The International exhibition of art photography CONTRAST 2017 is exhibition of art photography organised by Photo club Infinity from Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

BREACH OF CONDITIONS OF ENTRY
If the exhibition determines before, during, or after the judging that an entrant has submitted entries where one or more images fail to comply with these Conditions of Entry, including the stated definitions, the exhibition reserves the right and discretion to delete the entry from the exhibition and void any or all acceptances or awards. Fees may be forfeited in these circumstances.

In order to ensure that images comply with the Conditions of Entry and definitions, the exhibition may carry out checks on the images to make sure 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.
This may involve asking the entrant to provide originally captured image(s), with EXIF data intact, by a set deadline. The questioned image(s) of any entrant failing to comply with such a request for the original image(s) 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 retains the right to investigate in any way all complaints/suspicions of breaches of entry conditions, impose sanctions if deemed necessary, 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.

The International exhibition of art photography CONTRAST 2017 is divided in 12 sections, all digital:

1. CONTRAST (monochrome and color) PSA PID COLOR
2. OPEN (color) PSA PID COLOR
3. OPEN (monochrome) PSA PID MONOCHROME
4. WEDDINGS (monochrome and color) PSA PID COLOR
5. NATURE (monochrome and color) PSA ND
6. WILDLIFE (monochrome and color) PSA ND
7. BIRDS (monochrome and color) PSA ND
8. TRAVEL (monochrome and color) PSA PTD
9. CITY LIFE (monochrome and color) PSA PTD
10. PEOPLE (monochrome and color) PSA PTD
11. SPORT (monochrome and color) PSA PJD
12. PHOTOJOURNALISM (monochrome and color) PSA PJD

I. Acceptances in PID recognized Color sections shall be credited towards PID Color Star Ratings and Who’s Who Color listings. Monochrome images accepted in PID recognized Color sections shall only be credited towards PID Color Star Ratings.
II. Acceptances in PID recognized Monochrome sections shall be credited towards PID Monochrome Star Ratings and Who’s Who Monochrome listings.
III. All acceptance eligibility shall be in accordance with the PID Star Ratings or the Galaxy/Diamond Ratings requirements as appropriate.

Closing date: 18.03.2017
Judging date: 01.04.2017
End judging: 07.04.2017
Notification date: 20.04.2017
Submit EDAS report: 20.05.2017
Delivery of the catalogues and awards to the authors by 30.05.2017.

PUBLIC SHOWINGS
1. 01.06.2017 at galerija Banja Vrucica- Teslic and
2. 08.06.2017 at galerija Doboj – Cuprijska 44.

Depending of the number of sections participant applies, the fee cost as follow:

- any 1, 2, 3 or 4 sections = 15 EUR (17$)
- any 5, 6, 7 or 8 sections = 25 EUR (28$)
- any 9, 10, 11 or 12 sections = 30 EUR (34$)

The fee can be paid via PayPal through our web site:
http://contrast.fotodoboj.com/ page: PAYMENT or just send fee to email: [email protected] via PayPal.

Also the participation fee can be paid with Western Union on the following info:
Name: Oliver Vukmirovic; Address: Vidovdanska 15/8; City: Doboj; Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

The fee can be also paid by postal mail along with the CD with photographs sent to the club address:
Oliver Vukmirovic (Photo club Infinity); Nikole Pasica 41; 74000 Doboj; Bosnia and Herzegovina

For authors from BiH paid on the following bank account:
Oliver Vukmirovic; z.racun: 1613000051856934; deponent: Raiffeisen Bank

The works of the authors who did not pay the fee would not be taken into consideration.

The salon is open to amateur and professional photographers from all over the world. Entrants must be authors of the works they submit. Each participant may send maximum of 4 photographs to each section. The organizer can use the exhibited works for reproduction in the catalog and for promotion without paying any author's fee.

The exhibition is open to anyone; 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 exhibition rules and conditions.
Entries are limited to not more than 4 images per section, category, or class. An entrant’s four images will be distributed throughout four rounds of judging in that section.
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 work 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.
The exhibition assumes no liability of any misuse of copyright. Images may be altered, either electronically or otherwise, by the maker. Artwork or computer graphics created by the entrant may be incorporated provided the photographic content predominates, subject to Nature, Photo Travel and Photojournalism divisional restrictions. All final work 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 entered in a PSA Recognized exhibition.

