Discover the practical information below and stay tuned!
Competition planning:
Start of the competition: 28 September 2009
The inscription to the competition will be open from the above mentioned deadline.
Inscription deadline: 27 November 2009, 11:00 GMT
The member wishing to take part to the competition will have to upload his/her pictures from September 28th until November 27th.
Competition selection: December 2008
The RW Club Photography competition jury will make an official selection among all pictures received. The jury will select one picture per photographer.
Online voting: 18 December 2009 to 18 January 2010, 11:00 GMT
The official selection will be available online for the members to see and vote for their favourite picture.
Awards: 19 January 2010
The RW Club Photography competition jury will announce the winner of “The RW Club prize” and the winner of “The RW Club members’ special prize”.
Baselworld production: 25 January 2010 to 10 February, 2010
The winner of the RW Club Photography competition will create an exclusive production for the exhibit in the RAYMOND WEIL booth in BASELWORLD 2009 - The World's Leading Watch & Jewellery Show.
Baselworld: 04 March to 11 March 2010
The RW Club Photography competition winner’s exhibit will take place in the RAYMOND WEIL booth.
Theme:
For the 2009 edition, no theme is imposed.
Requirements:
- Number of photos: 3
- Format: JPG or GIF only
- Size: 600 x 600 pixels maximum
- Resolution: 72 dpi (smaller resolution will not be accepted)
- A high resolution copy (300 dpi) of each picture submitted for the later stage of the competition as the winning picture will be printed in a large format.
Awards & Prizes:
There will be two awards:
- The RW Club International Photography Prize
- The RW Club members' special award
The RW Club International Photography Prize will be awarded by the jury:
- US $ 15,000
- Exhibit in a recognized art gallery, in an international artistic capital
- Exhibition on the RAYMOND WEIL’s booth during BASELWORLD 2010 / The World's Leading Watch & Jewellery Show
- Exclusive interview with the international press
- Entire webpage
The RW Club members’ special award:
This prize will be awarded by the RW Club members after the first selection made by the jury. The vote will be available online from the 18 December 2009 to 18 January 2010, 11:00 GMT. A member can vote only once for her/his favourite artist.
- Entire webpage
- Exhibition of the awarded picture on the RAYMOND WEIL’s booth during BASELWORLD 2010 / The World's Leading Watch & Jewellery Show
- RAYMOND WEIL will support the artist by communicating the artist information to the press, professionals or potential clients.
The official jury:
The official jury is selected from professional of the branch and RAYMOND WEIL officials. The official jury is composed of:
- Pierre Keller: Photographer & Director of the District Art School, Lausanne
- Yves Aupetitallot: Director of National Centre for Contemporary Art, Grenoble
- Bruno Delavallade: Gallery owner in Paris and Berlin
- Olivier Bernheim: RAYMOND WEIL President & CEO
The Photography competition will be under the legal supervision of Mr Afshin Salamian, official attorney of the RW Club, from the law firm of Cramer-Salamian, Avocats in Geneva.
To take part now : http://www.raymond-weil.com/EN/RW-Club/RW-Talents/photo-competition.html
http://www.raymond-weil.com/EN/RW-Club/RW-Talents/photo-competition.html