Photo club Fenix from Tirana, Albania and Photo club Besa from Elbasan, Albania.

The contest is divided into following sections:
A. OPEN [color digital]
B. OPEN [monochrome digital]
C. NATURE [color/monochrome digital]
D. PHOTOJOURNALISM [color/monochrome digital]

Closing date: 30 July 2023
All judging completed by: 09 August 2023
Notifications sent by: 23 August 2023
Awards mailed by: 01 October 2023
On-Line Gallery posted by: 01 October 2023
Catalogs posted by: 01 October 2023

Depending of the number of sections participant enters, the entry fee cost as follow:
• 20 € for any 2 sections;
• 30 € for any 4 sections;

Discount for groups:
• 5-10 participants = 10%;
• 11-20 participants = 20%;
• 21-30 participants = 30%.

Payment of entry fee can be made in the following ways:
• Through our web site: https://photofenix.com/world/

Images from participants who did not pay entry fee will not be taken into consideration.

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.
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 shall be in the same round order as submitted by the entrant.
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 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.
Words such as “Untitled” and “No Title” are not acceptable as part or all of an image’s title, nor are camera capture filenames.

Photographs must be in JPEG format, with dimensions horizontal 1920 x vertical 1080 pixels at 300 DPI, JPEG compression (if Photoshop used for export): 7-12, file size maximum 4 Mb. 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.
The photographs of authors with the application are submitted in these ways:
- uploading thought our web site: https://photofenix.com/world/

TIRANA SALON
- Oliver Vukmirovic (hMoL, HON.FICS, GPA.PESGSPC, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Bekim Kupi (Albania)
- Marjan Janevski (AFIAP, KMF FSM, Macedonia)

ELBASAN SALON
- Ivan Pajmakoski (N. Macedonia)
- Aleksandar Budjevac (EFIAP, Serbia)
- Hulki Muradi (PPSA, Turkey)

SARANDA SALON
- Burak Senbak (EFIAP/b, Turkey)
- Zoran Djordjevic (EFIAP, Serbia)
- Vladimir Jovanovski (MPSA, UPI Cr3, ISF R4, KMF NPU, N. Macedonia)

At the international exhibition World In Focus 2023 the following awards will be presented:
FIAP Blue Badge for the best Author
12x FIAP Gold Medals [1 per section];
24x FIAP Blue Ribbons [2 per section];
12x IAAP Gold Medals [1 per section];
12x IAAP Silver Medals [1 per section];
12x IAAP Bronze Medals [1 per section];
36x IAAP Ribbons [3 per section];
The organizer reserves the right to award the most successful authors of World In Focus 2023 depend on the total number of the entrants.

FIAP Definition of 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.

FIAP Nature Definition
Nature photography records all branches of natural history except anthropology and archaeology. This includes all aspects of the physical world, both animate and inanimate, that have not been made or modified by humans.
Nature images must convey the truth of the scene that was photographed. A well-informed person should be able to identify the subject of the image and be satisfied that it has been presented honestly and that no unethical practices have been used to control the subject or capture the image. Images that directly or indirectly show any human activity that threatens the life or welfare of a living organism are not allowed.
The most important part of a Nature image is the nature story it tells. High technical standards are expected and the image must look natural. Adding a vignette or blurring the background during processing is not allowed.
Objects created by humans, and evidence of human activity, are allowed in Nature images only when they are a necessary part of the Nature story.
Photographs of human-created hybrid plants, cultivated plants, feral animals, domesticated animals, human-created hybrid animals and mounted or preserved zoological specimens are not allowed.
Images taken with subjects under controlled conditions, such as zoos, are allowed.
Controlling live subjects by chilling, anaesthetic or any other method of restricting natural movement for the purpose of a photograph is not allowed.
No modification that changes the truth of a Nature image is allowed. Images may be cropped but no other technique that removes, adds or moves any part of the image is allowed.
Techniques that remove elements added by the camera, such as dust spots, digital noise and lens flare are allowed.
Complete conversion of colour images to greyscale monochrome is allowed. Partial conversion, toning and infrared captures or conversions are not allowed. Images of the same subject that are combined in-camera or with software by focus stacking or exposure blending are allowed. Multiple images with overlapping fields of view that are taken consecutively and combined in-camera or with software (image stitching) are allowed.

Notification
Notification cards will be sent by email.

CATALOG
All entrants of the event (participants which submitted works and paid entry fee) will receive on-line PDF catalog of the photo event downloadable from the web site by exhibitors. The organizer will take all possible care while handling the emails, awards and catalogs, however will assume no liability for damages and loses during shipment.

Chairman:
Ylber Idrizi
Rruga Xhanfize Keko 82;
1001 Tirana; Albania

Entry via webpage: https://photofenix.com/world
Exhibition e-mail: [email protected]