Photos Invited for Exhibit in St. Joseph Hospital's Newly Renovated Lobby

St. Joseph Hospital is inviting photographic submissions for display in our newly renovated Demaso Lobby (Broadway Lobby). Send your submissions to: photoexhibit@sjhhealth.com

Photo Contest Rules

Deadline:
St. Joseph Hospital’s 2013 Photo Contest begins March 12 and ends March 20, 2013. By submitting an entry, each contestant agrees to the rules of the contest.

Who may enter:
All photographers, including employees of St. Joseph Healthcare, are invited to submit digital photos for consideration to be exhibited in the soon-to-be-completed and newly renovated Demaso Lobby of St. Joseph Hospital (the Broadway Lobby). This contest is designed to incorporate local and State talent into the beautification of our newly renovated lobby and to provide a photographic compliment to the other artistic pieces of the project.

Contest categories:

The Natural World—Animals, plants and landscapes; geological or climatological features.

Sense of Place—Locales, or activities that convey a sense of place (with a special emphasis on places in Maine.)

Cropped photos are eligible in both categories. Adjustments, including spotting, dodging and burning, sharpening, contrast and slight color adjustment or the digital equivalents, are acceptable. Photos with recognizable people will not be selected for this exhibit.

How to enter:
Please submit photographs and contact information including name, address and a phone number via email at photoexhibit@sjhhealth.com. We do not accept photographs submitted through the mail.

High-quality scans of non-digital photographs are acceptable. Digital photographs should be taken at the highest resolution possible. Photographs must be in a .jpeg, .jpg format. Files submitted may not be larger than 5Mb.

By entering the contest, entrants grant St. Joseph Healthcare a royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual, non-exclusive license to display, distribute, reproduce and create derivative works of the entries, in whole or in part, in any media now existing or subsequently developed, for any educational, promotional, publicity, exhibition, archival, and all other standard St. Joseph Healthcare purposes. Any photograph reproduced will include a photographer credit as feasible. St. Joseph Healthcare will not be required to pay any consideration or seek any additional approval in connection with such uses.

Entry deadline:
All entries must be received through photoexhibit@sjhhealth.com by 11:00 p.m Eastern Time on March 20, 2013.

Selection:
Selection of photos for this exhibit will be conducted by the employees of St. Joseph Healthcare who serve on the Art Committee of the Rejuvenation Committee.

All entrants will be notified of the selections by March 27, 2013. St. Joseph Healthcare will arrange for the development and display of chosen photographs and will arrange for the winners to be included in events related to the gallery ribbon cutting.

St. Joseph Healthcare will notify the winners via the contact information provided at the time of entry.

One grand prize winner will be determined to be the “President’s Pick” and will be displayed in a place of distinction inside the gift shop. All photographers will be able to provide contact information with their photos.

The contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law. St. Joseph Healthcare reserves the right to cancel the contest or modify these rules at its discretion.