Dear participants,
Thank you ones again for the participation in the 8th International Photo Salon Plovdiv (BULGARIA) 2021 under the patronage of FIAP, HPS and APB!

On 03.06. – 05.06.2021 was held the judging.
The Jury, composed of:
Michele Macinai, EFIAP/s, AFI (Italy) – Chairman
Spyros Iatropoulos, EFIAP/p, ESFIAP (Greece) – member
Teodora Dimitrova, AFIAP (Bulgaria) – member
Plamen Petkov, EFIAP (Bulgaria) – member
Yavor Michev, AFIAP (Bulgaria) – member

reviewed a total of 4851 photographs, entered by 353 participants from 46 countries in all 6th sections. The final selection included 1177 photographs of 263 participants from 42 countries.

Each member of the jury evaluated each photography with assessment from 1 to 4.
The jury‘s decision is final and irrevocable.
The final evaluating result is the sum of the points of all 5 members of the jury – the minimum number of points is 5 and the maximum is 20.
In the current edition, accepted photos is with score between 11 to 19 points.

Report with all the award winning authors and their works can be found HERE.
Reports of accepted authors and their works in the final selection (by sections) can be found at the following links:
1. Open MONOCHROME
2. Open COLOR
3. NATURE
4. PHOTOJOURNALISM
5. PORTRAIT & BODY
6. URBAN LIFE

From tomorrow we will start sending the notification cards by e-mail.
You will received detailed statistic of your participation with the following codes.
A – ACCEPTED photography
R – REJECTED photography
P – PRIZE photography

A selection with awarded photographs the will be printed and displayed in the exhibition, which will be open for viewing from 31.07 to 14.08.2021
Welcome to the exhibition opening and awarding ceremony of 8th International Photo Salon Plovdiv (BULGARIA) 2021 on
31.07.2021, 13:00h., in Tsar Simeon’s Garden, Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria!

Best regards,
Anton Savov, AFIAP, ESFIAP
IPS Plovdiv