Digital BW, The Print

Thanks to the wonders of technology, I've been having fun scanning old B&W 
negs and making good prints from frames I used to think were not worth 
printing. I've thought about sending them into competitions but some have a 
requirement I'd like to ask about here.

Let's say an application says "new work created in the last two years." What does 
that mean in photography? If I shot a photograph in 1992, but made the first 
print of that negative in 2002, when was that photograph created as far as the 
exhibition world is concerned?

Conrad

If I shot a photograph in 1992, but made the first 
> print of that negative in 2002, when was that photograph created as
far as the 
> exhibition world is concerned?
> 
> Conrad

It's my understanding that if you are making a limited edition, the
date is the date of printing. To pre-date the print would falsely add
10 years of "provenance" to the print.
For example, here is a sample of one of my titles I place on the
bottom of the print- 
	"Zacatecas Building Facade circa 1998".
Then I place the edition number in the middle-
	"3/15". 
Then on the far right, I sign it with the date of printing, noting only the year-
	"John Luke, 2002".  
This print on demand
certainly adds some stickey issues to making limited 
edition runs. It appears that the most ethical and consistant way is
to run the entire edition ot one printing session, title and date
them,  and archive the file for the art historians 
and archeologists (or possible book publication). Hope this helps.