Photographic Society of Wojnicz Fotum

Salon is divided into 2 sections:
A) OPEN Color (PRINT)
B) OPEN Monochrome (PRINT)
Each author can participate with not more than 4 (four) photos in each section; each photo can be presented in one category only. Accepted entries will be eligible for the FRP, FIAP, IAAP and MoL honors.

Opening date: 15 January 2020
Closing date: 30 June 2020
Judging: 26 July 2020
Notification: 07 August 2020
Catalog on the site (PDF): 30 September 2020
Sending awards: 30 September 2020
Public presentation: August/September 2020, Wojnicz, Poland

Entry fee is mandatory for all participants and is:
World Wide: 17€ or 19$ for the two sections, only by PAYPAL
Poland: 40 PLN for the two sections, PAYPAL or bank transfer
Entries without payment of the required fees will not be judged.

Payment via PayPal to: [email protected]
Payment by bank transfer to the following account: IBAN: PL 12 1050 1722 1000 0090 3046 4599

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 organizer, or its agent, in its reasonable discretion, believes the entry does not conform to salon rules and conditions. The salon will be conducted in accordance to the requirements and practices of the following photographic organizations: FRP, FIAP, IAAP, MoL.
Entries must originate as photographs (image-captures of objects via light sensitivity) made by the entrant on photographic emulsion or acquired digitally.
All parts of the submitted images have to be photographed by the author who is holding the copyright of all submitted works.
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.
The organizers will take great care of the entered work but decline all responsibility in case of loss, theft or deterioration during transit or during the exhibition and/or projection.
By submitting an entry to the Wojnicz Photo Print the entrant permits the organizers to reproduce the entered material free of charge for all promotional purposes related to the exhibition, like e.g. the catalogue, the website etc.
The Organizer decides which of the accepted images would be included in the Catalog and in the post contest Exhibition.
Submission of an entry signifies acceptance of all conditions set by the organizer of the salon.

Entry to the salon is made via the on-line entry form by clicking on this link ENTRY FORM (www.print.fotum.org). For entry in both PRINT sections, each participant has to register on-line first, and later, physically send us the prints. During the on-line registration there will be needed to upload JPEG copies of all the prints. (These copies are used for designing the catalogue.) Accepted file types *.jpg, *.jpeg. Maximum image width (horizontal) is 1920 pix, maximum image height (vertical) is 1080 pix, resolution 300DPI. Maximal file size 3MB. Images must not have any signatures . The requirement for a JPEG copy applies to all prints including those produced in a darkroom.
When the registration is completed there will be provided a set of labels which should be printed and stuck to the back of each print in the bottom right hand side corner.
The printed photographs must be unmounted. Maximum size of the prints: 50 cm x 70 cm. Smaller prints are accepted but the participant has to keep in mind one thing: Judges are looking at the prints from the distance of 2m, so if print is significantly small then it is not effective.
IMPORTANT: An entry may be rejected by the organizers if it does not conform to Salon rules and conditions. Prints submitted without the correct labels WILL be rejected and NOT shown to the judges. 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 numbers.
NOTE: You will be receiving emails from: [email protected]
Please ensure your SPAM filter will always accept emails from this address.

SENDING YOUR PRINTS
MR. PIOTR SYGNAROWICZ
(PLANTA company building )
ul. Wyszyńskiego 16A
33-100 Tarnów
POLAND

All photos must be delivered to the organizer before the closing date. Packages arriving after the closing date for entries will not be judged.
Please ensure that you have attached the special labels to the back of each of your prints.
The decision of the jury will be final and without appeal.
All prints will not be returned and will be destroyed once the salon is closed.

Robert Pranagal (EFIAP, AFRP) - Poland
Stanisław Kusiak (ZPAF) - Poland
Piotr Sygnarowicz (EFIAP) – Poland

FIAP: Gold, Silver, Bronze medals, six ribbons in each section, Blue Badge for the best author,
FRP: Gold, Silver, Bronze medals in each section,
IAAP: Gold, Silver, Bronze medals, three ribbons in each section,
MoL: Gold, Silver, Bronze medals, three ribbons in each section,
Organizer distinction: three honorable mentions in each category, Medal Salon PSW Fotum for the best salon author.

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.

Notification cards will be sent by email.
The results of the exhibition will also be published on the website: http://print.fotum.org .
PDF catalog for downloading will be available on our website: http://print.fotum.org .

Salon Chairman: Zbigniew Pukalski
e‐mail: [email protected]