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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.
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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.
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.
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Editorial interpretation: a photography organisation uses optical capture and photographers' control to distinguish permitted assistance from prohibited generated content.
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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.
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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