ORGANIZER:  Reflexes Ltd., Plovdiv, Bulgaria – collective member of Academy of Photography Bulgaria (operational FIAP member for BG).

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY: Professionals and amateurs from all over the world can participate in this contest.
Accepted entries in final selection will be eligible for the all FIAP Honors.

BREACH OF CONDITIONS OF ENTRY: If at any time, it is determined in the reasonable discretion of the exhibition organizer or the judges before, during, or after the judging of an exhibition that an entrant has submitted entries where one or more images may fail to comply with these Conditions of Entry, including the stated definitions, the exhibition organizers reserve the right to delete the entry from the exhibition and void any or all acceptances or awards in connection with the exhibition. Fees may be forfeited or refunded in these circumstances. The entrant acknowledges that the decision of the exhibition organizers or the judges is final. In order to ensure that images comply with the Conditions of Entry and definitions, the exhibition organizers may carry out reasonable measures to verify that:
a) the images are the original work of the entrant and
b) the images comply with the rules and definitions as set out in these Conditions of Entry.
These steps include, but are not limited to, questioning any entrant, requiring the submission of RAW files or other digital files representing the original capture of the submitted image(s), confronting the entrant with evidence that one or more submitted images fails to comply with the Conditions of Entry (also known as Entry Rules), and offering the entrant a reasonable opportunity to provide counter evidence to refute the exhibition organizer’s evidence by a set deadline. Such entries that are not cleared or are still questionable after the entrant has presented evidence may be considered in breach of these Conditions of Entry, and declined. Such entries may be referred to FIAP for further investigation of possible ethics violations. FIAP retains the right to investigate in any way all complaints/suspicions of breaches of entry conditions, impose sanctions if deemed necessary, void the acceptances of any image found to violate the FIAP rules, include the entrant’s name on the list of sanctions provided to Exhibitions. Entrants automatically agree to these terms by the act of entering the Exhibition and agree to cooperate with any investigation.

The salon does not accept photos that have already participated
(included in final selection) in the previous 7 editions.

SECTIONS:  6, all digital:
OPEN MONOCHROME – Black and white, Monochrome [FIAP Mono definition] M
OPEN COLOR – Color C
NATURE – Color/Black and white, Monochrome [FIAP Nature definition] N
PHOTOJOURNALISM (TRAD) - Color/Black and white, Monochrome [FIAP definition of “Traditional Photo”] PJ
PORTRAIT & BODY - Color/Black and white, Monochrome PB
URBAN LIFE - Color/Black and white, Monochrome UL

We accept up to 4 photography in each section. An author may not enter identical or similar photographs into different sections of the salon.

REQUIREMENTS:
1.    A filled out entry form by any of the following methods:
1.1. On-line entry form on the web site www.photosalon-plovdiv.com;
1.2. Digital filled pdf, sent by e-mail to info@photosalon-plovdiv.com;
1.3. Sent by snail mail to address:   P.O.Box 113, Post 4004, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Reflexes Ltd. Anton Savov, +359888304746
Entrants from Austria and UK, have to send their shipment to the following address:
22, Asen Hristoforov Str., 4004 Plovdiv, BULGARIA, Reflexes Ltd. Anton Savov, +359888304746
2.    Photos requirements:
2.1. Digital files – *.jpg/*.jpeg format, 8-bit color, in RGB profile or in ICC profile. Recommended sizes: Horizontal size is 3840 px for landscape oriented photos. Vertical size is 2160 px for portrait oriented photos. Resolution is 300 dpi , without frames, signatures or water- marks. Files over 5 MB does not accepted. Note: When preparing your works to the recommended width and height size, do not change their original proportions and do not crop them, so both of the sizes to be the exact numbers – 3840 px X 2160 px.
You can submit your entries in any of the following ways:
2.2. Uploaded in the on-line entry form on the web site www.photosalon-plovdiv.com
2.3. Sent by e-mail to info@photosalon-plovdiv.com
2.4. Burned on a CD (will not be returned) and sent by snail mail to one of the addresses from point 1.3.
3.    Entry fee can paid by:
3.1. On-line transaction via PayPal form on www.photosalon-plovdiv.com
3.2. On-line transaction via PayPal to salon account info@photosalon-plovdiv.com (Anton Savov);
3.3. Bank transfer:  IBAN: BG43UNCR76301076972424; BIC code: UNCRBGSF. Send a copy of the payment doc.
3.4. Enclosed in the parcel.

