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NOW I CAN

PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION 2016

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

OUR STORY 3 HOW WE WORK 3 DARREN TILNAK 4 KATE T. PARKER 4 SEYHAN CAMGOZ 4 DANIEL POWER 5 KIM POWER 5 PROFESSIONAL: 5 AMATEUR: 5 MOST POPULAR: 5 1. PARTICIPANTS 1 2. CATEGORIES 1 3. ENTRY FEES 1 4. PROMOTION TIMETABLE 1 5. JUDGING CRITERIA 2 6. HOW TO ENTER 2 7. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS 2 9. HOW ENTRIES ARE USED AND DISPLAYED 3 10. LICENCE FOR WINNING PHOTOS 3 11. CONTINUING USE ONLINE 3 13. PRIZES 4 14. PROMOTER'S DECISION 4 15. CLAIMING PRIZES 4 16. PARTICIPANT WARRANTIES AND INDEMNITY 4 17. LIABILITY 4 18. OTHER CONDITIONS THAT MAY DISQUALIFY PARTICIPANTS OR IMPACT THE PROMOTION 4 19. PRIVACY 5 20. LIABILITY 5 21. MISCELLANEOUS 5

1. About the Sunflower Foundation

Our Story

The Sunflower Foundation (Australia) Inc. began in 2008, when Kim and Paul Power took a life-changing trip to Guamote, a rural town located in Ecuador. They visited Inti Sisa; ‘Inti’ meaning sun, and ‘Sisa’ meaning flower. Inti Sisa is a non- government organisation supporting the local Andes villages. It features a kindergarten, a tourist hostel, a computer centre, and tutoring and vocational classes. Once Kim and Paul had got to know the locals of Guamote, they heard whispers of a dream; to create a scholarship program for indigenous girls that would help Guamote adapt and transform from an agricultural to a light based industry hub, to promote economic growth. Kim and Paul, upon hearing talk of this dream, decided to take on the challenge and make the dream a reality. Their inspiration was Kim’s late mother, Patricia Eileen Monaghan. From a young age, Patricia was a bright, diligent student who was awarded several scholarships to Secondary School and appeared to have a promising future in her education. However, to her dismay, she was left with no choice but to leave school at the tender age of 13, in order to take up a Hairdressing Apprenticeship to financially support her brothers and sisters during the Great Depression. Growing up, Patricia often felt inadequate and uninformed due to her lack of education. However, her choice to forgo an education and put her family first is why Kim and Paul chose to endow an annual scholarship in her name. They wanted to share her story with the world, let her legacy live on and inspire girls everywhere. Thus, a family association and Trust was created not only to honour the tremendous sacrifices Patricia made for her family, but also to provide disadvantaged girls from developing nations with the access to and opportunity for education. In 2008, the family association and Trust became the charity ‘Education for Ecuador’. Unfortunately, just as Education for Ecuador was starting to get on its feet, the European Board of Inti Sisa rejected the scholarship program. The Board felt that the scholarships awarded would benefit individuals, rather than the community as a whole. Therefore, an organisational restructuring was necessary for the charity to stay true to its mission. The Committee of Management decided to move to a grants-based model and open applications for grants to educate girls in developing countries. Therefore, with this broader scope for its work, Education for Ecuador underwent a name change to become ‘The Sunflower Foundation’ in 2010, thus keeping its links to its roots at Inti Sisa. In 2013, the Foundation was authorised as an overseas aid organisation with full OAGDs status and full DGR status. That meant that all donations over $2 to The Sunflower Foundation Public Fund would be tax deductible. Due to ATO requirements, the trust was then closed, but the Patricia Monaghan grant still continues to be the first grant awarded each year in order to keep her legacy alive. Though the Foundation has undergone several changes, the mission remains the same: to educate and empower as many girls as possible in the developing world, seeding hope and opportunity where there was none.

