2nd Circular Exhibition of Photography

PMNS SUMMER CIRCUIT 2024

 

C) OPEN MONOCHROME (only monochrome digital) PSA PID Monochrome

PHOTOGRAPHS
AUTHORS MUST FILL OUT ENTRY FORM AND SUBMIT PHOTOS ONLINE
- Photos must be in JPG file format, Max. image width (horizontal) is 1920 pix. Max. image 

height (vertical) is 1080 pix. in 300 dpi. compression 7-12, max 2Mb.
- No requirements for file names, file name should be as you would want it to appear in the catalogue 

15Eur. for any 1 or 2 or all 3 sections
- The works of the authors who did not pay the fee would not be taken into consideration.

CALENDAR
Closing date:   07.06.2024.
Judging:            21.06. - 28.06.2024.
Notification:      05.07.2024.

On-line Gallery of all Accepted and Awarded images posted by 27.08.2024.

On-line PDF Exhibition Catalog:  27.08.2024.
Sending of awards: 27.08.2024.

Maja STOSIC, EFIAP, MF FSS, Serbia
Hadzi Miodrag MILADINOVIC, EFIAP/b, MF FSS, Serbia
Borislav MILOVANOVIC, EFIAP/d1, ESFIAP, EPSA, GPU CR3, F1 FSS, Serbia  

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

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.

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.

Remote on-line judging of images will be with Color calibrated computer monitors or high definition TV screens, Judges will be using equipment capable of displaying images a 100% of the image resolution. Images may not be changed by the exhibition prior to or during judging. 

The online judgements will be finalized in a common online meetings in order to designate the awards.

All information, including image file names, provided to the judges for remote judging must 

retain complete anonymity of the entrants and not provide the judges with any means of determining any entrant’s personal details, such as name, email address, or country.

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.

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. 

The closest definition of Woman Man Child section, photography where the only condition is 

that the subject is female, male or child.

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:

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.

“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”