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INTRODUCTION The most important city in the world is the one that we each live in. Small or large, it is the place that we call home and which supports our everyday lives. The character of each city is as unique as its citizens, and the buildings and spaces that it contains are worthy of close study and consideration. In this competition you are invited to submit photographs on this year’s theme of “People and the City”.

TIMETABLERegistration Opens 2nd September 2013

Registration Closes 19th December 2013 Deadline for Submissions 3rd January 2014Judging 10th January 2014Announcement of Finalists & Winner 17th January 2014

REGISTRATIONIt’s easy to register at the competition website - www.mycitycompetitions.com. There is a small registration fee of GBP10 (or national currency equivalent) which is processed securely using PayPal and can be paid using all major credit and debit cards.

SUBMISSIONRegistered entrants are invited to submit a maximum of three photographs per entry. Photographs should be a JPEG or TIFF with maximum size of 2400 x 1800 pixels (portrait or landscape orientation) and can easily be uploaded through the competition website at www.mycitycompetitions.com. Don’t forget to tell us where your photograph was taken, and follow the competition on our world map!

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PRIZESThe overall winner of the contest will have the opportunity to choose one of three exciting prizes.

CANON 1100D + 18-55mm LENS

FUJIFILM XF1

MANFROTTO TRIPOD

The Canon EOS 1100D is the ideal introduction to the EOS system for fi rst-time digital SLR users. An enthusiast’s camera, it will grow with you allowing you to explore your creativity as you gain experience and confi dence. Easy-to-use, compact and lightweight it delivers a host of technology, including features found on Canon’s professional models, into the hands of the photography enthusiast. Features include:

* 2.7” LCD screen for easy viewing and reviewing of shots * 12 Megapixels capture every scene in dazzling colour and brilliant detail * HD movies (720p) with stereo sound, Dynamic IS and HDMI * New HD CMOS Pro sensor * Creative Auto and Basic+ Modes allow you to manually adjust image settings

The Canon EOS 1100D is the ideal introduction to the EOS system for fi rst-time digital

* 2.7” LCD screen for easy viewing and reviewing of shots * 12 Megapixels capture every scene in dazzling colour and brilliant detail * HD movies (720p) with stereo sound, Dynamic IS and HDMI * New HD CMOS Pro sensor * Creative Auto and Basic+ Modes allow you to manually adjust image settings

The XF1 is the latest addition to Fujifi lm’s premium range of X-series cameras. Like other models in the award-winning line-up, this high quality digital compact features cutting edge technology and an eye-catching retro design. Features Include:

* 12 megapixel 2/3” EXR-CMOS sensor * Manual barrel 4x Fujinon optical zoom (25-100mm equivalent) * Up to 8x Intelligent Digital Zoom

The 3-section 190CXPRO3 is extremely light weight and has great rigidity, combined with professional features such as the patented Q90° center column system for quick vertical-horizontal movements, an integrated leveling bubble on the magnesium top plate, 100% carbon fi ber tubes (including the center column) and magnesium die castings.

3-way photo head constructed of ultra-durable and lightweight technical polymer, the 804RC2 easily withstands the daily rigors of the professional photographer. Ergonomic and newly designed handles fi t comfortably in the hands, while the standard quick release plate fi ts snugly in the low-profi le receiver.

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What should I be photographing?Try to look at your city critically and determine what elements of the built environment make it special and unique. This may be a single building, a collection of buildings, a square or plaza. It may be a building or space that has purpose, or it may be purely decorative. Is it something that your city is famous for, or something that it should be famous for? Perhaps it is a space or place that has special meaning for the city’s residents, although it may not be well known internationally. Does the city or place reflect the individual culture of your city – the materials and building techniques, the climate and the way of living? Is it of historical importance, or will it be in the future? And finally, and most importantly, how do people use the building or space, how does it help them and improve their lives, and how does it bind them together as a community?

What sort of camera should I be using?Whatever works for you works for us! You don’t need an expensive camera to take really good photographs and we encourage entrants to use any camera that is available to them. The imagination and perception of the photographer are the important things in this contest, not the specifications of the camera they’re using!

Can I edit my photographs in Photoshop®?Improvements to the contrast, colour balance and saturation of photograps are welcomed, and the correction of lens and perspective distortions can be a real benefit. However, you should avoid making significant edits that alter the content of the scene you have photographed, e.g. adding new elements that were not there or removing elements and features that were. The photograph should be an authentic representation of the scene as you observed it.

Do my photographs have to be recent?You should avoid submitting photographs of buildings or places that have changed significantly since you photographed them. The competition is seeking to see how people and architecture are interacting in 2013/2014, so your recent photographs are prefereable to older or outdated ones.

Can I submit more than three photographs?Yes, but you must register and pay the registration fee for each set of three photographs that you submit.

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TERMS & CONDITIONSPlease read the following information carefully. By entering the competition you are indicating that you understand and accept the Terms and Conditions (the ‘Rules’) of entry.

GENERAL

1. The Competition is organised by City Competitions (the ‘Organisers’).

2. The Organisers reserve the right to amend these Rules at any time and will publish the amended Competition rules and/or additional Competition rules on the Competition website.

3. In the event of any dispute regarding the Rules, the conduct or results of the Competition, or any other matter relating to the Competition, the decision of the Organisers shall be final and unchallengeable and no correspondence or discussion shall be entered into, comment issued, or reason given in respect of any decision made by the Organisers.

4. Entry fees are non-refundable except in the event of the competition being cancelled.

5. The organizers reserve the right to cancel the Competition at any time without prior notice and to return all entry fees.

ENTRANTS

6. Entrants must be aged 18 or over.

7. Employees of City Competitions and their immediate families, their agents, or anyone professionally connected with the promotion are not eligible to enter.

