Photographic Society of Wojnicz Fotum

Address: Dluga 29
32-830 Wojnicz, Poland

Salon is divided into 3 sections:

A) PORTRAIT Color / Monochrome – without PSA patronage
B) OPEN Color - PSA PID Color
C) OPEN Monochrome - PSA PID Monochrome

Each participant can send up to four digital photos in each category.An entrant's four images will be distributed throughout four rounds of judging.

Closing date: 25.09.2022
Judging: 01.10.2022 - 16.10.2022
Notification: 21.10.2022
Online Gallery: 21.10.2022
Sending of catalogs and awards: 01.01.2023

Entry fee is mandatory for all participants and is:
World Wide: 17€ or 19$ for all three sections, only by PAYPAL
Poland: 75 PLN for all three sections, by PAYPAL or bank transfer
PAYPAL: [email protected]

IBAN: PL 12 1050 1722 1000 0090 3046 4599
The works of the authors who did not pay the fee would be rejected.

Discount for groups over 10 participants 15 Euro (17 $) for each person.

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 sponsoring organization, or its agent, in its reasonable discretion, believes the entry does not conform to salon rules and conditions. 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 and the exhibition assumes no liability for any misuse of copyright. All parts of the image have to be photographed by the author who is holding the copyright of all works submitted.
The salon will be conducted in accordance to the requirements and practices of FIAP, IAAP, GPU, PSA, FRP.
The organizer can use the exhibited works for reproduction in the catalogue and for promotion without paying any author's fee. By submitting an entry to the contest the entrant permits the organizers to reproduce all or part of the entered material free of charge for publication in a catalogue, on internet and/or in other media related to the salon.

Authors must fill out online entry form in subpage: ENTRY FORM and upload photo online on the page: http://salon.fotum.org

· no title or identification of the maker shall be written anywhere on the face of an image,
· required image size 1920 pixels in width or 1080 pixels in height, images will be judging using the EIZO ColorEdge CS2420 monitor at a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels so the size of the photo can not be larger than the resolution of the monitor to avoid its deformation,
· file must be saved in JPEG format, RGB mode (not CMYK), the resolution should be 300 dpi, compression between 8 and 10 (file size max 3Mb),
· each photo must have a unique name (eg "sunrise.jpg") entered after adding it to the competition website during registration in the field directly below the photo.

the jury is the same for all sections:

Dorota Kycia (Poland) EFIAP, AFRP, EsFIAP
Dariusz Kobylański (Poland) AFIAP, Vice President TTF
Krzysztof Stós (Poland) EFIAP, President PSW Fotum

JUDGING METHOD
· if geopolitical conditions in connection with Russia's attack on Ukraine and the COVID 19 pandemic allow a meeting, the jury will be held viewing the images together if not by remote on-line judging.
· The judges will be using color-calibrated monitors.
· Individual monitors will not be smaller than 19 inches.
· The monitors will be capable of displaying images at 100% of their resolution
· Award session will be done at the video-conference by a jury viewing the images together.

· FIAP: Gold, Silver, Bronze medals, six ribbons in each section, Blue Badge for the best author
· PSA: Gold, Silver, Bronze medals, three ribbons in section Open Color and Open Monochrome
· FRP: Gold, Silver, Bronze medals in each section
· IAAP: Gold, Silver, Bronze medals, three ribbons in each section
· GPU: Gold, Silver, Bronze medals, six ribbons in each section
· Organizer distinction: Gold, Silver, Bronze medals, three honorable mentions in section Portret
· Organizer distinction, three salon diplomas in each category,
· Medal Salon PSW Fotum for the best salon author,
· Diploma for the best club.

IMAGE AND ENTRY REQUIREMENTS This exhibition is open to anyone; however, an entry may be rejected when the Sponsor or the Exhibition Organizers, in their reasonable discretion, believes the entry does not conform to exhibition rules and these Conditions of Entry. Membership in any photographic organization is not required.
Sanctions: Entries will not be accepted from any entrant who is currently sanctioned by PSA.
PSA Star Ratings
To receive proper Star ratings credit from PSA, entrants must provide their names and country exactly the same in each exhibition. Aliases are not permitted. Please contact PSA in the event of name changes or relocating to another country. Using one’s name differently in different exhibition exposes the entrant to the risk that many of their acceptances may not be recognized by PSA Star Ratings.

Image Creation
Entries must originate as photographs (image-captures of objects via light sensitivity) made by the entrant on photographic emulsion or acquired digitally.

Certification:
By virtue of submitting an image, the entrant certifies the work as his or her own (.Images
may not incorporate elements produced by anyone else (for example: clip art, images or art
by others downloaded from the Internet). Aliases are not allowed. 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.

