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

The PhotoArt PRAGUE International Salon is divided in 6 sections, all digital:
A • OPEN (Monochome digital - FIAP)
B • OPEN (Color digital - FIAP)
C • NATURE (Color/monochrome digital - FIAP)
D • TRAVEL (Color/monochrome digital - FIAP)
E • PORTRAIT (Color digital - FIAP)
F • PHOTOJOURNALISM (Color/monochrome digital - FIAP / PSA PJ)

Closing date: 26. February 2024
All judging completed by: 10.03.2024
Notifications send by: 15.03.2024
Exhibition date: 01.-30.04. 2023 at Pisecka Brana, Prague, Czech republic Delivery of the catalogues and awards to the authors till 30 June 2023.

Participation fee is mandatory for all participants and it is EUR 25 for first section and additional EUR 5 for next section.
The fee can be paid:
• via PayPal through our web site: https://contests.cffu.cz/prague/ In case of any problem contact us for more information.
• by postal mail along with the CD with photographs sent to the address: Prague Salon, Na Vrsku 271, Sulice 251 68, Czech Republic • by bank tranfer:
For Czech entrance, c.u.: 97129002 / 5500 - platby v CZK (kurz ČNB) For Slovakian entrance, c.u.: 2947 0024 70 / 1100 Tatrabanka, a.s.
For Ukrainian entrance: ПРИВАТ БАНК 6762 4683 0309 1775 Харват О. М. - еквівалент в гривнях
For Singapore entrance: PayPal account: [email protected]
For all other: Tatrabanka, IBAN code: SK67 1100 0000 0029 4700 2470, SWIFT code: TATR SK BX

Please write name of participant in description field.
The works of the authors who did not pay the fee would not be taken into consideration.
Discount 20% ONLY for Club members who participate in our Competition with more than 8 person.

Image creation and ownership In all sections of the exhibition, images must originate as photographs made by the entrant. They may not incorporate identifiable images produced by anyone else (for example: clip art, replacement skies, or stock images). Images created in whole or in part by image creation software (frequently called ‘AI’ images) are not allowed. Editing or alteration of images is permitted within the limits specified in the relevant section definitions that are available here https://psa-photo.org/page/ division-definitions. 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.
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 entrant 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 incorporate 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 materials 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; adjustments 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 computer, 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 filenames 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 numbers 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 common will be considered the same image and must be given the same title.
The Exhibition will be conducted in accordance with the rules of the PSA and of FIAP
An entrant’s images will not be presented to the judges consecutively. An entrant’s four images will be distributed throughout four rounds of judging in that section. Distribution of images will be in the same round order as submitted by the entrant. At no stage will a judge be able to view all the entrant’s images together.

Photographs must be submitted in JPEG format with the following specifications: dimensions of 1920 pixels horizontally and 1080 pixels vertically, at a resolution of 300 DPI. If exported using Photoshop, JPEG compression should be set between 7 and 12. The maximum file size allowed is 4 Mb. There is no need for specific file naming. It is important to note that digital images cannot be altered, including resizing, by the exhibition or its equipment before or during the judging process.
The photographs of authors with the application are submitted in these ways:
- uploading thought our web site: https://contests.cffu.cz/vision/
- by e-mail: [email protected] (along with filled and signed scan copy of entry form)
- on 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
NOTICE: When entrants fills in the Entry Form to submit an entry they will see the following feature to affirm they have read these Conditions of Entry.

Ioannis LYKOURIS, MFIAP, Hon.EFIAP (Greece) - Sections: A, B, C, D, E & F
Ivan MIKSIK, EFIAP/s, EPSA (Chech Republic) - Sections: A, B, C, D, E & F
Alexandr KHARVAT, MFIAP (Ukrajine) - Sections: A, B, C, D, E & F

At PhotoART PRAGUE International Salon there will be awarded 146 Medals, HM and Diploms:
BEST AUTHOR - FIAP blue pin
6x Prague Best Author Plaquet [1 for four best image on per section];
6x FIAP Gold Medals [1 per section];
6x FIAP Silver Medals [1 per section];
6x FIAP Bronze Medals [1 per section];
36x FIAP Blue Ribbon [6 per section];
6x GPU Gold Medals [1 per section];
12x GPU Ribbon [2 per section];
6x IAAP Gold Medals [1 per section];
1x IAAP Silver Medals [section A];
1x IAAP Bronze Medals [section B];
6x IAAP Ribbons [1 per section];
6x CFFU Gold Medals [1 per section];
6x CFFU Silver Medals [1 per section];
6x CFFU Bronze Medals [1 per section];
12x CFFU Diploma [2 per section];
12x Salon Diploma [2 per section];

