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 town located in the south-eastern part of Poland which reaching the period of its greatest prosperity in the 16th and 17th century. At the time 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 bending under the weight of the 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 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 the participants of International Salon of Photography "Kuferek 2022". In photographs in main theme "A 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 entrant may submit up to four (4) digital photos taken in any technique.

ONE THEME: A) A FAIR (traditional bazaar) – four (4) photographs

Contest calendar (DD.MM.YYYY)
Opening: 30/10/2021
Closure: 13/05/2022
Judging: 29/05/2022
Results 5/06/2022
Exhibition: 24/08/2022
Deadline for delivery of prizes and catalogs: 31/12/2022
Results will be announced as soon as possible after completion of judging and published on the organizer's website: www.jaroslaw-kuferek.pl i https://theiaap.com/kuferek/.

Exhibition
The organizer will print out the awarded photographs on his own by August 24, 2022 (date of exhibition). On the same day the PDF catalog can be downloaded from the organizer’s website. The awards will be presented to the authors in Jarosław during the opening of the post-competition exhibition at the Days of Art in Jarosław on August 24, 2022.

The fee is obligatory for all participants and amounts:
- to participants from Poland: 45 PLN payable via PayPal [email protected] or to a bank account;
- to 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: K22

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 FRP. 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 and FRP 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 venture; 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. Entrants automatically agree to the above terms when they register to participate in the contest and agree to cooperate with any investigation.

Application
The photograph submitted for the contest must be in digital form: in JPG format image size and can not exceed 1920×1080 pixels. The photograph (without signature or identifier) must be in the RGB profile (no CMYK). The photo file must not exceed 3MB. 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 (written on the 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.

TOMASZ SOBCZAK (Poland) – the chairman of the jury
TEVFIK ILERI (Cyprus)
HUUB BINK (Netherlands)

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 “A FAIR” section.

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

General rules
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 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.

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