Capture the moment Photography Competition 2025

To be eligible to enter, photographers must have an intellectual disability or an intellectual disability and autism. All photographers must be a New Zealand citizen or a permanent resident of New Zealand aged 13 years or older at the time of entry. Photographers DO NOT have to be using IHC, IDEA Services or Choices NZ. The photograph must have been taken by the photographer listed on the entry form, with minimal help from others. Photographers aged between 13 to 17 will automatically fall in the Youth Award category.

What is Intellectual Disability

IHC's Definition

Intellectual disability is a term used when a person has difficulty understanding, concentrating, learning and remembering new things in their everyday life. People with an intellectual disability may need support to develop new skills, understand complex information and communicate with other people. Intellectual disabilities almost always become evident during the developmental years. Despite certain limitations, people with an intellectual disability often have other strengths and capabilities. People with an intellectual disability are all very different individuals. Some have additional health problems or disabilities that can make their lives harder.

Different Types of Intellectual Disability

There are different types of intellectual disabilities, which can be classified as mild, moderate, severe or profound. In all cases an intellectual disability is lifelong. The level of support someone needs depends on the individual. For example, someone with a mild intellectual disability may only need support with things like getting a job. However, someone with a severe or profound disability may need fulltime care and support with every aspect of their life – they may also have physical disabilities. These categories are not rigid and there are no clear dividing lines between the different groups. It’s important to realise that language is constantly changing. The words we use to describe intellectual disabilities have changed over time, and will continue to change, as a result of listening to people with personal experience and as a result of changing values and attitudes in society.

The theme for this years competition is "“Nature: the living world”.

Definition of Nature – "all the animals, plants and other things in the world ".

We would love to see your photos of “nature in the living world”. This could be photos of animals, plants, water, the sea and even mountains.

Photographers Contact Details

If you are selected as a one of the Thirty (30) Finalists, a Winner or Youth Award Winner, please let us know how you would like your name to appear on your Certificate.

Photographers Address

If your photograph doesn't sell at FOTOFEST, this is the address we will return your photograph too.

Payment of Sold Artworks

If you are selected as one of our thirty (30) finalists, First, Second, or Third Place Winner or Youth Award Winner, IHC your photo will be exhibited at FOTO FEST in Hastings from Friday 19 September to Friday 3 October 2025. IHC will print and frame your images.

As a finalist, First, Second or Third Place Winner or the Youth Award winner and your photograph sells, the sale proceeds will be paid directly in to the photographers bank account (this cannot be paid in to alternative bank accounts).

Should your photograph sell, you will need to provide IHC your bank account details (copy of your bank deposit slip OR a copy of your online bank statement (without the transactions) clearly showing the bank logo, bank account and bank account number. Please see the Capture the moment Terms and Conditions of Entry for further information.

Photograph Details

If your photo is selected as a finalist, this is the lowest sum you would be happy to accept for the sale of your framed photograph should your photograph sell. Your photograph will be available for sale at the FOTO FEST exhibition in Hastings from 19 September to 3 October 2025. If it doesn't sell at FOTO FEST, your image will be returned to you.

Photograph Image Upload

Please upload one clear images of your photograph. Save your photograph as a JPEG, GIF or PNG format only. Only use letters, numbers, underscores and hyphens in your photograph file names. There is a 1MB size limit on all image uploads but we recommend using image files of less than 500KB for the best results. Please ensure that your image is in the correct orientation before uploading . If your image are saved upside-down, please rotate the image before uploading it.

Remember this is the image the judges will use to judge your photograph.

Summary

Terms and Conditions for Capture the moment Photography Competition 2025
Terms and Conditions for Capture the moment Photography Competition 2025 1. Eligibility To submit an entry, photographers must have an intellectual disability or an intellectual disability and autism. Entrants must be a New Zealand citizen or a permanent resident of New Zealand aged 13 years or older at the time of entry. Photographers DO NOT have to be using IHC / IDEA Services or Choices NZ. The photograph must have been taken by the photographer listed on the entry form, with minimal help from others. Photographers aged between 13 to 17 years will automatically fall in the Youth Award category. 2. Photograph Only one photograph per photographer may be entered. The photograph must have been taken in the last 12 (twelve) months with minimal help from others to be eligible. Your photograph must come under the theme “Nature: the living world” (Nature – all the animals, plants and other things in the world that exist or happen independently of people, water, sea mountains). Your photograph can be black and white or colour. A series of photographs will not be accepted. If you are selected as one of the finalists, you will be notified by email. 3. Youth Award The Youth Award is for entrants aged 13 to 17. The judges will select the winner of the Youth Award from the Youth Award entries received. 4. Judging The selection of finalists and awarding of First, Second and Third place winners and the Youth Award winner is made by a panel of judges. Their decision will be final, and no correspondence will be entered into. The winner of the People’s Choice Award is selected by members of the public via online voting. 5. Entries Opening Date The entry opening date for submitting photographs is Tuesday 1 July 2025. Entries will open at 9.00am. Photographs will not be accepted before this date. All photographs are to be submitted online using the Capture the moment online entry form. 6. Entries Closing Date All photographs must be submitted and received online by 5pm on Thursday 31 July 2025. Late entries will not be accepted. 7. Finalists Up to 30 photographs will be chosen from the entries received to form the finalists. The number of finalists selected may be less than 30. 8. Reproduction / Publication of Artwork All photographers must be willing to participate in publicity or media stories and agree to the publication or reproduction of their work by IHC at any time to promote this and future photography competitions for people with intellectual disabilities, without payment of any fee, royalty or commission. 9. Printing and Mounting If your artwork is selected as a finalist, there is no need to do anything else. We will print and frame your image for exhibition for you. 10. Sale of Photographs The finalists’ photographs must be available for sale. The sale price photographers place on their work will be the price the photograph is sold for at the FOTO FEST Exhibition in Hastings from 15 September to 2 October 2025. One hundred percent (100%) of the sale price will be paid to photographers if their work is sold. Should the photograph not sell at the FOTO FEST Exhibition, the photograph will be returned to the photographer. 11. Payment for Artwork One hundred percent (100%) of the sale price will be paid to the photographer’s bank account if the work is sold. Payment will not be paid into the account of the art base / studio, family member, support person or friend. The photographers bank account details will be requested following the sale of the photographers’ image. Proof of bank account details must be provided to IHC National Office which can be either being a bank deposit slip or a copy of the entrant’s online bank statement clearly showing the bank logo, their bank account name and bank account number. Photographers will receive a confirmation email advising the sale price of their photograph and the expected date of payment to their bank account. 12. Pricing Photographs Please be realistic when setting sale prices. 13. Notification to Finalists As soon as the finalists have been selected, all photographers who have and haven’t been selected as finalists will be notified by email. 14. Risk All entries are submitted at the sole risk of the photographers. IHC accepts no liability for any loss or damage and shall not be required to provide insurance cover or cover the costs of damage to photographs. 15. Media As an entrant of the Capture the moment photography competition, you may be approached by media or want to approach media yourself to talk about your entry. If this happens, contact the IHC Communications team at ihccomms@ihc.org.nz for support to work with media. 16. Your Privacy By providing your personal information to use, you are consenting to the collection, storage, use and disclosure of that information as set out in IHC’s Website Privacy Statement. For further information about our Privacy Statement, please click on the link below: IHC Website Privacy Statement | IHC New Zealand

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