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digitec photo contest: send us your best black and white portraits

22.6.2021

Translation: Eva Francis

As part of the series on Peter Lindbergh, we’re looking for the most expressive black and white portrait pictures. The 150 best portraits will be exhibited at the Photobastei on 9 December 2021.

Documentary filmmaker Armin Tobler and photographer Thomas Kunz dived into the world of Peter Lindbergh for the new photography format «Rohformat». The result? Four episodes, two tutorials and four pictures, which you can see here:

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«Rohformat»: a short documentary about Peter Lindbergh
by Eva Lipecki

Photo contest and exhibition at Photobastei Zurich

Now it's your turn. On 22 June, we’re launching a photo contest. We’re looking for your best and most powerful black and white portrait photographs. In line with Peter Lindbergh photography style, we’ve deliberately chosen black and white photography. By a portrait, we mean a picture which shows a person. What about group pictures? Only if they have portrait character, such as a picture of a couple, twins, a mother with her child and the like. The person must be the main motif and the head must be visible. Animal portraits aren’t what we’re looking for.

We’ll award the three best pictures with a digitec voucher worth CHF 400.–, CHF 200.– and CHF 100.– and will exhibit the 150 most beautiful pictures from 9 to 23 December 2021 in Photobastei Zurich. We’ll kick off the exhibition with a small opening event.

Details about the contest

You can submit your pictures until 8 July 2021. After the entry deadline, a jury will determine the winners and inform them personally. We’ll present the winning photos on digitec.ch.

Who’s in the jury? Thomas Kunz (photographer), Armin Tobler (documentary filmmaker), Julian Stauffer (art director) and Eva Lipecki (brand manager). All four are photo-savvy employees of Digitec Galaxus AG who’ve had an active role in producing the series on Peter Lindbergh.

How to participate

It’s very simple: upload your photographs and details via Google Forms Login via Google Forms. Alternatively, can send your black-and-white portrait photo to thomas.kunz@digitecgalaxus.ch.

Entry conditions

Each participant may submit several photos. Minors require the consent of their legal representative. By entering the contest, you confirm to be the creator of the picture. You also confirm to have the consent of the photographed person(s) for publication. The rights of the submitted photo remain with you. However, Digitec Galaxus AG has the right to use and publish the photos for marketing purposes in connection with the contest. The photos must be free from claims of third parties. There is no entitlement to publication.

It is forbidden to submit pictures that glorify violence, are racist or violate applicable laws. In case of violation of the conditions of participation, we reserve the right to exclude the respective photo from the contest. Any prizes will only be shipped within Switzerland. Digitec Galaxus AG employees are excluded from entering the contest. There is no right of appeal.

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Eva Lipecki

Senior Brand Communications Manager

Eva.Lipecki@digitecgalaxus.ch

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