December 9: The results have been published – congratulations to overall winner David Wheeler from England!

December 8: The catalogue has been published, enjoy!

November 24: Technical issues has unfortunately put a delay on the result service

November 1: The upload form has now been closed. Thank you for your participation, and good luck!

Invitation

The Nordic Society of Photography cordially invites photographers from all over the world, amateurs as well as professionals, to participate in the 6th Nordic International Digital Circuit 2021.

Patronages:

Patronages 6th Nordic International Circuit
  • Riksförbundet Svensk Fotografi, RS, Sweden 2021/07
  • Norsk Selskap for Fotografi, NSFF, Norway 2021/12
  • Selskabet for Dansk Fotografi, SDF, Denmark 2021/10
  • The Association of Finnish Camera Clubs, AFCC, Finland 2021/012-015
  • FIAP Patronage 2021/522-525
  • Global Photographic Union License L210175
  • Image Sans Frontiere Label 47/2021
  • The Image Colleague Society Patronage 2021/126-129

The exhibition will be conducted in accordance with requirements from the above-mentioned organizations. The exhibition is a four-country circuit in collaboration with the national organizations in Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Denmark:

  • Riksförbundet Svensk Fotografi – RSF (Sweden), FIAP Patronage 2021/522
  • Norsk Selskap For Fotografi – NSFF (Norway), FIAP Patronage 2021/523
  • Suomen Kameraseurojen Liitto – SKsL (Finland), FIAP Patronage 2021/524
  • Selskabet for Dansk Fotografi – SDF (Denmark), FIAP Patronage 2021/525

Salon calendar:

  • Closing date: October 31, 2021
  • Judging: November 13-14, 2021
  • Notification: November 21, 2021
  • Exhibition: To be announced
  • Awards sent: January 9, 2022
  • PDF catalogue on website: January 9, 2022

Sections:

Two Digital Sections: Colour and Monochrome.

All acceptances will count for FIAP, GPU, ISF, ICS, and NFFF distinctions.

All images on this page by best author overall, 5th Nordic International Circuit: Hengki Lee, Indonesia.

Hengki Lee (Indonesia) "Phantom" PSA Gold Monochrome

The panel of judges:

Colour section, Sweden:

  • Göran Zebühr, EFIAP/p, ESFIAP, GPU CR2, HonENFFF
  • Helen Liljeblad
  • Peter Heljesten
  • Alternate: TBA

Monochrome section, Sweden:

  • Bengt Persson, AFIAP
  • Ingemar Mårtensson
  • Jörgen Strandberg
  • Alternate: TBA

Colour section, Norway:

  • Astrid Hagland Gjerde
  • Guro Sandsgaard
  • Terje Kolbeinsen, EFIAP/s, PPSA
  • Alternate: TBA

Monochrome section, Norway:

  • Atle Helland
  • Jorun Larsen
  • Lars Martin Teigen, EFIAP/s
  • Alternate: TBA

Colour and Monochrome section, Finland:

  • Anders Blomqvist, EFIAP
  • Johanna Sandin
  • Ivar Vuori
  • Alternate: TBA

Colour section, Denmark:

  • Hella Jungquist Refsgaard
  • Johnny Blaabjerg Dyg, EFIAP
  • Nicolas Roed
  • Alternate: TBA

Monochrome section, Denmark:

  • Henrik Sørensen
  • Lise Aagaard Nielsen
  • Torkil Michelsen, EFIAP/b, MSDF/s
  • Alternate: TBA

Awards:

In each section will be awarded:

  • FIAP Gold, Silver, Bronze
  • GPU Gold, Silver, Bronze
  • ISF Gold, Silver, Bronze
  • ICS Gold, Silver, Bronze
  • NFFF Gold, Silver, Bronze
  • RSF Gold, Silver, Bronze
  • NSFF Gold, Silver, Bronze
  • SKsL Gold, Silver, Bronze
  • SDF Gold, Silver, Bronze
  • 6 FIAP Ribbons
  • 6 GPU Ribbons
  • 12 ISF HM’s
  • 6 ICS HM’s
  • 6 NFFF HM’s

Best Nordic entry in each salon.
FIAP Blue Badge, in each salon, to the author with the highest number of total acceptances.
1 Award for the best author overall.
The medals will be engraved in accordance with FIAP regulations.

