PHOTO CONTEST INFORMATION

Do you have what it takes to be a Times photographer? Then enter our competition

The Times has launched the ninth Times Young Photographer of the Year Award. The competition, which for the second year running is sponsored by Canon, seeks to find the country’s best young photographer. The winner will win a six-month full-time contract with The Times, where they will be trained in the skills of photojournalism. They will also receive the following Canon camera equipment:

• Canon EOS 5D Mark II camera body
• Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8 L lens
• EF 70-200 F/2.8 L IS lens
• Canon 580EX II Speedlite flash

The winner will be someone who can show flair and imagination – whose work is visually exciting. Entrants will need to submit photographs in three different

categories:
a. Lifestyle
b. Portraiture
c. Reportage

Eligibility: The competition is open to any UK and Republic of Ireland resident aged between 18 and 26.

Free to Enter

Limit: Entry limited to one per person.

Copyright: Entrants will retain copyright and moral rights in their submitted images however, by entering, all entrants:

a. Grant Canon, non-exclusive rights to use the images to promote the competition the images were submitted to, or for similar future competitions within a 24 month period of the winner being announced for the competition that the images concerned were submitted to.

b. grant TNL non-exclusive rights to edit, publish and use each entry to promote the competition which may include an online gallery or feature in The Times or in any other media or supplement, or similar future competition, during the competition and for a period of 5 years after the winners have been announced.

c. In each case the photographer will always be credited whenever the image is used and published by the TNL or Canon.

Deadline: August 31 2010

Winner Announcement: The winner will be announced no later than October 29, 2010

Contest website: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/