Call for submissions: NYU Garden Shop’s first annual spring photo contest.
Take a picture of your favorite spring flower, tree, shrub, or plant which is situated on NYU grounds. The contest will be judged by experts from the NYU Photo Bureau and George Reis, NYU’s head gardener. The contest is open to NYU students, faculty, and staff, as well as the wider community.
Directions for submission: Email photos to garden@nyu.edu by 5:00PM Saturday, April 30, 2011. Photos must be in jpeg format with resolution suitable for printing (300+ dpi). The photograph of the plants and flowers must have been taken of one of NYU’s landscape installations in the spring of 2011. When submitting your photograph, please provide the following in the body of the email: name of photographer, age of photographer, phone number, address, date the photo was taken, and the exact location (park, intersection, etc.) where the picture was taken. Please put “NYU Spring photo contest submission” in the subject line of the email.
Judging and awards: There will be two categories: Photographers 18 and under and Adult Photographers. Winners will be chosen based on content and artistic value. There will be a winner and runner-up, as well as several honorable mentions. All the finalists will receive a selected plant from the NYU Garden Shop’s nursery.
Conditions of participation: Photographers will retain the copyright and all other rights to photographs submitted, except those rights specifically listed below: You are granting New York University a non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free license to publish the photographs you enter in editorial, educational, promotional and other uses. You also grant New York University the right to use your name in connection with the photograph as well as in promotions and other publications associated with the contest. By submitting your photo, you are agreeing to these terms.
