Use of Photos

PHOTOGRAPH USE & DISPLAY

  • Photographs and/or visual depictions are allowed in a display if:
    • They are not deemed offensive or inappropriate by the Scientific Review Committee, the Display and Safety Committee, or the SSTFI Board of Directors.
    • Credit lines of their origins (“Photograph taken by . . .” or “Image taken from . . . ”) are attached. If all photographs being displayed were taken by the student or are from the same source, one credit line prominently displayed is sufficient.
    • They are from the Internet, magazines, newspapers, journals, etc., and credit lines are attached. If all photographs/images being displayed are from the same source, one credit line prominently displayed is sufficient.
    • They are photographs or visual depictions of the student.
    • They are photographs of human subjects for which signed consent forms are at the project or in the booth. Human Subjects Form (4) or equivalent photograph release signed by the human subject must be included in paperwork.
  • All photographs/images must have a credit line – even if student took all of the photographs! Make sure the credit line can be read on the display board.
    • Guideline: use 12 point font (Arial or Times New Roman) on address labels and attach to the photographs/images.
    • Please be sure to include the photographer, the source (i.e. Des Moines Register) if applicable, and the date photo was taken or printed (i.e. date came out in the Register).
  • No photographs or any other visual depictions may be included in any manner at a project or in the booth if they are deemed visually offensive or inappropriate by the Scientific Review Committee, the Display and Safety Committee, or the SSTFI Board of Directors. This includes, but is not limited to, visually offensive photographs or visual depictions of invertebrate or vertebrate animals, including humans. The decision by any one of the groups mentioned above is final.
  • Photographs or other visual presentations depicting vertebrate animals in surgical techniques, dissections, necropsies, or other lab procedures are prohibited.
  • NOTE—these visual rules for photographs also apply to ANY visual depictions or presentations in the display area (including on laptop/computer presentations, slide presentations, etc.)
  • PHOTOS THAT ARE OR MAY BE CONSIDERED OFFENSIVE ARE ALLOWED IN THE RESEARCH PAPER AND/OR PROJECT DATA BOOK