<b>Huangbai Mountain Open Monochrome (Single image, one can upload up to 8 images)
Huangbai Mountain Open Color (Single image, one can upload up to 8 images)
Huangbai Mountain Nature (Single image, one can upload up to 8 images)
Huangbai Mountain Photo Travel (Single image, one can upload up to 8 images)
Huangbai Mountain Series (Story, one can upload 4-10 images) </b>

<b>Closing date: Feb. 24, 2018
Jury: Mar.10-15, 2018
Notification: Mar.30th, 2018
Awards ceremony and exhibition: Apr.29th, 2018
Catalog and awards delivery: May 30th, 2018<b>

This competition is free for any participants from the world.

2018 China Huangbai Mountain International Photography Special Theme Exhibition is recognized by Global Photographic Union (GPU-L180001-M1G2S6B), International Association of Artistic Photographers (IAAP 2017/035) and Photography and Art Research Institute (PARI), supported by Huangbai Mountain Tourism Develop. Co.Ltd, hosted by Huangbai Mountain Forest Maintenance Center, and co-hosted by Photography and Art Research Institute (PARI), Shangtuf Image and Art Development Co.,LTD, Xinyang Photographers Association, and Shangcheng Kimberley Diamond co., LTD. This exhibition is aimed to promote and develop tourism in Huangbai Mountain Area which in turn to drive economy development, deepen cultural communication and enhance popularity of Huangbai Mountain at home and abroad.

a. This is a digital only exhibition. All final work must be digital file. All digital images must be submitted by upload on the website: www.huangbaishanphoto.com
Do not send your entry by email or by CD. One needs to choose one section to enter this exhibition, Huangbai Mountain open monochrome, Huangbai Montain open color, Huangbai Mountain Nature and Huangbai Mountain Travel allow a maximum of 8 images in each section, while for series section, each participant can submit 4-10 images to a maximum of 4 series. Same image can’t be submitted to more than one section.
b. The entry form must be completed in Western characters. Each image must have a unique title. Camera generated image name and “No Title” are invalid titles.
No title or identification of the maker shall be visible anywhere on the face of an image, print mat.
c. All submitted Photos must not contain any tag(s), signature(s), initial(s), frame, border(s), logo(s) or any other references and/or marks added by the author. The horizontal dimension must be a minimum of 1920 and a maximum of 3840 in JPEG format, no large than 3mb. When enter your submission, please make sure that title, author name, description, nationality, contact information are filed properly in Chinese or English. The organizer will strictly keep the information by the author confidential.

a. The organizer will offer help to photographers who come to Huangbai Mountain for photo opportunity.
b. If the organizer, at its sole discretion, is of the opinion that your images have breached any of the Rules, the organizer has the right to disqualify You from the exhibition, photos that portray or otherwise include inappropriate and/or offensive contents, including nudity, violence and/or any other contents deemed to be against public morals traditions and practices will be disqualified.
c. Submitted Photo(s) must be a single work of original material created and/or taken by the author, must not contain any materials owned or controlled by a third party for which the author does not obtained a license, must not infringe the copyright, trademark, moral rights, rights of privacy/publicity or intellectual property rights of any person or entity. Any breach of Rules and conditions is solely at the responsibility of the author, not the organizer.
d. Upon Submission, the author grants the organizer a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty free, sub-licensable right and license to use, publish, reproduce, display, perform, adapt, modify, create derivative works, distribute, have distributed, print, promote Your submitted Photo(s), in whole or in part, in any form, in all media forms now or hereafter known, anywhere in the world for any purpose, related to the Exhibition and promotion of this Huangbai Mountain Scenic Area, the publication in promotional digital and/or printed materials and formats broadcast such as on festival magazines, printed leaflet and brochures, Exhibition website and/or through other public online feeds, promoting subsequent competitions and/or the work of Exhibition generally. Accepted images will be required to supply high resolution images (Minimum of 5MB) within certain timeframe for exhibition and catalog production.
e. The organizer invites experienced Chinese judges as well as international ones to evaluate all submitted entries, and make announcement afterwards. All information related to this exhibition will be announced on the website.
f. Part of the awards winners will be invited to Huangban Mountain scenic area to participate in its awards ceremony and opening of Huangbai Mountain International Festival, the organizer will provide board and lodging during the festival, yet flights are excluded.

