Article 2 - Objective
The award is presented to a professional photographer of any age, sex or nationality  who wishes to cover a social, economic, political or cultural issue in a journalistic manner, on presentation of a dossier, including the documents and works stipulated in Article 5. The Award is given in order to allow the winner to produce a story that has never been told but that the photographer cannot find support for within the media.

Article 3  - Orgnisation
Entry is free.
The application dossier must be postmarked no later than July 1st 2008 and must be sent without acknowledgement of receipt to the following address :

Association Pierre & Alexandra Boulat
C% COSMOS
56, Bld Latour Mubourg
75007 Paris - France

NB : Acknowledgement of receipt will be refused.
Application dossiers can be downloaded on the website of VII 
NB : Application dossiers will not be returned to applicants.

The « applicant » agrees that, should he or she win the Award, he/she will include the title « Winner of the Pierre & Alexandra Boulat Association, suported by Canon », in the photo-reportage and in all communication connected with it and that he/she will keep the Association , Canon and Images- Evidence informed about the progress of the project and what results he/she has obtained.

He/She also agrees to let the Association and/or Canon exhibit his/her photographs financed by the award and be included in a Catalogue or Promotional material that promotes the Association or its activities for an unlimted period

The « applicant » agrees that, should he obtain the Award, he will not present the same project for any other Award untill the Visa Pour l’Image – Perpignan Festival 2009, when his/her  work financed by the award will be exhibited or presented during an evening show.

In August 2008, the jury, formed by members of the association, will be pre-selecting and studying the dossiers.  Final selection will be made in Perpignan, during Visa pour l’Image-Perpignan 2008, by a jury choosen among the personnalities present in Perpignan at the time.

The applicant agrees that, should he/she win the Award, he/she will be in Perpignan on
the in September 2008 to attend the prizegiving ceremony at his/her own expense  the evening projection of the 20th International Festival of Photojournalism « Visa pour l’Image-Perpignan », where he/she will be presented with the Award by representatives of the Association and Canon.

The winner of the grant will receive the 8000 euros in 2 parts : the first one at Visa Pour l’Image in Perpignan in September, and the second one after showing the first part of his/her work to Visa,
the Association and Canon six months later.
At the beginning of August, the « applicant » chosen by the jury will receive a notification. In the  event that the « applicant » should not attend this notification, he/she will be disqualified.

Should he/she obtain the  grant, the Applicant agrees to finish his/her photo-reportage by the 15th of April 2009 at the latest, to enable his work to be available for exhibition or showing evening during the 20th International Festival of Photojournalism « Visa pour l’Image- Perpignan » which will take place during the first two weeks of September 2009.

For the publicity related to the prize, the winner commits to give three high resolution images free of charge on a CD Rom as well as a portrait of himself to Canon, the Association and Images-Evidence. The Award is given in order to allow the winner to carry out the photo-reportage which has been presented for the Award.

Once his/her work has been completed, he/she also commits to give three photos free of charge to the latter and à CD with all the high resolution images from the project he/she realised thanks to the award. The winners also agree to provide two signed prints from the work to the Association.

The Winner agrees not to reapply for a period of 5 years..

Article 4 - Jury
The jury, which will be made up of members of persons of good standing in the profession, magazines editors, book publishers, photographers and curators, will give the Award based on the professional qualities of the applicant and the relevance and originality of the project.

The jury’s decision is final and will be carried by majority vote after due deliberation. The jury can decide not to give the Award if it considers that none of the applications is worthy of it.

Article 5 _ Application conditions
The conditions are as follows :
- applicants must have completed at least one photo-reportage
(published or unpublished)
- applicants must be professional photojournalists
- applicants must be able to write and speak in French or English
Applicants must send two copies of their application. The format has to be A4, unbound.
The application dossier will include the following items in the order given below :
1- a signed application form,
2- a photocopy of the applicant’s identity card or passport,
3- an affidavit stating that the candidate is a professional photojournalist,
4- a curriculum vitae,
5- a letter in support of the application including
a description of the photo-reportage project (maximum 3 typed pages).
This letter must remain anonymous and must not contain anything
that would allow the candidate to be identified,
-a projected budget for the photo-reportage project for which the Award is to be used if obtained.
If the financing of the project is to be extended to other partners, these must be
approved by Canon , the Association  and Images-Evidence who reserve the right not to cite them,
7- a photo-reportage in black and white or colour :
between 10 and 20 pictures on a CD Rom
(only CD’s will be taken under consideration)

Material specifications for CD Rom
- CD Rom low resolution
- with captions written in the File Info field,
- only JPEG accepted (no TIFF or PSD)
- maximum images size : 3 MB
- Each Picture file has to be named and numbered,
in the order the photograph would like them to be shown to the jury

The CDs must be clearly labelled with the name of the applicants
NB : CD  who will not respect those precise specifications will be out of competition
Books or any other format will not be considered.
There should be no evidence of the applicant’s identity in order to maintain the
anonymity of the dossiers. The photographs can be numbered,

8 - originals or copies of publications if possible

Article 6 _ Liability
Canon the Association and Images-Evidence reserve the right to cancel granting
the Award under the present rules at any time and for whatever reason.

  Article 7 _ Registration and Consultation of the Entry Rules
The entry rules for this Award are registered with Maître Jacques Augeard, huissier in Paris.
These entry rules will be sent free of charge if requested from the Association
These rules are only subject to French law. Only the French language version of the    rules shall be deemed authentic in the event of litigation.