“Olympic Spirit: Beyond Victories and Defeats” is international photo contest, organized by Gilavar Photo Club of Azerbaijan

In collaboration with the Azerbaijan National Antidoping Agency and Gilavar Photo Club public union, we are honored to announce an international photo exhibition dedicated to celebrating the spirit of the Olympic and Paralympic Games 2024. This exhibition will be held in conjunction with the upcoming conference in December 2024.

This exhibition aims to highlight the essence of sportsmanship, clean competition, and the values embodied in the Olympic and Paralympic Games 2024. We invite photographers from across the globe to submit images that capture these values and portray the universal message of fair play in athletics.

Join us in this unique exhibition, showcasing the beauty and integrity of sports while championing the ideals of clean competition and fair play!

Let your photographs inspire a global conversation on the values that unite us all through the Olympic spirit!

Contest consists of 1 digital section:
Themes:
The Glory of Victory – Capturing triumphs, celebrations, and powerful moments of success.
The Disappointment of Defeat – Reflecting on the emotional journeys of athletes facing challenging moments.
Memorable Moments from the Games – Showcasing unique and inspiring moments from competitions.
The Spirit of Clean Sport – Celebrating integrity, fairness, and commitment to clean competition.
Promotion of Fair Play Principles – Emphasizing ethical conduct and respect in sports.
Azerbaijani Athletes in Focus – Featuring Azerbaijani athletes through the lens of international photographers.

Closing date: 30.11.2024
Judging start: 01.12.2024
Judging end: 07.12.2024
Notification: 09.12.2024
Exhibition: 16.12.2024
Awards delivery: 10.02.2025

Participation fee is free for all participants.

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. 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.

The entrants have to register on web-site sport.gilavar.net. After registration and authorization the applicant enters personal account and uploads images for the contest. The images on CD sent via regular mail are subject to rejection.
Technical requirements for the uploaded images:
Photos must be in JPEG format, dimensions no more than 3000 pixels horizontal by no more than 2000 pixels vertical side max. at 300 dpi, max. 3MB.
Each image must have a unique title that is a description of the image. No title or photos containing visible watermarks, names or initials will be disqualified and for this reason will not be included in the verdict. Please use only English alphabet and numeric (A-Z, 0-9).
An author may not enter identical or similar images into different categories and sections of the same salon.

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.

By entering this exhibition, you are explicitly consenting to the personal details you have supplied, including physical addresses, email addresses, being held, processed and used by the exhibition organizers for purposes associated with this exhibition. You also explicitly consent to such information being sent to organizations that have accorded official recognition, patronage or accreditation to this exhibition. You acknowledge, agree and accept that by entering this exhibition, your participation status which includes your first and last name, name of the country used during registration at the exhibition, number of sections entered and number of photos entered in those sections will be made public in a published status list and that the results of your entry shall be made public in exhibition gallery, exhibition catalog.

Judging will be ONLINE and the Salon Chairperson will ensure the FIAP Guidelines regarding how the judges view the images are followed.
Award session will be done at the video conference by the jury viewing the images together.
Images will be displayed at exactly 100% of image resolution.
The judges will be using color-calibrated monitors.
The jury's decision is final and it can not be changed in any case.

Umberto Deramo Italy
Anton Savov, President of Academy of Photography Bulgaria Bulgaria
Ilgar Jafarov, Member of Gilavar Photo Club of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
Dilavar Najafov, President of Azerbaijan Photography Federation Azerbaijan (alternative)

International awards will be provided by IAAP and Gilavar Photo Club, including:

IAAP Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals
Gilavar Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals
3 x IAAP diplomas
6 x Gilavar ribbons
10 x Gilavar diplomas (PDF)

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

Notification cards will be sent by email.
The results and PDF Exhibition catalog will be publishing on website sport.gilavar.net and it will be possible to download. All entrants of the contest (participants which submitted works and paid entry fee) will receive on-line PDF catalog of the photo contest.

Salon Chairman Mr. Rashad Mehdiyev, EFIAP
e-mail: [email protected]
Salon web site: www.sport.gilavar.net