The circular exhibition of art photography Photon Circuit 2018 is exhibition of art photography organised by:
Photon Circuit - Derventa, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Magic Art Group “PhotoMAG”)
Photon Circuit - Slavonski Brod, Croatia (Creative CRO Art)
Photon Circuit - Ulcinj, Montenegro (Photo club Olcinium)

- The Salon will be conducted in accordance with the requirements and practices of The Photographic Society of America (PSA)
- Acceptances received by PSA members in approved sections of this exhibition are eligible for PSA Star Ratings, listing in the worldwide PSA Who’s Who of photography, and credited toward the PSA Distinctions PPSA and EPSA.

BREACH OF CONDITIONS OF ENTRY
If the exhibition determines before, during, or after the judging that an entrant has submitted entries where one or more images fail to comply with these Conditions of Entry, including the stated definitions, the exhibition reserves the right and discretion to delete the entry from the exhibition and void any or all acceptances or awards. Fees may be forfeited in these circumstances.

In order to ensure that images comply with the Conditions of Entry and definitions, the exhibition may carry out checks on the images to make sure that:
a) the images are the original work of the entrant and
b) the images comply with the rules and definitions as set out in these Conditions of Entry.

This may involve asking the entrant to provide originally captured image(s), with EXIF data intact, by a set deadline. The questioned image(s) of any entrant failing to comply with such a request for the original image(s) may be considered in breach of these Conditions of Entry, and declined. Such entries may be referred to PSA for further investigation of possible ethics violations. PSA retains the right to investigate in any way all complaints/suspicions of breaches of entry conditions, impose sanctions if deemed necessary, void the acceptances of any image found to violate the PSA rules, include the entrant’s name on the list of sanctions provided to Exhibitions, and share such investigations with FIAP. Entrants automatically agree to these terms by the act of entering the Exhibition.

The International exhibition of art photography Photon Circuit 2018 is divided in 12 sections, all digital:
A. OPEN (color) PSA PID COLOR
B. OPEN (monochrome) PSA PID MONOCHROME
C. WOMAN (monochrome and color) PSA PID COLOR
D. PORTRAIT (monochrome and color) PSA PID COLOR
E. NATURE (monochrome and color) PSA ND
F. WILDLIFE (monochrome and color) PSA ND
G. INSECTS (monochrome and color) PSA ND
H. TRAVEL (monochrome and color) PSA PTD
I. PEOPLE (monochrome and color) PSA PTD
J. LIFE (monochrome and color) PSA PTD
K. SPORT (monochrome and color) PSA PJD
L. PHOTOJOURNALISM (monochrome and color) PSA PJD

I. Acceptances in PID recognized Color sections shall be credited towards PID Color Star Ratings and Who’s Who Color listings. Monochrome images accepted in PID recognized Color sections shall only be credited towards PID Color Star Ratings.
II. Acceptances in PID recognized Monochrome sections shall be credited towards PID Monochrome Star Ratings and Who’s Who Monochrome listings.
III. All acceptance eligibility shall be in accordance with the PID Star Ratings or the Galaxy/Diamond Ratings requirements as appropriate.

Closing date: 20.01.2018
Judging date: 27.01.2018
End judging: 08.02.2018
Notification date: 18.02.2018
Submit EDAS report: 08.03.2018
Delivery of the catalogues and awards to the authors by 18.04.2018

Depending of the number of sections participant applies, the fee cost as follow:

- any 1, 2 or 3 sections = 25 EUR (30$)
- any 4, 5 or 6 sections = 35 EUR (40$)
- any 7, 8 or 9 sections = 45 EUR (50$)
- any 10, 11 or 12 sections = 50 EUR (55$)

The fee can be paid via PayPal through our web site:
http://photon.photomagart.com/ page: PAYMENT or just send fee to email: [email protected] via PayPal.

The fee can be paid via SKRILL sending fee to email: [email protected]

Also the participation fee can be paid with Western Union on the following info:
Name: Dalibor Djuric; Address: Solunskih dobrovoljaca 35/81; City: Doboj; Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

The works of the authors who did not pay the fee would not be taken into consideration.

The salon is open to amateur and professional photographers from all over the world. Entrants must be authors of the works they submit. Each participant may send maximum of 4 photographs to each section. The organizer can use the exhibited works for reproduction in the catalog and for promotion without paying any author's fee.

The exhibition is open to anyone; 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 exhibition rules and conditions.

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 shall be in the same round order as submitted by the entrant.
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 (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.

The exhibition assumes no liability of any misuse of copyright. Images may be altered, either electronically or otherwise, by the maker. Artwork or computer graphics created by the entrant may be incorporated provided the photographic content predominates, subject to Nature, Photo Travel and Photojournalism divisional restrictions. All final work 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 entered in a PSA Recognized exhibition.

Each image must have a unique title. Once an image has been accepted in a PSA Recognized exhibition, that same image, or a like “in camera” or a “reproduction” duplicate of that image:
i. May not be entered or re-entered in any section of the same Division Star Ratings class in that exhibition regardless of media, format, or title.
ii. May not be re-titled for entry in any other PSA Recognized exhibition, including translation into another language.

Words such as “Untitled” and “No Title” are not acceptable as part or all of an image’s title, nor are camera capture filenames.

An image may be entered in only one section where acceptances of that image in multiple sections would be eligible for the same star path.

Photos must be in JPEG format, dimensions 1920 pixels by 1200 pixels max at 300 dpi, JPEG compression value (if Photoshop used for export): 7-12, file size maximum 3 Mb. No file naming is needed. Exhibitions using digital projection is judge the images as received from the photographer at 100% of the maximum permitted pixel size.
Digital images can not be altered, including resizing in either direction, by the exhibition or by the exhibition's equipment before or during judging.

