Salon Daguerre - Pixcontests – Photo Contests of the World

Deadline: August 22, 2020
Entry Fee: from €14 to €28
Prizes: €250, €500, PSA, FIAP, FPF medals, FPF trophies, special FIAP blue badge

The 13st Daguerre exhibition is organized by the Photoclub Paris Val-de-Bièvre – 28 ter rue Gassendi 75014 PARIS – France.

Salon Daguerre 2020, digital edition is launched with sponsoring from FIAP, PSA and FPF.

Participants

The competition is open to anyone: non-professional and professional photographers aged of 18 or more.

Maximum number of images

Entries are limited to not more than 4 images per section, 20 images maximum per author. Images entered in one section cannot be entered in any of the other sections.

The same image cannot be submitted in color version and in the monochrome version.

An image that has already been accepted in a previous edition of Salon Daguerre can not be submitted again.

Themes

‘Festive atmosphere’, to be in the birthday spirit of the Photoclub which is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year
The image illustrates a ritual, a party, a celebration, a sports, cultural or social event and is dominated by jubilation or joy. It captures the excitement of a moment, the joyful dynamics of a group, the positive energy created and carried by a group. The image highlights an atmosphere, gaiety and cohesion shared by a community of individuals at a given moment. The presence of these individuals may be explicit or simply suggested. Images representing political events are not accepted
‘Water’, liquid and vital, we await your glance on this variable and multiple element
Water should be the subject or one of the main subjects of the image. Flowing, stagnant, unfurling water! The photographs can be taken in a natural environment that is either rural or urban. They could represent obvious spaces, such as the seaside, a river, a lake or a pond, or more unexpected scenes, such as a simple pool or even an aquarium. Water should be shown in its liquid form (no snow, no steam, no ice)
‘Perspectives’, for the pleasure of visual effects and lines
Creating the illusion of a three-dimensional world with two-dimensional photos is no small challenge. You can use vanishing lines, high- or low-angle shots, scale variations as well as any natural or artificial means based on line geometry to give your images a sense of depth, dimension, and graphic impact
Open monochrome
Open color

Judges

Sophie Belloni-Vitou
Denis Olivier
Marcel Van Balken

Awards

The authors of the winning works will receive €750 prize money (€250 for the best individual author and €500 for the best club), gold and silver medals (PSA, FIAP, FPF) will reward best work. FPF trophies award best FPF authors obtaining the maximum of ranking (one trophy per section),

The ranking of the best author (special FIAP blue badge) will be carried out according to the rules of the FIAP (more acceptances all sections combined).

To participate to the best club ranking, the 2 following conditions are required:

presenting at least images of 3 photographers
obtaining 8 or more accepted images.

The best club will be the one that combines on its best 8 images, the highest ranking. In case of ex-aequo, the final decision will be made by the judges. They will choose between the clubs with the same awarded points.