Photographic Society of Wojnicz Fotum

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.
Salon is divided into 3 sections:

A) PORTRAIT Color / Monochrome - PSA PID Color
B) OPEN Color - PSA PID Color
C) OPEN Monochrome - PSA PID Monochrome

• the same image must not be submitted in more than one section,
• no title or identification of the maker shall be written anywhere on the face of an image,
• required image size 1920 pixels in width or 1080 pixels in height,
• file must be saved in JPEG format, RGB mode (not CMYK), the resolution should be 300 dpi, compression between 8 and 10 (file size max 3Mb),
• images will be judged with monitor EIZO ColorEdge CS2420 with dimension 1920x1080 pixels.

Opening date: 01.04.2019
Closing date: 04.10.2019
Judging: 05.10.2019 - 19.10.2019
Notification: 25.10.2019
Sending of catalogs and awards: 31.01.2020

Entry fee is mandatory for all participants and is:
World Wide: 15€ or 17$ for digital images in all three sections, only by PAYPAL
Poland: 65 PLN for digital images in all three sections, PAYPAL or bank transfer
PAYPAL: [email protected]
IBAN: PL 12 1050 1722 1000 0090 3046 4599
The works of the authors who did not pay the fee would be rejected.

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. All parts of the image have to be photographed by the author who is holding the copyright of all works submitted. The salon will be conducted in accordance to the requirements and practices of FIAP, IAAP, GPU, PSA, FRP.

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 contest 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.

Authors must fill out online entry form and upload photo online: http://salon.fotum.org

Dorota Kycia EFIAP, AFRP, EsFIAP
Dariusz Kobylański AFIAP, Vice President TTF
Krzysztof Stós EFIAP, PSW Fotum Vice President

• FIAP: Gold, Silver, Bronze medals, six ribbons in each section,Blue Badge for the best author
• PSA: Gold, Silver, Bronze medals, three ribbons in each section
• FRP: Gold, Silver, Bronze medals in each section
• IAAP: Gold, Silver, Bronze medals, three ribbonsin each section
• GPU: Gold, Silver, Bronze medals, six ribbons in each section
• Organizer distinction, three salon diplomas in each category,
• Medal Salon PSW Fotum for the best salon author,
• Diploma for the best club.

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.


PSA Definitions
Monochrome
An image is considered to be Monochrome only if it gives the impression of having no color (i.e. contains only shades of gray which can include pure black and pure white) OR it gives the impression of being a greyscale image that has been toned in one color across the entire image. (For example by Sepia, red, gold, etc.)
A greyscale or multi-colored image modified or giving the impression of having been modified by partial toning, multi-toning or by the inclusion of spot coloring does not meet the definition of monochrome and shall be classified as a Color Work.


If at any time, it is determined in the reasonable discretion of the exhibition organizer or the judges before, during, or after the judging of an exhibition that an entrant has submitted entries where one or more images may fail to comply with these Conditions of Entry, including the stated definitions, the exhibition organizers reserve the right to delete the entry from the exhibition and void any or all acceptances or awards in connection with the exhibition. Fees may be forfeited or refunded in these circumstances. The entrant acknowledges that the decision of the exhibition organizers or the judges is final.
In order to ensure that images comply with the Conditions of Entry and definitions, the exhibition organizers may carry out reasonable measures to verify 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.
These steps include, but are not limited to, questioning any entrant, requiring the submission of RAW files or other digital files representing the original capture of the submitted image(s), confronting the entrant with evidence that one or more submitted images fails to comply with the Conditions of Entry (also known as Entry Rules), and offering the entrant a reasonable opportunity to provide counter evidence to refute the exhibition organizer's evidence by a set deadline. Such entries that are not cleared or are still questionable after the entrant has presented evidence may be considered in breach of these Conditions of Entry, and declined. Such entries may be referred to PSA for further investigation of possible ethics violations.
PSA retains the right to investigate in any way all complaints/suspicions of breaches of entry conditions, impose sanctions if deemed necessary, void the acceptances of any image found to violate the PSA rules, include the entrant's name on the list of sanctions provided to Exhibitions, and share such investigations with FIAP. Entrants automatically agree to these terms by the act of entering the Exhibition and agree to cooperate with any investigation.

All entrants will be sent a colour printed catalogue. All participants will receive reportcard notifications via e-mail. The results of the exhibition will also be published on the website: http://salon.fotum.org

Maciej Babiarz
Address: ul. Dluga 29, 32-830 Wojnicz, Poland
e-mail: [email protected]