Each image must have a unique title. Once an image has been accepted in a PSA Recognized exhibition, that same image, or a like “in camera” or a “reproduction” duplicate of that image:

i. May not be re-entered in any section of the same Division Star Ratings class in that exhibition regardless of media, format, or title.
ii. May not be re-titled for entry in any other PSA Recognized exhibition.

Words such as “Untitled” and “No Title” are not acceptable as part or all of an image’s title, not are camera capture filenames.

Photos must be in JPEG format, dimensions 1920 pixels by 1200 pixels max at 300 dpi, JPEG compression value (if Photoshop used for export): 7-12, file size maximum 3 Mb. No file naming is needed. Exhibitions using digital projection is judge the images as received from the photographer at 100% of the maximum permitted pixel size.
Digital images can not be altered, including resizing in either direction, by the exhibition or by the exhibition's equipment before or during judging.

The photographs of authors with the application are submitted in these ways:
- by e-mail: [email protected]
- uploading throw our web site: http://contrast.fotodoboj.com/
- on CD, along with the participation fee, use this postal address:
Oliver Vukmirovic (Photo club Infinity)
Nikole Pasica 41.
74000 Doboj; Bosnia and Herzegovina

To participate at CONTRAST 2017 authors will apply with black & white or color works. Maximum number of photographs per theme is 4. 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, minimum 25% acceptance rate is guaranteed.
Photographs must be sent in digital form, as a picture file with dimension 1920x1200pixels at 300 dpi. The exhibition is not allowed to resize the pictures sent by the entrants. The works will be projected on projector Acer H6510BD FHD 1920x1200. No file naming is needed. Maximum file size is 3 Mb.

1. Istvan Kerekes, EFIAP/d1 - Hungary
2. Hong Li, MIUP - China
3. Tomasz Okoniewski, AFIAP - Poland

The works will be projected on projector Acer H6510BD FHD 1920x1200.

At INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION CONTRAST 2017 there will be awarded these medals:
12 x PSA Gold medal and 36 ribbons,
3 x IAAP Gold and 12 ribbons,
12 x MoL Gold medal, 12 x MoL Silver and 12 x MoL Bronze medal and 12 x MoL Diploma,
36 x PCI Diploma.

Depending on the total number of participants, three most successful authors will win cash prizes:
200-250 author a total of: 1st place - 250 Euro; 2nd place - 150 Euro and 3rd place - 100 Euro
251-300 author a total of: 1st place - 400 Euro; 2nd place - 250 Euro and 3rd place - 150 Euro
301-350 author a total of: 1st place - 600 Euro; 2nd place - 400 Euro and 3rd place - 200 Euro

In the third place - competing authors who participated in any 1, 2, 3 or 4 sections;
In the second place - competing authors who participated in any 5, 6, 7 or 8 sections;
In the first place - competing authors who participated in any 9, 10, 11 or all 12 sections.

The organizer reserves the right to award the most successful authors of CONTRAST 2017 depend on the total number of the entrants.

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 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.

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 greyscale 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.

Images entered in Wildlife sections meeting the Nature Photography Definition above are further defined as one or more extant zoological or botanical organisms free and unrestrained in a natural or adopted habitat.

• Landscapes, geologic formations, photographs of zoo or game farm animals, or of any extant zoological or botanical species taken under controlled conditions are not eligible in Wildlife sections.
• Wildlife is not limited to mammals, birds and insects. Marine subjects and botanical subjects (including fungi and algae) taken in the wild are suitable wildlife subjects, as are carcasses of extant species.

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 greyscale monochrome. Derivations, including infrared, are not eligible.

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 grayscale monochrome. Other derivations, including infrared, are not permitted. All images must appear natural.

Notification cards will be sent by email.
All participants of the competition (the authors which submitted works and paid the participation fee) will receive download link for online PDF catalogue of the photo salon. 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.

Contact person: President Photo club Infinity and Chairman Mr. Oliver Vukmirovic,
e-mail: [email protected] and [email protected]
www.contrast.fotodoboj.com; www.fotodoboj.com