How We Work

We partner with local, non-government organisations (NGOs) and charities⎯the grassroots people who know what is needed and offer utmost efficiency⎯via an annual grants process. We only grant funds to registered charities and NGOs, and we have approved policies in place to ensure grant monies do not go to terrorist fronts or fake charities. Funds are sent only to authenticated accounts. Since our inception, and up until 2016, we have funded 18 projects in seven countries. We have reached thousands of girls and their families. We have provided tuition centres, educational supplies, showers for a boarding school, sewing centres, computer labs and teachers, community education and girls’ empowerment programs. You can read about our projects here and full disclosure of our process is found on our website at http://www.sunflowerfoundation.ngo/

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Now I Can Competition Brief

In 2015-16, our Tanzanian project was called Sasa Naweza, Swahili for “Now I Can”. This captures the empowerment education provides for girls in developing countries. It enables them to earn more lifelong, to avoid teen pregnancy and HIV/AIDS infection, to know their rights about child marriage and to build economically sustainable communities. We have adopted this theme for our 2016 competition. Your brief for this competition is to capture the moment when ”I wish I could” becomes “Now I Can” for a girl or woman. Your photo may include multiple subjects. Your brief for this competition is to capture the glint in the eye, the passion/exuberance/intention in the body, the smile on the lips, the confidence, the courage, the grit and self-esteem of girls free to be themselves with integrity and authenticity in the moment—girls who reject the social expectation that they need to make themselves appear to be less than they are to conform to social stereotypes of femininity. Your Entry must be accompanied by a short paragraph telling us your photo’s story. We are focusing on girls and women because gender equality is the UN global goal for 2030. Even in high-income countries, stereotypes of appropriate female behaviour impact on girls at the age of puberty. The video, “Run Like a Girl”, demonstrates amply how #LikeAGirl has become a derogatory term. Statistically, women are less empowered in the workforce and gender wage parity is still decades away. We fund girls’ education and empowerment in countries where girls suffer far more extreme gender discrimination. Such an exercise is highly significant for them.

Judging Panel

Photos will be judged by a panel comprising:

Darren Tilnak

Award winning photographer, Darren Tilnak, who heads the team at Lifestyle Portraits, is one of Australia's leading fine art portrait photographers. A qualified master in his field of black & white photography, he has been creating original photographic works for over 25 years. Darren is recognised internationally, and his works have been the recipient of numerous awards, due in part to strong European influences in his imagery.

Kate T. Parker

Kate T Parker is the commercial and fine art photographer who created the photographic meme, "Strong is the New Pretty"—a concept inspired by her desire to offer alternate role models to her daughters. Workman Publishing is issuing her photobook in 2017! Although based in Atlanta, Kate’s work has been featured in galleries internationally. She also speaks on the subjects of photography and women's issues.

Seyhan Camgoz

Photography is Seyhan Camgoz’s passion. Trained as a photographer in Turkey, Seyhan focused on fashion and commercial photography for 10 years. She acquired international experience with a range of companies including Marie Claire, Harper’s Bazaar, and Vogue. After moving to Melbourne in 2014, Seyhan began to work in family portraiture in order to create artistic images with ordinary people, to capture their excitement and stories.

Daniel Power

Daniel Power is an artist and creative designer whose works are exhibited internationally. Dan has painted, sculpted, filmed, photographed, written, drawn and presented his way through the last 22 years. His airbrushing instructional DVDs are international best-sellers, and you’ve seen his sculptures in the film, Where the Wild Things Are. Everything Daniel has done and does is based in art in one way or another. He draws on numerous mediums and media for both commercial art and fine art.

Kim Power

Kim Power is co-founder and current President of the Sunflower Foundation (Australia) Inc. Her focus will be the extent to which the photos capture the brief and the values of the organisation in the service of the empowerment of girls and women:

§ Integrity § Transparency § Empowerment § Justice § Equality § Compassion § Innovation § Courage

Prizes

A "Prize" will be awarded to the Participant who submits the winning entry in each category as determined by the judges in accordance with Terms & Conditions 10 ("Winners") as follows:

Professional:

Mentoring in the form of written feedback from the judges $400 Voucher from Bond Imaging,* 4 Gwynne St, Richmond VIC 3121 $200 Voucher for Equipment hire at Michaels** $475.00 Salvatore Ferragamo Sunglasses $1250 Voucher from LifeStyle Portraits.***

Amateur:

Mentoring in the form of written feedback from the judges $400 Voucher from Bond Imaging,* 4 Gwynne St, Richmond VIC 3121 $200 Voucher towards a media school class with Michael’s Media School** $1250 Voucher from LifeStyle Portraits.*** Student: Mentoring in the form of written feedback from the judges $200 Voucher towards a media school class with Michael’s Media School** $219.99 Nike Sunglasses $1250 Voucher from LifeStyle Portraits.***.