The photographs of authors with the application are submitted in these ways:
- by e-mail: [email protected]
- uploading throw our web site: http://photon.photomagart.com/

To participate at Photon Circuit 2018 authors will apply with black & white or color works. Maximum number of photographs per theme is 4. No title or identification of the maker shall be written anywhere on the face of an image. An entrant’s four images will be distributed throughout four rounds of judging for that section, minimum 25% acceptance rate is guaranteed.
Photographs must be sent in digital form, as a picture file with dimension 1920x1200pixels at 300 dpi. The exhibition is not allowed to resize the pictures sent by the entrants. The works will be projected on projector Acer H6510BD FHD 1920x1200. No file naming is needed. Maximum file size is 3 Mb.

DERVENTA - BOSNIA
1. Xiaoqing Zhang, AAPAS/APVS - China
2. My Phuong Nguyen, PPSA - USA
3. Giovanni Fabbri - Italy

SLAVONSKI BROD - CROATIA
1. Avishek Das, EFIAP, GPU Crown 2, SSS/Y - India
2. Xiaoguang Cao, AAPAS/APVS - China
3. Ly Hoang Long, EVAPA, EFIAP, RISF 3 - VietNam

ULCINJ - MONTENEGRO
1. Dao Tien Dat, ESVAPA, EVAPA, EFIAP/p, SAWIEP, etc - VietNam
2. Yilan Song, AAPAS/APVS - China
3. Suman Adhikary, FFIP, AFIAP, EFMPA, GPU CR2 - India

The works will be projected on projector Acer H6510BD FHD 1920x1200.

At CIRCULAR EXHIBITION PHOTON CIRCUIT 2018 there will be awarded these medals:

1. DERVENTA
12 x PSA Gold medal and 36 ribbons,
3 x IAAP Gold medal and 6 ribbons,
12 x MoL Gold medal and 36 x MoL Diploma,
36 Salon Diplomas.

2. SLAVONSKI BROD
12 x PSA Gold medal and 36 ribbons,
3 x IAAP Gold medal and 6 ribbons
12 x MoL Gold medal and 36 x MoL Diploma,
36 Salon Diplomas.

3. ULCINJ
12 x PSA Gold medal and 36 ribbons,
3 x IAAP Gold medal and 6 ribbons
12 x MoL Gold medal and 36 x MoL Diploma,
36 Salon Diplomas.

An image is considered to be Monochrome only if it gives the impression of having no color (i.e. contains only shades of gray which can include pure black and pure white) OR it gives the impression of being a greyscale image that has been toned in one color across the entire image. (For example by Sepia, red, gold, etc.)
A greyscale or multi-colored image modified or giving the impression of having been modified by partial toning, multi-toning or by the inclusion of spot coloring does not meet the definition of monochrome and shall be classified as a Color Work.
Monochrome images may be entered in PID Color sections but if accepted will only be eligible towards PID Color Star Ratings.

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.
• Techniques that enhance the presentation of the photograph without changing the nature story or the pictorial content, or without altering the content of the original scene, are permitted including HDR, focus stacking and dodging/burning.
• Techniques that remove elements added by the camera, such as dust spots, digital noise, and film scratches, are allowed.
• Stitched images are not permitted.
• All images must appear natural.
• Color images can be converted to greyscale monochrome.
• Infrared images, either direct-captures or derivations, are not allowed.
• Images entered in Nature sections meeting the Nature Photography Definition above can have landscapes, geologic formations, weather phenomena, and extant organisms as the primary subject matter. This includes images taken with subjects in controlled conditions, such as zoos, game farms, botanical gardens, aquariums and any enclosure where the subjects are totally dependent on man for food.

Images entered in Wildlife sections meeting the Nature Photography Definition above are further defined as one or more extant zoological or botanical organisms free and unrestrained in a natural or adopted habitat.
• Landscapes, geologic formations, photographs of zoo or game farm animals, or of any extant zoological or botanical species taken under controlled conditions are not eligible in Wildlife sections.
• Wildlife is not limited to mammals, birds and insects. Marine subjects and botanical subjects (including fungi and algae) taken in the wild are suitable wildlife subjects, as are carcasses of extant species.

Photojournalism entries shall consist of images with informative content and emotional impact, reflecting the human presence in our world. The journalistic (story-telling) value of the image shall receive priority over pictorial quality. In the interest of credibility, images that misrepresent the truth, such as those from events or activities specifically arranged for photography or of subjects directed or hired for photography, are not eligible. Techniques that add, relocate, replace or remove any element of the original image, except by cropping, are not permitted. The only allowable modifications are removal of dust, scratches or digital noise, restoration of the existing appearance of the original scene, sharpening that is not obvious, and conversion to greyscale monochrome. Derivations, including infrared, are not eligible.

A Photo Travel image expresses the characteristic features or culture of a land as they are found naturally. There are no geographic limitations. 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 greyscale monochrome. Other derivations, including infrared, are not permitted. All images must appear natural.

Notification cards will be sent by email.
All participants of the competition (the authors which submitted works and paid the participation fee) will receive download link for online PDF catalogue of the photo salon. The organizer will take all possible care while handling the email, awards and catalogues, however we assume no liability for damages and loses during shipment.
ADDRESSES
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Magic Art Group “PhotoMAG”
Solunskih dobrovoljaca, 74400 Derventa

CROATIA
Creative CRO Art
Stanka Vraza bb, 35000 Slavonski Brod

MONTENEGRO
Photo club Olcinium
Ivana Milutinovića br.28. 85360 Ulcinj

Contact person: President of Magic Art Group “PhotoMAG” and chairman of the organizing committee Mr. Dani Djuric,
e-mail: [email protected]