4th Salamis Photo Awards 2024 is organized by Nicosia Photographic Society (NPS), Cyprus.

The entry of this international photo exhibition is open to amateur and professional photographers all over the world. It will be organized under the approved rules of PSA, GPU, IAAP, IIG and NPS.

This exhibition is PSA approved and acceptances received by PSA members are eligible for PSA Star Ratings, listing in the worldwide PSA Who’s Who of Photography and credited towards the PSA Distinctions of QPSA, PPSA, EPSA, MPSA, MPSA2 and GMPSA, GMPSA/B, GMPSA/S, GMPSA/G and GMPSA/P.
Acceptances in this exhibition are also eligible for GPU, IIG and NPS Distinctions.

Ms. Buket Ozatay, EPSA, EFIAP/d1
POBox 21889
CY1514
Nicosia, Cyprus
Email: [email protected]
Rules & Submission http://www.nicosiafoto.com/salamis/
Name of Exhibition Software Provider: IAAP

* Photographic Society of America ( PSA 2024-1150 )
* International Association of Art Photographers ( 2024/105 )
* Global Photographic Union ( GPU L240058 )
* India International Group ( IIG/2024-74 )
* Nicosia Photographic Society ( NPS 2024-02 )

There are six (6) sections, all DIGITAL:

A-OPEN COLOR (color only) PSA PIDC
B-OPEN MONOCHROME (monochrome only) PSA PIDM
C-NATURE (color/ greyscale monochrome) PSA ND
D-PHOTO TRAVEL (color/greyscale monochrome) PSA PTD
E-PHOTOJOURNALISM (color/greyscale monochrome) PSA PJD
F-PEOPLE (color only) PSA PIDC

- The maximum number of works is four (4) per section. Total 24 photos.
- Each photo can be presented in only one section.
- NUDES are allowed.
- In PIDM section toned and greyscale images are permitted.
- Monochrome images may not be entered in PID Color Sections.

Closing Date: 31 March 2024

End of Judging: 28 April 2024

Notification: 5 May 2024

On-Line Gallery: 21 April 2024

Catalog & Awards Sending: 27 June 2024

Result and all awarded images will be posted on our website.


Public Showings: There will be a public projection of all the awards and a representative selection of the accepted in June 2024 Nicosia, Cyprus.

6 Sections
Entry Fee Euro 15
Group Discount 5 persons Euro 10

-For Group Discounts contact chairperson:

Each entrant must indicate a group name during the payment and group representative must send the name list of the entrants via email.

-Group Participation Fee to Buket Ozatay at PayPal ID: [email protected]

-Single Participation Fee via PayPal through our web site: http://www.nicosiafoto.com/salamis/
-by Bank Payment
For Turkish Entrants: Buket Ozatay, Turkiye Is Bankası, TL IBAN TR93 0006 4000 0016 8130 0351 45
For EURO payments around the world: EURO payments around the world: Turkiye Is Bank, Arasta Brunch.
Buket Ozatay, IBAN TR57 0006 4000 0026 8130 0415 11

For Revolut Payments: Contact Buket Ozatay at [email protected]
-via Western Union: Buket Ozatay, Cyprus (Northern)

** Images can be changed after payment **

NON-PAYMENT OF FEES
Entries for which no fee is received will not be judged. Regardless of the results, the fee is non-refundable.

EXHIBITION REQUIREMENTS
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.

Authors must fill out an Online Entry Form on the official website and submit entries online:
http://www.nicosiafoto.com/salamis/
- Maximum number of photographs per theme is 4. Total 24 photos.
- Photos with any watermarks are not accepted. No title or identification of the maker shall be written anywhere on the face of an image.
- An entrant’s four images will be distributed throughout four rounds of judging for that section.
- Photos must be in JPEG format, dimensions no more than1920 pixels horizontal by no more than 1080 pixels vertical side max at 300 dpi, JPEG compression value 7-12. Maximum file size is 4 Mb. Please note, portrait images must be no more than 1080 pixels vertically.
-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. Titles must be 35 characters or fewer.
- No file naming is needed. Digital images cannot be altered, including resizing in either direction, by the exhibition or by the exhibition's equipment before or during judging.
- For the purpose of this exhibition, vignettes are not allowed in NATURE ND, PHOTO TRAVEL PTD, PHOTOJOURNALISM PJD Digital images.
An image may be entered in only one section.

The Exhibition will be conducted in accordance with the rules of the PSA. 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.

Emel Sefer, Cyprus
EFIAP
Open Monochrome, Open Color, People

Irene Ehrenreich, Austria
MPSA2, EFIAP/b, GPU CR3-Aphrodite, RISF 7
Nature, Photo Travel, Photojournalism, Open Color

Roberto De Leonardis, Italy
MPSA, EFIAP/d1, GPU CR3-VIP3, AFI, BFA***
Nature, Photo Travel, Photojournalism, People

Udayan Sankar Pal, India
EFIAP, MPSA, IIG/p9
Nature, Photo Travel, Photojournalism, Open Monochrome

Dalva Couto, Brazil
AFIAP, QPSA, EAFB
Open Monochrome, Open Color, People


JUDGING METHOD
- Judging will be ONLINE.
- The judges will be using color-calibrated monitors.
- The monitors will be capable of displaying images at 100% of their resolution
- Award session will be done at the videoconference by a jury viewing the images together.

