CAMERA OBSCURA SOCIETY NIGERIA

NIGERIA 2022 Photography Contest is in 3 sections;

1-DIGITAL-OPEN COLOR
2-DIGITAL-OPEN MONOCHROME
3-DIGITAL-PEOPLE (Color & Monochrome)

Closing Date: 10.02.2023/ 23.59(Local Time)
Jury Meeting: 20.02.2023
Announcement of Results: 28.02.2023
Exhibition and Award Ceremony: November 2022, IKOYI LAGOS NIGERIA
Sending Date of Award and Web Catalog: March 2023

a) The entry fee is mandatory for all participants. And the fee is for 3 sections 18 €. Turkish participants will pay for 3 sections 250 TL. All participants must pay the entry fee.

b) The fee can be paid via PayPal or bank account.
PayPal account: [email protected]

c) Turkish participants can also pay to this bank account;
HASAN HULKİ MURADİ
TR64 0011 1000 0000 0096 2255 87

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

a) The contest is welcome to all amateur and professional photographers all over the world, apart from the Salon Chairman, Jury and their relatives
b) The participants who are currently filed the participants who are on the FIAP red list are not allowed to participate in this contest.
c) Salon will check FIAP red lists and eliminate if in the list before the jury session.
d) All participants can submit up to 4 (four) photographs for each category. The same image or color or B&W version of the same image cannot be submitted to more than 1 (one) category.
e) The participants declare and confirm all permissions are taken by them, the work sent for contest is completely his/her own and whole responsibility belongs to them in case of any kind of conflict or disagreement. Organizers will not be held responsible for any conflicts or disagreements.
f) The participant declares and accepts that any legal issues about his/her photos will be under his/her responsibility only.
g) If the participant submits a work which the copyright which does not belong to him/her, executes any alterations or changes on the photo that does not belong to him/her to mislead the jury, will be counted as making a rule violation.
h) The rule violation procedure shall be applied to those participants who act contrary to these statements and consents, and who make any alterations to any photograph with the intention of deceiving the Assessment Committee/Jury. In case of detection of any violation of the participation rules, the prize, title and any other gains awarded to such participants shall be withdrawn and the award place shall be left blank. The violation shall be reported to the FIAP. If an award has already beenpresented to a participant who has violated the rules, the award shall be returned by the participant.
i) 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.
j) The photographs will be presented to the jury in a completely darkened room, using a projector with Full HD/4K resolution on a screen with a diagonal length of minimum 1 m and maximum 2.5 m, or a 42- 55inch Full HD/4K LCD monitor. THE JURY MEETING WILL BE HELD ONLINE USING FULLY CALIBRATED COMPUTERS.
k) Contest results will be announced on the website of the https://theiaap.com/nigeria/
All participants will be notified of the contest results via email.
l) All awards will be sent to award owners by post. Organizers will not be held responsible for damages occurring during transfer.

RIGHT OF PUBLICATION AND COPYRIGHT (USE)

a) The award-winning or accepted photographs shall be registered in the archive of the Organizers shall have the right to use such photographs in any of its publications for promotional purposes by mentioning the name of the photographer. No royalty fee shall be paid to the photographers for such photographs. The name of the photographers will not be used in graphical works such as collages made using these photos.
b) Without any commercial purpose, Organizers shall have the right to freely exhibit and use all ofthe photographs took part in this contest in any of its publications or printed papers, promotional documents, and other platforms (calendar, agenda, postal cards, catalogues, web pages, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, other electronic communication and recording environments, etc.) without any constraints. The participants irrevocably acknowledge, declare and commit that the permissions given with respect to their works will not be revoked, the use of the works as above will not be prohibited, or any material and moral indemnities or any royalty for the permissions/consents will not be asked for. Camera Obscura Society Nigeria will not make any payment of royalties for the permissions/consents to be given by the participants for their works. The usage rights will be held by the owners of the works and by the organizers.
c) Organizers, under any circumstences, will not give permission to usage of photograps for other purposes that is not mentioned here.
d) The participants who submit their work for the contest shall be deemed to have declared and committed that the works submitted for the contest belong to them. Organizers shall not accept any responsibility regarding the permissions and copyrights for the participants’ photographs.
e) Any copyright responsibility for the architectural structures, work of art, human faces, etc. that appear on the photographs belongs to the participant. The participants who submit photographs for the contest declare and commit that the necessary permissions with regard to the photographs have already been obtained by them, and that they will assume full responsibility in case of any disputes that may arise in connection with these works. Organizers shall not accept any responsibility in this regard.
f) Award-winning photographs (prize/medal, honorable mention) shall be announced on the websites of the NIGERIA 2022 International Salon https://theiaap.com/nigeria/ and on social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.) accounts.
g) By signing up on the website https://theiaap.com/nigeria/ and uploading their photographs, the participants are deemed to have accepted the conditions of participating in the contest. This specifications document will become effective as of the date the contestant submits his/her photograph for the contest. By participation, the contestants are deemed to have accepted the terms and conditions of the specifications. Contestants are not entitled to object to the terms and conditions of the specifications at a later date.

