Association Photographers «Eurasia», Russian Federation

Two categories can participate in the competition:

Category I: for participants under 16 years of age
Category II: for participants under 25 years of age

Contest consists of 6 sections:

1. Color photography. Free theme
2. Black and white. Monochrome. Free theme
3. Landscape
4. Staged photography. Portrait
5. World in focus
6. Inanimate art

Closing date: 10 July 2025
Judging: 14 July 2025
Notification: 06 Aug 2025
Exhibition: 22 Sep to 22 Oct 2025
Start of awards delivery: 27 Sep 2025
Start of catalogues delivery: 17 Aug 2025

There is no entry fee (free all sections)

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. The organizer has the right to disqualify any participant (or his picture) without explaining the reasons.
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.

The entrants for the «Open Cup of Russia, Youth - 2025» have to register on our web-site www.russiancup.photo/youth After registration and authorization the applicant enters his personal account and uploads his images for the contest.

Technical requirements for the uploaded images;
JPG format. Size of digital files: maximum 1920 pixels on the horizontal side, 1080 on the vertical side, 300 dpi; maximum 2 MB.;

The judging will be done by remote offline 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 30%.

The author should be a copyright holder of the submitted material. By virtue of submitting an entry to «Open Cup of Russia, Youth - 2025» salon, the author permits sponsors to use all or part of the submitted material for any purpose, related to the contest and future exhibitions.
The sponsors of the competition have a right to: Reproduce the entries in any part of «Open Cup of Russia, Youth - 2025» website (www.russiancup.photo/youth and www.fiap.ru и https://www.instagram.com ).
Exhibit of the accepted entries in printed or digital format at the exhibitions of the «Open Cup of Russia, Youth - 2025» contest;
Reproduction of the accepted images on any printed or electronic medium to inform the public about the competition and its results;
Reproduce of the accepted images in the photo albums, informative brochures, digital media and other publications related to the contest and exhibitions;
Use winning images for further specialized activities, aimed at the popularization of the contest;
Offer the options for the commercial usage of the images to their authors.
The sponsors of the competition pledge to specify the name of the image-maker when reproducing it in any form.
Exhibition copies to be shown at the exhibition and printed at the cost of the sponsors of «Open Cup of Russia, Youth - 2025» salon will remain with sponsors and may be used within the framework of the competition activity.
Submitting the entry, you automatically grant your consent with the contest policy and rules mentioned above.

By the sole act of submitting his/her images or files to a salon under FIAP Patronage, the participant 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 participant 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 participant 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.
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.

Rashid Usmanov, EFIAP, Russia
Moskvin Sergei, EFIAP, Russia
Ryabkova Ekaterina, AFIAP, Russia

Special awards in Club credit:

Grand Prix "Cup of Russia" - the absolute champion club (among all countries)
Silver medalist of Russia
Bronze medalist of Russia

10 among foreign countries:

The Gold Cup of Russia among the countries,
Silver Cup among countries,
Bronze Cup among countries,
7 small club cups among countries,

10 among Russian countries:

The Gold Cup of Russia among the countries,
Silver Cup among countries,
Bronze Cup among countries,
7 small club cups among countries,

The result among the clubs is counted according to the results of the top 5 authors.

Awards for individual authors will also be awarded in the competition, regardless of club affiliation.

FIAP: 1x Gold medals, 1x Silver Medal, 1x Bronze Medal, 6 Honorable Mention
IAAP: 6 Gold Medals, 12 Honorable Mention
APE: 6 Gold Medals, 6 Silver Medals, 6 Bronze Medals, 72 Honorable Mention,
Salon Awards: Gold certificate, Silver certificate, Bronze certificate, the best author among the countries (at least 10 participants from the country)

Color photography. Free theme
Color photography, any color images are a free theme.
Black and white. Monochrome. Free theme
Monochrome or black-and-white photography, which consists of images using black and white colors, as well as intermediate shades of the same color.
Landscape
Landscape, vegetation, and the natural world of wildlife. Rivers, lakes, mountains, fields, seascapes, photographs of celestial bodies and phenomena, as well as images taken in harsh climatic conditions and from remote corners of our planet. People and animals cannot be present in the photo. It is not allowed to post photos where the main subject of shooting are individual elements of nature (flowers, branches, trunks, grass, etc.)
Staged photography. Portrait
Photos depicting staged or artificially created scenes. As well as scenes with cinematic quality, where all the objects or people on them "play roles". A photo can show either one person or a group. This is any photograph in which the objects are not randomly arranged, but in accordance with the instructions of the author. The category also includes a studio portrait.
World in focus
Just as with travel and tourism pictures, this section encompasses the full range of photographic genres from architecture, culture, events, food, landscape, portraits, etc. A “WORLD IN FOCUS” image expresses the spirit of an era, the essence of a placeor of aculture whether it is shown in an authentic scene or whether it is arranged. Digital manipulation to optimise an image in terms of finetuning of levels and colours is allowedaslong as the image looks natural. The same applies for removal of dust or digital noise. Techniques that add, relocate, replace, or remove any element of the original image, except by cropping, are not permitted
Inanimate art
An image of inanimate objects organized into a group or as independent objects arranged in a certain order with meaning. We also accept "Food photos" aimed at creating an attractive image of food. There may be human hands in these photos if it is related to cooking.

Results will be sent by email to all participants with a link to the PDF salon catalogue, which can be downloaded from the web site.

Elena Petrunina, Salon Chairman
Web: www.russian-cup-youth
Email: [email protected]