ENTRY IDENTITY:
The file name should be a maximum of 30 characters, in 5 groups:
group 1 – country ISO code listed on www.iso.org/obp/ui/;
group 2 – the author’s name limited to 5 characters
group 3 – artwork name
group 4 – sections identificator: M; C; N; PJ; PB; UL
group 5 – sequential number of the work in section (1, 2, 3, 4);
Note: Words such as “Untitled” and “No Title” are not acceptable as part or all of an image’s title, nor are camera capture filenames. Permitted characters are ONLY digits, latin letters and underscore (_) instead pause.
All text should be lowercase except for group 4.
Example: bg_alexk_spring_N1

AWARDS (over 150):
Every participant will receive (free of charge) а kit with big luxury A4 printed catalogue + DVD with flash version of all final selection.

JURY:
Chairman – Michele Macinai (Italy) EFIAP/s, AFI
Members:
Spyros Iatropoulos (Greece) EFIAP/p, ESFIAP, PSAMP**,PSACS****, HISF, GPUCROWN3, GPUVIP2, EHPS/g, GM.HPS, M.ICS
Teodora Dimitrova, AFIAP (Bulgaria)
Plamen Petkov, EFIAP (Bulgaria)
Yavor Michev, AFIAP (Bulgaria)
Alternate:
Milan Hristev, AFIAP (Bulgaria)
Judging equipment: Images will be judged with TV LED Smart 3D Panasonic, 55“ (139 cм), TX-55CX400E, 4K Ultra HD, with resolution 3840 x 2160 pixels. The jury team are judging photographs in not consecutive (random) order.

CALENDAR:
Closing date – 16.05.2021; (shipments by snail mail have to be in P.O.Box up to 03.05.2021);
Judging – 04-06.06.2021;
Notification of results and personal card with scores by mail – from 20.06.2021;
Exhibition (opening and awarding) – 10 or 11*.07.2021 in Tsar Simeon’s Garden, Plovdiv *depends of climate
Mailing of catalogues (printed + DVD) and awards – start in October 2021

Promotion for “Early birds” – early entries!

ENTRY FEES:
Individual:
1 section: 15€ / 19$
2 sections: 20€ / 25$
3 sections: 25€ / 32$
4 sections: 30€ / 38$
5 sections: 35€ / 44$
6 sections: 40€ / 50$
Group:
up tо 5 authors: 150.00 € / 187.00 $
up tо 10 authors: 225.00 € / 281.00 $
up tо 20 authors: 300.00 € / 374.00 $

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FREE OF FEE:
Аll young photographers from 16 to 21 years accomplished, can take free part in the salon, but only in 2 sections (by their personal choice).
Requirements for Youth: To be eligible to enter, you must be 16 -21 years of age till closing date – May 16, 2021.
Аge range – from the age of 16 up to 21 (born between 16.05.2000 to 16.05.2005)
The young photographers, have to declare their born date in the entry form.

All entry fees does not include the taxes of the bank or the payment system!

Notes:  The group entries are 3 types: up to 5, up to 10 and up tо 20 authors. They are related to photo-clubs, photo-associations and other groups of photographers. Each participant in the group has an individual choice of number of sections in which to participate. The main requirement for them is an indication of a single mailing address.
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Every participant will receive free of charge printed and DVD catalogues.

The exhibition will be exhibited (and/or projected) in other forums. The organizers reserve the right to use the accepted works for non-commercial usage for a promotion of the photo salon.

Before you go to entry forms to participate, you have to read carefuly these two important texts:
Declaration of authorship
FIAP Important
FIAP definition of the black and white (monochrome) photography
FIAP definition of Nature photography and Wildlife Definition
TRAD – Definition of “Traditional Photo”
Data protection

You can view the full regulation (with all important definitions) or download it as a file in pdf format from HERE

Note: About all photographs in this contest, neither FIAP, HPS, APB,
nor the exhibition sponsors can assume any responsibility for misuse of copyright by anyone!
Salon chairman: Anton Savov, AFIAP, ESFIAP (CEO of Reflexes Ltd.)

For questions or for more information, please write on:
info@photosalon-plovdiv.com