BANCA MARCH INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE Banca March is holding the of a series – or from his/her career’s work and a curriculum vitae. The work will BANCA MARCH INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE represent the theme proposed by Banca March: “The future lies in sharing”. in accordance with the following The organisers reserve the right to reject any images that, in their opinion, do not meet the terms and conditions, or those whose content violate fundamental rights Terms and Conditions or which include commercial trade-marks.

ONE - Object For the collective exhibition, the format may not exceed a maximum of 1.50m × 1.20 m including the frame. Artists may present diptych, polyptych, Banca March is holding the BANCA MARCH INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY or other formats, provided that they are within the maximum measurements PRIZE as the culmination of its ninetieth anniversary celebrations. The prize will mentioned above. The full production and framing costs of the works for the be awarded to a visual artist whose artistic career forms part of the contemporary exhibition will be met by the selected artists. photography discourse. Any contemporary visual artist over the age of eighteen may take part, irrespective of his or her nationality. FOUR - Presentation Banca March is a bank that was founded in 1926, with a business model based The dates for presenting the A3 galley proofs, along with all the other on the shared growth of its customers, employees, shareholders and society as a information required, are from the 23rd of January to the 31st of March 2017. This whole. The Banca March philosophy is based on the alignment of interests, rather documentation may be presented in person, by an authorised person, or by any than profit for profit’s sake, and this is what has enabled the bank to celebrate its certified postal or courier service, from Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays, 90th anniversary with sound foundations. This commitment to shared growth is between 9:30 and 14:30 to the following address: what serves as the inspiration for the theme of this competition: “The future lies in sharing”, because now more than ever before, the way we work, do business and PREMIO INTERNACIONAL DE FOTOGRAFÍA relate with one another are inconceivable without this spirit of collaboration, of BANCA MARCH - Arts Exclusive Spain shared objectives. Av. Ramón y Cajal 34. 28016 Madrid For any enquiries or clarification, please go to: TWO - The Prize [email protected] Two prizes will be awarded: Tel. 91 415 01 00 1) A first prize of EIGHT THOUSAND EUROS, with the pertinent tax withholdings. The winning work will become part of the Banca March art collection. FIVE - Documentation 2) A second prize of TWO THOUSAND EUROS, with the pertinent tax withholdings. Candidates must provide a galley print of the work entered for the competition, in The winning work will become part of the Banca March art collection. whatever format the artist wants, although it cannot be any larger than A3. This 3) A COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION will be organised with all the works selected, trial print will be presented in a closed envelope, which will also contain a flash including the winning works, which will form part of the PHotoEspaña 2017 drive with the following documentation: programme. The exhibition will be held in Calcografía Nacional, in the Real 1. Application form duly filled out and signed, which must be downloaded from Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Alcalá 13, Madrid. the bank’s website: www.bancamarch.es. 4) A catalogue of the selected works will be published, which will include a text by 2. National I.D. card or Passport the artist and a short Curriculum vitae. The selected artists will provide the images for the catalogue in digital format, (TIFF with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi). 3. Specification file of the work, including the name of the artist, title of the work, date, technique, measurements and financial appraisal of the work. If the work THREE - Characteristics is presented under a pseudonym, heteronym or under the name of a group, the real names must appear in this file. Candidates will present an A3 galley print, the technical specification file, a text by the artists, a dossier with several photographs from the series – if it forms part 4. Curriculum vitae. 5. A graphic dossier with a maximum of twelve images of previous works the organisers. The selected artists will meet the costs of production, framing and 6. A picture of the photograph presented with the following characteristics for its transport of the work. The organisers of the Prize will be responsible for returning possible inclusion in the catalogue: CMYK Mode (Cian Magenta Yellow Black), the selected works to their artists. TIFF format with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi. NINE - Guarantees SIX - The Jury The artists are legally responsible for guaranteeing that they meet the Prize requirements regarding actual ownership and intellectual ownership. Applications The jury will include a photographer, a specialist in photography (curator or critic) that do not meet these criteria may not be selected and shall be disqualified. By and representatives of Banca March, the Fundación Juan March, PHotoEspaña and accepting to take part in the competition, photographers: the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. I. Guarantee that they are the owners of the works they present, that they hold SEVEN - Selection process and the decision full intellectual property rights to them and, in the event that the work has been commissioned for private and domestic purposes, that they have the authorisation The Jury will make a selection of works from those presented and will then award a of the person who commissioned them. First Prize and a Second Prize from these, giving special consideration to the artistic quality of the work, its alignment with the theme, the career of the artist and how II. Guarantee that they have not renounced any moral rights in the photographs. it fits into the contemporary photography discourse. III. Guarantee that they have obtained the pertinent authorisation from the people The names of the selected artists will be published on the bank’s website, www. who appear in the photographs, allowing them to take part in the BANCA MARCH bancamarch.es, after the Jury meets. The prizes will be awarded on the th6 of June INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE. If asked to do so, photographers must 2017, at the opening of the exhibition. present the signed consent of the people appearing in the photographs presented by them. Direct contact will only be made with selected artists and winners, who will be asked to provide the final work, framed, in accordance with the maximum IV. Accept that their work may be exhibited in different cities and then in any other measurements set. exhibition venue promoted by Banca March for a maximum of one year. V. Accept that the organiser may reproduce and/or license the reproduction of Postage and package to the exhibition venue, along with transport insurance for the any of the selected works presented for the BANCA MARCH INTERNATIONAL works, will be met by the author. The transport expenses for returning the works PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE, without entitling the photographer or model to any will be met by the organisers. payment for the sale, commercialisation or use of the work for cultural or The winning photograph and the runner-up will be considered as having been educational purposes, or for publicising the Prize in any world‑wide media, including acquired for the amount of the Prize awarded and shall become part of the Banca catalogues and the Internet. March art collection. VI. The intellectual property of the photographs selected shall remain in the hands of the photographer at all times and whenever the photograph is used, it will be EIGHT - The exhibition attributed to the photographer. The collective exhibition of the award-winning works and the other selected works will take place after the prize-giving ceremony as part of the PHotoEspaña 2017 TEN - Acceptance of the terms and conditions programme in the Calcografía Nacional of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de Participation in the BANCA MARCH INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE entails San Fernando, Alcalá 13, Madrid, in June and July. the full acceptance of these Terms and Conditions and anything not covered herein A catalogue will also be published that will include the works of the artists selected shall be decided by the Jury. The Jury’s decision shall be final, even if the prizes are in this edition of the prize. The award-winning artists will receive three copies at declared null and void. no cost. Once the BANCA MARCH INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE has been decided, the selected photographs and the winning photograph must be sent, DULY PACKAGED AND FRAMED, to the address that will be provided by the office of