Rules

Recognition/Patronage

FIAP (Fédération Internationale de l´Art Photographique) 2024/389

PSA (Photographic Society of America) 2024-1355

GPU (Global Photographic Union) L240085

MAPA (Montenegrin Association of Photographic Art) 2024

Organizer & Contacts

Unlimited Photo Association, Podgorica, Montenegro

Chairman of the Photo Contest: Radovan Acimic

Entry Form: https://unlimitedphoto.org/

Contact email: unlimitedphoto.mne@gmail.com

Entering the exhibition at the following link:  https://unlimitedphoto.org/

Software Provider: Help-Me Soft; email: boceron@gmail.com

Sections

1. Nature (color/monochrome) ND (PSA ND, FIAP, GPU, MAPA)

2. Street (only color) PIDC (PSA PIDC, FIAP, GPU, MAPA)

3. Photojournalism (color/monochrome) PJD (PSA PJD, FIAP, GPU, MAPA)

4. Face and Body (only color) PIDC (PSA PIDC, FIAP, GPU, MAPA)

5. Open Color (only color) PIDC (PSA PIDC, FIAP, GPU, MAPA) Monochrome images may not be entered in PID Color sections.

6. Open Monochrome (only monochrome) PIDM (PSA PIDM, FIAP, GPU, MAPA) Color images may not be entered in PID Monochrome sections.

Entry fee and payment

Any 3 Sections = 20€ (23$)

All Sections = 25€ (28$)

For Group participation, we offer a discount:

For 10 + persons = 10% discount

For 20 + persons = 20% discount

The participation fee is mandatory for all participants of the exhibition.

PayPal is available for payment on-line. The participants paying the participation fee through PayPal must specify their names and surnames. On the condition that there is an inconsistency between sent photos and PayPal payments, the photos will not be evaluated. The works of the authors who did not pay the fee would not be taken into consideration. The entry fee can be paid via PayPal through our web site: https://unlimitedphoto.org/ or can be paid directly to the Pay Pal connected email: gerbislav@gmail.com

Other ways of payment

1. Western Union

IN EUROS (€) ONLY, on the following info:

The payment information if you want to pay via Western Union on following email: unlimitedphoto.mne@gmail.com

Calendar

Closing date: 22.09.2024.

Start judging date: 04.10.2024.

End judging Date: 09.10.2024.

Entrant notification deadline: 16.10.2024.

EDAS notification deadline: 08.11.2024.

Awards & Online Catalogs and Galleries: 09.11.2024.

Awards mailed by: 07.12.2024.

All participants will receive personal report card notifications via e-mail, showing all acceptances and awarded images. Also, Acceptance Certificates (as PDF file) will be posted on personal email addresses. The results of the Exhibition will also be published on organizers website. Public showings: Culture Center of Podgorica, Montenegro

Jury

The works will be judged by the expert jury:

1. Sara Gabriels, EFIAP, MPSA2, Belguim

2. Xrysa Marketaki, EFIAP/b, PPSA, Greece

3. Ljiljana Vrzic, PPSA, GPU Hermes, GMABRP, GMHon.PIPC, Serbia

Awards

The Jury will assign over 200 awards  + 1 Grand PRIX Award and 6 Special Chairman Choice Awards as follows:

