All images must be uploaded in jpg format, at least 1024 pixels on the longest side. Preferably finalists should be able to supply a version as close to A2 at 300dpi as possible (7016 x 4961) and no less than 150 dpi (3508 x 2480) for exhibition display or else HHT may choose not to print and exhibit the photo.

Photographs must not contain obscene or defamatory content or material. The HHT shall be the sole determining authority as to whether a photograph is obscene or defamatory.

At the sole discretion of the HHT, your photograph may be archived in perpetuity on the HHT’s web site as part of the exhibition website and for royalty free publicity purposes by the HHT.

At the sole discretion of Nikon Australia, your photograph may be archived in perpetuity on the Nikon Australia web site as part of the exhibition website and for royalty free publicity purposes by Nikon Australia.

You give the HHT permission to download the high-resolution version of your photograph for the purposes of archiving the final selection of images.

The HHT shall not be obliged to display photographs and shall not be liable for any entrant’s loss of publicity or enhancement of reputation.

The HHT reserves the right to cancel the exhibition if deemed necessary at any stage without incurring any liability.

Because of the volume of users expected to participate in the project, the HHT is unable to reply to Flickr Mail messages. If you wish to contact HHT, please email us at info@hht.net.au

In the event that your photograph is chosen to be displayed in the HHT’s galleries and/or the HHT’s website, it will be displayed along with your name and the title of the image.

In the event that your photograph is selected to be included among the final 20, the HHT will contact you.

Any personal information of entrants will only be used and, where necessary, disclosed to third parties, for the purposes of running the competition and otherwise in accordance with the HHT’s privacy policies www.hht.net.au/about/policies/privacy.

The HHT will collect the entrants’ personal information to include the entrants in this competition. All personal details of the entrants will be stored at the office of the HHT. A request to access, update or correct any information should be directed to that office. Provided the entrants opt in (i.e. tick the ‘yes’ box when they enter), their contact details become the property of the HHT. By entering the competition, unless otherwise advised by the entrant, each entrant consents to his or her information being entered into a database and the HHT may use this information to contact the entrant with information and updates.

Employees of the HHT and Nikon Australia and members of their immediate families, agencies, respective employees and agencies associated with this competition and promotion and members of their immediate families are not eligible to enter

Promotion commences 9.00am Thursday 15 November 2007 (AEST). Final entries close at 5pm Friday 15 February 2008 (AEST). Judging of finalists and overall winner will take place Wednesday 20 February 2008 at the Museum of Sydney, 37 Phillip Street, Sydney, NSW 2000. The winners will be notified by email on 22 February 2008 and will be published on the HHT’s web site www.hht.net.au on 23 February 2008. The decision of the judges is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

Entry is limited to one photograph only per person. If multiple photographs are received, only the first will be accepted as an entry in the competition.

The overall winner will win a D80 Digital SLR with 18-135mm + 70-300mm lenses (rrp $2299) plus COOLPIX S51 Blue 8.1MP compact digital camera (rrp $399): Second prize is a D40x Digital SLR with 18-55mm + 55-200mm lenses (rrp $1399): Third prize is a D40 + 18-55mm lens (rrp $899). Total prize value is $4996 at RRP (October 2007).

Nikon cannot guarantee availability of stock for listed prizes. If stock is unavailable then Nikon will determine an alternate product(s) at or as close to as possible the price of the advertised prize. There may be a waiting period for stock to become available.

Winners will also have their photograph published on the HHT website. The remaining 17 finalists will each receive a copy of the Sydney now book.

Winning entries will also be displayed at the Museum of Sydney between 23 February 2008 and 27 April 2008. All quoted recommended retail prices (rrp) for Nikon prizes are as at 1 October 2007.Prizes, or any unused portion of the prize, are not transferable or exchangeable and cannot be taken as cash.

All entrants agree to participate in any news media activities surrounding the competition.

The HHT and its employees, agents, and contractors shall not be liable for any loss, damage, action, claim, cost, expense, death, injury in respect of or arising from or incurred by the conduct of the promotion by the HHT, the acceptance of the prize by the winner, the quality and standard of the prize or any matter whatsoever pertaining to the prize.

Information on how to enter and prizes form part of the terms and conditions of entry. By entering your photograph to the "My Sydney now" Flickr group you are deemed to have accepted the above terms and conditions.

http://www.hht.net.au