Photographic Society of Wojnicz Fotum

Salon is divided into 3 sections:

A) PORTRAIT
B) OPEN Color
C) OPEN Monochrome

Each participant can send up to four digital photos in each category. An entrant's four images will be distributed throughout four rounds of judging in that section. The same image must not be submitted in more than one section.

Closing date: 29.09.2024
Judging: 20.10.2024
Notifications: 25.10.2024
Sending of awards: 19.12.2024
Online Gallery: 25.10.2024
Sending of catalogs: 31.01.2025
<b>Public presentation and award ceremony: Wojnicz, Poland 21.12.2024</b>

Entry fee is mandatory for all participants and is:
World Wide: 19€ or 21$ for all three sections, only by PAYPAL
Poland: 85 PLN for all three sections, by PAYPAL or bank transfer
PAYPAL: [email protected]
IBAN: PL 12 1050 1722 1000 0090 3046 4599
The works of the authors who did not pay the fee would be rejected.

Discount for groups over 10 participants 17 Euro (19 $) for each person.

The salon is open to amateur and professional photographers from all over the world and all ages; however, an entry may be rejected when the sponsoring organization, or its agent, in its reasonable discretion, believes the entry does not conform to salon 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 work as his own and the exhibition assumes no liability for any misuse of copyright. All parts of the image have to be photographed by the author who is holding the copyright of all works submitted. The salon will be conducted in accordance to the requirements and practices of FIAP, IAAP, GPU, FRP.
The organizer can use the exhibited works for reproduction in the catalogue and for promotion without paying any author's fee. By submitting an entry to the contest the entrant permits the organizers to reproduce all or part of the entered material free of charge for publication in
a catalogue, on internet and/or in other media related to the salon.

Authors must fill out online entry form in subpage: ENTRY FORM and upload photo online on the page: http://salon.fotum.org

• no title or identification of the maker shall be written anywhere on the face of an image,
• Photos dimensions no more than1920 pixels horizontal by no more than 1080 pixels vertical side,
• file must be saved in JPEG format, RGB mode (not CMYK), the resolution should be 300 dpi, compression between 8 and 12 (file size max 4Mb),
• each photo must have a unique name (eg "sunrise.jpg") entered after adding it to the competition website during registration in the field directly below the photo.
The Exhibition will be conducted in accordance with the rules of the FIAP, IAAP, GPU and FRP.

• FIAP: Gold, Silver, Bronze medals, six ribbons in each section, Blue Badge for the best author
• FRP: Gold, Silver, Bronze medals in each section
• IAAP: Gold, Silver, Bronze medals, three ribbons in each section
• GPU: Gold, Silver, Bronze medals, six ribbons in each section
• PSW Fotum: Gold, Silver, Bronze medals, three ribbons in each section
• Organizer distinction, three salon diplomas in each category,
• Medal Salon PSW Fotum for the best salon author,
• Diploma for the best club.
• Money awards for the best 3 salon authors 600 Euro to share

When registering online at https://salon.fotum.org/, all competition participants must read the following documents: FIAP document 040/2023 and FIAP document 038/2023, which are linked there, and check the box next to the following text:

“I hereby expressly agree to FIAP document 040/2023 « Conditions and regulations for FIAP Patronage » and FIAP document 038/2023 « Sanctions for breaching FIAP regulations and the red list ». I am particularly aware of chapter II « Regulations for International photographic events under FIAP patronage » of FIAP document 040/2023, dealing under Section II.2 and II.3 with the FIAP participation rules, the sanctions for breaching FIAP regulations and the red list.”

Each entrant to FIAP salons acknowledges that they will incur sanctions if they breach the FIAP regulations. (FIAP document 038/2023).

Pictures created by artificial intelligence are not allowed in this salon! 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!

Entrant accepts without exception and with no objection the following terms:
- the submitted images can be investigated by FIAP to establish if these obey to FIAP regulations and definitions even if the entrant is not a member of FIAP,
- FIAP will use any means at its disposal for thisundertaking,
- any refusal to cooperate with FIAP or any refusal to submit the original files as captured by the camera, or failure to provide sufficient evidence, will result in them being sanctioned by FIAP,
- in case of sanctions following the non compliance with FIAP regulations, the name of the entrant will be released in any form useful to inform other parties of the entrant’s breaches of the rules.

It is recommended to leave the EXIF data in the submitted files intact in order to ease eventual investigations.

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.

Failure to agree will mean that the application will not proceed.

All entrants will be sent printed catalogue to the address provided during registration on the competition website. All participants will receive report card notifications via e-mail. The results of the exhibition will be published on the website: http://salon.fotum.org
IMPORTANT: the participant will receive an emails from the address: [email protected]
For efficient communication, make sure that the ANTI-SPAM filter does not block messages from the above address.

SALON CHAIRMAN: Maciej Babiarz
e-mail:[email protected]
salon web page: http://salon.fotum.org