PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT

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2 PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT IMPORTANT DATES ENTRY AND RELEASE SCHEDULE Photography Online Entry Deadline: By 10 pm, Tuesday, August 11 Deliver Photo Entries: Friday, August 14, 10 am to 8 pm Saturday, August 15, 10 am to 5 pm Enter through Green Gate on 17 th Street and follow signs to Arts Building (formerly Floral Building). Bring a copy of your online registration receipt (see instructions this page). Pick up entries: Tuesday, September 8, 1 pm to 7 pm Wednesday, September 9, 10 am to 5 pm By submitting an entry into the Fair, exhibitors agree to abide by all rules, regulations and entry requirements of the Fair and of the department(s) to which they are submitting entries. It is important that exhibitors read and be familiar with the General Rules as well as the Competition Rules in this Handbook. ONLINE ENTRY AND REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS Read the complete rules, division descriptions and entry information in this Handbook BEFORE going to online Registration. 1. Then go to 2. Click Register or Sign In (for return visits). Register using your First and Last Name and create a password (write password down). Fill in requested information, including address. Add age only if under 18. Click Continue. Select Department ex.: Photography Select a Division ex.: General Photo, Div. 120 Select a Class ex.: Class 1201 Color Prints Fill in all information for class(es) you are entering, including a brief Description if needed. 3. When all your information is complete, click Add Entry to Cart and follow instructions to check out. (NOTE: If you think you may want to modify your entries, you may save your current session and check out at a later session. Be sure to Check Out before the closing date listed for your Department; entries are not submitted to the Fair office until the check-out process is complete.) 4. Fill in yes at the statement to agree to all the terms and conditions of entry as defined in this Handbook. 5. Click Submit. 6. Please print and bring a copy of your detailed online entry receipt with your entries when you bring them to the Fair. Please contact us (below) with any questions. Oregon State Fair Creative Living Office or creativeliving@oregonstatefair.org

3 GENERAL RULES 1. Oregon State Fair (OSF) competitions are open to residents of Oregon only. Entries do not need to be entered or have won at a county fair to be eligible for any competition. 2. Online entries must be submitted by the date indicated within each department handbook. Paper applications will not be accepted. Information must be accurate and complete. Walk-in entries will be accepted during intake days but may be limited. 3. Entries must be delivered and removed only during the scheduled times. Any exception shall be at the discretion of OSF staff. 4. Entries will receive a claim check upon delivery. Exhibitor must present claim check or valid Oregon ID when picking up entries. 5. Some competitions require an entry fee. See specific departments for fee and processing information. 6. OSF staff or a judge may disqualify or transfer any exhibit which is not a true representation of the class in which it is entered or if rules are not followed. 7. Judging is closed to the public unless otherwise noted. Every reasonable effort is made to secure highly qualified judges with expertise in their field. 8. Entry by OSF staff, volunteers or judges is prohibited in the department in which they are working. They may enter other departments. 9. Ribbons and/or prizes will be awarded as warranted. All judges results are final. Results cannot be provided over the phone but will be posted online when available. 10. Protests may be submitted to the Creative Living office accompanied by a deposit of $25 which will be forfeited if the protest is not sustained. Protests must plainly state the cause of the complaint or appeal and submitted within 24 hours of the action. 11. Ribbons and scorecards (as available) can be picked up when entries are returned at the end of Fair. See specific departments for return days. 12. Exhibitors shall indemnify OSF from and against all claims for damage to persons or property caused by them or by their exhibits. 13. OSF will take reasonable precautions to ensure safety of exhibits while on the fairgrounds, but will not be responsible for loss, damage, theft or injury of any kind to exhibits or exhibitors, unless the loss or damage is due to the negligence of OSF staff and volunteers. 14. Exhibitors found in violation of rules, or found to be in practices unethical or adverse to the OSF, shall be penalized by forfeiture of awards and/or privileges, and removed from the exhibit. 15. Items not picked up by final return days of each department are forfeited by exhibitor. The Oregon State Fair reserves the final and absolute right to interpret any and all terms, conditions, rules and regulations contained in any and all parts of Department Handbooks and to settle and determine all matters, questions or differences in regard thereto, or otherwise arising out of, connected with or incidental to the Oregon State Fair. OSF further reserves the right to determine unforeseen matters not covered by General or Competition Rules, and to withdraw award offerings in all Competitions should any emergency exist and circumstances demand. In the event of discrepancies between General and Competition Rules, Competition Rules will supersede General Rules.