Alteration and Computer Generation Subject to Divisional restrictions (particularly Nature, Photo Travel, and Photojournalism) images may be altered, either electronically or otherwise, by the maker. Adjustments to enhance images or creatively modify images are allowed providing the underlying photograph is retained in a way that is obvious to the viewer. Images may not be constructed entirely with a computer, and must be the sole work of the author Re-use of accepted images: Once an image has been accepted in this exhibition it may not be entered again in any future instances of this exhibition. It may, of course, be entered in any other PSA/FIAP recognised exhibitions but must always have the same title.
Entry: An Entry consists of, up to and including, four (4) images entered by a single entrant into the same Section. An entrant may only enter a specific Section once.

Titles:
Each image must have a unique title that is a description of the image. That unique title must be used for entry of that image or of an identical Image into any and all PSA-Recognized exhibitions. Titles must be 35 characters or fewer. No titles may be visible to the judges, and nothing in the image may identify the maker. Titles may not include file extensions such as .jpg or .jpeg (or any other camera capture filenames such as IMG 471). Titles may not consist of personal identifiers possibly augmented by a number; or include words such as “untitled” or “no title”. Titles may not consist solely of numbers unless those numbers are prominently contained within the image, such as a contestant number in a race.

Color and Monochrome:
Color and Monochrome images from the same capture that share substantial pictorial content in common will be considered the same image and must be given the same title.

The Exhibition will be conducted in accordance with the rules of the PSA and FIAP 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 will be in the same round order as submitted by the entrant.
An image may be entered in only one section.

SUBJECT MATTER AND SECTION DEFINITIONS
Statement on Subject Matter applicable to all sections
The fundamental rule that must be observed at all times and applies to all sections offered in exhibitions with FIAP patronage or PSA recognition is that the welfare of living creatures is more important than any photograph. This means that practices such as baiting of subjects with a living creature and removal of birds from nests, for the purpose of obtaining a photograph, are highly unethical, and such photographs are not
allowed in any exhibition with FIAP patronage or PSA recognition. Under no circumstances may a living creature be placed in a situation where it will be killed, injured or stressed for the purpose of obtaining a photograph. This rule applies regardless of whether or not the creature being killed, injured or stressed is visible in the captured image.
There are also concerns about the use of aerial photography, drones, helicopters, low flying aircraft. These should not cause any interference with other individuals or animals which causes a disturbance in their normal activity or disrupt the way any individuals or animals interact with their environment.
Entry in this exhibition is conditional on accepting these policies. The content of images must comply with these General Conditions and with the Division and Section definitions listed in these conditions. Images that - in the sole opinion of the judges or the Exhibition Organizers - do not comply, will be disqualified so the entrant may be aware of the problem when considering entry into other exhibitions with FIAP patronage/PSA
recognition.
Further details on the PSA's drone policy may be found at https://psa-photo.org/index.php?psa-policies#drone

PSA Monochrome Definition
An image is considered to be Monochrome only if it gives the impression of having no color
(i.e. contains only shades of grey 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
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.
If another party is submitting images on the entrant’s behalf, the entrant will still be held
responsible for adhering to these Conditions of Entry (Entry Rules) and will be subject to
sanction for any violations to these Conditions of Entry and PSA’s Statement of Ethics that
may result. If another party is processing images for an entrant or submitting images on the entrant’s behalf, the entrant will still be held responsible for adhering to all Conditions of Entry including the specific conditions in the relevant definitions

FIAP NOTICE In order to have legal authority on those who do not respect the rules of FIAP,
the organiser must make sure that all participants of an online event under FIAP Patronage tick a box next to which the following text is stated:

“I hereby expressly agree to FIAP document 018/2017 « Conditions and regulations for
FIAP Patronage » and FIAP document 017/2017 « Sanctions for breaching FIAP
regulations and the red list ». I am particularly aware of chapter II « Regulations for
International photographic events under FIAP patronage » of FIAP document 018/2017,
dealing under Section II.2 and II.3 with the FIAP participation rules, the sanctions for
breaching FIAP regulations and the red list.

FIAP documents 018/2017 and 017/2017 must be linked to this paragraph so that participants can consult it

PSA 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.

All entrants will be sent printed catalogue to the address provided during registration on the competition website. All participants will receive report card notifications via e-mail. The results of the exhibition will be published on the website: http://salon.fotum.org

IMPORTANT: the participant will receive an emails from the address: [email protected]
For efficient communication, make sure that the ANTI-SPAM filter does not block messages from the above address.

SALON CHAIRMAN: Maciej Babiarz
e-mail: [email protected]