Most Popular:

Mentoring in the form of written feedback from the judges. $360 John Varvatos Sunglasses

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Our grateful thanks go to the companies that donated these prizes.

* Bond’s Imaging is accessible online. **Michaels has stores in major every city in Australia. *** LifeStyle Portraits is in Melbourne. This prize includes a lifetime of portrait sittings and an 18” finished image or a $1000 credit towards packages with three or more images.

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Sunflower Foundation (Australia) Inc. Now I Can Terms and Conditions

All competition entries are subject to the Terms & Conditions below. Information on how to enter and prizes forms part of these Terms and Conditions. Entry into this Promotion is deemed acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.

1. Participants The Promotion is only open to individual Australian residents who are not: Employees (including both paid staff and volunteers), or immediate family members of employees, of:

i) the Promoter; ii) companies which are related to the Promoter; iii) companies providing prizes for this Promotion; or iv) agencies associated with this Promotion.

2. Categories There are three categories in which Participants can submit entries:

i) Student (under 18): prior to being eligible to take any Prize, participants in the Student category who are under 18 will be required to produce documentation that establishes

a. parental approval and b. their age (such as a birth certificate, or a record of their school enrolment details).

ii) Amateur iii) Professional

Participants can only choose one category in which to submit an Entry.

Most Popular

All participants are eligible for the ‘Most Popular’ photo.

3. Entry Fees

i) Student $10 ii) Amateur $15 iii) Professional $30

4. Promotion Timetable The Promotion will be conducted in accordance with the following timetable:

§ Launch Competition Brief October 11 2016 § Submission Period Opens November 1 2016 § Submission Period Closes January 15 2017 § Public Voting Opens January 20 2017 § Public Voting Closes February 28 2017 § Winners Notified March 1 2017 § Public Announcement and Prize Giving March 8 2017

Notes: The Brief will be available on the Promotion website, sunflowerfoundation.ngo ("the Website") in accordance with the dates specified above.

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Briefs may also be emailed to Participants in advance of the announcement date specified above if they sign up to receive news and other marketing communications about the Sunflower Foundation prior to that date.

5. Judging Criteria Winners will be selected based on creativity, technical execution and the entries that best fit the theme.

6. How to Enter

To enter, the Participant must, during the Submission Period, fill in the application form on the website, sunflowerfoundation.ngo/nowican and attach their photo as specified below. In addition to providing their name, Participants will also be required to supply a valid email address and phone number. Only one Entry may be submitted per Participant. If a Participant wants to swap their Entry (and still be eligible for judging) they may do so but only before the end of the Submission Period.

7. Entry Requirements

Entries must be true photographs and not composites or digital manipulations. Basic editing such as cropping and basic colour adjustment is permitted. Selective colour adjustment is not permitted. Other than cropping, removal of pixels is not permitted. Entries must be in digital form, submitted in JPG, TIFF or PNG format and be between 1MB - 5MB in size by email to photos@sunflowerfoundation.ngo Entries must be of an acceptable resolution and picture quality, as determined by the Promoter in its absolute discretion. Participants can only submit Entries that have not won a prize in another public competition or promotion, and have not been used commercially. Participants can only submit their own original work. Entries must not contain third party artworks, substantial branding, substantial street art or other third party material that is protected by copyright or other intellectual property rights. If any recognisable person appearing in any Entry is:

a) under the age of 18 and is not the child of the person submitting the Entry; b) is a well-known personality; or c) is captured in a private or domestic setting or on private land, participants must obtain consent from the person (or their parent or guardian if they are under the age of 18), to submit the Entry in this Promotion. Participants must be able to provide evidence of such consent if requested.

Participants must retain a copy of any Entries submitted, in the highest resolution available, together with a copy of their original unedited image file. The Promoter recommends Entries are retained for a period of at least 18 months. 8. Moderation All Entries will be subject to moderation and will only be posted on the Website and be eligible for judging once the Promoter is satisfied that the Entry appears to fit the Eligibility criteria of the Promotion. The Promoter reserves the right to moderate any Entry that it determines:

a) is or may be discriminatory, racist, hateful, violent, threatening, abusive, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane or indecent, offensive or unlawful; b) contains nudity or features alcohol, drugs or cigarettes; c) advertises or is otherwise designed to sell a product or service or increase traffic to any other website; or d) is otherwise objectionable.

