Dental Art Photography
Requirements
The category is open to all dentists, dental technicians and students. Each participant can submit 1 photography. The aim of the category is to encourage creativity and artistry in dentistry.
Art photography differs from other kinds of photography in the way it represents reality – objectivity is not a priority; instead, the goal is to instill in the viewer a specific artistic message. This is done with the help of various techniques, composition and tonality, as well as applying a certain visual language, untypical of other genres in photography.
It is mandatory that the author of art dental photography is dentist or dental technician. According to rules and conditions of the contest all video and other filed materials must include only the name of the specialist who applied for participation.
Judging criteria
The jury anonymously evaluates the submissions in the category according to the following criteria:
Composition
Lighting
Artistic impact
Photographic technique
Digital remastering
Photography guidelines
Submissions must meet the definition of art photography and tackle the subject of dentistry.
Photographs may be intraoral, extraoral, portrait, or macro, dealing with objects from dental practices and laboratories.
Technical guidelines:
The photograph must be in a digital format, JPEG, no compression.
The file name must be in the following format: name of the art photograph, year it was taken (last two digits), in Latin letters, underscores (“_”) between the separate elements: dark_and_light_20.jpg.
Image size must be at least 3000 pix along the long side.
Resolution must be at least 300 dpi.
Files must be up to 20 MB.
Files must be in 8 bit color RGB or in Grayscale.
Each participant must be able to provide the photograph in a RAW file format upon request.
Exclude any personal information, names and initials patient’s and dental professional’s).