8. The Competition is open to students of architecture and related design disciplines. Entrants must be currently enrolled on a full-time or part-time course of study at an undergraduate or postgraduate level.

9. By entering the Competition, you hereby warrant that all information submitted by you in your Entry is true, accurate and complete in every respect. The Organisers reserve the right to verify any information contained in your Entry and/or your eligibility to enter the Competition.

10. By entering the Competition, you hereby warrant that the work presented in the Entry is your own and that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the work.

11. No person or group may enter the Competition if the Competition breaches any law or regulation of the jurisdiction in which they are resident.

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12. The Organisers reserve the right in their absolute discretion to disqualify any entrant if they have reasonable grounds to believe that an entrant has breached any of the Rules, any applicable law (including copyright law) or has otherwise infringed the intellectual property of any other person. Each Entrant acknowledges and agrees that any failure to comply with the Rules could lead to disqualification by the Organisers without them giving any reason for such disqualification or granting any opportunity for challenge.

13. In the event that a Prize-winner is disqualified from the Competition, the Organisers will, unless otherwise stated in the Competition Terms, select an alternative Prize-winner in the same manner as the original Prize-winner and such selection will be subject to the Rules.

ENTRIES

14. Entries may be submitted individually or as a group. Multiple entries may be submitted and each Entry must be accompanied by the appropriate Entry Fee as set out in the Competition Brief.

15. The Closing Date is 12:00 GMT on 3rd January 2014 and the Organisers reserve the right to amend the competition end date at any time.

16. Entries must be made by the Closing Date and in the manner set out in the Competition Brief. Failure to do so will result in disqualification.

17. Materials submitted in the Entry must be no more or less than those specified in the Competition Brief. Entries that do not meet these requirements will be disqualified.

18. Entries must comply with the formatting requirements set out in the Competition Brief. Entries that do not conform to the Competition Brief will be disqualified and will not be presented to the jury.

19. All entries must be submitted online as specified in the Competition Brief. Entries submitted in any other way will not be accepted and will not be returned.

FINALISTS AND WINNERS

20. Finalists and Winners will be notified by e-mail and post.

21. All Finalists and Winners unconditionally agree (as a condition of accepting any prize) to: (a) the use of their name and disclosure of their country and city of residence ; and (b) co-operate with or participate in any other reasonable post-Competition publicity.

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22.The prizes as described are available on the date of publication. All prizes are non transferable and there are no cash alternatives.

23. Prizes must be accepted in the manner set out in the Prize Notification. In the event that any Prize Notification is returned as undeliverable or any Prize-winner fails to validly reply to a Prize Notification within 28 days, the Organisers reserve the right to disqualify the Prize-winner and select an alternative Prize-winner in accordance with the Rules.

24. Any tax payable as a result of a Prize being awarded or received will be the responsibility of the Winner. Winners should seek independent financial advice prior to accepting a Prize if this is a concern.

25. No additional, further or other costs or expenses are included in any prize unless stated.

26. The Organisers will endeavour to process delivery of prizes within 28days of receiving a valid response to the Prize Notification but cannot guarantee this schedule.

LIABILITY

27. The Organisers accept no responsibility for any damage, loss, injury or disappointment of any kind suffered by any Entrant in entering the Competition, including as a result of any entrant winning or not winning any prize.

28. The Organisers accept no responsibility for entries that are lost or delayed, or which are not received for any reason.

29. The Submission Guidance provided by the Organisers in the Competition Brief, answers provided in response to direct queries and guidance/commentary presented on online forums is supplied ex-gratia. Such guidance, answers and commentary shall not be construed by implication or otherwise as being Competition Requirements.

30. Entrants agree not to bring against us any actions, suits, claims and demands in respect of any infringement or violation of any personal and/or property rights of any sort from our use of their Entry.

31. Entrants undertake to us that their entry is not in breach of any third party intellectual property rights and will not contain anything, which is defamatory, indecent, harassing or threatening and that they will indemnify us for any loss, damage or liability arising should this turn out not to be true. If relevant, we reserve the right, but not the obligation (and without limiting entrants’ warranty and indemnity as set herein), to screen, filter and/or monitor information provided by the entrant and to edit, refuse to distribute or remove the same.

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32. In the event that any provision of these General (or any Specific) Terms are held to be illegal, invalid, void or otherwise unenforceable, it shall be severed from the remaining provisions which shall continue in full force and effect.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTSAND DATA PROTECTION

33. By entering the competition each Entrant hereby agrees that the Organisers (and third parties authorised by the Organisers) may make any and all Entries available in their publications and on their websites and any other media, whether now known or invented in the future. You now grant the Organisers (and third parties authorised by the Organisers) a non-exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable licence (for the full period of any rights in the Entry) to use, display, publish, transmit, copy, make derivative works from, edit, alter, store, re-format, sell and sub-licence the Entry for such purposes.

34. Entrants agree not to assert any moral rights in respect of their entry and the publicity materials (wherever and whenever such rights are recognised) against the Organisers, their assigns, licensees and successors in title.

35. Entrants confirm that they have the right, power and authority to grant the rights set out above and that they have obtained all consents and permissions necessary to grant us the same.

36. The Organisers do not guarantee to use any entry. The Organisers may also, in appropriate circumstances, and at their sole discretion, reject, edit, remove or disable access to Entries that it considers may be legally or otherwise problematic.

37. Any personal data relating to Entrants will not be disclosed to a third party without the individual’s consent. Data relating to entrants will be retained by the Organisers for a reasonable period after the Competition closes to assist the Organisers to operate the Competition in a consistent manner and to deal with any queries on the Competition.

JURISDICTION

38. The Competition and the Rules are and will be governed by English law and any disputes will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England & Wales.