FERNANDO SOPRANO SALON is the 13th international salon of black and white photography, organized by Photo club Color from Rijeka, Croatia.
The exhibition is held under the patronage of the Croatian Photographic Union.
A maximum of 100 black-and-white photographs will be accepted, plus one exceptional piece selected by the jury for its outstanding aesthetic qualities to receive the Fernando Soprano Grand Prix.

The contest has one section:
• OPEN MONOCHROME
Exhibition theme: free (open). Only black-and-white photographs are accepted. Images or components of images generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI) are strictly prohibited.

Closing date: November 13 2026, 23:59 CET
Judging date: November 15 2026
Notification date: November 20 2026
Delivery date: November 20 2026

The exhibition will open on Saturday, November 21 2026, at the Passage Gallery (Galerija Pasaž) in Rijeka.

The entry fee is 10 EUR. For members of Photo club Color the entry fee is 5 EUR.
The entry fee can be paid via PayPal to the e-mail address [email protected] or to the bank account of Photo club Color, IBAN: HR18 23600001101893177, reference number HR00 2026-2.
Photographs for which the entry fee has not been paid will not be accepted.

Images or components of images generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI) are strictly prohibited.
The Salon is open to both amateur and professional photographers from all over the world.
Participants must be the sole authors of the submitted works. The organizer accepts no liability for any copyright infringement or misuse of authorship.
All elements of the submitted photographs must be the original work of the entrant, who must also hold the copyright.
Individual photographs may be rejected if they do not comply with the official rules.
Submitted works must be created using digital techniques and are considered the exclusive work of the submitting author. By entering the contest, the author guarantees that the submitted work is solely their own (the use of proxy authors is not permitted).
The author grants the organizer permission to reproduce the entire submitted work or any part thereof for promotional or exhibition purposes, including media reproduction, free of charge. This includes low-resolution publication on websites. Authors who object to the publication or the specified forms of reproduction will be excluded and disqualified from the competition.
The organizer may use accepted and exhibited works for reproduction in the catalog without financial compensation to the author.

Each author may submit up to 6 photographs.
Photographs must be in JPG format. The longer side of the photograph may be at most 1920 pixels and the shorter side at most 1080 pixels. Photographs must be in one of these aspect ratios: 3:2, 4:3 or 1:1. The file size of an individual photograph must not exceed 4 MB.
Each photograph must have a unique title, and the title must match the one used for the catalog. Titles such as "Untitled" or "Bez naziva", or generic camera file names (e.g. DSC9009.jpg), are not acceptable, and works with such names will be disqualified.
The author's name or logo must not be visible anywhere on the submitted photograph, its border or its frame.
Photographs selected for the exhibition will be printed by Photo club Color.
Photographs are submitted by uploading through our website: https://theiaap.com/e/fernandosoprano

The judging will be done by remote online judging. All judges will be using equipment capable of displaying images at 100% of the image resolution. Judges will be using color calibrated equipment.

By entering this contest, you are explicitly consenting to the personal details you have supplied, including physical addresses, email addresses, being held, processed and used by the contest organizers for purposes associated with this contest. You also explicitly consent to such information being sent to organizations that have accorded official recognition, patronage or accreditation to this contest. You acknowledge, agree and accept that by entering this contest, your participation status which includes your first and last name, name of the country used during registration at the contest, number of sections entered and number of photos entered in those sections will be made public in a published status list and that the results of your entry shall be made public in exhibition gallery, exhibition catalog.

• Zoran Kolarić, EFIAP/b (Croatia)
• Sonja Diklić, AFIAP (Croatia)
• Emil Božnar, EFIAP/d1 (Slovenia)

The judges of the event will present the following awards:
Grand Prix Fernando Soprano for one exceptional photograph
IAAP Medals for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place for an individual photograph
Ten IAAP Honorable Mentions for an individual photograph
Photo club Color plaques for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place for an individual photograph
Ten Photo club Color commendations for an individual photograph

All entries shall conform to the stricter of these definitions for acceptances to be validated by all the international organizations granting recognition or patronage.

[IAAP Definition of Monochrome]
Black and white photography is an image that displays a range of shades from black to white, encompassing various tones of gray. Such an image focuses on the nuances of light, shadow, and contrast without incorporating any colors. If the entire image is toned in a single hue, it remains within the black and white category. However, if it is modified by partial toning or the addition of any color, it becomes a color work and no longer qualifies as a black and white photograph.

Notification regarding your results will be sent via email. The judging results will also be published on the Photo club Color website.
The organizer will produce a catalog featuring the winning works and a list of authors and photographs selected for the exhibition. The catalog will be delivered in PDF format to all authors who submitted photographs to the competition.
Authors are personally responsible for their captured photographs. The author agrees that their works may be published free of charge in the catalog, on the club's website, and in other media and publications. The exhibition organizer undertakes that the exhibitors' works will not be used for commercial purposes.

Aleksandar Tomulić, EFIAP, GM IAAP, DPBA
Salon chairman
Rijeka, Croatia

email: [email protected]
website: www.fotoklubcolor-rijeka.hr