The International exhibition of art photography–7th MOF 2018 is exhibition of art photography*organised by MOF-Mersin Olba Photographic Association; MOF from Mersin- Turkey
*This contest is organised by Mersin Olba Photographic Economic Administrator-Operation.

The Int. exhibition of art photography - MOF 2018 is in 4 sections, all sections are digital.

1- Digital: Photo Travel (Color&Monochrome) > DT-PTD
2- Digital: Open (Color)> DC-PID COLOR
3- Digital: Open (Monochrome) > DM-PID MONO
4- Digital: Shopping (Color or Monochrome)> DS-PID COLOR&MONO
• Black-and-white photographs must conform to PSA&FIAP's Monochrome definition.

Close : 06.05.2018/ 23.59 (TSI)
Judge Meeting : 13.05.2018
Notification : 31.05.2018
Award Ceremony&Public sw : 28.09.2018 OLBA EVİ
Awards & web catalog will send to winners until 25 july 2018.

GENERAL: The entry fee is mandatory for all participants and € 20/22 USD for 4 categories. All participants must pay the entry fee.
Turkish participants will pay 60 TL for 4 categories.
•The competition has a total of 4 (four) separate categories. Competitors can participate up to 4 (four) photos in each category.
• Entry fee is included V.A.T
The fee can be paid via PayPal through our web site:
Our PayPal account is
[email protected]
You can use also skrill, www.skrill.com and pay to
[email protected]
You can participate the contest by group-photography club or group members. if you contact the salon chairman you will take discount 10% (for 10 person)
If you are a member of Mersin Olba Association you do not need to pay entry fee.

You can also pay to this bank account;
Mersin Olba Photographic Association
Mersin Olba Photographic Economic Administrator-Operation
Türkiye İş Bankası Eğriçam Şubesi
IBAN No: TR79 0006 4000 0016 6130 053604
The works of the authors who did not pay the fee would not be taken into consideration.

7th MOF 2018 “İbrahim Zaman” salon is open to amateur and professional photographers from all over the world.
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 and 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. The exhibition assumes no liability for any misuse of copyright. An entry may be rejected when the sponsoring organization or its agent, in its reasonable discretion, believes the entry does not conform to exhibition rules and conditions.

CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION
• Participation in the competition is open to all photography lovers, either amateur or professional. Members of the organizing committee, jurists and TPAF representatives and their next of kin, as well as, may not participate in the competition.
• Participators must pay entry fee.
• In total, there are 4 categories in the competition. Contestants may submit up to 4 (four) photos for each category.
• Black and white photographs shall be compliant with PSA&FIAP’s definition. “A black & white photograph which transitions to light gray (white) from dark gray (black) is considered a monochrome photo with various gray tones. A photo that is made entirely with a single colour in black and white tones is also considered a monochrome and admitted in the black and white category; such a work can be reconstructed as black and white for the FIAP competition catalog. Conversely, a black and white photo with partial toning or has added an additional colour (polychrome) becomes a colour work and is included in the colour photograph category.”
• 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 allowed adjustments must appear natural.

• Photographs prepared for all categories should be sent via the internet. No printed photos or those saved on a CD/DVD will be admitted.
• All participants must register on contest.olbafotograf.com and sign up for the MOF 2018 International Photography Competition in order to participate.

• Participants must approve the competition regulations on contest.olbafotograf.com by checking the approval box upon registration. By checking the approval box, participants hereby agree to the contest rules.
Be careful for upload;
Directly follow this link www.olbafotograf.com or contest.olbafotograf.com

NAMING THE FILES
Name of the file must be maximum 35 characters. English letters and underscore ( _ ) can be
used. Turkish characters ı, ö, ü, ç, ğ, ş must not be used.
All the characters except the ones define section must be lower case.
Name of the photograph after the underscore must be written in such a way that the total
number of the characters not to exceed 35.
*If you have any problem for uploading the photos please contact [email protected] and [email protected] or [email protected]

• In the event that photographs sent to the competition via internet encounter errors arising from the system or the user, please submit the error to [email protected] who will attempt to solve the issue as soon as possible. This address shall be used only for technical support purposes, and photographs submitted to this address will not be considered submissions to the competition.

• The competition results will be announced on the websites: www.olbafotograf.com and www.tfsf.org.tr; additionally, all participants will be notified of the results by e-mail.
• The photographs that win awards in the competition and the other photographs presented as part of the exhibit will be broadcast on the website: contest.olbafotograf.com F u r t h e r m o r e , t h e a w a r d - winning photographs, honorable mentions, and photos receiving special awards will be published on the www.tfsf.org.tr website, as well as broadcast on TFSF’s social media accounts (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter); the TFSF Almanac publication will devote pages to our organization in 2018.
• Participants assume all liability for all legal issue that may arise from works submitted to the competition.

• Every participant declares that the work belongs to him/her and that all permissions were obtained for the photograph he/she has sent. In the case that any of the winning participants acts in contradiction to this declaration, his/her award, title and all acquisitions he/she has achieved from the competition will be rescinded.

