1. ORGANIZER of the circuit:
PHOTOLIFE Club (Georgia)

Chairman of the circuit:
Lamara Beridze
[email protected]
Address: Varketili 3, 2 micro-district, 2 building, app 63, Tbilisi, 0163, Georgia
www.fotosalons.net, www.photostock.ge
Circuit Seretary Nino Mghebrishvili – FIAP Liaison Officer in Georgia
Software provider Theiaap

Organizations
PHOTOLIFE Club (ILFIAP Georgia)
ORASIS Photo Club (ILFIAP Cyprus)
Fotoclub FERULA (ILFIAP Turkmenistan)


RECOGNITIONS
FIAP 2024/150-151-152
PSA 2024-111
GPU L0024034
APG 02/2024
Photolife Club 02/2024
IAAP 2024/
Photolife Club 02/2024

1st International circuit PHOTO OFFSET 2024 Georgia, Cyprus, and Turkmenistan is recognized by the Photolife club (ILFIAP Georgia), ORASIS Photo Club (2175 ILFIAP Cyprus) and Fotoclub FERULA (2210 ILFIAP Turkmenistan).

Entry is open to photographers all over the world. It will be organized under the approved rules of FIAP, PSA, GPU, APG, IAAP, IIG and Photolife. All acceptances will count for FIAP, PSA, GPU, APG, IAAP, IIG and for inclusion in PSA Star Rating and "Who’s Who".

1st International circuit PHOTO OFFSET 2024 consists of 3 salons:
1st International salon Georgia Offset 2024
1st International salon Cyprus Offset 2024
1st International salon Turkmenistan Offset 2024


2. SECTIONS
There are three digital sections:
a) Open Color (color only) PSA PIDC
b) Open Monochrome (monochrome only) PSA PIDM
c) Photo Travel (color/grayscale monochrome) PSA PTD
An image may be entered in only one section.

Pictures created by artificial intelligence are not allowed in this circuit! All parts of the image have to be photographed by the author who is holding the copyright of all works submitted. Offenders will be sanctioned for life!

4. CALENDAR
Closing date 14 April 2024
All judging completed by 5 May 2024
Notifications sent by 12 May 2024
Awards mailed by 4 July 2024
On-Line Gallery posted by 4 July 2024
PDF Catalog posted by 4 July 2024
Public Showings: There will be a public projection of all the awards and a representative selection of the accepted in June 2024 Tbilisi, Georgia

All participants will receive individual report card notifications via e-mail. The results of the exhibition will also will be published on the website www.fotosalons.net

3. ENTRY FEE
The entry fee for entries are to be paid by following the instructions on the website when filling out the entry form, after the upload of the photos will be finished. Payment should be in accordance with the entry fees stated there. Group discount is also specified. Cheques are not accepted. Entries for which no or insufficient payment has been received will not be judged. No Early Birds fee.
Entry fee is mandatory for all participants: Entrance fee per person for 3 salons:
1 section €35
2 sections €37
3 sections €39
Possible ways of payment – PayPal transfer.
Terms of payment (preferred) – PayPal: [email protected] (paypal.me/photosalons). Other payment methods Money Gram/Western Union and Yandex Money are allowed. For another way for payment please contact us by email: [email protected]
Group discounts are available:
15 members - 15%
20 members – 20%
25 members – 25%
Payment comments: please write the full name of the author. Checks are not accepted. The works of the authors who did not pay the fee would not be taken into consideration.
Regardless of the results, the fee is non-refundable.

8. GENERAL CONDITIONS

IMAGE AND ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: 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 ES-COE. Membership in any photographic organization is not required.
Entries will not be accepted from any entrant who is on the PSA Penalties List for Ethics Violation. Entry fees are not refundable in these circumstances.

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

Any person submitting or attempting to submit a totally AI generated image that does not begin with a light capture from the maker, from any Photographic Society of America exhibition, social media, event, or publication, other than for editorial purposes, shall be prohibited from PSA for a period of from 3 years to life.

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.


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

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. Similar is defined as almost identical in subject, composition, props, lighting, or technique so that a reasonable person viewing the entries together would decide the entrant has duplicated the previous image except for minor changes.
Titles: Each image must have a unique title that relates to the content 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.

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

14. MONOCHROME DEFINITIONS

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 Photo Travel and Nature but toned images are not permitted for these sections. Monochrome images may not be entered in color sections of PPD or PID.

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.

Photo Travel
A Photo Travel image is a portrayal of the real world we live in, as it is found naturally. There are no geographic 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 photography, are NOT allowed.
6. Time exposures are allowed, if they do not dominate the image as a special effect (star trails, for example, 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 Editing Guidelines for Nature, Photojournalism and Photo Travel

5. JUDGING
The judges will evaluate all 3 sections: Open Color, Open Monochrome, Photo Travel

1st International salon Georgia Offset 2024
Buket Ozatay, EFIAP/d2, EPSA - Cyprus
Akaki Kakha Pkhakadze, AFIAP – Georgia
Luigi Carrieri, EFIAP - Italy

1st International salon Cyprus Offset 2024
Doros Theodorou, EFIAP/G, QPSA - Cyprus
Subrata Bysack, APSA, GMPSA/P, EFIAP/d2 - India
Mzia Lekveishvili - MAPG, EP Georgia

1st International salon Turkmenistan Offset 2024
Vyacheslav Sarkisyan, EFIAP - Turkmenistan
Johann Debono, EFIAP, QPSA – Malta
Paolo Stuppazzoni, EFIAP, QPSA - Italy

