I INTERNATIONAL SALON OF PHOTOGRAPHY - Kobuleti Photo Fest - 2020 - Georgia

There are four sections:

A) Free/Open color (digital) PSA PID Color
B) Free/Open monochrome (digital) PSA PID Monochrome
C) Nature (color or monochrome digital) PSA ND Color/Monochrome
D) Travel (color or monochrome digital) PSA PTD


Acceptances in PID recognized Color sections shall be credited towards PID Color Star Ratings and Who’s Who Color listings. Monochrome images accepted in PID recognized Color sections shall only be credited towards PID Color Star Ratings.
Acceptances in PID recognized Monochrome sections shall be credited towards PID Monochrome Star Ratings and Who’s Who Monochrome listings.
All acceptance eligibility shall be in accordance with the PID Star Ratings or the Galaxy/Diamond Ratings requirements as appropriate.
All entries shall conform to the stricter of these definitions for acceptances to be validated by all the International Organizations granting recognition or patronage.
Each photo can be presented in only one section. The same or very similar photos cannot be sent to different categories.
Authors are only allowed to send works that haven’t yet been presented at the previous Pannonia Reflections salons.

Closing date: 07.06.2020
Judging: 14.06.2017
Notification: 25.06.2017
First public projection: 15.07.2017
Sending of catalogs and awards: 25.07.2017

Entry fee is
20 EUR (30 USD) for one -two sections
25 EUR (35 USD) for 3-4 sections.
Possible ways of payment:
– PayPal transfer to - [email protected]

The salon Kobuleti Photo Fest - 2020 is open to amateur and professional photographers from all over the world.
Authors agree that photographs can be used in the catalog, on the website of the exhibition and for the promotion of the exhibition.
The exhibition assumes no liability for any misuse of copyright.
The organizer reserves the right to remove the images if the author doesn’t have the permission to publish the photos.

DATA PROTECTION
By entering this exhibition, you are explicitly consenting to the personal details you have supplied, including email addresses, being held, processed and used by the exhibition organizers for purposes associated with this exhibition.
You also explicitly consent to such information being sent to organizations that have accorded official recognition, patronage or accreditation to this exhibition.
You acknowledge and accept that entering this exhibition means that the status and results of your entry may be made public.

The contest will be conducted according to FIAP, PSA, IAAP and WBP regulations.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Photos must be in JPG file format. The image must be a maximum of 1920 pixels wide and 1080 pixels high. The file size of the individual image should not exceed 2 MB.
The resolution of the judging screen or projector is the highest resolution of the entered images. It is forbidden by the exhibition standards to resize the entered images for the judging panel.
The projection will be made using Monitors HP 58,4 cm (23,0″) Z23n EliteDisplay 1920×1080 IPS.
Authors can submit photos:

online: kobuletiphotofest.info

No requirements for file names, file name should be as you would want it to appear in the catalog (same as title name). 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.
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:
May not be re-entered in any section of the same Division Star Ratings class in that exhibition regardless of media, format, or title.
May not be re-titled for entry in any other PSA Recognized exhibition.

JURY MEMBERS:
For all sections:

Tomasz Okoniewski - EFIAP (Poland)
Kostiantyn Vlashchuk (Ukraine)
Anatoliy Volokh - EFIAP (Ukraine)

More about jury members: kobuletiphotofest.info

- Kobuleti Photo Fest - special award for the photo selected by the President of the organizing committee (Special Award)
- Best autor in each category ( 4 altogether - Special Award)
- PSA Gold Medal in each section (4 altogether)
- PSA ribbons (8 altogether)
- IAAP Gold Medal (4 altogether) Silver medal and Bronze medal
- IAAP ribbons (6 altogether)
- WBP Gold medals in each section (4 altogether)
- Salon medals Gold Medal, Silver medal and Bronze medal (12 altogether)
- Salon Diploma (8 altogether)

* Special Award (5 altogether) - the best author in each category will receive diploma and free accommodation and meals in Georgia (Kobuleti) for 5 days
(date of arrival will be agreed after the end of quarantine)

The jury reserves the right to grant additional awards. Each author can receive only one award in each of the section.
The decision of the jury is final and irrevocable, complaints are not possible.

Best author. FlAP will oer to the organisers of salons with FlAP Patronage a special badge (light blue) to be awarded to the best author for each salon number.
The one who has achieved the highest number of total acceptances of all the sections of the salon added together will be proclaimed “best author”.
In the event of a tie, the organiser will decide irrevocably. The name of the best author must be mentioned in the catalogue.
Monochrome definition
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 & white work toned entirely in a single color will remain a monochrome work able to stand in the black & white category; such a work may be reproduced in black & white in the catalogue.
On the other hand a black and white work modified by partial toning or by the addition of one color becomes a color work (polychrome) to stand in the color category.
PSA: 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.
PSA TRAVEL: 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 images must appear natural.

GENERAL CONDITIONS OF ENTRY FOR EXHIBITORS FIAP:
“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.”

GENERAL CONDITIONS OF ENTRY FOR EXHIBITORS PSA:
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.
Artwork or computer graphics created by the entrant may be incorporated provided the photographic content predominates, subject to Nature, Photo Travel and Photojournalism divisional restrictions.
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 entered or 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.
III. Images meeting the Monochrome Definition and non-manipulated color images from the same capture shall be considered the same image and must be given the same title.
IV. PSA members working on Galaxy and Diamond Star Ratings shall be allowed to continue using different titles of monochrome versions and color versions of the same capture that have already been accepted until the required number of acceptances for those titles have been completed.
An image may be entered in only one section where acceptances of that image in multiple sections would be eligible for the same star path.
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.

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 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.
NOTICE: When an entrant fills in the Entry Form to submit an entry the entrant will see a feature to affirm he or she has read these Conditions of Entry when he or she fills out the entry form.
If the entrant does not so affirm the entry will not be submitted.

LICENCE AGREEMENT
By submitting an entry, the entrant certifies that he is a sole owner of the rights to use sent images, including copyright, patent and/or other applicable rights.
All models must be of Legal Age of consent or have guardian permissions issued

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.

REPORT CARD NOTIFICATIONS
All participants will receive report card notifications via e-mail.

CATALOG
On-line PDF Exhibition Catalog

RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ORGANIZER
The organizer will take all possible care when handling the incoming and outgoing mail. However, we accept no liability for damage or loss during the transit.

Chairman of the exhibition: Diana Vasadze
Website: kobuletiphotofest.info
E-mail: [email protected]