• Those who have submitted works have received the necessary permission on their own behalf, and declare that they accept full personal responsibility to undertake all disputes that may arise. Mersin Olba is not to be held responsible for any disputes that arise in this regard.
• All rights of using the works shall belong to Mersin Olba Photographic Association and the work owner. Winning photographs may be used by award granter Mersin Olba Photographic Association for noncommercial purposes including reporting, advertisement, and in social responsibility projects both in printed material and digital media. Participants whose photos are used in this manner hereby agree that they will have no other rights or copyrights regarding their photos except those pertinent to the award granted to them for their photo in the competition and that they will have no further claims there to according to competition rules, all works may be reproduced for printed or digital use in catalog or other use unless specific objection by the participant or owner of the works is provided. In this respect, copyright rules must be followed. Mersin Olba PA does not allow, under any circumstances, photos to be used for other purposes.
• Every participant declares that the work belongs to him/her and that all permissions were obtained for the photograph he/she has sent. In the case that any of the winning participants acts in contradiction to this declaration, his/her award, title and all acquisitions he/she has achieved from the competition will be rescinded.
• Photographs that have won awards and exhibitions in the MOF competitions before can not participate in MOF 2018 "İbrahim Zaman" 7th International Photography Contest.
• Article 13 sanctions listed in the “TFSF U/UA Competition Regulatory Standards Directive”
ENG: http://www.tfsf.org.tr/en/download/contest_regulatory_standards.pdf will be applied to participants who are found in violation of the rules. Participants who are found to be in violation of the rules will be stripped of all awards, titles, or any other associated winnings. The award will be cancelled; the space will be left empty. This situation does not legitimize additional rights to the other participants. If the award has been granted, it must be returned. TR:http://www.tfsf.org.tr/indir/yarismalar/TFSF_Yarisma_Duzenleme_Standartlari_Yonergesi- YG_002-9-24_05_2016.pdf

• Rights and eligibility of those able to participate are based on the decisions of TFSF and by the FIAP &PSA red list.
• Prior to the jury’s assessment, the TFSF restrictions list, alongside the FIAP & PSA Red List will be utilized to identify participants of the competition who are to be eliminated.
• 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.
• Mersin Olba Photographic Association may request the original files of the winners of the photography competition, and other photos included in the exhibition.
• TFSF accepts no liability for possible problems that may arise from the installation of the works.
• Photos that do not receive awards or are not exhibited during the competition will be deleted 90 (ninety) days after the date of the Result Announcement Date.
• Specifications not specified or potential conflicts in TFSF U/UA Competition Regulatory Standards Directive with Mersin Olba PA and TFSF YK decisions are valid.A presentation of exhibited and awarded photographs will be available at contest.olbafotograf.com and www.olbafotograf.com beginning July 25, 2018.
• It will be presented on a monitor with a resolution of 3840 pixels by 2160 pixels with a minimum of 1, a screen with a maximum diagonal of 2.5 meters, or a 42/55 inch LCD monitor with an ultra HD 4K 3840 pixels by 2160 pixels resolution. The salon of judge meeting will be fully darkened.
The photographs to be submitted to the competition must be in a jpg / jpeg format with a resolution of 300 dpi, a maximum length(horizontally or vertically) of 1920 pixels and a file size of at least 1 Mb and a maximum of 4 Mb. Attention should be paid to the resolution setting and it should be recorded in jpg format.

• MOF will use Epson Full HD high resolution projector for the presentation of judge.
• Judges will to make 4 rounds of the entries images in one section.
• It is obligatory to name photographs.
• Digital open, travel photographs and shopping categories can be manipulated and Photoshop and similar programs can be used. It is left to the photographer's choice. Creative photographs can be used by participants in open categories.

Burak ŞENBAK (EFIAP\b)- GPU Hermes, Hon.SSS) -Turkey
Goran KOJADINOVIC (EFIAP) - Serbia
Güler ERTAN PROFESSOR -PHOTOGRAPHY MAIN ART-Turkey
Joao TABORDA (EFIAP, PPSA-MIVAF) - Portugal
Selma DEMİRKOL (AFIAP, GPU CR1-Aphrodite) -MOF Vice president -Turkey
Judging will commence with at least three jury members present.
The Judging committee will meet at Olba Evi in Yenişehir-Mersin-Turkey.

TFSF Representative:Tahsin Sezer

1x FIAP (Blue Badge) -Best of MOF 2018 (All categories will be given the 1st photographer who receives the most total admissions (exhibitions and awards) in total;
4 x FIAP Gold, Silver, Bronze Medals & 16 blue ribbons;
4 x IAAP Gold, Silver, Bronze Medals & 16 ribbons;
4 x PSA Gold, Silver, Bronze Medals & 16 mentions;
4 x MOF Gold, Silver, Bronze Medals & 16 mentions;
1 x TFSFspecial award (Photo Travel category)(Plaque);
1x İbrahim Zaman special award (Open B&W category)(İbrahim Zaman's photo book);
1x Forum AVM special award (Shopping category)(Plaque);
1x KARACASULU special award (Open Color category)(Nikon Camera L330 / Worth TL 450)
Acceptances will be no less than 8% and no more than 25% in each category

Salon President: Yusuf Ziya Çakır – MOF- TR
E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]
[email protected]
GSM: 00 90 5057670709-00 90 532 4114783
Organisation Committee
H. Hulki MURADİ (EFIAP)
TFSF representative :
Our contest is approved by : Türkiye Fotoğraf Sanatı Federasyonu (TFSF) / Photographic Arts Federation of Turkey (PAFT), International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP), Internatioanal Association of Art Photographers (IAAP) , Photographic Society of America (PSA) and Mersin Olba Photographic Association(MOF)
A TFSF Representative will be involved in the competition process.

* “İbrahim Zaman is famous photographer in Turkey.