1. Nature (color/monochrome) ND

FIAP Gold Medal

PSA Gold Medal

MAPA Gold, Silver, Bronze Diploma

Unlimited Photo Gold, Silver, Bronze medal

FIAP 2 HM Ribbons

Mapa 8 e-Diplomas

Unlimited 4 HM Mentions

Unlimited Photo 4 e-Diplomas

2. Street (Only Color) PIDC

FIAP Gold Medal

PSA Gold Medal

GPU Gold Medal

MAPA Gold, Silver, Bronze Diploma

Unlimited Photo Gold, Silver, Bronze medal

FIAP 2 HM Ribbons

Mapa 8 e-Diplomas

Unlimited 4 HM Mentions

Unlimited Photo 4 e-Diplomas

3. Photojournalism (color/monochrome) PJD

FIAP Gold Medal

PSA Gold Medal

GPU 1 HM Ribbon

MAPA Gold, Silver, Bronze Diploma

Unlimited Photo Gold, Silver, Bronze medal

FIAP 2 HM Ribbons

Mapa 8 e-Diplomas

Unlimited 4 HM Mentions

Unlimited Photo 4 e-Diplomas

4. Face and Body (Only Color) PIDC

FIAP Gold Medal

PSA Gold Medal

MAPA Gold, Silver, Bronze Diploma

Unlimited Photo Gold, Silver, Bronze medal

FIAP 2 HM Ribbons

Mapa 8 e-Diplomas

Unlimited 4 HM Mentions

Unlimited Photo 4 e-Diplomas

5. Open Color (Only Color) PIDC

FIAP Gold Medal

PSA Gold Medal

MAPA Gold, Silver, Bronze Diploma

Unlimited Photo Gold, Silver, Bronze medal

FIAP 2 HM Ribbons

Mapa 8 e-Diplomas

Unlimited 4 HM Mentions

Unlimited Photo 4 e-Diplomas

6. Open Monochrome (Only Monochrome) PIDM

FIAP Gold Medal

PSA Gold Medal

MAPA Gold, Silver, Bronze Diploma

Unlimited Photo Gold, Silver, Bronze medal

FIAP 2 HM Ribbons

GPU 1 HM Ribbon

Mapa 8 e-Diplomas

Unlimited 4 HM Mentions

Unlimited Photo 4 e-Diplomas

Delivering Catalog

All entrants will be able to download exclusively prepared PDF catalog.

The catalog will be digitally published with awarded photographs and with certain number of photographs chosen by organizer of the Exhibition, without financial compensation for the author royalties.

Exhibition Requirements

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 ES-COE. Membership in any photographic organization is not required. Entries will not be accepted from any entrant who is on the PSA Penalties List for Ethics Violation. Entry fees are not refundable in these circumstances.

PSA Star Ratings: To receive proper Star ratings credit from PSA, entrants must provide their names and country exactly the same way in each exhibition. Aliases are not permitted. Please contact PSA in the event of name changes or relocating to another country. Using one’s name differently in different exhibition exposes the entrant to the risk that many of their acceptances may not be recognized by PSA Star Ratings.

Image creation and ownership

In all sections of the exhibition, images must originate as photographs made by the entrant. They may not incorporate identifiable images produced by anyone else (for example: clip art, replacement skies, or stock images).  Images created in whole or in part by image creation software (frequently called ‘AI’ images) are not allowed. Editing or alteration of images is permitted within the limits specified in the relevant section definitions that are available here https://psa-photo.org/page/division-definitions

Any person submitting or attempting to submit a totally AI generated image that does not begin with a light capture from the maker, from any Photographic Society of America exhibition, social media, event, or publication, other than for editorial purposes, shall be prohibited from PSA for a period of from 3 years to life.

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. The Photographic Society of America (PSA) may request specific permission from entrants to reproduce entered images in its educational materials. The terms of that permission will be mutually agreed between the entrant and PSA except in the circumstances where the entered image is found to breach the PSA Ethics Policy. In those circumstances the image may be reproduced by PSA, without the entrant’s further permission, for educational purposes to illustrate serious exhibition rule violations. For those reproductions, the entrant’s name will be withheld.

Entries will not be accepted from entrants who indicate that their images may not be reproduced in materials related to the exhibition. The exhibition assumes no liability of any misuse of copyright

Re-use of accepted images: Any image that has been accepted in this exhibition, past or present, may not be entered again in the same Division Star Ratings Class in any future instances of this exhibition. It may, of course, be entered in any other PSA recognised exhibitions but must always have the same title. Re-titling in another language is not allowed.

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. Entrants may not enter identical or similar images into the same section or different sections of the same exhibition. Similar is defined as almost identical in subject, composition, props, lighting or technique so that a reasonable person viewing the entries together would decide the entrant has duplicated the previous image except for minor changes.

Titles: Each image must have a unique title that relates to the content of the image. That unique title must be used for entry of that image or of an identical Image into any and all PSA-Recognized exhibitions. Titles must be 35 characters or fewer. No titles may be visible to the judges, and nothing in the image may identify the entrant. Titles may not include file extensions such as .jpg or .jpeg (or any other camera capture filenames such as IMG 471). Titles may not consist of personal identifiers possibly augmented by a number; or include words such as “untitled” or “no title”. Titles may not consist solely of numbers unless those numbers are prominently contained within the image, such as a contestant number in a race.

Color and Monochrome:

Color and Monochrome images from the same capture that share substantial pictorial content in common will be considered the same image and must be given the same title.