SUBJECT MATTER AND SECTION DEFINITIONS
Statement on Subject Matter - applicable to all sections
The fundamental rule that must be observed at all times and applies to all sections offered in exhibitions with PSA recognition is that the welfare of living creatures is more important than any photograph. This means that practices such as baiting of subjects with a living creature and removal of birds from nests, for the purpose of obtaining a photograph, are highly unethical, and such photographs are not allowed in any exhibition with PSA recognition. Under no circumstances may a living creature be placed in a situation where it will be killed, injured or stressed for the purpose of obtaining a photograph. Images that show live creatures being fed to captive animals, birds or reptiles are not permitted under any circumstances.
There are also concerns about the use of aerial photography, drones, helicopters, low flying aircraft. These should not cause any interference with other individuals or animals which causes a disturbance in their normal activity or disrupt the way any individuals or animals interact with their environment. Entrants in PSA recognized exhibitions should comply with all relevant laws and regulations, associated with aerial photography, in the country in which the image was taken.
Entry into PSA recognized exhibitions is conditional on accepting these policies. The content of images must comply with the General Conditions and with the Division and Section definitions listed in these conditions. Images that - in the sole opinion of the judges or the Exhibition Organizers - do not comply, will be disqualified so the entrant may be aware of the problem when considering entry into other exhibitions with PSA recognition.
FIAP DEFINITION OF 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.
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 modified 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. Greyscale Monochrome images may be entered for Nature, Photojournalism and Photo Travel but toned images are not permitted for these sections.
Monochrome images may not be entered in Pictorial Prints or PID Color 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 appearance 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 (exposure blending or focus stacking);
• Image stitching – combining multiple images with overlapping fields of view that are taken consecutively (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
For the purpose of this exhibition any border added to a digital file must be a single border of white or grey, no greater than 3-5 pixels in width.
PSA PHOTO TRAVEL DEFINITION
A Photo Travel image is a portrayal ofthe real world we live in, as it is found naturally. There are no geographic limitations.
Content guidance:
A. 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;
• Images that predominantly or exclusively depict people and their activities must illustrate a distinctive culture of a country, region, or continent;
• 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;
• 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;
• Images from events or activities arranged for photography, or of subjects directed or hired for photography, are NOT allowed.
• Time exposures are allowed, if they do not dominate the image as a special effect (star trails, for example, are a dominating effect).
• 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 Editing Guidelines for Nature, Photojournalism and Photo Travel PORTRAIT PSA PIDC. All images in this section must be color.
Attention is drawn to the PSA Statement on Subject Matter which applies to all sections and to the Editing Guidelines for Nature, Photojournalism and Photo Travel BREACHES OF RULES
Entrants are strongly advised to look at the PSA Ethics Policy which can be found at https://psa-photo.org/page/ ethical-practices.
If, at any time, it is determined in the reasonable discretion of the exhibition organizer or the judges before, during, or after the judging of an exhibition that an entrant has submitted entries where one or more images may fail to comply with these Conditions of Entry, including the stated definitions, exhibitions, on behalf of the judges, are allowed to request unedited or raw files of the submitted image
In order to ensure that images comply with the Conditions of Entry and definitions, the exhibition organizers may carry out reasonable measures to verify that:
a) the images are the original work of the entrant and
b) the images comply with the rules and definitions as set out in these Conditions of Entry
These steps include, but are not limited to, questioning any entrant, requiring the submission of RAW files or other digital files representing the original capture of the submitted image(s), confronting the entrant with evidence that one or more submitted images fails to comply with the Conditions of Entry (also known as Entry Rules), and offering the entrant a reasonable opportunity to provide counter evidence to refute the exhibition organizer’s evidence by a set deadline. Such entries that are not cleared or are still questionable after the entrant has presented evidence may be considered in breach of these Conditions of Entry, and declined. Such entries may be referred to
PSA for further investigation of possible ethics violations
PSA, on receiving reports from exhibitions of possible breaches, retains the right to investigate in any way all complaints/suspicions of breaches of entry conditions, impose penalties if deemed necessary, void the acceptances of any image found to violate the PSA rules, include the entrant’s name on the list of sanctions provided to Exhibitions, and share such investigations with FIAP. Entrants automatically agree to these terms by the act of entering the Exhibition and agree to cooperate with any investigation.
If another party is submitting images on the entrant’s behalf, the entrant will still be held responsible for adhering to these Conditions of Entry (Entry Rules) and will be subject to penalties for any violations to these Conditions of Entry and PSA’s Statement of Ethics that may result.
If another party is processing images for an entrant or submitting images on the entrant’s behalf, the entrant will still be held responsible for adhering to all Conditions of Entry including the specific conditions in the relevant definitions.

Notification cards and Certificate of Acceptance/Awards will be sent by email.

All participants of the competition (the authors which submitted works and paid the participation fee) will receive PRINTED catalogue of the photo salon. Extra catalogues are also available at an extra fee of 10 euro. The organizer will take all possible care while handling the email, awards and catalogues, however we assume no liability for damages and loses during shipment.
Please fill in your address completely in Entry Form, as many parcels are returned to us or not accepted by Post office due to an incorrectly filled address. We do not automatically resend parcels if they are returned to us.

Chairman: Mr. Garik Avanesian, MFIAP, EFIAP/s
Address: Na Vrsku 271, SULICE 251 68, Czech Republic Exhibition e-mail: [email protected]
Entry via webpage: https://contests.cffu.cz/prague/