Asociatia Ovi D. Pop

There are Six (6) sections, all DIGITAL:

1. OPEN COLOR (color only)
2. OPEN MONOCHROME (monochrome only)
3. Portrait (color and monochrome digital) (SPECIAL, non FIAP)
4. Nude  (color and monochrome digital) (SPECIAL, non FIAP)
5. Travel (color and monochrome digital) (SPECIAL, non FIAP)
6. Nature (color and monochrome digital) (SPECIAL, non FIAP)

- The maximum number of works is four (4) per section. Total 24 photos.
- Each photo can be presented in only one section.
- NUDES are allowed.
- In Open Monochrome PIDM section toned and greyscale images are permitted.

Closing date for application and fee
01.10.2023
Judging
02.-09.10.2023
Announcement of the results
15.10.2023
Exhibition opening
27.10.2023
Online Gallery
27.10.2023
Catalogue posted
27.10.2023
Sending of awards:
10.11.2023

Participation fee is mandatory for all participants of the exhibition and is:
15 euro for all 6 categories

For the group entry with more of 10 participants is provided discount of 20%.

The fee can be sent using PayPal to: [email protected] or by bank transfer to:
-by Bank Payment
ASOCIAŢIA OVI D.POP ORADEA ROMANIA
RO59BTRLRONCRT0530821201 for RON 
RO78BTRLEURCRT0530789501 for Euro
BTRLRO22XXX Cod BIC / SWIFT
** Images can be changed after payment **

NON-PAYMENT OF FEES
Entries for which no fee is received will not be judged. Regardless of the results, the fee is non-refundable.

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.

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.

Reproduction 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 audiovisuals 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.

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.

Authors must fill out an Online Entry Form on the official website and submit entries online: http://salon.varadinumfoto.ro/
- Maximum number of photographs per theme is 4. Total 20 photos.
- Photos with any watermarks are not accepted. No title or identification of the maker shall be written anywhere on the face of an image.
- An entrant’s four images will be distributed throughout four rounds of judging for that section.
- Photos must be in JPEG format, dimensions no more than 1920 pixels horizontal by no more than 1080 pixels vertical side max at 300 dpi, JPEG compression value 7-12. Maximum file size is 4 Mb. Please note, portrait images must be no more than 1080 pixels vertically.
-Each Photograph must have a unique title. Words such as “Untitled” and “No Title” are not acceptable as part or all of an image’s title, nor are camera capture filenames. Titles must be 35 characters or fewer.
- No file naming is needed. Digital images cannot be altered, including resizing in either direction, by the exhibition or by the exhibition's equipment before or during judging.
- ‘DO NOT fill empty space with/or add large borders. Any border in OPEN COLOUR PIDC, OPEN MONOCHROME
PIDM and PORTRAIT PIDC should be no greater than 3-5 pixels in width and must be incorporated within the 1920 x 1080 pixels image size.
- For the purpose of this exhibition, vignettes are not allowed in Photojournalism PJD Digital images. Any border added must be a single border of white or grey, no greater than 3 -5 pixels in width.

An image may be entered in only one section.

An entrant’s four images will be distributed throughout four rounds of judging for that section.
Each round of judging will not contain more than ONE image from each entrant.

The same Jury will judge all sections

Barbara Schmidt EFIAP/b, MPSA2, GPU Cr4 Germany
Normante Ribokaite AFIAP Lithuania
Dimitrina Vasileva AFIAP Bulgaria
Mariana Scubli EAAFR Romania
Adela Rusu EFIAP/p Romania

FIAP Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals 2 Honorable FIAP Mention Ribbons – all 2 OPEN sections
AAFR Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals 2 Honorable AAFR Mention Ribbons - all all 2 OPEN sections
GPU GOLD, Silver and Bronze Medals 1 Honorable GPU Mention Ribbon – Portrait section 
EFA GOLD Silver and Bronze Medals 1 Honorable EFA Ribbon – Travel section 
DIPA GOLD Silver and Bronze Medals 1 Honorable EFA Ribbon – Nude section 
MAFOSZ Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals - Nature section 
PRIZE “Judges Choice”
VARADINUM Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals 2 Honorable VARADINUM Mention – all 6 sections
3 x Varadinum HM in every section
FIAP BLUE PIN for “Best Author” (Open Color and Open monochrome)
BEST AUTHOR OF THE SALON
BEST CLUB AWARD 
BEST ROMANIAN ENTRANT
BEST PORTRAIT - 100 EURO
BEST NUDE – 100 EURO

EXHIBITION
A representative selection of the accepted images will be printed to a size of 30 x 45 cm and will be exhibited in Oradea, Romania. The exhibition will also be presented in the main towns of Romania.

CATALOG
PDF catalog will be on site for free downloading.

REPORT CARD NOTIFICATION
The results of the exhibition will also be published on the website http://salon.varadinumfoto.ro/

CORRESPONDENCE
Contact
RO 410104 Oradea, 48, Iuliu Maniu Str. Romania
www.varadinumfoto.ro,

For any information please contact: [email protected]

Mr. Ovi D. Pop, the Salon Chairman, email: [email protected], tel: 40 742 162 843
Mrs. Adela Lia Rusu, General Secretary, email: [email protected], tel: 40 744 210 670