“Life in Derby” Time Capsule Photography Competition (United Kingdom)

Prize Information

• The prize is that the winning photos will be buried in a time capsule in the Market Hall in Derby. They will also be displayed across the city at Clear Channel digital bus stops for at least two weeks (dates to be confirmed). Winners will be invited to a special event to bury the time capsule in Derby’s Market Hall at a date to be confirmed in 2024.
• Prizes are subject to availability. There is no cash alternative for the prize. The Promoter reserves the right to substitute the prize with a prize of equal or greater value.
• The prize is not negotiable, refundable or transferable.

Photographic Entry Requirements

• Photographs submitted to the competition should demonstrate that thought has been given to the competition theme: ‘Life in Derby 2024’.
• The Participant must not infringe the rights of third parties including copyright, trade mark, trade secrets, privacy, publicity, personal or proprietary rights. By submitting the photograph you warrant that you own the copyright in the photograph submitted and that you have the necessary legal rights to submit the photograph.
• The Participant warrants that they are the person in the photo and/or that they have the prior consent from all individuals in the photo to submit it as their entry. If children under 16 are featured, or if any individual is unable to consent for themselves, their parents or guardians will need to give consent on their behalf.
• All photographs must have been taken on or after 1 January 2024.
• All photographs must be portrait oriented.
• All photographs must be in JPEG format.
• Photographs must be no larger than 5MB in size.
• Photographs must be of a resolution no less than 300 dpi.
• All photos must be original work, taken by the Participant.
• Permitted digital adjustments include tone and contrast, cropping, burning, sharpening, dodging, noise reduction, minor cleaning work, HDR, stitched panoramas, and/or withincamera focus stacking using multiple exposure taken at the same location at the same time. The addition or removal of any animals or parts of animals, plants, people, objects, etc. is not allowed.
• All photographs submitted must be taken with a camera (including devices with camera functionality, such as smartphones). AI generated images are not eligible for submission.
• No laws should have been breached or no one’s safety endangered in the taking of any photograph submitted.
• The photograph must not contain any signature, watermark etc.

Eligibility Criteria

• The competition is only open to residents in the UK who are aged 16 or over (the “Participants”)
• Entrants aged under 18 shall have obtained the consent of a parent or guardian (and will upon request provide the Promoter with the contact details of the parent or guardian who has given consent).
• The competition is not open to individuals who are:
  • employees or elected members of the Promoter or its holding, linked or subsidiary companies; or
  • members of the immediate families or households of above.
• The competition is only open to individuals who are amateur photographers, entries from professional photographers will be disqualified. For the purposes of this competition, a professional photographer is an individual who makes more than half their annual income from the sale of their photographs.
• In entering the competition, you confirm that you are eligible to do so and eligible to claim the prize. The Promoter may require you to provide proof that you are eligible to enter the competition.
• There is a limit of one entry (one entry being up to three individual photographs) per person. Entries on behalf of another person will not be accepted and joint submissions are not allowed.
• The Promoter reserves all rights to disqualify you if your conduct is contrary to the spirit or intention of the prize competition or if any of the terms and conditions of the competition are breached.
• Competition entries cannot be returned.

For more information, visit Derby City Council.