ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Chairman Mr. Kyriakos Kokkos, email: [email protected]
Secretary Mr. Michalis Sakatis, email: [email protected]
Treasurer Mr. Ioannis Petrogiannis, email: [email protected]
Member Mr. Philippos Mnisarchos, email: [email protected]

General Contact: Hellenic Photographic Society
Tel. +302108228131, email: [email protected]
www.efe.com.gr/home_en.htm

- Open B&W
- Nature B&W
- Photojournalism B&W
- Photo Travel B&W
- Creative B&W

All the Acceptances count for HPS Artistic Titles, as well as FIAP and GPU.

Closing Date: 4th June 2019
Judging: 7th - 9th June 2019
Results - Report Cards Mailed: 16th June 2019
Public Projection & Award Ceremony: 24th July 2019
Digital PDF Catalogues Publishing: 28th July 2019
Awards Mailed By: 30th July 2019

SALON ENTRY FEES
1-3 Categories 4 or 5 Categories
25 Euro 30 Euro
discounted rates for Groups or Club Entries
25 Euro for group of 10 up to 19 persons
20 Euro for group of 20 or more persons

Club/Group Entries - Are accepted at a discounted rate. Please contact with the organizer.
NOTE - Even if you are not a Club, we are happy for Groups of Individuals to ENTER in this way to save on costs.
Paypal payment is available: payments@ efe.com.gr
The name of the Author and the comment “1st Apollo HPS Salon 2019” must be included in the PayPal or Bank transaction comments. You do not need a paypal account to pay by paypal; You can also make Credit or Debit Card payments by paying via the Paypal option. Paypal is only available when completing online entry.

Bank Transfer:
Beneficiary: ELLINIKI FOTOGRAFIKI ETAIREIA
ΙΒΑΝ: GR4101101650000016547051819 BIC: ETHNGRAA
Comments: Name of Participant and “1st APOLLON B&W - HPS SALON 2019”
Overseas Entrants – No Foreign cheques, Euro cheques, or Coins will be accepted. Bank notes or Paypal payment are preferred.

1. This Salon is open to all photographers worldwide, according to FIAP, GPU, ISF, ICS, IAAP, HPS rules, providing they are 18 years old or older. It is the author’s responsibility to declare and certify his own age and in case of being less than 18 years old to provide full authorization from his parents or legal guardians. Each photographer can submit up to 4 photos in each category, total up to 20 photos. Digital files must be in JPEG format, Grayscale, with the longest side 1920 pixels, 300 dpi. Each file should not exceed 4 MB in size.
2. Each entrant will receive via e-mail a report card with the results of his/her submitted photos. All results will be uploaded in the website of the Salon. www.iaap.hps
3. Organizer will produce PDF catalogue downloadable from web site by exhibitors from first Exhibition day.
4. An entry may be rejected when the sponsoring organization or its agent believes the entry does not conform to the Salon Rules and Conditions.
5. Each participant can win one award per section.
6. Each Photograph must have a unique title in Latin alphabet only. Words such as “Untitled” and “No Title” are not acceptable as part or all of an image’s title, nor are camera capture filenames.

COPYRIGHTS - USE OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS - PERSONAL DATA

