Help us bring the beauty of the outdoors, in!

CK Public Health is calling all local photographers, from amateur to professional, who would like to share their photo(s) of Chatham-Kent nature/landscapes and assist us in incorporating local images into our workspaces. We are looking for images that are free of human-made structures and objects (i.e. buildings, vehicles).  Images selected will be printed and hung up across CK Public Health’s three locations. If you have a photo or photos that you’d like to share, please send them to ckphucommunications@chatham-kent.ca before Friday, September 15th!

• This call out is open to residents of The Municipality of Chatham-Kent, aged 18 and older.
• If your submission is chosen, we will notify you via email provided at time of submission by the end of October.

Please note that:

1. Photographic entries must not infringe upon or violate any laws or any third party rights, including, but not limited to copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights and must not constitute material that would be considered libelling, defamatory, or a privacy violation. Entrants must obtain all necessary permissions, licenses, clearances, releases, waivers of moral rights and other approvals from third parties (including but not limited to all copyright holders and all individuals appearing in the story submission), necessary to use the photographic entry, in whole or in part, in any way, including to reproduce, make derivatives, edit, modify, translate, distribute, transmit, publish, license and broadcast the photographic entry worldwide, by any means, without limitation. Any and all such permissions, licenses, clearances, releases, waivers of moral rights and approvals must be included.
2. The owner of a photographic entry retains ownership over the photograph. Each entrant (and his/her/their parent or guardian) irrevocably and in perpetuity grants the Corporation of the Municipality of Chatham-Kent and Chatham-Kent Public Health Unit a world-wide, royalty-free, irrevocable and non-exclusive right and license to use, copy, adapt, transmit, communicate, publicly display and perform, distribute and create compilations and derivative works or merchandise from the photographic entity to promote the Chatham-Kent Public Health Unit. Each entrant (and his/her/their parent or guardian) represents and warrants that he/she/they have the right to grant the license set out above.
3. By entering a submission, entrants agree to our use, collection and disclosure of personally identifiable information in accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. The information we collect is used to select submissions and is not shared with or sold to other organizations except as otherwise required by law.

The Municipality reserves the right in its sole discretion to cancel or suspend any portion of this call for submissions, for any reason whatsoever without any liability to you for costs you may have incurred in respect of the callout.

By submitting a photograph, each entrant is deemed to have accepted these rules/regulations, which are subject to change without notice, and automatically releases the Municipality of Chatham-Kent from any and all liability arising in connection with the contest, including, without limitation, the selection of winners and administration of the contest.