4 COMPETITION RULES The Oregon Photography Exhibit is open to all Oregon photographers who work in digital format as well as traditional film and alternative processes, including Polaroid transfers, hand-colored photographs and platinum/palladium. 1. All General Rules Apply. Your submission indicates you have read and agree to abide by the General Rules and the Rules of this Competition. 2. An entry fee of $5 is required for each photograph in Division 120, General Photography. 3. There is no entry fee for Teens and Juniors, Divisions 121 and 122. Juniors and Teens may enter Division 120 but must pay the entry fee and will be competing against adults. 4. A maximum of three (3) prints may be entered in each Class. 5. The original image(s) must have been made by the entrant on film or acquired with a digital camera. Processing and printing may be done commercially or by the entrant. 6. All images must be original and may not include elements produced by anyone else. 7. By virtue of submission, the entrant certifies the work as their own and grants permission to reproduce any prints for publicity purposes, with credit given. 8. Black/White and Color prints will be judged separately. Hand-colored prints and those with more than one color added will be judged in the Color Class. 9. Digitally enhanced entries must be entered in Class 1202, Division Photographs entered in Division 120, General Photography, will be juried for inclusion in the exhibit. Results of the jurying will be posted online as available, or notification sent by Divisions 121 and 122 are for Teens and Juniors only, and all photos entered will be displayed. 12. Prints previously exhibited in the Photography Department at the Oregon State Fair (or those essentially the same) are ineligible. PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT PREPARATION 1. Minimum print size must be at least 8 x 10 inches, and the overall dimensions of matted/mounted prints must NOT exceed 16 x 20 inches. 2. Prints must be mounted securely on a rigid, lightweight backing (mat board, foam-core) and must not exceed a thickness of 1/4. 3. NO wood, Masonite, or heavy dense mat board. 4. NO framed, glass-covered, shrink-wrapped entries. 5. NO hanging devices or protrusions on back or front; NO saw tooth hangers. 6. Exhibits must be properly labeled with artist s name, contact phone number, address, title of work and division entered on a 3 x 5 card securely fastened to the back of the artwork. 7. Incomplete entries (lacking information on back or entry fee) will not be accepted. 8. Please note, as indicated in rule 10, above, entries will be juried and displayed as space allows.

5 DIVISIONS AND CLASSES DIVISION 120 GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHY ($5 entry fee per photograph) CLASS 1200 Black & White Prints 1201 Color Prints 1202 Digitally Enhanced examples: artificial color, composites, texturizing, etc. See examples, below DIVISION 121 TEEN PHOTOGRAPHY (Age 13-18) CLASS 1210 Black & White Prints 1211 Color Prints DIVISION 122 JUNIOR PHOTOGRAPHY (Age 12 and younger) CLASS 1220 Black & White Prints 1221 Color Prints Samples of Digitally Enhanced Photos

6 PHOTOGRAPHY JUDGING Those interested are invited to observe the jurying of the General Photography Division on Saturday, August 22, 2015, beginning at 10:00 am in the Fine Arts (formerly Floral Building) just north of Columbia Hall. For parking and building access, enter Green Gate off 17 th St. 1. Observation of initial review of entries is allowed as the three jurors individually score the entries. The public is asked to leave during lunch and at the conclusion of the point judging. Awards are then selected by consensus of the jurors from higher scoring prints. 2. After completion of all judging, a minimum acceptance score is set to determine which prints will be exhibited. That information will not be announced on judging day. 3. All prints, properly entered, will be scored individually. Prints meeting or exceeding the minimum acceptance score will be displayed and awarded a ribbon. High scoring prints will be considered for additional awards. 4. Award winners will be posted online. 5. The decision of the jurors is final. Junior and Teen Division judging is not open to the public. AWARDS Jurors will select awards of $75 for First, $50 for Second, and $25 for Third Place in all classes in the General Photography Division 120. Best of Show Chosen by the jurors, and awarded and an additional $75. First, Second and Third Place Ribbons for all Classes in Teen and Junior Divisions, 121 and 122. People s Choice Determined by Fair patrons and acknowledged at the 2015 Fair. Honorable Mention: Student categories only.