The Apricot Photo International Salon is exhibition of art photography organised by Lens NGO, Armenia

The Apricot PhotoInternational Salon is divided in 4 sections, all digital:
1 • OPEN Monochome / PSA PID mono
2 • OPEN Color / PSA PID color
3 • NATURE / PSA ND
4 • TRAVEL / PSA PTD

Closing date: 20.04. 2020
Judging: 26.04. 2020
Notification: 30.04. 2020
Exhibition date: 30.05.2018 at House-Museum of Aram Khachaturian, Yerevan, Armenia
Delivery of the awards to the authors by July-August 2020.

Participation fee is mandatory for all participants and it is EUR 20 for first section and additional EUR 5 for next section.

The fee can be paid:
• via PayPal through our web site: http://apricotphoto.com/ or to finance.cff[email protected] SINGAPORE or countries where not possible pay to this account use fi[email protected]
• Payoneer - [email protected]
• Skrill - [email protected]
• by postal mail along with the CD with photographs sent to the address:
Apricot Photo,Shiraz str 28 - 41, Yerevan, 0088 Armenia•by bank tranfer:
For Armenian entrance, PROMETEY bank Account No.:1660003258440145 to Vigen Mnoyan
For Czech entrance, c.u.: 97129002 / 5500 - platby v CZK (kurz ČNB)
For Slovakian entrance, c.u.: 2947 0024 70 / Tatrabanka, a.s.
For EUR payments around the world: Tatrabanka, Slovakia, account of Czech federation of Art Photography
IBAN code: SK67 1100 0000 0029 4700 2470, SWIFT code: TATR SK BX
Please write „Apricot Photo 2020“ in description field.

The works of the authors who did not pay the fee would not be taken into consideration.

The photo salon is open to amateur and professional photographers from all over the world.
Entries must originate as photographs (image-captures of objects via light sensitivity) made by the entrant on pho-tographic emulsion or acquired digitally. By virtue of submitting an entry, the entrant certifies the work as his ownand permits the sponsors to reproduce all or part of the entered material free of charge for publication and/or dis-play in media related to the exhibition. This may include low resolution posting on a website. The exhibition assu-mes 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.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.
There are no restrictions as to subject matter except as outlined in the rules and definitions of specific sections, orspecified by law in the country where the exhibition is held.
Note: Entrants who indicate that their images may not be reproduced or used “will not be eligible for awards” orinclusion in audio-visuals of the exhibition “and could be subject to disqualification” by the exhibition sponsorsImages 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.
With the sole act of submitting his/her images or files to a salon under FIAP Patronage, the entrant accepts withoutexception and with no objection that the submitted images can be investigated by FIAP to establish if these obeyto FIAP regulations and definitions even if the entrant is not a member of FIAP; that FIAP will use any means atits disposal for this undertaking; that any refusal to cooperate with FIAP or any refusal to submit the original filesas captured by the camera, or failure to provide sufficient evidence, will be sanctioned by FIAP and that in case ofsanctions following the non compliance with FIAP regulations, the name of the entrant will be released in any formuseful to inform the breaches of the rules. It is recommended to leave the EXIF data in the submitted files intact inorder to ease eventual investigations.”
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 tocomply with these Conditions of Entry, including the stated definitions, the exhibition organizers reserve the rightto 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 exhi-bition organizers or the judges is final.
In order to ensure that images comply with the Conditions of Entry and definitions, the exhibition organizers maycarry 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 otherdigital files representing the original capture of the submitted image(s), confronting the entrant with evidence thatone or more submitted images fails to comply with the Conditions of Entry (also known as Entry Rules), and offeringthe entrant a reasonable opportunity to provide counter evidence to refute the exhibition organizer’s evidence by aset deadline. Such entries that are not cleared or are still questionable after the entrant has presented evidence maybe considered in breach of these Conditions of Entry, and declined. Such entries may be referred to PSA for furtherinvestigation of possible ethics violations.
PSA retains the right to investigate in any way all complaints/suspicions of breaches of entry conditions, imposesanctions if deemed necessary, void the acceptances of any image found to violate the PSA rules, include the en-trant’s name on the list of sanctions provided to Exhibitions, and share such investigations with FIAP. Entrants auto-matically agree to these terms by the act of entering the Exhibition and agree to cooperate with any investigation.

