AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18356, 23 March 1923, Page 5

AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS.

PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION

CLOSING APRIL 30, 1923.

ATTRACTIVE PRIZE-LIST.

The proprietors of the Auckland; Weekly News have much pleasure in an-« nouncing their Twentieth Photographic , Competition. The sum of £38 is offered under conditions which provide for payment for all entries published—with theexception of . prize-winning photographs— at the rate of 4s each for whole-plate size,; and 3s each for half-plate size and less. The object of these competitions is to en* courage both professional and amateur photographers in the production of the, kind of pictures required by modern journalism. ' All who possess cameras have an excel-, lent chance to win a prize. The competition is advertised early so that those desiring to enter will have the benefit of the summer season and the Easter holidays in which to obtain good picture®. The closing date is April 30 next. 3 The following are the various classes. and the amount of prizes offered:— f; I.—A New- Zealand Landscape (with or without figure). First prize, £3; second prize, £1' 10*. .a; 2.— New Zealand Seascape (with or; without figure. First prize, £3 ;> second prize, £1 10s. 3.New. Zealand Adult Figure • Study (European or Maori). First prize, £3 j.' second prize, £1 10s. ..■ 4.—New Zealand Child Figure Study .. (European or Maori). First prize,. £3;.: second , prize, £1 10b. . •. ? I'' jjjf s. Farm, Station, or Bush 'Life Scene. First prize, £3 ; second prize/ £1 10s. 6. —Yachting or Boating. View. First prize, £3; second prize, £l''lQs."* :< g] 7.—Best General . Collection of ; New Zealand • Photographs. First prize, £6; second prize, £3; third, £2. •-

Exhibits under Class 7 can 5 also be entered 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 all except those who win more than one first prize *in the'^b^eif' 5 classes of t!Te i competi- . tion. .

, v ; ' : .\G CONDITIONS:No photograph previously published" or entered for any other competition will be allowed to compete. The negatives, mustv:, in all cases be the work of the competitor. Competitors should remember ; that small views, although allowed to compete, are not so suitable for reproduction of halfplates or full-plates. V : v :\ 1 ; In awarding, the prizes the suitability of the photograph' for reproduction will be | taken into consideration. Glossy bromide and Glossy P.O.P. prints : i are the most suitable. '• j: ,' , *'» ,>( The proprietors will have the first right to reproduce any photograph 1 sent in for competition. Such photographs, v ;apart from prize-winning print#, _ will bei paid for immediately after publication,,lit the ate of 4b for whole-plates and 3s for all sizes smaller than whole-plate. All pictures entered lin the competition remain the property of the proprietors until sucn . times as they are published. Good typical pictures of general interest are preferable* to those of merely' local interest. ■ In sending in phograpbsj -prints J should f be sent in flat if possible. Particulars of the subject and the name and address of the competitor must '- be written on the -'i back of every print in pencil, without in any way damaging it. All photographs must be addressed to the " Competition . . Editor " of the Auckland Wbbkl* / News, and the class for which 'it is entered should be clearly marked both onback of the photograph as well as on the outside of the packet. The results will _ be published in the Weekly News on an early date after the C day of closing. • i These conditions will be strictly adhered to, and the receipt of prints from ft competitor will be taken as sufficient '' guarantee that he or she is 1 willing to abide by th^m. " 1