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PSNZ requires entries to originate in entrants' own optical capture. It allows capture assistance and non-generative editing but prohibits generative AI visual content. Breaches can lead to disqualification, and original unedited files may be requested for verification.
What changed
PSNZ requires entries to originate in entrants' own optical capture. It allows capture assistance and non-generative editing but prohibits generative AI visual content. Breaches can lead to disqualification, and original unedited files may be requested for verification.
Document dated to the month; exact approval or effective date was not confirmed. It covers the association's photography competitions, exhibitions, salons and honours applications, not national rules for New Zealand.
Editorial research question
Editorial interpretation: a photography organisation uses optical capture and photographers' control to distinguish permitted assistance from prohibited generated content.
This is an editorial interpretation or question, separate from factual statements.
Evidence & sources
PSNZ requires entries to originate in entrants' own optical capture. It allows capture assistance and non-generative editing but prohibits generative AI visual content. Breaches can lead to disqualification, and original unedited files may be requested for verification.
SRC-0229All three pages, lines 0–75: definitions, rules 2.1–2.5 and revision note.
Photographic Society of New Zealand · EN · Date unknown
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DOC-0217Policy Document on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Photographic Competitions, Exhibitions, Salons and for Honours SubmissionsCite this record
ANTI-AI ARCHIVE. “PSNZ dates the July 2025 version of its photography AI policy.” evt-0226. Include this page’s URL and your access date when citing.