ARS FOTOGRAFICA XXV Edition is international contest of art photography, organized by Foto Club Arad Association (FCA) from Arad, Romania.
Our partner is Arad County Council by Arad County Cultural Center.
PATRONAGES
FIAP 358/2025
AAFR 008/2025,
IAAP 152/2025,
FCA 01/2025

The contest is divided into the following sections:
• OPEN (color)
• OPEN (monochrome)

Closing date: September 17 2025
Judging date: September 27 2025
Notification date: September 30 2025
Delivery date: October 30 2025
Gallery publish date: October 30 2025

The entry fee for any number of sections and any number of images is 20 EUR. The fee will be sent by PayPal to: [email protected].
If a photo club will have more than 6 participants it will be a discount if they contact the organizer.
Images from participants who have not paid the entry fee will not be considered.

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.
No title or identification of the maker shall be visible anywhere on the face of an image, print mat or mount.
By the sole act of submitting his/her images or files to a salon under FIAP Patronage, the entrant accepts without exception and with no objection that 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; that FIAP will use any means at its disposal for this undertaking; that 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 be sanctioned by FIAP and that 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 the breaches of the rules. It is recommended to leave the EXIF data in the submitted files intact in order to ease eventual investigations.

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). No title or identification of the maker shall be written anywhere on the face of an image. The title will be in English.
The photographs of participants with the application are submitted uploading thought our website: http://theiaap.com/e/fotoclubarad

The judging will be done by remote online judging. All judges will be using equipment capable of displaying images at 100% of the image resolution. Judges will be using color calibrated equipment. Target Range will be max 25%.

By entering this contest, you are explicitly consenting to the personal details you have supplied, including physical addresses, email addresses, being held, processed and used by the contest organizers for purposes associated with this contest. You also explicitly consent to such information being sent to organizations that have accorded official recognition, patronage or accreditation to this contest. You acknowledge, agree and accept that by entering this contest, your participation status which includes your first and last name, name of the country used during registration at the contest, 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.

[FIAP]
The mention that by the sole act of submitting his/her images or files to a salon under FIAP Patronage, the entrant accepts without exception and with no objection the following terms:
- that 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,
- that FIAP will use any means at its disposal for this undertaking,
- that 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 be sanctioned by FIAP,
- that 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 the breaches of the rules. It is recommended to leave the EXIF data in the submitted files intact in order to ease eventual investigations. If, at any time, it is determined in the reasonable discretion of the exhibition organizer or the judges before, during, or after the judging of an exhibition that an entrant has submitted entries where one or more images may fail to comply with these Conditions of Entry, including the stated definitions, the exhibition organizers reserve the right to delete the entry from the exhibition and void any or all acceptances or awards in connection with the exhibition. Fees may be forfeited or refunded in these circumstances. The entrant acknowledges that the decision of the exhibition organizers or the judges is final.
[FIAP NOTICE]
In order to have legal authority on those who do not respect the rules of FIAP, the organizer must make sure that all participants of an online event under FIAP Patronage tick a box next to which the following text is stated:
I hereby expressly agree to the FIAP document 018/2017 «Conditions and regulations for FIAP Patronage» and FIAP document 033_2021 «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 018/2017, dealing under Section II.2 and II.3 with the FIAP participation rules, the sanctions for breaching FIAP regulations and the red list.
By submitting an entry, the entrant certifies that he is a sole owner of the rights to use sent images, including copyright, pa-tent and/or other applicable rights. All models must be of Legal Age of consent or have guardian permissions issued. The exhibition organizers assume no liability for any copyright misuse conducted by entrants.

• Eugen Negrea E.FIAP/b (Romania)
• Geza Lennert E.FIAP (Serbia)
• Vladimir Jovanovski; M NPUM; MPSA; RISF5; GPU CR3 Hermes (North Macedonia)

The judges of the event will present the following awards:
2 x FIAP Gold Medal, 2 x FIAP Silver Medal, 2 x FIAP Bronze Medal, 12 x FIAP Honorable Mention, FIAP Blue Ribbon,
2 x IAAP Gold Medal, 2 x IAAP Silver Medal, 2 x IAAP Bronze Medal, 12 x IAAP Diploma,
2 x AAFR Gold Medal, 2 x AAFR Silver Medal, 2 x AAFR Bronze Medal, 12 x AAFR Honorable mention,
2 x FCA Gold Medal, 2 x FCA Silver Medal, 2 x FCA Bronze Medal, 12 x FCA Honorable mention,
FCA Trophy awarded,
Total 74 awards. The organizer reserves the right to adjust the number of awards based on the total number of entrants.

All entries shall conform to the stricter of this definition for acceptances to be validated by all the international organizations granting recognition or patronage.
[FIAP Definition of 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 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 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 color becomes a color work (polychrome) to stand in the color category; such a work requires color reproduction in the catalogue of a salon under FIAP Patronage.

Notification cards will be sent by email.
All the photographs that got awards will be included in the printed catalogue of the Salon. This catalogue will be sent to all photographers with awarded and accepted photos by regular post. The organizer will not take any liabilities for stolen or missing of awards during the transit.
Digital catalogue will be available for free from website.

Mircea Boran E.AAFR
Arad, Romania

email: [email protected]
website: www.fotoclubarad.ro