The 9th INTERNATIONAL SALON OF ART PHOTOGRAPHY SMEDEREVO 2019 is international contest of art photography, organized by Photo club Smederevo in association with Contemporary Art Gallery Smederevo and Muzeum Smederevo, Serbia
The Contest is open to all photographers worldwide. It is carried out in accordance with the rules of FIAP (Fédération Internationale de l'Art Photographique, FIAP Patronage); PSA (Photographic Society of America, Recognition PID); FSS (Photo association of Serbia) and IAAP (International Association of Art Photography).

9th International Salon Art photography SMEDEREVO is divided in 5 sections
DIGITAL
A/DIGITAL: OPEN (color) – FIAP (C), PSA PID Color
B/DIGITAL: OPEN (mono) – FIAP (M), PSA PID Monochrome
C/DIGITAL: TRAVEL (color) - FIAP (C), PSA PTD
D/DIGITAL: PHOTOJOURNALISM (color) – FIAP PI M & C, PSA PJD
E/DIGITAL: NATURE (color) - FIAP (C), PSA ND
Accepted entries will be eligible for the following FIAP Honors – AFIAP, EFIAP, EFIAP/b, EFIAP/s, EFIAP/g, EFIAP/p, as well as and GPU distinctions.
Acceptances shall be credited towards Star Ratings for the each division and Who’s Who Listings or the Galaxy/Diamond Ratings requirements as appropriate, credited toward the PSA Distinctions PPSA, EPSA distinctions.
“Monochrome images are not allowed in PID Color Sections”

Closing date: 07th June 2019.
End Judging date: 20th June 2019.
Notification date: 25th June 2019.
Submit EDAS report: 15th July 2019.
Exhibition and slide show date: 10th July -25th July 2019 at Contemporary Art Gallery of Smederevo and Muzeum Smederevo.
The projection is held every working day.
Delivery of the catalogs and awards to the participants: 30th Juli 2019.
CATALOG
PDF catalog for download will be available on our website.
CD catalog + with all received photos should be paid 8 E/10 $, on the site of the exhibition-PAYMENT

- Entry fee is unique, no matter how many themes the entrant is participate for – 25 Euros or 30$
Group Entries
6 - 15 authors – 10% discount
Over 16 authors– 20% discount
Note: Group entries refer to photo clubs, associations and other photo organizations. In order to get the special group entry fee offer, the group secretary should send member list to [email protected] or [email protected] before the registration of each member. Each group member should register individually, and upload images in his personal profile (entering identical postal address for catalog shipping for all group members is mandatory!)
PAYMENT
Entry fee payment could be made with credit/debit cards through PayPal (even without registration). Each participant would be redirected to PayPal website EXHIBITION - for PAYMENT during entry registration process. Bank transfer is also possible.

The exhibition is open to anyone; 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 exhibition rules and conditions. An entrant’s images will not be presented to the judges consecutively.
An entrant’s four images will be distributed throughout four rounds of judging in that section. Distribution of images shall be in the same round order as submitted by the entrant.
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. Images may be altered, either electronically or otherwise, by the maker. All final work 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 entered in a PSA Recognized exhibition.
Each image must have a unique title. 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:
i. May not be re-entered in any section of the same Division Star Ratings class in that exhibition regardless of media, format, or title.
ii. May not be re-titled for entry in any other PSA Recognized exhibition, including translation into another language.
Words such as “Untitled” and “No Title” are not acceptable as part or all of an image’s title, nor are camera capture filenames.

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. 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. All acceptances will count for FIAP, PSA and FSS distinctions.

On-Line Entry: Entry to the salon is made via the on-line entry form by clicking on this link ENTRY FORM
You will be receiving emails from: [email protected]
Please ensure your SPAM filter will always accept emails from this address.

