The rules

Free. No purchase, ever. Open worldwide to anyone aged 18 or over. Three photographs maximum per person. Once a photograph is submitted it cannot be edited; if you need one taken down, write to benjamin@cam-strap.com and we will remove it.

カテゴリーは1つで、カメラの種類は問いません。スマートフォンでも参加可能です。機材に関する要件は一切なく、購入する必要もありません。

We refuse an entry that is not the entrant's own photograph, that is AI generated or AI extended, that was taken outside 1 August to 15 October 2026, that has been retouched beyond normal development, that shows a recognisable person who has not agreed to appear, or that was obtained by disturbing an animal. Normal development means exposure, contrast, colour, crop, straightening and dust removal. It does not mean compositing, or adding or removing anything.

Derry Caulfield scores every entry blind, and she is the sole judge. She sees the photograph, its title, and the one line you write about where and when. She does not see your name, your email address or any follower count. She does read that line, so a country written into it is a country she sees. Approved entries also appear in the public gallery, credited, before judging begins, so this protects against her knowing whose work it is by accident rather than against anyone determined to find out. The criteria are the light, weighted double, then the moment, then the craft. Her decision is final.

デリー・コールフィールドが唯一の審査員であり、彼女の教室Learn How To Photographが本コンテストの特別協賛です。Camstrapとデリーは写真の普及に取り組むパートナーです。Camstrapや彼女から何かを購入しても応募作の評価は変わりません。彼女の生徒、およびワークショップ参加者も、他の方と同じ条件で応募できます。名前を伏せた審査は氏名を隠しますが、写真に見覚えを持つことまでは防げません。自分が担当したワークショップなどで応募作に見覚えがある場合、彼女はその旨を申告し、Camstrapが受賞決定前にその作品の順位を再確認します。

The People's Choice prize is decided by a public vote on the twelve finalists, open from 22 October to 28 October. One vote per person per day. Votes cast by duplicate, automated or incentivised accounts are removed, and a vote already counted may be withdrawn if it is later found to be one of those. Voting is not judging: it decides one prize and has no effect on the jury's decisions. If two finalists finish level, the head judge decides.

Twelve prizes. The grand prize is a private portfolio review with Derry Caulfield, one hour over video, to be scheduled by the winner within three months, plus the Camstrap field kit: a Nomad backpack, a Trek harness and a Magclip. The people's choice winner receives a Trek harness, and each of the ten other finalists receives a Magclip. Prizes are not exchangeable for cash. Any local import duty is the winner's.

著作権はあなたに帰属します。あなたはCamstrapに対し、あなたの作品をLast Lightギャラリーに掲載する権利、および結果発表時にあなたの名前を明記する権利を与えます。上位12位以内に入賞した場合、その権利はCamstrapのマーケティング活動にも2年間適用されます。 本規約が本コンテストの利用条件です。Lumièreサイトの一般利用規約と異なる場合は、応募については本規約が優先します。

Your email address is used to run the award and to tell you the result. The newsletter is a separate box you tick yourself, and it is never a condition of entering.

This award is not sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Instagram or Meta.

Questions go to benjamin@cam-strap.com. The award is run by Camstrap, Saussan, France.