3rd International Photography Contest of OTOFOKUS is organised by OTOFOKUS Photography&Art and will be held with the support of the Turkish Photographic Art Federation (TFSF).

1st International Photography Contest of OTOFOKUS is in 4 sections;
1-DIGITAL: OPEN (Color)
2-DIGITAL: OPEN (Monochrome)
3-DIGITAL: WOMAN (Monochrome & Color)
4-DIGITAL: TRAVEL (Monochrome & Color)

Closing Date : 10.10.2023/ 23.59 (Local Time)
Jury Meeting : 14-15.10.2023
Announcement of Results : 18.10.2023
Exhibition and Award Ceremony : Nov 2023, Dec 2023 OTOFOKUS Photography&Art
Sending Date of Award and Web Catalog : Nov 2023

a) The entry fee is mandatory for all participants and € 18 for 4 categories. Turkish participants will pay 250 TL for 4 categories. All participants must pay the entry fee.
b) The fee can be paid via PayPal or bank account.
PAYPAL: [email protected]
c) Turkish participants can also pay to this bank account; Otofokus Fotoğraf Derneği
Ziraat Bankası Kurttepe/Adana Şubesi
1922-97556376-5001
IBAN: TR270001001922975563765001
d) You can participate the contest by group-photography club or group members. if you contact the salon chairman you will take discount 20% (for 10 person)
e) The awards won by the participants (excluding the certificates) will be sent via the Turkish National Cargo without tracking system, and the participants who want their parcel sent with tracking system, they should pay 5€ for postage. Payments will be made via paypal within 30 days after the contest results are announced.
f) The works of the authors who did not pay the fee would not be taken into consideration.

a) Participation fee for the contest is mandatory.
b) The contest is welcome to all amateur and professional photographers all over the world, apart from the Salon Chairman, Jury and and their relatives
c) The participants who are currently filed under TFSF restriction for any of the above defined reasons, or the participants who are on the FIAP red list are not allowed to participate in this contest. Salon will check FIAP red lists and eliminate if in the list before the jury session.
d) All participants can submit up to 4 (four) photographs for each category. The same image or color or B&W version of the same image cannot be submitted to more than 1 (one) category.
e) Participants are obliged to take all kinds of administrative and technical measures for the processing and transfer of personal data in accordance with the Law on the Protection of Personal Data(KVKK). In this context, in the case of processing photographs of a real person, the persons must be informed within the scope of the Law and their explicit consent must be obtained in cases where their explicit consent is required. Taking photos of people who can be seen in the photos submitted to the competition and sending them to a competition; It is accepted that they allow the photograph to be published in visual, internet and printed media. Responsibility for photographs that are not transferred in accordance with the Law belongs to the participant. f) The participant accepts, declares and undertakes that the photos uploaded for the competition belong entirely to him and that all permissions have been obtained. All kinds of interventions and changes that use images belonging to someone else as they are or partially, to present the artwork as its own even though it does not belong to it, and to mislead the evaluation board, are considered violations of the rules.
g) ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS TO THE MAIN DIRECTIVE FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE TURKISH PHOTOGRAPHIC ART FEDERATION NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL PHOTO CONTEST AND THE DIRECTIVE ON RULE VIOLATION APPLICATIONS TFSF YG 02-D” are applied to those who violate the rules. The participant's awards, titles and all kinds of gains are taken back. The place of the canceled prize is left blank. The situation is reported to FIAP. If participant has been awarded, the participant must return the award.
h) With the sole act of submitting his/her images or files to a salon under TFSF and FIAP Patronage, the entrant accepts without exception and with no objection that the submitted images can be investigated by TFSF and FIAP to establish if these obey to TFSF and FIAP regulations and definitions even if the entrant is not a member of TFSF and FIAP; that TFSF and FIAP will use any means at its disposal for this undertaking; that any refusal to cooperate with FIAP or any refusal to submit the original files as captured by the camera, or failure to provide sufficient evidence, will be sanctioned by TFSF and FIAP and that in case of sanctions following the non-compliance with TFSF and FIAP regulations, the name of the entrant will be released in any form useful to inform the breaches of the rules.
i) It is recommended that the EXIF information (such as DPI, pixel information) of the photos uploaded to the competition system of the organizer be kept intact to facilitate possible investigations. Otherwise, the regulatory institution and the TFSF are not responsible for the problems that may occur in the system.
j) The organizer may request high-resolution digital files of the photos that are awarded or accepted from the participant.
k) The organizer may decide to cancel or postpone all or part of the competition under conditions it deems appropriate. The regulatory body has the right to determine the methods and rules to be applied in cases of cancellation or postponement. The regulatory body is authorized to make all kinds of changes, including the rules of the specification, program changes, evaluation, and awarding, when deemed necessary, in the solution of problems and uncertainties, provided that it informs the TFSF Competitions Unit in writing at least one week before the deadline and obtains its consent. In this case, informing the FIAP Patronage service and getting approval will be done by the organizer.