Entries may also be moderated for compliance with the Entry requirements listed above.

Such determinations are in the Promoter's absolute discretion and discussions will not be entered into. The moderation process will take up to 2 working days (working days being Monday-Friday) to complete and Participants must allow for this time when submitting Entries. In some limited cases, the Promoter may require additional time but in such cases, the Participant will be notified. Participants who submit Entries within 2 working days of the end of the Submission Period accept that their Entry may be moderated and that they may not have an opportunity to resubmit their Entry.

9. How Entries Are Used and Displayed

Participants retain any copyright they own in their Entries. By entering the Promotion, Participants grant the Promoter permission (which Participants understand cannot be retracted) to: a) Post their Entry in various places on the Sunflower Foundation Website (e.g. in a gallery of entries) and official social media sites; b) Use their Entry in displays at Sunflower Foundation promotional events, and capture their Entry in film footage or photos of such events for subsequent use across any media including online and on social media; and c) Feature their Entry in and across any media, including online and on social media; but only to conduct and promote The Sunflower Foundation (Australia) Inc. up until March 8 2018. All Participants also grant the Promoter the right to sublicense the use of their Entry as may be required to achieve the purposes described in this clause. Unless and until a Participant's Entry is announced to be a winning Entry, a Participant may remove their Entry from the Website. Participants understand that if they remove their Entry from the Website before the Winners are announced that their Entry will not be eligible to win. Winners cannot remove their entries from the Website. Entry constitutes consent to "sharing" of Entries on social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Google Plus. Other Participants and visitors will be able to share their Entries across social media platforms and Participants understand that such consent cannot be retracted.

10. Licence for Winning Photos

Winners grant the Promoter permission (which Winners understand cannot be retracted) to use their Entry in any form across any media, including online and on social media, in order to conduct and promote the Sunflower Foundation, up until March 8 2021. Winners also grant the Promoter the right to sublicense the use of their Entry to any third party as may be required to achieve the purposes described in this clause.

11. Continuing Use Online

Despite any other terms and conditions, if an Entry has been used online in accordance with those clauses during the licence period, Participants acknowledge and agree that the Promoter will not be required to subsequently take down such content at the end of the licence period.

a) Google image indexing The Promoter enables Google image indexing on the Website and Participants acknowledge and accept that their Entries may appear in Google's image search results. b) Further Uses If the Promoter wishes to use a Participant's Entry for any purpose not specified in these terms and conditions, it will contact the Participant in order to seek consent and/or negotiate a licence. c) Moral rights The Promoter will use its best endeavours to uphold Participants' moral rights, however Participants consent to any use of their Entries which may otherwise infringe their moral rights under the Copyright Act 1968. In particular, Entries may need to be altered for online display such as altering the resolution of an image or cropping for display purposes.

Participants may choose to have their Entry watermarked, but only using the watermarking function on the Website. Other kinds of watermarks will not be accepted.

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Subject to terms above if the Entry is used outside the Website in accordance with these terms, or is a winning Entry, Participants accept that the watermark may be removed. d) Feedback All Winners will receive feedback from a Master photographer. Such feedback will be provided to finalists via email on or before March 30 2017. Each Winner's Feedback will be published on the Website alongside their winning Entry. If a Winner objects to the publication of their Feedback for any reason, they must notify the Promoter via return email within 48 hours of the time when the email containing their feedback is sent to them.

13. Prizes

Total prize package is worth in excess of $6000.00. A "Prize" will be awarded to the Participant who submits the winning entry in each category as determined by the judges in accordance with Terms & Conditions 10 ("Winners") as follows: To be eligible to enter, Winners must retain copies of their Entries as set out in above.

14. Promoter's Decision

The Promoter's decision in relation to any aspect of the Promotion is final and no correspondence will be entered into. No responsibility is accepted for late, lost or misdirected Entries.

15. Claiming Prizes

Winners will be notified by email and by a follow up phone call, together with instructions on how to claim their Prize. If a Winner does not claim his/her Prize within 30 days of their email Announcement of Winners, or if a Winner cannot be contacted, or cannot provide suitable proof as to eligibility, personal identity or compliance with these Terms and Conditions, he/she will forfeit the Prize in its entirety. Prizes, or any unused portion of a Prize, are not exchangeable or transferrable and cannot be taken as cash. It is a condition of taking the Prize that the Winner (or, if under 18 years of age, his/her parent or guardian), if requested by the Promoter, signs a legal release in a form determined by the Promoter.

