Centre of Culture and Art in Jarosław
Adam Mickiewicz Square 6, Jarosław, Poland
www.jaroslaw-kuferek.pl

Description of the competition theme:
Jarosław is a city located in the south-eastern part of Poland, which flourished in the 16th and 17th centuries. In those days a few trade routes crossed here. The meetings of merchants in Jarosław took place four times a year. The longest lasted throughout August and was a famous and important event in contemporary Europe. Fairs attracted crowds of merchants and street musicians, the potters and craftsmen traded their products. The stalls were benting under the amount of goods, among which could be found: salt, wheat, spices, excellent fabrics, leather, jewelry and amber. The products were transported by caravans in various panniers, yokes, pouches and were also transported by rivers. We want to inspire the participants of International Salon of Photography "Kuferek 2020" with the mercantile tradition of Jarosław and the world, the image of colorful stalls, as well as the imagine of bustling streets full of aromas and smells. In photographs in main theme "FAIR" artists can include the most common aspects: crafts, transport, trade, art, food, night life of fairs, etc. coming from all continents of the world.
The participant may submit up four (4) digital photographs, which is made by any technique.

ONE THEME : A) FAIR – four (4) photographs (Bazaar, stalls, marketplace, merchants, crafts, transportation, trade, art, food, market nightl)

Opening: 20/10/2020
Closure: 13/05/2021
Judging: 29/05/2021
Results 5/06/2021
Exhibition: 25/08/2021
Deadline for delivery of prizes and catalogues: 31/12/2021

The fee is obligatory for all participants and amounts to:
- participants from Poland: 40 PLN payable via PayPal [email protected] or to a bank account;
- participants from other countries: 10 € payable only through PayPal [email protected]

Details of bank transfer
Jarosławski Ośrodek Kultury i Sztuki
Pl. Mickiewicza 6, 37-500 Jarosław
Number of bank account: PL 61 1240 2571 1111 0010 8808 9956 (PEKAO S.A.)
Title of the transfer: K21

The contest is open to all photographers: amateurs and professionals in all age and from all over the world. The participant may be rejected if the organizer or his representative decides that the application is not in accordance with the rules of the competition. By sending an application, the participant confirms that the photographs are his own works and the organizer is not responsible for any abuse of copyright. All participants must respect the regulations of FIAP and RFP. All parts of the image must be photographed by the author, who holds the copyright to all submitted works. The photographs submitted to contest must be taken by the participant on a photosensitive emulsion or in digital technology (the photos must be taken by using a technique of image recording with the use of light-sensitive elements). By submitting an entry for the competition, the participant allows the organizers to reproduce all or part of photographs for free of charge in the advertising materials, in the post-contest catalog, on the website and/or in other media related to the competition.

Acceptance
“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.”

In order to popularize the event, the organizer reserves the right to reproduce the photos free of charge in the catalogue, press, television (and media patrons of the competition), on the organizer's website and in the organizer's Facebook fanpage.
By sending his own photographs or files for the exhibition under the patronage of the FIAP and FRP the participant accepts voluntarily and without exception the possibility to check by FIAP the submitted images for compliance with the FIAP regulations, even in case of that the participant is not a member of the FIAP. The participant also accepts that FIAP may use any method to check the compliance of the files with the regulations and that any refusal to cooperate with FIAP, the submission of the originals of the files registered with the camera or the non-delivery of the relevant documents shall result in the imposition by FIAP of sanctions for non-compliance with the rules and regulations of the FIAP. The name of the participant will be made available for the purpose of informing about a violation of the regulations. It is recommended to leave the original EXIF data in the submitted files for potential analysis.
Participants declare that they have read the content of the information clause (content below) including the purpose and methods of personal data processing as well as the right to access the data content and the right to correct it. Submitting the works to the competition means acceptance of regulations of contest and consent to publication and processing of personal data for promotional purposes by the organizer – in accordance with the from art. 13 Regulation of The European Parliament and Council (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data on the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46 / EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (Journal of Laws EU L 1199 of 04/05/2016) and in accordance with the Act of 10 May 2018 on the protection of personal data (Journal of Laws 2018 item 1000).

The photograph submitted for the contest must be in digital form: in JPG format image size and can not exceed 1920x1080 pixels. The photograph (without signature or identifier) must be in the RGB profile (no CMYK). The photo file must not exceed 2MB. Photographs should be submitted by registering on the competition website: www.jaroslaw-kuferek.pl and by clicking on “rules” tab. Each participant after registration and uploading the photo, which must be titled (on black line) in app under the preview of photograph (title of the photo file must be the same), receives confirmation email. Each of the qualified participants will receive email with a card, which will contain a percentage result and the link with a list of awarded participants. The results of the contest will also be published on the website: www.jaroslaw-kuferek.pl.

Małgorzata Dołowska - AFRP,
Łukasz Gurdak - EFIAP, AFRP,
Dariusz Kobylański - AFIAP

Each juror has at his disposal a screen of at least 15 inches and during the general projection of at least 42 inches. An entrant's images will not be presented to the judges consecutively. Photographs will be distributed throughout rounds of judging in “FAIR” section.

FIAP: Gold, Silver, Bronze Medal, special light blue pin for the best author who has achieved the highest number of acceptances, 6 honorauble mentions (HM)
FRP: Gold, Silver, Bronze Medal
IAAP: Gold, Silver, Bronze Medal, six ribbons

Results
Results will be announced as soon as possible after completion of judging and published on the organizer's website: www.jaroslaw-kuferek.pl.

Exhibition
The organizer will print out the awarded photographs on his own by 25.08.2021 (date of exhibition). On the same day the PDF catalogue can be downloaded from the organizer’s website.

The person responsible for the competition is:
Krzysztof Peszko, phone number: +48 16 3000025 or +48 608747098
e-mail: [email protected]
Centre of Culture and Art in Jarosław
Adam Mickiewicz Square 6, Jarosław, Poland