The Exhibition will be conducted in accordance with the rules of the PSA

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 will be in the same round order as submitted by the entrant. At no stage will a judge be able to view all the entrant’s images together.

Judge Methods

The Jury Team will judge the digital images by remote on-line judging.

For the remote judging, the Jury Team will use the high-resolution color-calibrated monitors.

The equipment used will be capable of displaying images at 100% of the image resolution.

The acceptance rate in any single section may not exceed 30%

Submission of Works

To participate in the 6th Monteverdi International Salon 2024 authors will apply with black & white or color works. The maximum number of photographs per theme is 4. No title or identification of the maker shall be written anywhere on the face of an image. Photographs are accepted in electronic form only.

Format of photographs: JPG

Size of photographs: The image size should be 1920 x 1080 pixels

The horizontal side of the photo must be 1920 pixxels

The resolution should be 300 dpi

JPG File compression should be between 7 and 12

The memory size of the file must not exceed 2 Mb

Exhibitions are not allowed to resize oversized images. In such cases the entrant is required to resubmit their entry with properly sized images

File naming

The filename must be the same as the artwork name.
Filename must be in English, unique, NOT containing special symbols. Example: morning.jpg. Only English letters (a-z) are allowed. Words such as “Untitled” and “No Title” are not acceptable as part or all of an image’s title, nor are camera capture filename (ex. DSC_00123)

Entry form

Authors must fill out an online entry form. The entry form and contact info must be written in one of the official FIAP languages.

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 will be in the same round order as submitted by the entrant.

An image may be entered in only one section.

DATA PROTECTION

By entering this exhibition, you are explicitly consenting to the personal details you have supplied, including physical addresses, email addresses, being held, processed and used by the exhibition organizers for purposes associated with this exhibition. You also explicitly consent to such information being sent to organizations that have accorded official recognition, patronage or accreditation to this exhibition. You acknowledge, agree and accept that by entering this exhibition, your participation status which includes your first and last name, name of the country used during registration at the exhibition, number of sections entered and number of photos entered in those sections will be made public in a published status list and that the results of your entry shall be made public in exhibition gallery, exhibition catalog. You also agree and accept the policy regarding non- compliance to the rules of PSA.

 

SUBJECT MATTER AND SECTION DEFINITIONS

Statement on Subject Matter - applicable to all sections

The fundamental rule that must be observed at all times and applies to all sections offered in exhibitions with PSA recognition is that the welfare of living creatures is more important than any photograph. This means that practices such as baiting of subjects with a living creature and removal of birds from nests, for the purpose of obtaining a photograph, are highly unethical, and such photographs are not allowed in any exhibition with PSA recognition. Under no circumstances may a living creature be placed in a situation where it will be killed, injured or stressed for the purpose of obtaining a photograph. Images that show live creatures being fed to captive animals, birds or reptiles are not permitted under any circumstances.

There are also concerns about the use of aerial photography, drones, helicopters, low flying aircraft. These should not cause any interference with other individuals or animals which causes a disturbance in their normal activity or disrupt the way any individuals or animals interact with their environment. Entrants in PSA recognized exhibitions should comply with all relevant laws and regulations, associated with aerial photography, in the country in which the image was taken.

Entry into PSA recognized exhibitions is conditional on accepting these policies. The content of images must comply with the General Conditions and with the Division and Section definitions listed in these conditions. Images that - in the sole opinion of the judges- do not comply, will be disqualified so the entrant may be aware of the problem when considering entry into other exhibitions with PSA recognition.

PSA Monochrome Definition

An image is considered to be Monochrome only if it gives the impression of having no color (i.e. contains only shades of grey which can include pure black and pure white) OR it gives the impression of being a greyscale image that has been toned in one color across the entire image. (For example by Sepia, red, gold, etc.) A greyscale or multi-colored image modified or giving the impression of having been modified by partial toning, multi-toning or by the inclusion of spot coloring does not meet the definition of monochrome and shall be classified as a Color Work.

Greyscale Monochrome images may be entered for Nature, Photojournalism and Photo Travel but toned images are not permitted for these sections

Monochrome images may not be entered in color sections of PPD or PID.

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.

Editing Guidelines for Nature, Photojournalism and Photo Travel

These sections require images to be truthful records, so there are limits on the amount of manipulation allowed.

