The PhotoArt VISION International Salon is exhibition of art photography organised by Czech Federation of Photographic Art, Czech Republic.

The PhotoArt VISION International Salon is divided in 4 sections, all digital:
1 • OPEN Monochome
2 • OPEN Color
3 • TRAVEL
4 • WOMAN

Closing date: 30.11. 2023
Judging: 09.12. 2023
Notification: till 18.12. 2023 by email
Exhibition: 10. February 2024
Delivery of the awards to the authors 1 March 2024.

Participation fee is mandatory for all participants and it is EUR 20 for first section and additional EUR 5 for next section.
The fee can be paid:
• via PayPal through our web site: http://vision.photoart.cz/
• by postal mail along with the CD with photographs sent to the address: PhotoArt, Na Vrsku 271, Sulice, 25168 Czech Republic
• by bank tranfer:
For Czech entrance, c.u.: 97129002 / 5500
For Slovakian entrance, c.u.: 2947 0024 70 / 1100 u Tatrabanka, a.s.
For EUR: Tatrabanka, IBAN code: SK67 1100 0000 0029 4700 2470, SWIFT code: TATR SK BX
For payments from Singapore to the PayPal account [email protected]
Please write „VISION“ and name of participant in description field.
The works of the authors who did not pay the fee would not be taken into consideration.

This exhibition is open to anyone; however, an entry may be rejected when the Sponsor or the Exhibition Organizers, in their reasonable discretion, believes the entry does not conform to exhibition rules and these Conditions of Entry. Membership in any photographic organization is not required.
Each image will be max 1920 pix for wide size and max 1240 pix for vertical size.
No need catting or resize your images if you have square or Panoramaty size. Can be (for example) 1240x1240 pixel or 1920x700 pixel
Penalties: Entries will not be accepted from any entrant who has put on the PSA Penalties List for Ethics Violation. Entry fees are not refundable in these circumstances

PSA Star Ratings
To receive proper Star ratings credit from PSA, entrants must provide their names and country exactly the same way in each exhibition. Aliases are not permitted. Please contact PSA in the event of name changes or relocating to another country. Using one’s name differently in different exhibition exposes the entrant
to the risk that many of their acceptances may not be recognized by PSA Star Ratings.

Image Creation
Entries must originate as photographs (image-captures of objects via light sensitivity) made by the en- trant on photographic emulsion or acquired digitally.
Certification:
By virtue of submitting an image, the entrant certifies the work as his or her own. Images may not in- corporate elements produced by anyone else (for example: clip art, images or art by others downloaded from the Internet). Aliases are not allowed.

Reproduction
The entrant permits the sponsors to reproduce all or part of the entered material free of charge for publication and/or display in media related to the exhibition. This may include low resolution posting on a website. The Photographic Society of America (PSA) may request specific permission from entrants to reproduce entered images in its educational materials. The terms of that permission will be mutually agreed between the entrant and PSA except in the circumstances where the entered image is found to breach the PSA Ethics Policy. In those circumstances the image may be reproduced by PSA, without the entrant’s further permission, for educational purposes to illustrate serious exhibition rule violations. For those reproductions, the entrant’s name will be withheld.
Entries will not be accepted from entrants who indicate that their images may not be reproduced in ma- terials related to the exhibition.” The exhibition assumes no liability of any misuse of copyright Alteration and Computer Generation Subject to Divisional restrictions (particularly Nature, Photo Travel,
and Photojournalism) images may be altered, either electronically or otherwise, by the entrant; adjus-
tments to enhance images or creatively modify images are allowed providing the underlying photograph is retained in a way that is obvious to the viewer. Images may not be constructed entirely with a compu- ter, and must be the sole work of the entrant
Re-use of accepted images: Any image that has been accepted in this exhibition, past or present, may
not be entered again in the same Division Star Ratings Class in any future instances of this exhibition. It may, of course, be entered in any other PSA recognised exhibitions but must always have the same title. Re-titling in another language is not allowed.

Entry: An Entry consists of, up to and including, four (4) images entered by a single entrant into the same Section. An entrant may only enter a specific Section once. Entrants may not enter identical or similar images into the same section or different sections of the same exhibition.

Titles:
Each image must have a unique title that is a description of the image. That unique title must be used for entry of that image or of an identical Image into any and all PSA-Recognized exhibitions. Titles must be 35 characters or fewer. No titles may be visible to the judges, and nothing in the image may identify the entrant. Titles may not include file extensions such as .jpg or .jpeg (or any other camera capture filena- mes such as IMG 471). Titles may not consist of personal identifiers possibly augmented by a number; or include words such as “untitled” or “no title”. Titles may not consist solely of numbers unless those num- bers are prominently contained within the image, such as a contestant number in a race.

Color and Monochrome:
Color and Monochrome images from the same capture that share substantial pictorial content in com- mon will be considered the same image and must be given the same title.