16. Participant Warranties and Indemnity Each Participant warrants to the Promoter that: (a) he/she has complied with the Entry requirements; (b) no Entry submitted by him/her will contain viruses or cause injury or harm to any person or entity; and (c) he/she has and will comply with all applicable laws and regulations, including without limitation, those governing copyright, content, defamation, privacy, publicity and the access or use of others' computers or communication systems.

17. Liability

Each Participant agrees to indemnify the Promoter against all costs and claims in connection with a failure by him/her to comply with these Terms and Conditions. Each Participant agrees that he/she is fully responsible for each Entry he/she submits, and is fully responsible for any equipment, materials, licences or other costs required for or associated with each such Entry. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Promoter excludes any liability for such Entries or any costs borne by the Eligible Participant relating to such Entries.

18. Other Conditions That May Disqualify Participants or Impact The Promotion

The Promoter reserves the right to reject, disqualify, remove from the Website or moderate any Entry that it determines, in its sole discretion, does not fit the eligibility criteria set out in these Terms and Condition. If this Promotion is interfered with in any way or is not capable of being conducted as reasonably anticipated by the Promoter, including but not limited to technical difficulties, unauthorised intervention or fraud, the Promoter reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to the fullest extent permitted by law:

a) to disqualify any Participant; or b) subject to any written directions from a regulatory authority, to modify, suspend, terminate or cancel the Promotion, as appropriate.

The Promoter reserves the right to disqualify any Participant it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Promotion or to be acting in violation of these Terms and Conditions. Errors and omissions may be accepted at the Promoter's discretion. Failure by the Promoter to enforce any of its rights at any stage does not constitute a waiver of those rights. The Promoter uses a commercially reasonable level of skill and care in providing the Website and running the Promotion. However, as with any digital service, the Promoter cannot guarantee that the Website will be live or error free at all times.

19. Privacy

The Promoter collects personal information and email addresses in connection with the Promotion in order to conduct the Promotion and to promote it and subsequent promotions, including via emails and online, to Participants. The Promoter may also disclose such personal information to third party service providers, such as marketing agencies and technology providers, for these purposes. Participants consent to such uses and disclosures. Entry is conditional on providing such information. Personal information collected by the Promoter in connection with this Promotion will be managed in accordance with its Privacy Policy (available on the Promoter’s About Us website page), which contains information about access, correction and complaint processes. Selected participants will be invited to grant to the Sunflower Foundation (Australia) Inc. a non-exclusive Royalty Free Licence to use their photo and testimonials to support the aims of the Association and to retain such material for archive purposes.

20. Liability

Nothing in these Terms and Conditions limits, excludes or modifies or purports to limit, exclude or modify the statutory consumer guarantees as provided under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, as well as any other implied warranties under the ASIC Act 2001 or similar consumer protection laws in the State and Territories of Australia ("Non-Excludable Guarantees"). Except for any liability that cannot by law be excluded, including the Non-Excludable Guarantees, the Promoter (including its respective officers, employees and agents) is not responsible for and excludes all liability (including negligence) for any personal injury or any loss or damage (including loss of opportunity), whether direct, indirect, special or consequential, arising in any way out of this Promotion including (but not limited to) out of:

a) any technical difficulties or equipment malfunction (whether or not under the Promoter's control); b) any theft, unauthorised access or third party interference; c) any Entry or prize claim that is late, lost, altered, damaged or misdirected (whether or not after their receipt by the Promoter) due to any reason beyond the reasonable control of the Promoter; d) any variation in prize value to that stated in these Terms and Conditions; e) any tax liability incurred by an entrant; or g) use of the Prize.

21. Miscellaneous This Promotion is in no way sponsored by or affiliated with Google, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be severed from these Terms and Conditions and the remaining Terms and Conditions will remain in full force and effect.

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These terms and conditions are governed by the laws of Victoria. The parties submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Victoria and the Federal Court of Australia. The "Promoter" is The Sunflower Foundation (Australia) Inc (ABN 18480699476) of Level 4, Ross House, 247-251 Flinders Lane, Melbourne and its subsidiaries. Phone: (03) 8547 1028.