Valter Bernardeschi
Metzakis Manolis
Vladimir Jovanovski
Suo Jiulin
Liu Luyu
Shi Cheng
Guo Jing

Salon Chairman: Huang Daolin

a. Overall winner 100,000 RMB
b. award list of each section
<b>Huangbai Mountain OPEN COLOR</b>
GPU Gold Medal * 1 - GPU Silver Medal * 2 - GPU Bronze Medal * 3 - GPU HM * 12 HM
IAAP Gold Medal * 1 - IAAP Silver Medal * 2 - IAAP Bronze Medal * 3 - IAAP HM * 2
PARI Gold Medal * 1 + 30000 RMB * 1 - PARI Silver Medal * 2 + 20000 * 2 - PARI Bronze Medal * 3 + 10000 RMB * 3 - PARI HM * 6 + 3000 rmb * 6
<b> Huangbai Mountain OPEN Monochrome </b>
GPU Gold Medal * 1 - GPU Silver Medal * 2 - GPU Bronze Medal * 3 - GPU HM * 12 HM
IAAP Gold Medal * 1 - IAAP Silver Medal * 2 - IAAP Bronze Medal * 3 - IAAP HM * 2
PARI Gold Medal * 1 + 30000 RMB * 1 - PARI Silver Medal * 2 + 20000 * 2 - PARI Bronze Medal * 3 + 10000 RMB * 3 - PARI HM * 6 + 3000 rmb * 6
<b>Huangbai Mountain Nature </b>
GPU Gold Medal * 1 - GPU Silver Medal * 2 - GPU Bronze Medal * 3 - GPU HM * 12 HM
IAAP Gold Medal * 1 - IAAP Silver Medal * 2 - IAAP Bronze Medal * 3 - IAAP HM * 2
PARI Gold Medal * 1 + 30000 RMB * 1 - PARI Silver Medal * 2 + 20000 * 2 - PARI Bronze Medal * 3 + 10000 RMB * 3 - PARI HM * 6 + 3000 rmb * 6
<b>Huangbai Mountain Travel</b>
GPU Gold Medal * 1 - GPU Silver Medal * 2 - GPU Bronze Medal * 3 - GPU HM * 12 HM
IAAP Gold Medal * 1 - IAAP Silver Medal * 2 - IAAP Bronze Medal * 3 - IAAP HM * 2
PARI Gold Medal * 1 + 30000 RMB * 1 - PARI Silver Medal * 2 + 20000 * 2 - PARI Bronze Medal * 3 + 10000 RMB * 3 - PARI HM * 6 + 3000 rmb * 6
<b>Huangbai Mountain Series</b>
GPU Gold Medal * 1 - GPU Silver Medal * 2 - GPU Bronze Medal * 3 - GPU HM * 12 HM
IAAP Gold Medal * 1 - IAAP Silver Medal * 2 - IAAP Bronze Medal * 3 - IAAP HM * 2
PARI Gold Medal * 1 + 30000 RMB * 1 - PARI Silver Medal * 2 + 20000 * 2 - PARI Bronze Medal * 3 + 10000 RMB * 3 - PARI HM * 6 + 3000 rmb * 6

(Note：The organizer encourages aerial photography and will exhibit high quality aerial photographic works at the exhibition.）

All images submitted to Huangbai Mountain Special Theme are about landscape, nature, and people and culture at Huangbaishan Scenic area, and all the entries shall conform to the stricter of these definitions for acceptances and awards to be validated by the following definitions.
<b>A) Monochrome: </b>
A monochrome image is defined as having varying shades of no more than one color (various shades of that color from very light to very dark) but it may be any single color. Multi-toned images (various shades of two or more colors) and grey scale images with added an accent color are not acceptable in Monochrome Class sections and must be entered in Color Class sections.
<b>B) Color</b>
Image with more than 2 colors can be categorized to this section.
<b>C) Nature: </b>
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.
<b>D) PHOTO TRAVEL Definition</b>
A Photo Travel image expresses the characteristic features or culture of Huangbai Mountain Area as they are found naturally. 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 grey scale monochrome. Other derivations, including infrared, are not permitted. All allowed adjustments must appear natural.
Attention: Entries to Huangbai Mountain Open Monochrome section and Huangbai Mountain Open Color section are allowed to be edited in post-production software, yet the image must originate as photographs (image-captures of objects via light sensitivity).

Part of the awards winners will be invited to Huangban Mountain scenic area to participate in its awards ceremony and opening of Huangbai Mountain International Festival, the organizer will provide board and lodging during the festival, yet flights are excluded.

An online version of catalog will be available for download on the website. If one intendeds to purchase a CD catalog, he or she will need to cover 50 RMB postage for a Chinese address or 30 USD of an oversea address. In case of failure delivery or damage caused during delivery, the organizer is free of any responsibilities.

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