<b>1. Organizers</b>
Cultural Center Leposavic and Photo Club “Simonida PHOTO”
1st LEPOSAVIC Salon Kosovo 2016, Leposavic, Kosovo
Photo Club "Sveti Sava" and Photo Club “Simonida PHOTO”
1st STRPCE Salon Kosovo 2016, Strpce, Kosovo
Photo Club Jefimia and Photo Club “Simonida PHOTO”
1st JEFIMIA Salon Kosovo 2016, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo

<b>Themes</b>
a) Shadow (color/monochrome) PID color class
b) Nature (color/monochrome) ND class
c) Portrait (color/monochrome) PID color class
d) Open Color PID color class
e) Open Monochrome PID monochrome class

Closing date 15 June.2016
Judging: 25 – 29 June 2016
Notification: 09 July 2016
Digital Projections:
15.September 2016 Leposavic
15.September 2016 Kosovska Mitrovica
17.September 2016 Strpce
Sending of catalogs and awards: 14 September 2016

<b>Entry fee for all themes</b>
Entry fee for all themes is unique - 45 Euros or 55$ and includes all themes and all 3 clubs, i.e. all 3 exhibitions.

Entry fee for all themes is unique - 45 Euros or 55$ and includes all themes and all 3 clubs, i.e. all 3 exhibitions.

The Contest is open to all photographers from Kosovo and worldwide.”

<b>Uploading files</b>
Upload digital files
Please send the photographs directly to the organizers web site:
www.simonidaphoto.com
By virtue of submitting an entry, the entrant certifies the work as his own (aliases are not permitted) and 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. The exhibition assumes no liability for any misuse of copyright.

An entrant’s four images will be distributed throughout four rounds of judging in that section.
The jury reserves the right to grant additional awards. Each author can receive only one award in each section. The decision of the jury is final and irrevocable, complaints are not possible.
The exhibition is open to anyone; however, an entry may be rejected when the sponsoring organization or its agent, in its reasonable discretion, believes the entry does not conform to the exhibition rules and conditions.
Entries are limited to not more than 4 images per section, category, or class. An entrant’s four images will be distributed throughout four rounds of judging in that section.
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 (aliases are not permitted). 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 web site.
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. Images may be altered, either electronically or otherwise, by the maker. Artwork or computer graphics created by the entrant may be incorporated if the photographic content predominates subject to divisional restrictions. All final work must be on photographic film, or on electronic file, or on photographic or electronic print material, mounting excepted.
Images may be altered, either digitally or otherwise, by the maker and artwork or computer graphics created by the entrant may be incorporated if the photographic content predominates subject to Nature, Photo Travel and Photojournalism divisional restrictions.
No title or identification of the maker shall be visible anywhere on the face of an image, print mat or mount entered in a PSA Recognized exhibition.
Each image must have a unique title. Once an image has been accepted in a PSA Recognized exhibition, that same image, or a like “in camera” or a “reproduction” duplicate of that image:
i. May not be re-entered in any section of the same Division Star Ratings class in that exhibition regardless of media, format, or title.
ii. May not be re-titled for entry in any other PSA Recognized exhibition.
Words such as “Untitled” and “No Title” are not acceptable as part or all of an image’s title, nor are camera capture filenames.
PSA Acceptances
i. Acceptances in PID recognized Color sections shall be credited towards PID Color Star Ratings and Who’s Who Color listings. Monochrome images accepted in PID recognized Color sections shall only be credited towards PID Color Star Ratings.
ii. Acceptances in PID recognized Monochrome sections shall be credited towards PID Monochrome Star Ratings and Who’s Who Monochrome listings.
iii. All acceptance eligibility shall be in accordance with the PID Star Ratings or the Galaxy/Diamond Ratings requirements as appropriate.

1st LEPOSAVIC Salon 2016
Volodimir Norba, Ukraine
Vladimir Jovanovski, Macedonia
Nenad Nikolic, Serbia
1st STRPCE Salon 2016
Pavol Kocis, Slovakia
Ljiljana Vrzic, Serbia
Dimitar Risteski, Macedonia
1st JEFIMIA Salon 2016
Yurii Turianytsia, Ukraine
Branko Cvijić, Serbia
Kosta Dupcinov, Macedonia

1st LEPOSAVIC Salon Kosovo 2016
The Jury will assign awards + PSA Gold “Best of Show” Division Medal + SPECIAL
CHAIRMAN CHOICE (for the best photography on the Salon) as follows:

a) Shadow (color/monochrome)
PSA (Gold medal and 3 HM)
IAAP (Gold medal and 2 HM)
Simonida PHOTO (Gold, Silver, Bronze medals and 4 HM Ribbons)
Altogether 14 awards in this section

b) Nature (color/monochrome)
PSA (Gold medal and 3 HM)
IAAP (Gold medal and 2 HM)
Simonida PHOTO (Gold, Silver, Bronze medals and 4 HM Ribbons)
Altogether 14 awards in this section

c) Portrait (color/monochrome)
PSA (Gold medal and 3 HM)
IAAP (Gold medal and 2 HM)
Simonida PHOTO (Gold, Silver, Bronze medals and 4 HM Ribbons)
Altogether 14 awards in this section

d) Open Color
PSA (Gold medal and 3 HM)
IAAP (Gold medal and 2 HM)
Simonida PHOTO (Gold, Silver, Bronze medals and 4 HM Ribbons)
Altogether 14 awards in this section

e) Open Monochrome
PSA (Gold medal and 3 HM)
IAAP (Gold medal and 2 HM)
Simonida PHOTO (Gold, Silver, Bronze medals and 4 HM Ribbons)
Altogether 14 awards in this section


