AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18342, 7 March 1923, Page 6

AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS.

<i — PHOTOGRAPHS COMPETITION CLOSING APRIL 30, 1923. < ! ATTRACTIVE PRIZE-LIST. j. >';* The proprietors of the Auceujcb Weekly News have much pleasure in an- ;„ nouncing their Twentieth Photographic Competition. The eum of £38 is offered under conditions which provide for payment for all entries published the j exception of prize-winning photographs— ! at the rate of 4s each for whole-plate sire, ? and 3s each for -plate size and less. -f{ The object of these competitions is to ,e*lps courage both 'professional and amatew photographers in the production . oft/if kind of pictures required by, modem journalism. "'/. All who possess cameras have an excellent chance to win a prize. The competition is advertised early so that those (Issiring to enter will have the benefit of the summer season and the Easter|noii*TS days in which to obtain good pictures. The \ closing date is April 30 next. •■ ■. ■•...'■ , " The following are j the : .various claieei and the amount of prizes offered ;'-:'•'* ' : \ I.A New Zealand Landscape (with «S without figure). First .prize, jf£3i^ second. prize, £1 iOs. \ • ,■ ■,'•:} 2.— - New :. Zealand'; Seascape (with or without figure. First prize,' £3; ' second prize, £1 10s. ' i' 1 .," 3.New ; .Zealand Adult Figure Study (European or Maori). First prize, £3; second prize, £1 10s. -;,.;', *-U 4.—New Zealand Child Figure Study (European or Maori). First prize, £3; second prize, £1 10s. -*wfs Farm, Station, or Bush' Life Scene. • : First prize,' £3 second prize, £1 Ifc'M 6.—Yachting or Boating View. Fits* ! prize, £3; second prize, £1 10s., , 7.Best General Collection of New ZjfaE land Photographs. Firet price, £6} second prize, £3; third, £2. , ; Exhibits under Class 7 can also be «•« tered in ' the various classes previously specified. The number of pictures entered by each exhibitor to total at least six* The prizes in Class 7 are open to*alil|iS cept those who win more than one finrt prize in the other classes of the compeltwn.. .■ '• 4 .\ . \;*£sSß| CONDITIONS: ■( No photograph previously published i» entered for any other competition will be allowdd to compete. The negatives mist in all cases be the work of the competitor. ■•''.'■, '■..■;.'.•. Competitors should remember that small views, although' allowed .to compete, %Psm not so suitable for reproduction. of half* plates or full-plates. ■ : ;.■•.,.;■ '•'.'', "•■; • In - awarding the prizes the suitability of the photograph for reproduction will Mjs taken into consideration. Glossy bromide 'M and Glossy P.O.P. prints are' the most suitable. '! ■'-..'.v/'.-Y^l The proprietor* will have the first righ* to reproduce any photograph sent in lorj|| competition. Such photographs, 81 ' m from prize-winning prints, wil] be;p*i<Jj| for immediately' after publication at the rate of 4s for whole-plates and 3? for all sizes smaller than whole-plate. All pic* tures entered in the competition remaps the property of the proprietors until sues times as they, are published. \(j Good typical pictures of general interest are preferable to those of merely local interest. ■ .'J ;:'■■;■.: ■" ■ "••■ • ■'■'' ; 'isij In sending in phographs, prints should if be sent in flat if possible. Particulars of , the subject and the name and address of " J the competitor must be written on the back of every print in pencil, without in Em any way damaging it. All photograph* must be addressed to the " Competition Editor of the Auckland -WeekM News, and the class for which -it » en ' i 1 tered should be i clearly marked both on M back of the photograph as well as on the outside of the packet. The results will be published in the Weekly News on an early rate after the; day of closing. ; .: './■./,; These conditions will be strictly ,»M| oered to, and the receipt of prints from • competitor will be taken as sufficient m guarantee that he or she is willing *J?M abide by them. .