Hellenic Photographic Society

The contest is divided into following sections:
OPEN MONOCHROME
OPEN COLOUR
PHOTOJOURNALISM
NATURE
SURREALISTIC

Closing Date: 24 Mar 2024
Judging: 29-31 Mar 2024
Results - Report Cards Mailed: 7 April 2024
Public Projection & Award Ceremony: 25 May 2024
Online Gallery posted and Digital PDF Catalogues Publishing by: 01 July 2024
Awards Mailed By: 4 July 2024

Up to 3 categories: 15 Euro
All categories: 20 euro
Discounted rates for Groups or Photo Club Entries and HPS members: 15 Euro for group of 10 persons for all categories

CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION
PICTURES CREATED BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THIS SALON!
It is reminded that 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!

1. This Salon is open to all photographers worldwide, according to FIAP, GPU, ISF, IAAP, HPS rules, providing they are 18 years old or older. It is the author’s responsibility to declare and certify his own age and in case of being less than 18 years old to provide full authorization from his parents or legal guardians.
2. Each photographer can submit up to 4 photos in each category, total up to 20 photos. Digital files must be in JPEG format, 8 BIT, RGB, with the horizontal side maximum 1920 pixels and the vertical side maximum 1080 pixels, 300 dpi. Each file should not exceed 4 MB in size.
3. The results will be announced in the Salon website and email will be sent to all participants with the link. Each entrant will be able to download the acceptance list and their personal report card. All results will be uploaded in the website of the Salon. www.theiaap.com/hps
4. Organizer will produce a PDF catalogue downloadable from the web site by the exhibitors. Our previous catalogues under FIAP patronage have been awarded with 4/5 stars.
5. An entry may be rejected when the sponsoring organization or its agent believes the entry does not conform to the Salon Rules and Conditions.
6. Photos that have been accepted for previous “ATHENS HPS PHOTO SALONS” or which are so similar as to be indistinguishable from previous acceptances are ineligible. The organizing committee have digital program for this control.
7. Each participant can win one award per section.
8. Each Photograph must have a unique title. Words such as “Untitled” and “No Title” are not acceptable as part or all of an image’s title, nor are camera capture filenames.
9. The same image may not be entered in more than one section, irrespective of media, mono or colour.
10. Photos with any watermarks are not accepted
11. If any awarded author requires registered parcel with tracking Nr, he/she should contact the organizer no later than two days after the announcement of the results at [email protected] and attach a proof of extra payment of 7,00 Euro. Otherwise the Salon organizer is not responsible for the lost awards.

Judging method:
The judging is to take place remotely. The judges will use color-calibrated TV monitors
The computer monitors will display images at 100% of the image resolution.

Chairman: Jesús Manuel García Flores, Spain, CEF Fiap Liaison Officer, MCEF/b , EFIAP/b
Member: Per Valentin, Denmark, President SDF, MSDF
Member: Ada Kazagli, Greece, EFIAP, ΕHPS/s
Alternative: Iordanis Kousis, Greece, AFIAP, LRPS, GPU.CR1, R-ISF2, M.APS, GPU.Aphrodite

OPEN MONOCHROME
FIAP Gold Medal
GPU Gold Medal
HPS Gold Medal
GPU Silver Medal
HPS Silver Medal
GPU Bronze Medal
HPS Bronze Medal
2 FIAP Ribbons
2 IAAP Ribbons
3 HPS Ribbons
2 ISF e-Diploma
3 HPS e-Diploma Judge’s Choice

OPEN COLOR
FIAP Gold Medal
IAAP Gold Medal
HPS Gold Medal
IAAP Silver Medal
HPS Silver Medal
IAAP Bronze Medal
HPS Bronze Medal
2 FIAP Ribbons
5 HPS Ribbons
2 ISF e-Diploma
3 HPS e-Diploma Judge’s Choice

PHOTOJOURNALISM
FIAP Gold Medal
ISF Gold Medal
HPS Gold Medal
ISF Silver Medal
HPS Silver Medal
ISF Bronze Medal
HPS Bronze Medal
2 FIAP Ribbons
5 HPS Ribbons
2 ISF e-Diploma
3 HPS e-Diploma Judge’s Choice

