Salon Shadow 2014

1st International Salon “Shadow 2014”


1. Organizer
Serbia PHOTO, Belgrade, Serbia

2. Participation
The Contest is open to all photographers from Serbia and worldwide.

3. Patronage
This competition is under the rules and patronage of:
FSS (Photo Association of Serbia)
FIAP (Fédération Internationale de l´Art Photographique)
PSA (Photographic Society of America)
UPI (United Photographers International)

4. Themes
a) Shadow (color/monochrome) PID color class
b) Red (color/monochrome) PID color class
c) Open Color PID color class
d) Open Monochrome PID monochrome class

5. Jury
The works will be judged by the expert jury:

Branislav Strugar, MF FSJ/FSS (Master Photographer – Photo Association of Serbia), ULUPUDS (The Applied Artists and Designers Association of Serbia) – Belgrade, Serbia

Igor Rosina, FAMU, Film and TV School of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Editior of Digital Camera Magazine – Celje, Slovenia

Borislav Milovanovic, F1 FSS (1st Class Photographer of Photo Association of Serbia), AFIAP, FIAP Liaison Officer Photo – Bor, Serbia

Alternative: Nenad Nikolic, F1 FSS (1st Class Photographer of Photo Association of Serbia), AFIAP – Belgrade, Serbia

The FSS representative: Bozidar Vitas, KMF FSS (Candidate for the Master of Photography, Photo Association of Serbia), AFIAP – Belgrade, Serbia

6. Awards
The Jury will assign 100 awards 

FIAP Blue Badge for the best Author (highest number of acceptances in all themes) 

Chosen by the organizers, will be awarded the lowest and most advanced trigger for the camera in the world – u-Trigger more  as follows:

a) Shadow (color/monochrome)
FIAP (Gold, Silver, Bronze medals and 6 Commendations)
PSA (Gold, Silver, Bronze medals and 3 Commendations)
UPI (Gold medal and 2 Commendations)
FSS (Gold, Silver, Bronze medals and 3 Commendations)
Serbia PHOTO SALON (Gold, Silver, Bronze medals and 6 Commendations)
Altogether 33 awards in this section
b) Red (color/monochrome)
FIAP (Gold and 2 Commendations)
PSA (Gold medal)
UPI (Gold, Silver, Bronze medals and 6 Commendations)
FSS (Gold medal and Commendation)
Serbia PHOTO SALON (Gold, Silver, Bronze medals and 6 Commendations)
Altogether 24 awards in this section
c) Open Color
FIAP (Gold and 2 Commendations)
PSA (Gold medal and 3 Commendations)
UPI (Gold medal and 2 Commendations)
FSS (Gold medal and Commendation)
Serbia PHOTO SALON (Gold, Silver, Bronze medals and 6 Commendations)
Altogether 21 awards in this section
d) Open Monochrome
FIAP (Gold and 2 Commendations)
PSA (Gold medal and 3 Commendations)
UPI (Gold medal and 2 Commendations)
FSS (Gold me1al and Commendation)
Serbia PHOTO SALON (Gold, Silver, Bronze medals and 6 Commendations)
Altogether 22 awards in this 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.

7. Number and size (format) of photographs
size-of-photos-shematic-Any participant can submit up to 4 photographs under each theme (maximum 16 photographs in 4 themes).
Photographs are accepted in electronic form only.
Format of photographs: JPG
Size of photographs: The image on the longest side should be 1920 pixels, and the resolution should be 300 dpi
File compression should be between 7 and 12
Memory size of the file must not exceed 2 Mb

8. File naming
No special requirements for file names, only the file name should be the same as title name. Only English letters (a-z) are allowed. Please limit titles to 25 characters.

9. Entry form
Authors must fill out online entry form

10. Upload
Please send the photographs directly to the organizers web site:
www.srbijafoto.rs

11. Entry fee
Entry fee is mandatory for all participants and is 20 Euros (25$).
For the members of the FSS (Photo Association of Serbia) entry fee is 1.000 RSD.
For the rest of members from Serbia entry fee is 1.200 RSD.
Entry fee is equal for all sections.

12. Possible ways of payment
PayPal transfer
The Contest fee you will be able to pay here
The participants paying the participation fee through PayPal must specify their names and surnames. On the condition that there is inconsistency between sent photos and PayPal payments, the photos will not be evaluated.
Works by authors who do not pay the registration fee will not be taken into consideration

13. Exhibition calendar

Closing date: 28. September 2014.
Judging:  28-30 September 2014.
Notification: 08. October 2014.
Digital Projections: 14 and 16 November 2014.
Sending of catalogs and awards: 12. December 2014.

14. Report and notifications
All participants will receive report card notifications via e-mail, showing all acceptances and awarded images.
The results of the Exhibition will also be published on the website
www.srbijafoto.rs

15. Delivering catalogs
All entrants will be sent exclusive printed catalog, which will be posted by surface mail. The catalog will be published with awarded photographs and with certain number of photographs chosen by organizer of the Exhibition, without financial compensation for the author royalties.

16. Information and contact
For further information please contact us by e-mail address:
info@srbijafoto.rs

Chairman of Serbia PHOTO Salon
Ljiljana Vrzic, e-mail: ljiljana@srbijafoto.rs