TARGET RANGE
The target acceptance rate will be between 27% and 30% in each section.

The jury will accord a total of 160 High Quality Awards

OPEN COLOR PIDC
PSA GOLD
GPU GOLD
NPS GOLD
IAAP SILVER
IAAP BRONZE
PSA HM
GPU RIBBON
IAAP DIPLOMA
2 x NPS RIBBON
2x NPS DIPLOMA
14x NPS e-HM

OPEN MONOCHROME PIDM
PSA GOLD
IAAP GOLD
NPS GOLD
NPS SILVER
NPS BRONZE
PSA HM
GPU RIBBON
2 x NPS RIBBON
IAAP DIPLOMA
2x NPS DIPLOMA
14x NPS e-HM

NATURE ND
PSA GOLD
NPS GOLD
NPS GOLD
NPS SILVER
NPS BRONZE
PSA HM
IIG RIBBON
2x NPS RIBBON
IAAP DIPLOMA
2x NPS DIPLOMA
14x NPS e-HM

PHOTO TRAVEL PT
PSA GOLD
NPS GOLD
NPS GOLD
NPS SILVER
NPS BRONZE
PSA HM
IIG RIBBON
2x NPS RIBBON
IAAP DIPLOMA
2x NPS DIPLOMA
14x NPS e-HM

PHOTO JOURNALISM PJ
PSA GOLD
NPS GOLD
NPS GOLD
NPS SILVER
NPS BRONZE
PSA HM
3x NPS RIBBON
IAAP DIPLOMA
2x NPS DIPLOMA
14x NPS e-HM

PEOPLE & LIFE PIDC
PSA GOLD
NPS GOLD
NPS GOLD
NPS SILVER
NPS BRONZE
PSA HM
3 x NPS RIBBON
IAAP DIPLOMA
2x NPS DIPLOMA
14x NPS e-HM

Best Author Award IIG Gold Medal
Best Club Award I NPS Gold Medal
Best Club Award II NPS Silver Medal
Best Club Award III NPS Bronze Medal

- NPS e-HM is Nicosia Photographic Society Honor Mentions (PDF certificate).
- e-certificates will not be posted. Entrants are responsible for downloading and printing their e-certificates.
- The jury reserves the right to grant additional awards depend on the total number of the entrants.
- The decision of the Jury is final and irrevocable.
- E-certificates for every acceptance & award.

DISTINCTIONS NPS
The photographic distinctions of Nicosia Photographic Society (NPS) are established to reward
the participants who take part in the exhibitions of NPS patronage.
The NPS distinctions are Artiste A.NPS, Excellence E.NPS, Master M.NPS, Grand Master
GM.NPS, GM.NPS/b, GM.NPS/s, GM.NPS/g and GM.NPS/p. These distinctions are free of
charge. NPS will record all acceptances and share the distinctions to the eligible photographers
by email. For more info please visit: http://www.nicosiafoto.com/salamis/

All entries shall conform to the stricter of these definitions for acceptances to be validated by all the International Organizations granting recognition or patronage.

[MONOCRHOME]
An image is considered to be monochrome only if it gives the impression of having no color (i.e. contains only shades of gray which can include pure black and pure white), or it gives the impression of being a gray-scale image that has been toned in one color across the entire image, example by sepia, red, gold, etc. A gray-scale 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.
A black and white work fitting from the very dark gray (black) to the very clear gray (white) is a monochrome work with the various shades of gray.
A black and white work toned entirely in a single color 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 catalog 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 color becomes a color work (polychrome) to stand in the color category; such a work requires color reproduction in the catalog of a salon under FIAP Patronage.

[NATURE]
Nature photography is restricted to the use of the photographic process to depict all branches of natural history, except anthropology and archeology, 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 images must appear natural.
• Color images can be converted to gray-scale monochrome.
• Infrared images, either direct-captures or derivations, are not allowed.
• 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 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.

[PHOTOJOURNALISM]
Photojournalism entries shall consist of images with informative content and emotional impact, reflecting the human presence in our world. The journalistic (story-telling) 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 gray-scale monochrome. Derivations, including infrared, are not eligible.

[TRAVEL]
A photo travel image expresses the characteristic features or culture of a land as they are found naturally. There are no geographic limitations. Images from events or activities arranged specifically for photography, or of subjects directed or hired for photography are not appropriate. Close up pictures of people or objects must include features that provide information about the environment. Techniques that add, relocate, replace or remove any element of the original image, except by cropping, are not permitted. The only allowable adjustments are removal of dust or digital noise, restoration of the appearance of the original scene, and complete conversion to gray-scale monochrome. Other derivations, including infrared, are not permitted. All images must appear natural.

CATALOGUE
Online PDF Catalog (Downloadable from Website).
Salon Chair will send an email to all entrants to notify that Catalog is ready to download from Website http://www.nicosiafoto.com/salamis/

NOTIFICATION CARD
Each entrant will receive via e-mail an auto scoring report card with the results of his/her submitted photos. All results will be uploaded in the website of the Salon.