NATURE
FIAP Gold Medal
HPS Gold Medal
HPS Gold Medal
HPS Silver Medal
HPS Silver Medal
HPS Bronze Medal
HPS Bronze Medal
2 FIAP Ribbons
5 HPS Ribbons
2 ISF e-Diploma
3 HPS e-Diploma Judge’s Choice

SURREALISTIC
FIAP Gold Medal
HPS Gold Medal
HPS Gold Medal
HPS Silver Medal
HPS Silver Medal
HPS Bronze Medal
HPS Bronze Medal
2 FIAP Ribbons
5 HPS Ribbons
2 ISF e-Diploma
3 HPS e-Diploma Judge’s Choice

DEFINITIONS

ALL ENTRIES SHALL CONFORM TO THE STRICTER OF THESE DEFINITIONS FOR ACCEPTANCES TO BE VALIDATED BY THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS GRANTING RECOGNITION OR PATRONAGE.

FIAP 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.

FIAP NATURE DEFINITION
Nature photography is restricted to the use of the photographic process to depict all branches of natural history, except anthropology and archaeology, in such a fashion that a well-informed person will be able to identify the subject material and certify its honest presentation. The story telling value of a photograph must be weighed more than the pictorial quality while maintaining high technical quality. Human elements shall not be present, except where those human elements are integral parts of the nature story such as nature subjects, like barn owls or storks, adapted to an environment modified by humans, or where those human elements are in situations depicting natural forces, like hurricanes or tidal waves. Scientific bands, scientific tags or radio collars on wild animals are permissible. Photographs of human created hybrid plants, cultivated plants, feral animals, domestic animals, or mounted specimens are ineligible, as is any form of manipulation that alters the truth of the photographic statement.
No techniques that add, relocate, replace, or remove pictorial elements except by cropping are permitted.
Techniques that enhance the presentation of the photograph without changing the nature story or the pictorial content, or without altering the content of the original scene, are permitted including HDR, focus stacking and dodging/burning. Techniques that remove elements added by the camera, such as dust spots, digital noise, and film scratches, are allowed. Stitched images are not permitted. All allowed adjustments must appear natural. Colour images can be converted to greyscale monochrome. Infrared images, either direct- captures or derivations, are not allowed.
Images used in Nature Photography competitions may be divided in two classes: Nature and Wildlife.
Images entered in Nature sections meeting the Nature Photography Definition above can have landscapes, geologic formations, weather phenomena, and extant organisms as the primary subject matter. This includes images taken with the subjects in controlled conditions, such as zoos, game farms, botanical gardens, aquariums and any enclosure where the subjects are totally dependent on man for food

FIAP PHOTOJOURNALISM PHOTOGRAPHY DEFINITION

Photojournalism entries shall consist of images with informative content and emotional impact, reflecting the human presence in our world. The journalistic (storytelling) value of the image shall receive priority over pictorial quality. In the interest of credibility, images that misrepresent the truth, such as those from events or activities specifically arranged for photography or of subjects directed or hired for photography, are not eligible. Techniques that add, relocate, replace or remove any element of the original image, except by cropping, are not permitted. The only allowable modifications are removal of dust, scratches or digital noise, restoration of the existing appearance of the original scene, sharpening that is not obvious, and conversion to grayscale ‘monochrome. Derivations, including infrared, are not eligible.

HPS SURREALISTIC PHOTOGRAPHY DEFINITION

Surrealism (surrealism, from the French sur – “over from” and réalisme – “reality”) is a cultural movement which developed in the middle of the third decade of the 20th century and influenced all the forms of art. According to the Surrealistic Manifest of Andre Breton, in 1924, the definition was: “Pure psychic automatism, by which one proposes to express, either verbally, in writing, or by any other manner, the real functioning of thought. Dictation of thought in the absence of all control exercised by reason, outside of all aesthetic and moral preoccupation”. Surrealism in photography is expressed with some techniques, where the surrealists altered the realistic photography. These techniques, at the time of analogue photography, were: Solarization, negative film printing, multi exposure, photo montage, collage etc. Today, the techniques have been dramatically changed and the digital process, with software such as Photoshop, gave a new boost and new form of surrealistic photography.

General Contact: Hellenic Photographic Society
Tel. 302108228131, email: [email protected]
www.efe.com.gr/home_en.htm

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