1st STRPCE Salon Kosovo 2016
The Jury will assign awards + PSA Gold “Best of Show” Division Medal + SPECIAL CHAIRMAN CHOICE (for the best photography on the Salon) as follows:

a) Shadow (color/monochrome)
PSA (Gold medal and 3 HM)
IAAP (Gold medal and 2 HM)
Simonida PHOTO (Gold, Silver, Bronze medals and 4 HM Ribbons)
Altogether 14 awards in this section

b) Nature (color/monochrome)
PSA (Gold medal and 3 HM)
IAAP (Gold medal and 2 HM)
Simonida PHOTO (Gold, Silver, Bronze medals and 4 HM Ribbons)
Altogether 14 awards in this section


c) Portrait (color/monochrome)
PSA (Gold medal and 3 HM)
IAAP (Gold medal and 2 HM)
Simonida PHOTO (Gold, Silver, Bronze medals and 4 HM Ribbons)
Altogether 14 awards in this section

d) Open Color
PSA (Gold medal and 3 HM)
IAAP (Gold medal and 2 HM)
Simonida PHOTO (Gold, Silver, Bronze medals and 4 HM Ribbons)
Altogether 14 awards in this section

e) Open Monochrome
PSA (Gold medal and 3 HM)
IAAP (Gold medal and 2 HM)
Simonida PHOTO (Gold, Silver, Bronze medals and 4 HM Ribbons)
Altogether 14 awards in this section

1st JEFIMIA Salon Kosovo 2016
The Jury will assign awards + PSA Gold “Best of Show” Division Medal + SPECIAL CHAIRMAN CHOICE (for the best photography on the Salon) as follows:

a) Shadow (color/monochrome)
PSA (Gold medal and 3 HM)
IAAP (Gold medal and 2 HM)
Simonida PHOTO (Gold, Silver, Bronze medals and 4 HM Ribbons)
Altogether 14 awards in this section

b) Nature (color/monochrome)
PSA (Gold medal and 3 HM)
IAAP (Gold medal and 2 HM)
Simonida PHOTO (Gold, Silver, Bronze medals and 4 HM Ribbons)
Altogether 14 awards in this section

c) Portrait (color/monochrome)
PSA (Gold medal and 3 HM)
IAAP (Gold medal and 2 HM)
Simonida PHOTO (Gold, Silver, Bronze medals and 4 HM Ribbons)
Altogether 14 awards in this section

d) Open Color
PSA (Gold medal and 3 HM)
IAAP (Gold medal and 2 HM)
Simonida PHOTO (Gold, Silver, Bronze medals and 4 HM Ribbons)
Altogether 14 awards in this section

e) Open Monochrome
PSA (Gold medal and 3 HM)
IAAP (Gold medal and 2 HM)
Simonida PHOTO (Gold, Silver, Bronze medals and 4 HM Ribbons)
Altogether 14 awards in this section

PSA Definitions

General:
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 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. The exhibition assumes no liability for any misuse of copyright

Monochrome
An image is considered to be Monochrome only if it gives the impression of having no color (i.e. contains only shades of gray 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.

Nature:
Nature photography is restricted to the use of the photographic process to depict all branches of natural history, except anthropology and archeology, in such a fashion that a well-informed person will be able to identify the subject material and certify its honest presentation. The story telling value of a photograph must be weighed more than the pictorial quality while maintaining high technical quality. Human elements shall not be present, except where those human elements are
integral parts of the nature story such as nature subjects, like barn owls or storks, adapted to an environment modified by humans, or where those human elements are in situations depicting natural forces, like hurricanes or tidal waves. Scientific bands, scientific tags or radio collars on wild animals are permissible. Photographs of human created hybrid plants, cultivated plants, feral animals, domestic animals, or mounted specimens are ineligible, as is any form of manipulation that alters the truth of the photographic statement.
No techniques that add, relocate, replace, or remove pictorial elements except by cropping are permitted. Techniques that enhance the presentation of the photograph without changing the nature story or the pictorial content, or without altering the content of the original scene, are permitted including HDR, focus stacking and dodging/burning. Techniques that remove elements added by the camera, such as dust spots, digital noise, and film scratches, are allowed. Stitched images are not permitted. All allowed adjustments must appear natural. Color images can be converted to greyscale monochrome. Infrared images, either direct-captures or derivations, are not allowed. Images entered in Nature sections meeting the Nature Photography Definition above can have landscapes, geologic formations, weather phenomena, and extant organisms as the primary subject matter. This includes images taken with subjects in controlled conditions, such as zoos, game farms, botanical gardens, aquariums and any enclosure where the subjects are totally dependent on man for food.

IMPORTANT NOTICE
All entries shall conform to the stricter of these definitions for acceptances to be validated by all the International Organizations granting recognition of patronage.

<b>Report and notifications</b>
All participants will receive personal report card notifications via e-mail, showing all acceptances, rejections and awarded images.
The results of the Exhibition will also be published on organizers website

<b>Information and contact</b>
For further information please contact us by e-mail address:
[email protected]
Chairman of 1st Leposavic Circuit Kosovo 2016
Nenad Milosavljević, e-mail: [email protected]
24. Novembar br. 24, 38218 Leposavic, Kosovo
Secretary of 1st Leposavic Circuit Kososvo 2016
Ana Dimitrijevic, e-mail: [email protected]