3rd International Photography Contest of Akdeniz Municipality is organised by Municipality of Akdeniz-Mersin- Türkiye.

3rd International Photography Contest of AKDENIZ is in 3 sections;

1- DIGITAL: OPEN (Color)
2- DIGITAL: OPEN (Monochrome)
3- DIGITAL: LIFE OF AKDENIZ & MERSIN (Monochrome & Color)

In this category, we want to see the life in their cities and the dynamics and cityscapes of the cities they live in, with the participation of photographers from countries with a coast to the Mediterranean. In addition to the city and life photographs taken by photographers from Mersin, a Mediterranean city, we would like to get to know the photographers who have captured the photographs of Mediterranean cities and the life there in their frames. Wherever the photographer lives, there is always a photograph he took in the Mediterranean. No matter what nationality a photographer may be in Podgorica, Tel Aviv, Italy's Taranto gulf, Barcelona, Marseille, Naples etc. In this section, he can use his photographs taken in cities that describe life in the Mediterranean. Photographs that highlight the beauty of the city and human togetherness, and the ergonomic opportunities that the city provides to people, will be exciting. 21 countries in the world have coasts on the Mediterranean. 11 of these countries are in Europe, 5 are in Asia, and 5 are in Africa. Mersin is one of the most important ports of the Mediterranean and Turkey.

Closing Date: 10.05.2023
Jury Meeting: 20.05.2023
Announcement of Results: 25.05.2023
Exhibition and Award Ceremony: JUNE 2023, Exhibition Hall of Opera and Ballet
Sending of awards & catalog: JULY 2023

a) The entry of the contest is free.

a) The contest is welcome to all amateur and professional photographers all over the world, however it is forbidden to Salon Chairman, Jury and and their relatives ALSO Akdeniz Municipality’s staffs and their relatives.
b) The participants who are currently filed under TFSF restriction for any of the above defined reasons, or 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. Municipality of Akdeniz 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. The sanctions set out in Article 13 of the “TFSF/PAFT National/International Contest Regulatory Standards” shall be applied to the participants who violate the rules. 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 been presented 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) Municipality of Akdeniz, TFSF may request the participants to deliver the original files of the prize-winning photographs or of the photographs that are decided to be exhibited.
k) 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 42/55-inch Full HD/4K LCD monitor.
l) Contest results will be announced on the website of the https://www.akdeniz.bel.tr/ & https://theiaap.com/akdeniz/ and TFSF’s website: http://tfsfonayliyarismalar.org All participants will be notified of the contest results via email.
m) All awards will be sent to award owners by post. Municipality of Akdeniz, TFSF and 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 Municipality of Akdeniz 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, Municipality of Akdeniz, shall have the right to freely exhibit and use all of the 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. Municipality of Akdeniz 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 Municipality of Akdeniz.
c) Municipality of Akdeniz under any circumstances, will not give permission to usage of photographs 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. Municipality of Akdeniz 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. Municipality of Akdeniz shall not accept any responsibility in this regard.
f) Award-winning photographs (prize/medal, honorable mention) shall be announced on the websites of the https://www.akdeniz.bel.tr/ ve https://theiaap.com/akdeniz/ TFSF, http://tfsfonayliyarismalar.org/, and on social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.) accounts. They shall also be displayed on the pages allocated to our society in the Almanac 2023, a publication of the TFSF.
g) On the issues that are not addressed in the specifications, the decisions taken by the TFSF Board of Directors and the Organizing Committee shall be applicable together with the TFSF National/International Contest Regulatory Standards Directive.
h) By signing up on the contest website, https:/theiaap.com/akdeniz/ 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.
i) Photos containing nudity, sexual content, sexual abuse and violence cannot participate in the competition. Even if participation is made, they are eliminated by the organizing committee without informing the participant.

a) All participants must enter the https://www.akdeniz.bel.tr/ & https://theiaap.com/akdeniz/ 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: “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.”
c) 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.
d) 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.
e) 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.
f) Photographs will be loaded online https://theiaap.com/akdeniz/ via using this web address.
g) Municipality of Akdeniz, TFSF will not be responsible for potential problems related to the uploading of the works.
h) As the contest will be organized online, no other alternative submittal methods (e-mail, cargo, personal delivery, etc.) will be accepted.
i) Photographs containing Photographer’s name, mark, logo, date or signature will be rejected.

ALİ UÇAR-MEDITERRANEAN MUNICIPALITY MANAGER OF CULTURE AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS
ALPEREN AKHARMAN-EFIAP/G-FIAP LIAISON OF TFSF
NİZAMETTİN DÜZGÜN-AFIAP
PROF.DR. TUNCAY YÜCE- MERSIN UNIVERSITY-GSF-Photography Branch Head
TURAN SEZER-EFIAP

(The jury meeting must be held with at least 3 members.)

3 x FIAP GOLD MEDAL and 100 USD Cash Prize
3 x 3 FIAP Mention
3 x TFSF GOLD MEDAL and 100 USD Cash Prize
3 x IAAP GOLD MEDAL and 100 USD Cash Prize
3 x 6 IAAP Mention
3 x Camera Obscura GOLD MEDAL and 100 USD Cash Prize
3 x 6 Camera Obscura Diploma
1 x Akdeniz Municipality Special Award -150 USD-1 medal- (In the Life in the Mediterranean and Mersin)
1 x JURY SPECIAL AWARD (Open Color) PLAQUE
1 x SALON PRESIDENT SPECIAL AWARD (Open Monochrome) PLAQUE
1 x FIAP BLUE BADGE-BEST OF Competition
***Acceptances will be no less than 8% and no more than 25% in each category

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
c) https://theiaap.com/akdeniz/ will be exhibited in the area to be determined. Also awarded the prize, honorable mentions and special awards of the photos will be published on the site and TFSF broadcast www.tfsf.org.tr and will take place on the pages in the book of Almanac 2023.

Salon Chairman:
Hulki Muradi EFIAP/P- PPSA-COSPLTSP
E- mail: [email protected]
GSM: 90 532 4114783

12) Our Contest is approved by Photographic Arts Federation of Turkey (TFSF) with the number of TFSF 2023/028 International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP) with the number of FIAP 2023/xxx, IAAP with the 2023/xxx, COS 2023/xxx

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