The photographs of authors with the application are submitted in these ways:
• uploading through our web site: http://vision.photoart.cz (Entry form filled online)
• by e-mail: [email protected] (along with filled and signed scan copy of entry form)
• o n CD, along with the participation fee and filled and signed entry form, use this postal address:
Czech Federation of Photographic Art
Na Vrsku 271, Sulice, 25168 Czech Republic

Garik AVANESIAN, MFIAP, EFIAP/s (Czech Republic)
Alexandr KHARVAT, MFIAP (Ukrajine)
Ivan MIKSIK, EFIAP/s, EPSA (Czech Republic)

At PhotoART Vision International Salon there will be awarded:
BEST AUTHOR - FIAP blue pin
4 x FIAP Gold, Silver and Bronze medal and 24x blue ribbons,
4x PSA Gold, 8 PSA Ribbons
4x GPU Gold medals and 8 GPU Ribbons
4 x IAAP Gold, 1 x Silver and 1 x Bronze medal and 8 ribbons,
4 x CFFU Gold, Silver and Bronze medal and 8 Diploms
8 x Salon Diploms
Total: 127 Awards

PSA Monochrome Definition
An image is considered to be Monochrome only if it gives the impression of having no color (i.e. contains only shades of grey which can include pure black and pure white) OR it gives the impression of being a greyscale image that has been toned in one color across the entire image. (For example by Sepia, red, gold, etc.) A greyscale or multi-colored image modified or giving the impression of having been modi- fied by partial toning, multi-toning or by the inclusion of spot coloring does not meet the definition of monochrome and shall be classified as a Color Work.
FIAP Definition of Monochrome
A black and white work fitting from the very dark grey (black) to the very clear grey (white) is a monoch- rome 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 reprodu- ced 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 (po- lychrome) to stand in the colour category; such a work requires colour reproduction in the catalogue of a salon under FIAP Patronage.
For the purpose of this exhibition, only greyscale images are allowed in monochrome sections. Toned images are not allowed.
Greyscale Monochrome images may be entered for Nature, Photojournalism and Photo Travel but toned images are not permitted for these sections.

Editing Guidelines for Nature, Photojournalism and Photo Travel
These sections require images to be truthful records, so there are limits on the amount of manipulation allowed.
Editing Guidelines
Processing or editing must be limited to making the image look as close to the original scene as possible, except that conversion to grayscale monochrome is allowed.

Allowed editing techniques:
• Cropping, straightening and perspective correction.
• Removal or correction of elements added by the camera or lens, such as dust spots, noise, chromatic aberration and lens distortion.
• Global and selective adjustments such as brightness, hue, saturation and contrast to restore the appea- rance of the original scene.
• Complete conversion of color images to grayscale monochrome.
• Blending of multiple images of the same subject and combining them in camera or with software (ex- posure blending or focus stacking);
• Image stitching – combining multiple images with overlapping fields of view that are taken consecuti- vely (panoramas);

Editing techniques that are not allowed:
• Removing, adding to, moving or changing any part of an image, except for cropping and straightening.
• Adding a vignette during processing.
• Blurring parts of the image during processing to hide elements in the original scene.
• Darkening parts of the image during processing to hide elements in the original scene.
• All conversions other than to complete grayscale monochrome.
• Conversion of parts of an image to monochrome, or partial toning, desaturation or over-saturation of color

Photo Travel
A Photo Travel image is a portrayal of the real world we live in, as it is found naturally. There are no geo- graphic limitations.

Content guidance:

1. If the image is predominantly or exclusively a land-, sea- or cityscape, these “scapes” must include characteristic, distinctive and recognizable physical features, although it is not necessary that the image identify the exact location;
2. Images that predominantly or exclusively depict people and their activities must illustrate a distinctive culture of a country, region, or continent;
3. Images that predominately or exclusively depict animal populations are allowed, if the animals are in their native environment and are characteristic of that country, region, or continent;
4. Portraits or other close-ups of people or objects, in addition to meeting the above paragraphs as applicable, must include elements depicting some of the surrounding environment to make it obvious that the image was not taken in a studio setting;
5. Images from events or activities arranged for photography, or of subjects directed or hired for photo- graphy, are NOT allowed.
6. Time exposures are allowed, if they do not dominate the image as a special effect (star trails, for exam- ple, are a dominating effect).
7. Highly distorted images such as those produced by fish eye lenses are NOT allowed.

Attention is drawn to the PSA Statement on Subject Matter which applies to all sections and to the Edi- ting Guidelines for Nature, Photojournalism and Photo Travel

PDF Catalogue downloadable from web site by exhibitors Notification cards will be sent by email.
All participants of the competition (the authors which submitted works and paid the participation fee) will receive PDF catalogue of the photo salon. The organizer will take all possible care while handling the email, awards, however we assume no liability for damages and loses during shipment

Contact person:
Mrs. Kristina Stejskalova,
e-mail: [email protected]
Address: Na Vrsku 271, Sulice, 25168 Czech Republic
WEB Site: https://vision.cffu.cz/