photo by aline smithson
Who May Submit Work to FILE?
All amateur and professional photographers are encouraged to submit their work to FILE magazine. You may submit as often as you like.
What Can I Submit?
FILE magazine accepts single images or multiple images with a unified theme (projects). All subjects are acceptable but please make sure what you submit is
~ Your best work
~ Your own work
~ Not hard-core pornography
How Can I Submit?
You can
Use the Submissions Form to upload your image(s) for review. Please make sure the images are .jpg or .gif files that are less than 1 MB or
Use the feedback form to send a URL that directly links to your image(s).
IMPORTANT: Please make sure your images are at least 800px wide! Small images are very hard to evaluate and can slow the publication process.
EQUALLY IMPORTANT: Don't let your photo fall into the pile of Anonymous Postings. Every once in a while, due to the vagaries of Gmail or our own sheer incompetence (usually the latter), we lose track of the artist behind a photo that we want to publish. However, often people get too creative in the naming of their files (e.g., this guy I saw while walking to the store.jpg) or too generic (e.g., tree.jpg). As a result, it is hard, if not impossible, to find the notifying e-mail with the information that we use to give people their due. A couple of simple tips to avoid this: (1) Make the file name unique, but (2) not too unique, (3) keep it under 20 - 25 characters and (4) do not use spaces. Thanks!
All Submissions Require
~ A name or pseudonym
~ A working e-mail address
Submissions Should Include
~ A URL to your web site, if you have one (flickr links are welcome)
~ A title for the work (if one is not provided, it will be labeled "Untitled")
~ Information about the work (technical, location, date, etc.)
~ Information about you for The Contributors section
How Are accepted images handled?
You will be notified via e-mail if your submission is accepted; we're sorry, but we cannot respond to every submission. Accepted images are resized (minimum 800px width X 600px height) and optimized for the web. A copyright (©) will accompany the provided name/pseudonym along with a link to the photographer's web site. All accepted work is subject to
file's disclaimers and weasel words
Photographs published on FILE are the property of the photographer. None of the photographs may be downloaded, stored, printed, manipulated, distributed, or used in any form without prior written permission from the copyright holder. Works published on this website are protected under domestic and international copyright laws and are not considered to be public domain.
FILE assumes no legal liability whatsoever for the works of its contributors. All works submitted to FILE must be the sole, original property of the contributor(s), have the appropriate model releases, and cannot interfere with any other publication or company's publishing rights.
By submitting photos for publication in FILE you are granting FILE a non-exclusive license to use the photograph in its submitted form, subject to re-sizing to fit the site's format, for publication on the FILE website for as long as the website exists. Should you, for any reason, wish your photographs to be removed from the website, we will make every effort to do so.
photo by john aaron