All participants will retain the right of their images, grant royalty-free licence in each entry to Legacy Photography Awards, the right to use for self-promotion related to Legacy Photography Awards on any media fully crediting the photographer in each case.

Participants claim to be the authors of their work, have the copyright of the images presented and the authorization of the people who appear in them. In any case, the organization is not responsible for possible infringements of copyright or intellectual property right by the participants in case of complaint.

Any entry that does not meet these requirements will be disqualified by the organization.

Images that are considered pornographic, violent, obscene, that incite hatred in any variant (racism, sexism, religion …) as well as any that may be considered offensive by the organization will be disqualified. The organization will at all times have the right to eliminate a certain photograph before or after its publication if it considers it appropriate, as well as to exclude participants who do not comply with these rules, in future editions of the contest.

If digital  templates are used, the photographers must be the authors of the templates. Photographs using digital templates or images or parts of images not taken by the photographer will be eliminated from the competition.
The use of digital textures or backgrounds from third parties is permitted, “texture” being defined as a shape or surface of a non-solid and non-identifiable nature.

Digital backgrounds,  whatever their nature, must be perfectly integrated into the photograph, visually respecting the lighting used by the photographer and the shadows generated by that lighting.

The level of integration and realism of the final image will be assessed.

The use of photographic software such as Photoshop is allowed; basic adjustments of colour, brightness and contrast as well as reframing of the original image are not considered retouching.

The use of tools such as liquefying or techniques such as frequency separation or Dodge and Burn are considered retouching and their correct use by the photographer will be assessed.

The photographs submitted to the competition must not have a logo, watermark or name in order to maintain the anonymity of the authors.

The photographs taken during a workshop are not allowed unless they are pictures taken by the instructor and he/she is the one who prepared the whole set, lighting, stage design…

Artificial Intelligence

As this is a photographic competition, the portraits submitted must be taken with a camera and images generated by Artificial Intelligence will not be accepted.

However, AI-generated backgrounds and textures are allowed.

Commercial templates created by AI may not be used in the competition.

In no case may AI-created backgrounds cover or support the models, but they may form part of the image scenery.

In any case, the perfect integration between the photographic image and the one generated by AI will be taken into account, taking into account proportions, lighting, textures, resolution, colour, etc.

At equal score during voting, entirely photographic images will be ranked immediately higher than those featuring AI-created parts.

Under no circumstances may the physical characteristics of the models be altered or complements added to them through the use of Artificial Intelligence: hair, wardrobe, etc.

In case of doubt, the competition may request the files used from the photographers.

Due to the incessant increase of applications of Artificial Intelligence in the photographic field, these rules may change, so we advise you to be aware of the changes although the organization will communicate them in advance on our social networks.