The photographs of authors with the application are submitted in these ways:
•uploading through our web site:http://apricotphoto.com/(Entry form filled online)
•by e-mail:[email protected](along with filled and signed scan copy of entry form)
•on CD, along with the participation fee and filled and signed entry form, use this postal address:
APRICOT PHOTO
Artur Sargsyan Shiraz str 28 - 41
0088 Yerevan, Armenia

To participate atApricot PhotoInternational Salon authors will apply with black & white or color works.Maximum number of photographs per theme is 4. No title or identification of the maker shall be writtenanywhere on the face of an image. An entrant’s four images will be distributed throughout four rounds ofjudging in that section. Entry form and contact info must be written in one of the official FIAP languages.Photographs are sent in digital form, as a picture file with maximum dimensions of 2500x1400pixels at300 dpi. Judges will use data projectorSony SRX-R515Pwith 4096 x 2160 pix resolution.
No file naming is needed. Each photo needs to have its own title. The titles cannot be repeated.

Vigen MNOYAN (Armenia)
Garik AVANESIAN, MFIAP (Czech Republic)
Andrey Yurlov, EFIAP (Slovakia)

At Apricot Photo International Salon there will be awarded:
BEST AUTHOR - FIAP blue pin
4 x FIAP Gold, Silver and Bronze medal and 24x blue ribbons,
4 x IAAP Gold, 1 x Silver and 1 x Bronze medal and 6 ribbons,
4 x CFFU Gold, Silver and Bronze medal.4x APNA Gold medal

PSA Definition of aMonochromeimage for any monochrome sections recognized by the PSA Projected Image Di-vision or the PSA Pictorial Print Division.
An image is considered to be Monochrome only if it gives the impression of having no color (i.e. contains onlyshades of gray which can include pure black and pure white) OR it gives the impression of being a grayscale imagethat 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 theinclusion of spot coloring does not meet the definition of monochrome and shall be classified as a Color Work.Naturephotography is restricted to the use of the photographic process to depict all branches of natural history, ex-cept anthropology and archeology, in such a fashion that a well-informed person will be able to identify the subjectmaterial 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.Conditions of Entry Checklist
• Human elements shall not be present, except where those human elements are integral parts of the nature storysuch as nature subjects, like barn owls or storks, adapted to an environment modified by humans, or where thosehuman 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 speci-mens 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 pictorialcontent, or without altering the content of the original scene, are permitted including HDR, focus stacking and do-dging/burning.
• Techniques that remove elements added by the camera, such as dust spots, digital noise, and film scratches, areallowed.
• 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, geologicformations, weather phenomena, and extant organisms as the primary subject matter. This includes images takenwith subjects in controlled conditions, such as zoos, game farms, botanical gardens, aquariums and any enclosurewhere the subjects are totally dependent on man for food.
TRAVEL
A Photo Travel image expresses the characteristic features or culture of a land as they are found naturally. There areno geographic limitations. Images from events or activities arranged specifically for photography, or of subjectsdirected or hired for photography are not appropriate. Close up pictures of people or objects must include featuresthat provide information about the environment. Techniques that add, relocate, replace or remove any element ofthe original image, except by cropping, are not permitted. The only allowable adjustments are removal of dust or di-gital 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.

Notification cards will be sent by email.
All participants of the competition (the authors which submitted works and paid the participation fee)will receive pdf catalogue of the photo salon. The organizer will take all possible care while handling themail awards, however we assume no liability for damages and loses during shipment.

Contact person: Mr. Artur Sargsyan, e-mail:[email protected]