Asociatia Ovi D. Pop

The contest is divided into the following sections:
• Open Color
• Open Monochrome

Closing date: December 14, 2026
Judging date: December 20, 2026
Notification date: December 24, 2026
Delivery date: January 31, 2027
Gallery publish date: January 31, 2027

The entry fee for any number of sections and any number of images is 28 EUR

Images from participants who have not paid the entry fee will not be considered.

The contest is open to anyone (amateur and professional photographers from all over the world); 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 contest rules and conditions.
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 image 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.
By submitting an entry, the entrant certifies legal Age, and own all rights to these images, including copyright or parents or guardians gives permission on his/her behalf if he/she is not of Legal Age. The exhibition assumes no liability of any misuse of copyright. Images may be altered, either electronically or otherwise, by the maker. All final image 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.

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 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 and 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.

Photographs must be in JPEG format, with dimensions 1920x1080 pixels at 300, JPEG compression (if Photoshop used for export): 7-12, file size maximum 4 Mb. Each image must have a unique title. Titles must not include file extensions such as .jpg or .jpeg (or any other camera capture filenames). No title or identification of the maker shall be written anywhere on the face of an image.
The photographs of participants with the application are submitted in these ways:
- uploading thought our website: https://winter.varadinumfoto.ro
- by e-mail: [email protected]

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. Target Range will be max 30%.

By entering this contest, the participant explicitly consents to the personal details supplied, including physical addresses and email addresses, being held, processed and used by the contest organizers for purposes associated with this contest. The participant also explicitly consents to such information being sent to organizations that have accorded official recognition, patronage or accreditation to this contest. The participant acknowledges, agrees and accepts that by entering this contest, their participation status, which includes 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 the entry shall be made public in the exhibition gallery and the exhibition catalog.

• Adela Rusu;
• Jos Bartholmé;
• Phillip Kwan;
• Zsolt Bikfalvi;
• Amal Alameer;
• Abhijit Dey;
• Victor Eugen Mihai VEM;
• Anna Alimpieva;
• Iurie Foca;
• Mariana Scubli;
• Seamus Byrne;
• Wei Ye;

The judges of the event will present the following awards:
8 x FIAP Gold Medal, 4 x FIAP Silver Medal, 4 x FIAP Bronze Medal, 24 x FIAP Blue Ribbon
8 x SALON Gold Medal, 8 x SALON Silver Medal, 8 x SALON Bronze Medal, 12 x SALON Honorable Mention
4 x Varadinum Gold, 13 x Varadinum HM, 3 x Varadinum Gold Medal, 3 x Varadinum Silver Medal, 3 x Varadinum Bronze Medal
21 x IAAP Diploma, 4 x IAAP Gold Medal, 4 x IAAP Silver Medal, 4 x IAAP Bronze Medal
2 x Adela Lia Rusu Jury Special Prize
1 x Jos BARTHOLMé Jury Special Prize, 1 x Jos BARTHOLMé
2 x Zsolt Bikfalvi Jury Special Prize
2 x Amal Alameer Jury Special Prize
2 x Abhijit Dey Jury Special Prize
2 x Victor Eugen Mihai Vem Jury Special Prize
2 x Anna Alimpieva Jury Special Prize
2 x Iurie Foca Jury Special Prize
2 x Mariana Scubli Jury Special Prize
2 x Seamus Byrne Jury Special Prize
2 x Wei Ye Jury Special Prize
1 x NATIONAL Gold Medal, 1 x NATIONAL Silver Medal, 1 x NATIONAL Bronze Medal, 3 x NATIONAL Honorable Mention
Total 163 awards. The organizer reserves the right to adjust the number of awards based on the total number of entrants.

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

[General conditions]
● Every image is the work of the author, made from the author's own photographs.
● A section accepts both colour and monochrome work unless its name or the rules of the event say otherwise.
● Unless the definition restricts it, post-processing is free, but the subject must remain recognisable as the stated theme.
● Where a section is also entered as a FIAP or PSA division, the FIAP or PSA definition prevails over the text given here.
● Whether an image meets the theme is decided by the judges. An image outside the theme may be rejected before judging or left unscored, and the rules of the event say which of the two happens.
● An organizer may narrow a definition and must then publish the narrowing. An organizer may not widen one while keeping the standard section name.
● Images generated wholly or partly by generative artificial intelligence are not photographs and are not eligible in any section defined here.


[FIAP Definition of Monochrome]
A black and white work fitting from the very dark grey (black) to the very clear grey (white) is a monochrome work with the various shades of grey. A black and white work toned entirely in a single colour will remain a monochrome work able to stand in the black and white category; such a work can be reproduced in black and white in the catalogue of a salon under FIAP Patronage. On the other hand a black and white work modified by a partial toning or by the addition of one colour becomes a colour work (polychrome) to stand in the colour category; such a work requires colour reproduction in the catalogue of a salon under FIAP Patronage.

Notification cards will be sent by email.

Ovi D. Pop, ESFIAP
Oradea, Romania

email: [email protected]
website: ovidpop.ro