a) All participants must enter the https://theiaap.com/nigeria/ to join the contest. They must accept the Conditions of Participation (entry rules). Participants must to check the accept box. Then check the accept box, Participants are deemed to have accepted all the terms.
b) While participating in the web page, all participants must tick a box next to which the following text is stated:
c) “I hereby expressly agree to FIAP document 018/2017 « Conditions and regulations for FIAP Patronage » and FIAP document 033/2021« 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.”
d) If you have any problem when upload\submit the Photos (over the Internet or user-induced errors occur in the system in the event) please contact [email protected] addresses and the problem will be fixed as soon as possible. This address is only used if the photo upload problems experienced moments will occur. You must not send the photographs this e-mail. If you send your photos to this e-mail, we do not accept your entry.
e) Photographs are sent in digital form, as a picture file with JPEG format and photo size not lower than 1 Mb, greater than 4 Mb.
f) Photography naming is mandatory. Name of the file must be maximum 31 characters. English letters and underscore (_) can be used. Turkish characters ı, ö, ü, ç, ğ, ş must not be used.
g) Photographs will be loaded online https://theiaap.com/nigeria/ via using this web address.
h) Organizers will not be responsible for potential problems related to the uploading of the works.
i) As the contest will be organized online, no other alternative submittal methods (e-mail, cargo, personal delivery, etc.) will be accepted.
j) Photographs containing Photographer’s name, mark, logo, date or signature will be rejected.

Oliver Vukmirovic- PPSA, hMoL, HON.FICS, HPSSGSPC-Bosnia &Herzegovina
Dimitar Risteski- KMF NFU-North Macedonia
Nino Mghebrishvili-EFIAP-GPU CR1-Georgia

ALTERNATE JURY
Hulki Muradi-EFIAP/g-PPSA-COSSPPLT

3 x FIAP GOLD MEDAL, 3 FIAP SILVER MEDAL, 3 FIAP BRONZE MEDAL
12 FIAP HM;
3 x IAAP GOLD MEDAL, 3 X IAAP SILVER MEDAL, 3 X IAAP BRONZE MEDAL
12 IAAP HM
3 x COS GOLD MEDAL, 3X COS SILVER MEDAL, 3 X COS BRONZE MEDAL
12 COS HM
3 X 12 IKOYI LAGOS DIPLOMA (E-Certificates)
1x FIAP Blue Pin/ FIAP Best Author for salon

***Acceptances will be no less than 8% and no more than 25% in each category
***All diplomas of the salons will be sent as an e-diploma (signed by salon chairman) to winners’s e-mail adresses.

Definition of the black and white photography (monochrome):
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 colour 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 colour becomes a colour work (polychrome) to stand in the colour category; such a work requires colour reproduction in the catalogue of a salon under FIAP Patronage.

a) Notification will be sent by email.
b) Awarded and the acceptances photos are exhibit in https://theiaap.com/nigeria/ will be exhibited in the area to be determined.

CAMERA OBSCURA SOCIETY NIGERIA-ILFIAP 2262
Hakan Mısri President of COS Nigeria
E-mail: [email protected]
Merlin F 26 501 Close Banana Island
LAGOS-NIGERIA

Our Contest is approved International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP) with the number of FIAP 2022/XXX, IAAP with the 2023/010, COS with the number of 2023/001

Award (Medal & Mention) and Acceptance points can be used during FIAP distinction applications.