Art Dunes Photography- UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.

The Exhibition consists of 4 Digital Sections, and is open to all photographers from all over the world.
The Salon will be conducted in accordance with the patronages rules and requirements, approved by PSA,IAAP and GPU.

There are four sections digital sections
<b> A) OPEN COLOR (PID color)
B) OPEN MONOCHROME (PID monochrome)
C) NATURE (NPD)
D) TRAVEL (TPD) </b>

Closing date: 10th June 2018
Judging date: 21st June 2018
Notification date: 27th June 2018

Sending catalogue and awards: 20th July 2018

Award Ceremony Public projection: 6th October2018, APS, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Second Public projection: 2nd December 2018, Dar Ibn Al Haytham for Visual Arts, Dubai, UAE

Digital Sections
One section: 20€
Two Sections: 25€
Three Sections: 30 €
Four sections: 35€
Group Participants are welcome, group discount will be applied for 10 or more participants.
PayPal transfer to [email protected] (preferred method). For other method of payment please contact the Chairman: Yousif Alhosany at [email protected]

Fee payment; please follow the instructions on the website when filling out the entry form. Payment should be in accordance with the entry fees stated there. Cheques are not accepted. Entries for which no or insufficient payment has been received will not be judged.

The Salon is open to anyone; however, an entry may be rejected when the sponsoring organization or its agent, in its reasonable distraction, believes the entry does not conform to the exhibition rules and conditions.
Entries are limited to no more than 4 images per section.
There are no restrictions as to subject matter except as outlined in the rules and definition of specific sections.
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. All final work must be on JPG file. Images may be altered, either digitally or otherwise, by the entrant. Artwork or computer graphics created by the entrant may be incorporated if the photographic content predominates subject to Nature, Photo Travel restrictions.
Entries must originate as photographs made by the entrant. To be up loaded as digital files through the Exhibition's website. 4 images per section, total of 16 images. All images must be in JPG file format, the file size must be 1920 pixels horizontal and 1080 pixels vertical and should not exceed 2MB.Entry submission signifies acceptant of all rules and conditions of the Circuit.
The Salon will be conducted in accordance with the patronages rules and requirements, Approved by IAAP, PSA, GPU, EPS

To participate at Art Dunes Photo Salon participants will apply with both black & white or color works. Maximum allowed number of works in section, category, or class is four (4). No title or identification of the maker shall be written anywhere on the face of an image.
Entry form and contact information must be written in one of the official IAAP, GPU or PSA languages. Each image must have a unique title. Words such as “Untitled” and “No Title” are not acceptable as part or all of an image’s title, nor are camera capture file names or titles consisting of only numbers. No file naming is needed.
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 may not be re-entered in any section of the same Division Star Ratings class in that exhibition regardless of media, format, or title.
An entrant’s images will be presented to the judges consecutively. Minimum 30% acceptance rate is guaranteed.


SUBMISSION of an entry signifies acceptance of all our conditions.
REJECTION, an entry may be rejected by the organizers if it does not conform to Salon rules and conditions.

The Judging of the submitted photos will be through Full HD TV Screens.
-SUBMISSION OF AN ENTRY SIGNIFIES ACCEPTANCE OF THESE RULES & CONDITIONS
The Salon will be conducted in accordance with the patronages rules and requirements, Approved by IAAP, PSA,GPU, EPS
The organizers will exercise care in the handling of the entries but accepts no responsibility for loss or damage howsoever caused.

1. Saeed Al Shamsi; EPS FARES – GPU CR UAE
2. Muna Al Zaabi, AFIAP - GPU CR3/HERMES-VIP1 UAE
3. Ola Allouz, AFIAP, GPU HERMES/VIP1/CR2, PSA PTD 3*/PIDC4*/PIDM2* UAE

• Alternative: Abbas Kapadia, AFIAP, GPU CR3/HERMES, LRPS, EPSA,BPSA, FICS, APSNJ - INDIA

Medals (GPU PSA IAAP EPS ): 50
Honorable Mentions and Diploma: 24
Judges choice: 12

<b>Nature Photography Definition</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. 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 allowed adjustments must appear natural. Color images can be converted to grey scale monochrome. Infrared Images, either direct-captures or derivations, are not allowed.
Images used in Nature Photography competitions may be divided in two classes: Nature and Wildlife.
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 the 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 animals, 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.
Wildlife images may be entered in Nature sections of Exhibitions.

<b>PSA definition of Monochrome Photography: </b> 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 gray scale image that has been toned in one color across the entire image. (For example by Sepia, red, gold, etc.)
A gray scale 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.

<b>Photo Travel Definition: </b> 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 grey scale monochrome. Other derivations, including infrared, are not permitted. All images must appear natural.

<b>PSA definition of Monochrome Photography: </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 an added accent color are not acceptable in Monochrome Class sections and must be entered in Color Class sections.

Each entrant will received CD/DVD Catalogue with Awards and Acceptances Results. All results will be uploaded in the Salon's website.

Each entrant will received CD/DVD Catalogue with Awards and Acceptances Results. All results will be uploaded in the Salon's website.
CONTACTS
Chairman: Yousif Alhosany
E-mail: [email protected]

Web site: http://www.artdunesphotocircuit.com