Accepted file types *.jpg, *.jpeg
Maximum image width (horizontal) is 1920 pix, Maximum image height (vertical) is 1080 pix. The entry will be displayed on TV – 1920 x 1080 pixels.
File size maximum is 2 MB.
Images must not have any borders or signatures; images are being judged on black background and exhibited on black/gray background.
Embedding a source ICC profile is recommended.
Only English letters (a-z) are allowed. Please limit titles to 35 characters.
Minimum 30% acceptance rate is guaranteed.
The entry will be displayed on Samsung 510 Class Full HD 40", 1920x1080.

Participants may submit their works and application form in one of the following ways:
- uploaded through the web site: www.fotokinoklub-smederevo.com
- sent by e-mail, along with the application form, to: [email protected]

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 number.

Goran MALIĆ; EFIAP, MF FSJ/MF FSS, ULUPUDS, (Serbia)
Zoran ĐORĐEVIĆ; EFIAP, MF FSS, ULUPUDS (Serbia)
Vladimir JOVANOVSKI, President of the IAAP Organization, (Macedonia)
Alternate:
Zdravko SIMIJONOVIĆ; AFIAP, FA I KLASS FSS (Serbia)
Judging: An entrant’s images (in each Section) will be distributed throughout four rounds of judging.

COPYRIGHT
Each participant should own the copyright of the submitted images. The participant expressly declares, without any time limitation, that images entered in the contest may be used by the organizers to advertise the competition, in whatever way, and wherever, without further compensation by the organizers and their partners. (including not only media partners, but also organization partners and cooperation partners and those third parties who, in whatever form, without prior payment, contribute to the competition). The organizers will take care that images used for advertising are copyright-marked as such and will not be manipulated by digital means; a guarantee however that this actually happens, can’t be taken over by the organizers, because the use of such images for contest advertising purposes does happen outside the sphere of influence of the organizers (in particular use of the photos on magazine cover pages and the associated text placements on such covers). The participant therefore expressly waives the right to assert any claims (in particular copyright infringement) against the organizers in this regard. A right to use images entered in the contest for pure profit purposes (totally apart from advertising the contest) is excluded without a separate approval by the participant. Explicitly excluded from such separate approval is the use of images in the of the competition catalogue. A promotional purpose does exist in any case, when the organizers present entered images in the way of a catalogue or the of the contest, in additional exhibitions for promotional purposes to third parties, even if a fee is required for such catalogues, the edition or exhibitions. The participant expressly declares that he at least is owner of those rights, which are necessary for the contest participation and handing over the above rights in contest promotion matters to the organizers (especially the right the publish images showing people); he holds in this respect the organizer harmless and indemnify. The participant accepts these conditions by participating in the competition.
DEFINITIONS
OPEN COLOR Definition
Any image that satisfies the general rules may be submitted in the Open section. Any subject, theme or technique is eligible.
MONOCHROME FIAP Definition
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.
MONOCHROME PSA Definition
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. Images that appear to be tones of a single color will be considered a monochrome. 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.
“Monochrome images are not allowed in PID Color Sections”
NATURE
Images entered in the Nature Section MUST comply with the following PSA, FIAP, GPU definitions. Images failing to do so will not be judged.
NATURE Photography Definition
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..
PHOTO TRAVEL PSA Definition
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 allowed adjustments must appear natural.
PHOTOJOURNALISM PSA Definition
Photojournalism entries shall consist of images with informative content and emotional impact, reflecting the human presence in our world. The journalistic (story-telling) value of the image shall receive priority over pictorial quality. In the interest of credibility, images that misrepresent the truth, such as those from events or activities specifically arranged for photography or of subject directed or hired for photography, are not eligible. Techniques that add, relocate, replace or remove any element of the original image, except by cropping, are not permitted. The only allowable modifications are removal of dust, scratches or digital noise, restoration of the existing appearance of the original scene, sharpening that is not obvious, and conversion to greyscale monochrome. Derivations, including infrared, are not eligible.
“All entries shall conform to the stricter of these definitions for acceptances to be validated by all the International Organizations granting recognition or patronage”

Dragoslav Mirković
exhibition chairman
Vidska 31
11050 Belgrade
SERBIA
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