CYPRUS PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

The contest is divided into following sections:
OPEN COLOR
OPEN MONOCHROME
PHOTOJOURNALISM

Closing date: 16 May 2024
Judging date: 1 June 2024
Notification date: 9 June 2024
Delivery date: 2 August 2024
Gallery publish date: 2 August 2024

Entry fee is mandatory for all participants.

For all Sections: €20

Group entries: €15 per entrant for groups of at least 10 persons. Please e-mail us at [email protected] for instructions on payment or other clarifications.

Early Bird discount: A 20% discount on entry fee is offered to all participants sending and paying for their entries from 25th of March 2024, until 16th of April 2024, 23:59 EET. The reduced fee is €16.

Preferred method of payment is PAYPAL. If Paypal is not available at your country, please contact the Organizer for arranging a different way of payment.

The contest is open to anyone (amateur and professional photographers from all over the world); however, an entry may be rejected when the sponsoring organization or its agent, in its reasonable discretion, believes the entry does not conform to the contest rules and conditions.
Entries must originate as photographs (image-captures of objects via light sensitivity) made by the entrant on photographic emulsion or acquired digitally. By virtue of submitting an entry, the entrant certifies the image as his own (aliases are not permitted). 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. Note: Entrants who indicate that their images may not be reproduced or used 'will not be eligible for awards' or inclusion in audio-visuals of the exhibition 'and could be subject to disqualification' by the exhibition sponsors.
By submitting an entry, the entrant certifies legal Age, and own all rights to these images, including copyright or parents or guardians gives permission on his/her behalf if he/she is not of Legal Age. The exhibition assumes no liability of any misuse of copyright. Images may be altered, either electronically or otherwise, by the maker. All final image must be on photographic film, or on electronic file, or on photographic or electronic print material, mounting excepted.
No title or identification of the maker shall be visible anywhere on the face of an image, print mat or mount.

Photographs must be in JPEG format, with dimensions 1920x1080 pixels at 300, JPEG compression (if Photoshop used for export): 7-12, file size maximum 4 Mb. Each image must have a unique title. Titles must not include file extensions such as .jpg or .jpeg (or any other camera capture filenames), or words such as 'untitled' or 'no title'. Titles may not consist solely of numbers.
Digital images cannot be altered, including resizing in either direction, by the exhibition or by the exhibitions equipment before or during judging.
The photographs of participants with the application are submitted in these ways:
- uploading thought our website
- by e-mail: [email protected]

NOTICE: When an entrant fills in the Entry Form to submit an entry the entrant will see a feature to affirm he or she has read these Conditions of Entry when he or she fills out the entry form. If the entrant does not so affirm the entry will not be submitted.

To participate in this contest entrants will apply with black & white or color works. The maximum number of photographs per section is 4. No title or identification of the maker shall be written anywhere on the face of an image.
Photographs must be sent in digital form, as a picture file with dimension 1920x1080 pixels at 300 dpi. The maximum file size is 4 Mb.

· Garik Avanesian, MFIAP, EFIAP/s (Czech Republic)
· Eleftheria Konsolaki, GPU CR2, GPU Hermes (Greece)
· Andreas L. Andreou, HonEFIAP, EFIAP/d3, PISF, RISF10, FPlatinumISF, GPUCR4, GPUVIP4 (Cyprus)
· Nassim Eloud, EFIAP/p, EHPS/g, M.APS, A-CPA, R.ISF-3 (Cyprus)
· Pantelis Kranos, EFIAP/d3, EPSA, GMHPS, GMICS, GMAPS, EDIPA/p

Reserve member:
· Yiannos Erotokritou EFIAP/s (Cyprus)

The judges of the event will give following awards:
3 x FIAP Gold Medal, 3 x FIAP Silver Medal, 3 x FIAP Bronze Medal, 30 x FIAP Blue Ribbon,
3 x PSA Gold Medal, 3 x PSA Silver Medal, 3 x PSA Bronze Medal, 21 x PSA Ribbon,
3 x ISF Gold Medal, 3 x ISF Silver Medal, 3 x ISF Bronze Medal,
6 x GPU Gold Medal, 3 x GPU Silver Medal, 3 x GPU Bronze Medal, 24 x GPU Ribbon,
3 x HPS Gold Medal, 3 x HPS Silver Medal, 3 x HPS Bronze Medal, 12 x HPS Ribbon,
3 x IAAP Gold Medal, 3 x IAAP Silver Medal, 3 x IAAP Bronze Medal, 15 x IAAP Ribbon,
3 x CPS Gold Medal, 3 x CPS Silver Medal, 3 x CPS Bronze Medal, 15 x CPS eDiploma,

(1) FIAP Blue badge, presented to the author with the highest number of acceptances.
(2) A Special award will be presented to the Cypriot photographers in each section with the highest number of acceptances.

Total 183 awards. The organizer reserves the right to change the number of awards, depending on the total number of the entrants.

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 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.
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.


[PHOTOJOURNALISM]
Photojournalism entries are images with informative content and emotional impact, reflecting the human presence in our world. The journalistic (story-telling) value of the image should receive priority over pictorial quality. Images that misrepresent the truth, such as those from events or activities arranged specifically for photography, or of subjects directed or hired for photography, are not eligible. Techniques that add, relocate, replace, remove or change any element in the original scene, except by cropping, are not permitted. All images must look natural. The only allowable modifications are removal of dust, scratches or digital noise and restoration of the appearance of the existing scene, or complete conversion to greyscale monochrome. Other derivations, including infrared, are not eligible.

Notification cards will be sent by email.
All entrants of the event (participants which submitted works and paid entry fee) will receive on-line PDF catalog of the photo event.
The organizer will take all possible care while handling the emails, awards and catalogs, however will assume no liability for damages and loses during shipment.

Mr. Alexis Saveriades, EFIAP/p
P.O.Box. 27370 CY 1644, Nicosia, Cyprus
email: [email protected]
website: www.cps-cidpc.com