Photographic Society of Wojnicz Fotum

Salon is divided into 2 sections:
A) OPEN Color (PRINT)
B) OPEN Monochrome (PRINT)
Each author can participate with not more than 4 (four) photos in each section; each photo can be presented in one category only. Accepted entries will be eligible for the FIAP and IAAP honors.

Closing date: 31 May 2018
Judging: 17 June 2018
Notification: 22 June 2018
Catalog on the site (PDF): 31 July 2018
Sending awards: 31 August 2018
Public presentation: August 2018, Wojnicz, Poland

Entry fee is mandatory for all participants and is:
-World Wide: 15€ or 17$ for the two sections, only by PAYPAL
-Poland: 35 PLN for the two sections, PAYPAL or bank transfer
Entries without payment of the required fees will not be judged.
Payment via PayPal to: [email protected]
Payment by bank transfer to the following account: IBAN: PL 12 1050 1722 1000 0090 3046 4599

The salon is open to amateur and professional photographers from all over the world and all ages; however, an entry may be rejected when the sponsoring organization, or its agent, in its reasonable discretion, believes the entry does not conform to salon 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 work as his own and the exhibition assumes no liability for any misuse of copyright. The salon will be conducted in accordance to the requirements and practices of FRP, FIAP, IAAP. The organizer can use the exhibited works for reproduction in the catalogue and for promotion without paying any author's fee. By submitting an entry to the Wojnicz Photo Print the entrant permits the organizers to reproduce all or part of the entered material free of charge for publication in a catalogue, on internet and/or in other media related to the salon.

Entry to the salon is made via the on-line entry form by clicking on this link ENTRY FORM (www.print.fotum.org). For entry in both PRINT sections, each participant has to register on-line first, and later, physically send us the prints. During the on-line registration there will be needed to upload
JPEG copies of all the prints. (These copies are used for designing the catalogue.) Accepted file types *.jpg, *.jpeg. Maximum image width (horizontal) is 1920 pix, Maximum image height (vertical) is 1080 pix, resolution 300DPI. File size maximum is 3MB. Images must not have any signatures . The requirement for a JPEG copy applies to all prints including those produced in a darkroom.

When the registration is completed there will be provided a set of labels which should be printed and stuck to the back of each print in the bottom right hand corner.

The printed photographs must be unmounted. Maximum size of the prints: 50 cm x 70 cm. We accept smaller prints but keep in mind one thing: Judges are looking at the prints from the distance of 1.5-3.2 m, so if print is significantly small then it is not effective. Prints can be in either landscape or portrait format.

IMPORTANT:
Prints submitted without the correct labels WILL be rejected and NOT shown to the judges. File name should be in English, unique, NOT containing special symbols. File name should be the artwork name.
Example: sunrise.jpg. Words such as “Untitled” and “No Title” are not acceptable as part or all of an image’s title, nor are camera capture filenames or titles consisting of only numbers.

NOTE:
You will be receiving emails from: [email protected]
Please ensure your SPAM filter will always accept emails from this address.

SENDING YOUR PRINTS
Please send your prints by post to:
Photographic Society of Wojnicz Fotum
ul. Dluga 29
32-830 Wojnicz
POLAND

In case of sending photos by courier (DHL, FedEx, UPS, etc. ) please enter our phone number: +48 666 273 078

All photos must be delivered to the organizer before the closing date. Packages arriving after the closing date for entries will not be judged.
Please ensure that you have attached the special labels to the back of each of your prints. All prints will not be returned and will be destroyed once the salon is closed.

All parts of the image have to be photographed by the author who is holding the copyright of all works submitted. Notification of results will be sent via email. Each participant will receive an individual notification of his results. An entry may be rejected by the organizers if it does not conform to Salon rules and conditions. The decision of the jury will be final and without appeal. The organizers will take great care of the entered work but decline all responsibility in case of loss, theft or deterioration during transit or during the exhibition and/or projection. Submission of an entry signifies acceptance of all our conditions. The Organizer decides which of the accepted images would be included in the Catalog and in the Exhibition.

Robert Pranagal (EFIAP, AFRP) - Poland
Stanisław Kusiak (ZPAF) - Poland
Piotr Sygnarowicz (AFIAP) - Poland

• FIAP: Gold, Silver, Bronze medals, six ribbons in each section, Blue Badge for the best author
• FRP: Gold, Silver, Bronze medals in each section
• IAAP: Gold, Silver, Bronze medals, three ribbons in each section
• Organizer distinction, three honorable mentions in each category,
• Medal Salon PSW Fotum for the best salon author.

FIAP Procedure
"With 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.”

Open Color definition
Any image that satisfies the general rules may be submitted in the Open section. Any subject, theme or technique is eligible.

Open Monochrome definition by FIAP
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 color 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 color becomes a color work (polychrome) to stand in the color category; such a work requires color reproduction in the catalogue of a salon under FIAP Patronage.

Notification cards will be sent by email.
PDF catalog for downloading will be available on our website: http://print.fotum.org .
The results of the exhibition will also be published on the website: http://print.fotum.org .

Salon Chairman: Michal Nosek
e-mail: [email protected]
website: www.print.fotum.org