• Awarded (medal & mention) and Accepted photographs will be kept at HPS’s archive. HPS will have the right to use these photographs for promoting purposes (non commercial) with the Photographer’s name and copyright fee will not be paid to owner of the photograph (it could happen that in photo-collage graphic works author’s name could not be added). Author and HPS share the rights for the use of the works.
• According to the regulations and the rules of the competition, unless otherwise expressed by the author, reproduction of the works and their use both in printed and digital album is allowed. Under no circumstances, HPS will permit the use of the works for other purposes.
• The authors should have all eventual necessary permissions for people or land portrayed in their works. Any disputes arising from use of the photographs (with Photographer’s name) in printed or electronic media (web, e-mails) in this manner will be solely the Participant’s responsibility. By entering the competition, authors or their parents or legal guardians of the less than 18years old authors certify that they have the consent or model release from each of any identifiable persons in their photos (and if under age 18, signed by their parent or guardian) whenever and wherever required and that they can provide copies of these releases if requested.
• Images entered must be entirely the work of the photographer. Composite images are permitted provided all component images meet this requirement. For the avoidance of doubt, use of images from any other source including, but not limited to, royalty free image banks and clipart are not permitted.
Image alteration and computer generation: Images may be altered, either digitally or otherwise, by the entrant. Images may not be constructed entirely with a computer and all photographic components must have been photographed by the entrant who holds copyright of the complete works submitted.
By virtue of submitting an entry, the entrant certifies the work as his own (aliases are not permitted) and 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 Competition. This may include low resolution posting on a website. The HPS assumes no liability for any misuse of copyright.
• By entering the competition, the authors or their parents or legal guardians of the less than 18years old authors are explicitly consenting to the personal data they have supplied, including email addresses, being held, processed and used by the organizer for purposes associated with any HPS activities. They also acknowledge and accept that entering the competition means that awarded (medal & mention) photographs and Acceptance lists with authors’ names may be public and announced at web sites and on social media web sites such as Facebook.
• Uploaded photographs that are not awarded with any award or not selected for acceptances will be deleted from the system 90 (ninety) days after results are announced.
• By registering to contest and by submitting photographs to this competition, participants are considered to accept all regulations and rules of this competition. These rules and regulations become effective after participant’s photograph upload for this competition. It is considered that by participating to this contest, the participant has read and accepted all rules. Participants do not have the right for objecting any rules after participating to this contest.
By entering he competition the authors or their parents or legal guardians of the less than 18years old authors declare and acknowledge that they assume the complete and exclusive responsibility for any of the submitted photos and that they agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the HPS from any and all third party liability for any injuries, loss, claim, action, demand or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with this competition, including, without limitation, any third party claim for copyright infringement or a violation of an individual’s right to defamation, or privacy and/or publicity right.

There is an entry fee FOR EACH SECTION see ENTRY FEES for full details
Entries received without fee will not be judged and no further cost will be incurred until the appropriate fee is received.

BREACH OF CONDITIONS OF ENTRY

If the Salon determines, before, during or after judging that an entrant has submitted entries where one or more images fail to comply with these Conditions of Entry, including the stated definitions, the Salon reserves the right and discretion to delete the entry from the Salon and void any or all acceptances or awards.
In order to ensure that images comply with the Conditions of Entry and definitions, the Salon may carry out checks on the images to make sure that:
a) the images are the original work of the entrant and
b) the images comply with the rules and definitions as set out in these Conditions of Entry.
This may involve asking the entrant to provide originally captured image(s), with EXIF data intact, by a set deadline. The questioned image(s) of any entrant failing to comply with such a request for the original image(s) may be considered in breach of these Conditions of Entry, and declined. Entrants automatically agree to these terms by the act of entering the Salon.
Each entrant to FIAP salons must observe the rules of FIAP. Each author whose image shows any suspicions about the compliance with FIAP regulations or definitions can be requested by the organizer or by FIAP, to submit the original file (file containing the data recorded by the sensor, if so, the RAW file) plus the file of the image immediately before and immediately following the questionable image. If he/she failed to provide what is required, he can be sanctioned. The names of sanctioned entrants are put on a list, which is sent to the organizers of FIAP salons. Their participation in any event of FIAP is restricted or banned depending on the case. Neither can they be appointed as judges of FIAP salons, nor participate in a salon under FIAP patronage, nor organize a salon with FIAP patronage, nor apply for FIAP distinctions and they lose the right to use FIAP distinctions they have formerly received.

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 the following terms:
- 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,
- 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.

Submission of entries implies acceptance of all of these conditions.
FIAP document 018/2017
Each participant declares the following by accepting the conditions: “I hereby expressly agree to FIAP document 018/2017 « Conditions and regulations for FIAP
Patronage » and FIAP document 017/2017 « Sanctions for breaching FIAP regulations and the
red list ». I am particularly aware of chapter II « Regulations for International photographic
events under FIAP patronage » of FIAP document 018/2017, dealing under Section II.2 and II.3 with the FIAP participation rules, the sanctions for breaching FIAP regulations and the red list.”

Participation in the contest means that you accept all of its terms and conditions.

Chairman: Mr. Dimitris Kioseoglou AFIAP, Former Superintendent HPS, Master B&W Darkroom photographer, Greece
Member: Mr Baladakis George EFIAP/g, GPU Zeus, VIP 1, CR3, EHPS/g, Hon. PESGSPC, GPA PESGSPC, ACPE, Greece
Member: Mr Nikos Karanikis, HonEFIAP, FIAP Media Relations Service, Cyprus
Alternative: Spyros Iatropoulos EFIAP/p, ESFIAP, GPUCR3, GPUVIP2, PSAMP**, PSACS****,
ER.ISF, H.ISF, EHPS/g, GM.HPS, MICS, President HPS, Greece

Grand Award Apollo Statue, best of the best author with multi awards in all the categories.

