Terms of Service & Fine Art Acquisition — Broken Jaw Frames

01. Intellectual Property & Exclusive Copyright

All photographic imagery, medium-format digital scans, monochrome analog plates, optical essays, textual narratives, brand identities, and virtual stager codebases displayed on this website are the sole and exclusive intellectual property of Debashish Bhuyan, protected under the Indian Copyright Act, 1957, the United States Copyright Act of 1976 (17 U.S.C.), the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, and the Universal Copyright Convention.

Strict Reservation Against Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning: In accordance with Article 4(3) of European Union Directive (EU) 2019/790 on Copyright in the Digital Single Market, Debashish Bhuyan expressly reserves all rights against text and data mining, automated optical scraping, and generative AI model training. No artwork may be reproduced or analyzed for machine learning algorithms without a bespoke written commercial license.

02. Limited Edition Fine Art Prints

All print acquisitions arranged through Broken Jaw Frames are governed by museum-grade standards:

Physical Provenance: Prints are hand-pulled on 310gsm archival cotton rag (Hahnemühle Photo Rag / Canson Infinity Baryta Prestige II) or handmade Awagami Kozo, embossed with the artist's studio seal, hand-signed, and cataloged.
Ownership Scope: Acquisition transfers ownership of the physical archival object only. No copyright, publication rights, digital retransmission rights, or derivative rights are conveyed.
Certificate of Authenticity (CoA): Each numbered piece is accompanied by a serialized Certificate of Authenticity recorded in the Broken Jaw Frames Master Archive in Golaghat, Assam.
International Transit & Insurance: Master editions are insured at full valuation and dispatched in rigid museum cylinders or bespoke timber crates via specialized art couriers. Risk of transit loss passes upon documented delivery signature.

03. Commissioned Editorial & Advertising Productions

Commission inquiries submitted via this website constitute requests for preliminary production consultations. A binding engagement is established solely upon mutual execution of a formal Production Brief and Master Services Agreement specifying usage duration, geographical territory, and licensing tiers.

04. VIP Client Proofing Vault & Confidentiality

Access to the private proofing vault is restricted to authorized patrons, fashion houses, and editorial editors via cryptographic credential challenge. Proofs displayed within the vault represent unreleased, high-resolution works in progress. Clients agree to maintain strict confidentiality and refrain from public disclosure prior to official campaign launch dates.

05. Limitation of Liability & Force Majeure

To the fullest extent permissible by applicable law, Broken Jaw Frames and Debashish Bhuyan shall not be liable for incidental, consequential, or indirect damages arising from website unavailability, courier transit delays occasioned by customs inspections, or events of Force Majeure (including flood events of the Brahmaputra Valley, natural disasters, or telecommunication outages).

06. Governing Law & Global Dispute Resolution

These Terms shall be interpreted and governed in accordance with the substantive laws of India. For collectors and clients based within India, exclusive jurisdiction shall reside with the competent civil courts of Golaghat, Assam, and the Gauhati High Court. For international acquisitions, disputes may alternatively be submitted to binding international arbitration administered under the Rules of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).