PSA statement of subject matter applies to all sections.

Editing Guidelines

Processing or editing must be limited to making the image look as close to the original scene as possible, except that conversion to grayscale monochrome is allowed.

Allowed editing techniques:

• Cropping, straightening and perspective correction.
• Removal or correction of elements added by the camera or lens, such as dust spots, noise, chromatic aberration and lens distortion.
• Global and selective adjustments such as brightness, hue, saturation and contrast to restore the appearance of the original scene.
• Complete conversion of color images to grayscale monochrome.
• Blending of multiple images of the same subject and combining them in camera or with software (exposure blending or focus stacking);
• Image stitching – combining multiple images with overlapping fields of view that are taken consecutively (panoramas);
• Editing techniques that are not allowed:
• Removing, adding to, moving or changing any part of an image, except for cropping and straightening.
• Adding a vignette during processing.
• Blurring parts of the image during processing to hide elements in the original scene.
• Darkening parts of the image during processing to hide elements in the original scene.
• All conversions other than to complete grayscale monochrome.
• Conversion of parts of an image to monochrome, or partial toning, desaturation or over-saturation of color

PSA/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.
• 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, anesthetic or any other method of restricting natural movement for the purpose of a photograph is not allowed.

Photojournalism Definition

Photojournalism entries are:

Street Photography Definition

PSA PIDC (Only color images are allowed in this section PSA PIDC)

Street photography is photography conducted for art that features unmediated chance encounters and random incidents

within public places. Street photography does not necessitate the presence of a street or even the urban environment.

Though people usually feature directly, street photography might be absent of people and can be of an object or environment

where the image projects a decidedly human character in facsimile or aesthetic.

FACE AND BODY Definition

PSA PIDC (Only color images are allowed in this section PSA PIDC)

Center of interest is the human face and body in all its forms and manifestations. Portrait and fine art nude photography. Portraits of people of all colors, races, religions, the whole range of human feelings. Live photography, outdoor photography as well as studio portraits. Men, women, children. The human face as a reflection on emotion and life experience. Fine-art photography, taken outdoors or under studio conditions, full of ideas, creativity, with a touch of erotic mood, which depicts the nude human body with an emphasis on form, composition, emotional content, and other aesthetic qualities.

FIAP & PSA Rules

Breaches of Rules

Non-compliance

See the PSA Ethics Policy at https://psa-photo.org/page/ethical-practices.

See the PSA statement on Subject Matter at https://psa-photo.org/page/division-definitions

If, in the discretion of the exhibition organizer or the judges, an entrant has submitted that may fail to comply with these Conditions of Entry, they are allowed to request unedited or raw files of the submitted image.

For composite images all files are required.

Exhibition organizers may verify that:

1. the images are the original work of the entrant
2. the images comply with the rules and definitions as set out in these ES-COE

Such entries may be referred to PSA for further investigation of possible ethics violations.

PSA retains the right to investigate all complaints, impose penalties if deemed necessary, void the acceptances of any image found to violate the PSA rules, include the entrant’s name on the list of sanctions provided to Exhibitions, and share such investigations with FIAP. Entrants automatically agree to these terms by the act of entering the Exhibition and agree to cooperate with any investigation.

If another party is processing and/or submitting images on the entrant’s behalf, the entrant will still be held responsible for adhering to the entry rules and will be subject to penalties for any violations to these Conditions of Entry or to PSA’s Statement of Ethics.

NOTICE: When entrants fills in the Entry Form to submit an entry they will see the following feature to affirm they have read these Conditions of Entry

“I hereby confirm that I have read and understood and agree to the Conditions of Entry of this exhibition. I have read and understood the PSA document to be found at https://psa- photo.org/resource/resmgr/pdf/exhibitions_/exhibition-entrants-agreemen.pdf . I am aware that PSA may apply penalties for non-compliance to these Conditions of Entry”

Failure to agree will mean that the application will not proceed.

“I hereby expressly agree to FIAP document 040/2023 « Conditions and regulations for FIAP Patronage » and FIAP document 038/2023 « Sanctions for breaching FIAP regulations and the red list ». I am particularly aware of chapter II « Regulations for International photographic events under FIAP patronage » of FIAP document 040/2023, dealing under Section II.2 and II.3 with the FIAP participation rules, the sanctions for breaching FIAP regulations and the red list.”