6. AWARDS

1st International circuit PHOTO OFFSET 2024
Georgia, Cyprus, Turkmenistan
Totally 311 awards: 3 FIAP Blue Badge, APG Green Badge, 3 APG plaques, 94 medals, 99 HM, 111 Diplomas
GRAND PRIX
APG Green Badge for the Best Author of the circuit
3 Special plaques and 3 Diplomas for 3 best clubs in the circuit
Circuit Chairman Choice – one Gold medal
OPEN COLOR OPEN MONOCHROME PHOTO TRAVEL
1st International salon Georgia Offset 2024

FIAP Blue Badge for the best Author
Salon Chairman Choice – one Gold Medal
FIAP Gold medal FIAP Gold medal FIAP Gold medal
PSA Gold medal PSA Gold medal PSA Gold medal
GPU Gold medal GPU Silver medal IIG Gold medal
Salon Gold medal Salon Gold medal Salon Gold medal
Salon Silver medal Salon Silver medal Salon Silver medal
Salon Bronze medal Salon Bronze medal Salon Bronze medal
PHOTOLIFE Gold medal PHOTOLIFE Gold medal PHOTOLIFE Gold medal
PHOTOLIFE Silver medal PHOTOLIFE Silver medal PHOTOLIFE Silver medal
PHOTOLIFE Bronze medal PHOTOLIFE Bronze medal PHOTOLIFE Bronze medal
IAAP Silver medal IAAP Bronze medal IAAP Gold medal
3 FIAP HM ribbon 3 FIAP HM ribbon 2 FIAP HM ribbon
2 PSA HM ribbon 2 PSA HM ribbon 2 PSA HM ribbon
GPU HM ribbon GPU HM ribbon GPU HM ribbon
IIG HM ribbon IIG HM ribbon IAAP HM ribbon
2 PHOTOLIFE HM ribbon 2 PHOTOLIFE HM ribbon 2 PHOTOLIFE HM ribbon
2 APG HM ribbon 2 APG HM ribbon 3 APG HM ribbon
12 Salon diploma 12 Salon diploma 12 Salon diploma
10 medals, 11 HM, 12 Diplomas 10 medals, 11 HM, 12 Diplomas 10 medals, 11 HM, 12 Diplomas
31 medals, 33 HM ribbons, 36 Diplomas, 1 badge, altogether: 101 awards

1st International salon Cyprus Offset 2024

FIAP Blue Badge for the best Author
Salon Chairman Choice – one Gold Medal
FIAP Gold medal FIAP Gold medal FIAP Gold medal
PSA Gold medal PSA Gold medal PSA Gold medal
GPU Gold medal PSA Silver medal IIG Gold medal
Salon Gold medal Salon Gold medal Salon Gold medal
Salon Silver medal Salon Silver medal Salon Silver medal
Salon Bronze medal Salon Bronze medal Salon Bronze medal
ORASIS Gold medal ORASIS Gold medal ORASIS Gold medal
ORASIS Silver medal ORASIS Silver medal ORASIS Silver medal
ORASIS Bronze medal ORASIS Bronze medal ORASIS Bronze medal
IAAP Silver medal IAAP Gold medal IAAP Bronze medal
3 FIAP HM ribbon 3 FIAP HM ribbon 2 FIAP HM ribbon
2 PSA HM ribbon 2 PSA HM ribbon 2 PSA HM ribbon
IIG HM ribbon IIG HM ribbon IIG HM ribbon
GPU HM ribbon GPU HM ribbon
2 PHOTOLIFE HM ribbon 2 PHOTOLIFE HM ribbon 3 PHOTOLIFE HM ribbon
2 APG HM ribbon 2 APG HM ribbon 3 APG HM ribbon
12 Salon diploma 12 Salon diploma 12 Salon diploma
10 medals, 11 HM, 12 Diplomas 10 medals, 11 HM, 12 Diplomas 10 medals, 11 HM, 12 Diplomas
31 medals, 33 HM ribbons, 36 Diplomas, 1 badge, altogether: 101 awards

1st International salon Turkmenistan Offset 2024

FIAP Blue Badge for the best Author
Salon Chairman Choice – one Gold Medal
FIAP Gold medal FIAP Gold medal FIAP Gold medal
PSA Gold medal PSA Gold medal PSA Gold medal
GPU Bronze medal IAAP Gold medal IIG Gold medal
Salon Gold medal Salon Gold medal Salon Gold medal
Salon Silver medal Salon Silver medal Salon Silver medal
Salon Bronze medal Salon Bronze medal Salon Bronze medal
FERULA Gold medal FERULA Gold medal FERULA Gold medal
FERULA Silver medal FERULA Silver medal FERULA Silver medal
FERULA Bronze medal FERULA Bronze medal FERULA Bronze medal
IAAP Gold medal IAAP Bronze medal IAAP Silver medal
3 FIAP HM ribbon 3 FIAP HM ribbon 2 FIAP HM ribbon
2 PSA HM ribbon 2 PSA HM ribbon 2 PSA HM ribbon
GPU HM ribbon GPU HM ribbon GPU HM ribbon
IIG HM ribbon IIG HM ribbon
2 PHOTOLIFE HM ribbon 2 PHOTOLIFE HM ribbon 2 PHOTOLIFE HM ribbon
3 APG HM ribbon 2 APG HM ribbon 3 APG HM ribbon
12 Salon diploma 12 Salon diploma 11 Salon diploma
10 medals, 11 HM, 12Diplomas 10 medals, 11 HM, 12 Diplomas 10 medals, 11 HM, 12 Diplomas
31 medals, 33 HM ribbons, 36 Diplomas, 1 badge, altogether: 101 awards
Totally, 94 medals, 99 HM ribbons, 111 Diplomas, 4 badges 3 plaques,
altogether: 311 awards
The organizer remains the right to reduce some awards if there will be a small amount

7. CATALOG
Online PDF Catalog downloadable from web site www.fotosalons.net by exhibitors