Open B&W - FIAP Gold, GPU Gold, HPS Silver, HPS Silver, IAAP Bronze, HPS Bronze, 2 Fiap Ribbon, 1 GPU Ribbon, 2 IAAP Ribbon, 3 HPS Ribbon, Judge’s Choice, 3 ISF Diploma, 6 ICS Diploma.

B&W Nature - FIAP Gold, ISF Gold, GPU Silver, HPS Silver, HPS Bronze, HPS Bronze, 2 Fiap Ribbon, 2 GPU Ribbon, 1 IAAP Ribbon, 3 HPS Ribbon , Judge’s Choice, 3 ISF Diploma, 6 ICS Diploma.

B&W Phototravel - FIAP Gold, ICS Gold, ISF Silver, HPS Silver, GPU Bronze, HPS Bronze, 2 Fiap Ribbon, 1 GPU Ribbon, 1 IAAP Ribbon, 3 HPS Ribbon , Judge’s Choice, 2 ISF Diploma, 6 ICS Diploma.

B&W Photojournalism - FIAP Gold, IAAP Gold, ICS Silver, HPS Silver, ISF Bronze, HPS Bronze, 2 Fiap Ribbon, 1 GPU Ribbon, 1 IAAP Ribbon, 3 HPS Ribbon , Judge’s Choice, 2 ISF Diploma, 6 ICS Diploma.

B&W Creative - FIAP Gold, HPS Gold, IAAP Silver, HPS Silver, ICS Bronze, HPS Bronze, 2 Fiap Ribbon, 1 GPU Ribbon, 1 IAAP Ribbon, 3 HPS Ribbon , Judge’s Choice, 2 ISF Diploma, 6 ICS Diploma.

Best of the Salon FIAP Blue Pin, the author who has achieved the highest number of acceptances across all the sections of the salon added together


5 HPS Apollon Gold Medal best Author per category

HPS Apollon Medals for the best author per country

Country represented by 10 or more entrants: HPS Bronze Medal for the best entrant with diploma and title of the “Honorary Bronze Photographer Ambassador of his Country at the 1st Apollon HPS Salon 2019”

Country represented by 20 or more entrants: HPS Silver Medal for the best entrant with diploma and title of the “Honorary Silver Photographer Ambassador of his Country at the 1st Apollon HPS Salon 2019”

Country represented by 30 or more entrants: HPS Gold Medal for the best entrant with diploma and title of the “Honorary Gold Photographer Ambassador of his Country at the 1st Apollon HPS Salon 2019”

ALL ENTRIES SHALL CONFORM TO THE STRICTER OF THESE DEFINITIONS FOR ACCEPTANCES TO BE VALIDATED BY THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS GRANTING RECOGNITION OR PATRONAGE.

FIAP DEFINITION OF THE BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY

A black and white work fitting from the very dark grey (black) to the very clear grey (white) is black and white work with the various shades of grey

FIAP 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 greyscale monochrome. Infrared images, either direct-captures or derivations, are not allowed. 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..
THE PHOTO TRAVEL 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 greyscale monochrome. Other derivations, including infrared, are not permitted. All allowed adjustments must appear natural.“

THE PHOTOJOURNALISM PHOTOGRAPHY DEFINITION

Photojournalism entries shall consist of images with informative content and emotional impact, reflecting the human presence in our world. The journalistic (storytelling) 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 subjects 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 grayscale ‘monochrome. Derivations, including infrared, are not eligible.

THE CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY DEFINITION

A definition of creative photography Creative photography is an extension of conventional photography into creative art. Its purpose is to stimulate creative thoughts and encourage experimentation with new ideas going beyond a simple photograph. There should be a significant photographic content, and inclusion of mixed media of any kind (photocopy, transfer, digital etc) is welcome. It can be a collage or a montage. The final result must be all the photographer’s own work including the original image. Some ideas to get started If you have a computer and photo manipulation software:
Combine two images, and then experiment with different blending modes and opacity. It is best to use very simple images to start with. • Experiment with different filters. • Photograph some interesting textures such as sandstone, tree bark, and blend them with another image. If you are not using a computer and photo manipulation software There are many other ways of being creative, for example: • Using in-camera effects such as slow shutter speeds, multiple exposures, moving the camera while exposing the image. • Cutting and pasting of printed images to make collages and montages. Also and any other personal new technique welcomed only in b&w.