a) As the contest will be organized online, no other alternative submittal methods (e-mail, cargo, personal delivery, etc.) will be accepted
b) All participants must enter the http://www.contest.otofokus.org/, and http://www.otofokus.org, https://tfsfonayliyarismalar.org/ to join the contest. They must accept the Conditions of Participation (entry rules). Participants must to check the accept box. Then check the accept box, Participants are deemed to have accepted all the terms.
c) While participating in the web page, all participants must tick a box next to which the following text is stated:
“I hereby expressly agree to FIAP document 018/2017 « Conditions and regulations for FIAP Patronage » and FIAP document 033/2021« Sanctions for breaching FIAP regulations and the red list ». I am particularly aware of chapter II « Regulations for International photographic events under FIAP patronage » of FIAP document 018/2017, dealing under Section II.2 and II.3 with the FIAP participation rules, the sanctions for breaching FIAP regulations and the red list.”
d) If you have any problem when upload\submit the Photos (over the Internet or user-induced errors occur in the system in the event) please contact and [email protected], addresses and the problem will be fixed as soon as possible. This address is only used if the photo upload problems experienced moments will occur. You must not send the photographs this e-mail. If you send your photos to this e-mail, we do not accept your entry.
e) Photographs are sent in digital form, as a picture file with JPEG format and photo size not lower than 1 Mb, greater than 4 Mb. No pixel requirement!!!
f) Photography naming is mandatory. Name of the file must be maximum 31 characters. English letters and underscore ( _ ) can be used. Turkish characters ı, ö, ü, ç, ğ, ş must not be used.
g) Photographs will be loaded online http://www.contest.otofokus.org/ via using this web address.
h) TFSF will not be responsible for potential problems related to the uploading of the works.
i) Photographs containing Photographer’s name, mark, logo, date or signature will be rejected.
j) By signing up on the OTOFOKUS Photography&Art website, http://www.contest.otofokus.org/ and uploading their photographs, the participants are deemed to have accepted the conditions of participating in the contest. This specifications document will become effective as of the date the contestant submits his/her photograph for the contest. By participation, the contestants are deemed to have accepted the terms and conditions of the specifications. Contestants are not entitled to object to the terms and conditions of the specifications at a later date.

a) The photographs will be submitted to the selection committee in a coded way in a fully darkened hall on a screen with a diagonal length of minimum 1, maximum 2.5 m with a projector with a resolution of 3840 pixels x 2160 pixels, or on a LCD monitor with 42/55 inch and resolution of ultra HD 4K 3840 pixels x 2160 pixels without any information about the participant.
b) The organizer is as meticulous as possible in sending e-mails, awards and digital catalogues, but cannot be held responsible for any damages that may occur during the delivery of the award and catalogue. Participants accept that the addresses they use during the contest application are the legal residence addresses that are the basis for any delivery to be made in this way. The organizer does not accept any responsibility for the issues arising from the incorrect reporting of addresses by the participants.
c) In matters not specified in the specification or in case of possible disputes, the decisions of the organizer institution, the Selection Committee", Turkish Photographic Art Federation ( TFSF ) National / International Photography Contest Organization Main Directive " and the TFSF Board of Directors are valid .
d) This entry rules comes into effect when the participant sends his/her photographs to the competition. Participants do not have the right to object to the provisions of this entry rules afterwards.
e) Our Contest is approved by Photographic Arts Federation of Turkey (TFSF) with the number of TFSF 2023/060, International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP) with the number of FIAP 2023/464, IAAP with the 2023/172, Otofokus Photography&Art 2023/05

Gökçen BAYRAM,
Mustafa ŞAHİN, EFIAP/p
Mürvet RİŞVANOĞLU, EFIAP/b
Reserve Jury: Nihan BÜYÜKSURAL, EFIAP
(The jury meeting must be held with at least 3 members.)

4 x FIAP Gold medal and 8 Honorable Mention 1 x TFSF Gold Medal(Color Sect.)
24 x IAAP Ribbons, 4 x OTOFOKUS Gold, Silver and Bronze medal and 40 diploma
1x Ömer Bayram Special Award (Travel Sect.)
1x Otofokus Special Award (Woman Sect.)
1x Jury Special Award (Monochrom Sect.)
1x FIAP BLUE BADGE-BEST OF Competition
***Acceptances will be no less than 8% and no more than 25% in each category
***All awards will be sent to award owners by post. All diplomas of the salons will be sent as an e-diploma (signed by salon chairman) to winners’s e-mail adresses.
***All participants will be notified of the contest results via email.

Definition of the black and white photography (monochrome):
A black and white work fitting from the very dark grey (black) to the very clear grey (white) is a monochrome work with the various shades of grey. A black and white work toned entirely in a single colour will remain a monochrome work able to stand in the black and white category; such a work can be reproduced in black and white in the catalogue of a salon under FIAP Patronage. On the other hand, a black and white work modified by a partial toning or by the addition of one colour becomes a colour work (polychrome) to stand in the colour category; such a work requires colour reproduction in the catalogue of a salon under FIAP Patronage.

The result of the competition will be announced on http://www.contest.otofokus.org/ and TFSF's http://sonuc.tfsfonayliyarismalar.org; In addition, all participants will be notified by e-mail.

Salon Chairman: Osman ARSAL,AFIAP
E-mail: [email protected]