A total of 513 awards!

Exhibition Committée:

Information and contact:

Nils-Erik Jerlemar, Långhällagatan 17, SE-212 30 Malmö, Sweden.
+46 70 561 02 15
nejerlemar@gmail.com

Conditions of entry:

The exhibition is open to anyone; however, an entry may be rejected when the sponsoring organization or its agent, in its reasonable discretion, believes the entry does not conform to the exhibition rules and conditions.

Entries are limited to not more than 4 images per section, category, or class. An entrant’s four images will be distributed throughout four rounds of judging in that section. Entries must originate as photographs (image-captures of objects via light sensitivity) made by the entrant on photographic emulsion or acquired digitally. By virtue of submitting an entry, the entrant certifies the work as his own (aliases are not permitted). 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. Note: Entrants who indicate that their images may not be reproduced or used “will not be eligible for awards” or inclusion in audio-visuals of the exhibition “and could be subject to disqualification” by the exhibition sponsors.

The exhibition assumes no liability of any misuse of copyright. Images may be altered, either electronically or otherwise, by the maker. All parts of the image have to be photographed by the author who is holding the copyright of all works submitted. All final work must be on photographic film, or on electronic file, or on photographic or electronic print material, mounting excepted. Entries must originate as photographs made by the entrant. Images can be altered.

4 images per section, a total of 8 images. All images must be in JPG file format, the file size must be maximum 1920 pixels horizontal and 1080 pixels vertical and should not exceed 2MB.

Judging equipment: Full HD screens.

Entry submission signifies acceptance of all rules and conditions of the Circuit.

Filename:

Each image must have a unique title. Once an image has been accepted in a PSA Recognized exhibition, that same image, or a like “in camera” or a “reproduction” duplicate of that image:

  • May not be re-entered in any section of the same Division Star Ratings class in that exhibition regardless of media, format, or title.
  • May not be re-titled for entry in any other PSA Recognized exhibition.

Words such as “Untitled” and “No Title” are not acceptable as part or all of an image’s title, nor are camera capture filenames.
No title or identification of the maker shall be visible anywhere on the face of an Image.
All information needed will be collected from the online entry system. Please do not use invalid characters such as: / \ : ? * ” <> | ‘ #

Upload:

The images must be uploaded via the Internet on our website www.nordic.photo.

Author copyright:

Each entrant owns the copyright of the submitted images. The entrant certifies the work as his/her own. The entrant permits the organizers to reproduce the entered material free of charge for promotional purposes related to the Circuit, like the catalogue, photo CD/DVD, and the website, unless specifically stated otherwise by the entrant on the entry form.

Entry fee:

Please follow the instructions on the website when filling out the entry form. Payment should be in accordance with the entry fees stated there. Cheques are not accepted. Entries for which no or insufficient payment has been received will not be judged.

Payment via PayPal only.

  • 1 section $42 / €35
  • 2 sections $54 / €45

By the sole act of submitting his/her images or files to a salon under FIAP Patronage, the entrant accepts without exception and with no objection that the submitted images can be investigated by FIAP to establish if these obey FIAP regulations and definitions even if the entrant is not a member of FIAP; that FIAP will use any means at its disposal for this undertaking; that any refusal to cooperate with FIAP or any refusal to submit the original files as captured by the camera, or failure to provide sufficient evidence, will be sanctioned by FIAP and that in case of sanctions following the non-compliance with FIAP regulations, the name of the entrant will be released in any form useful to inform the breaches of the rules. It is recommended to leave the EXIF data in the submitted files intact in order to ease eventual investigations.

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:

  1. the images are the original work of the entrant and
  2. 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 fail 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 PSA for further investigation of possible ethics violations.

PSA 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 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.

Hengki Lee (Indonesia) "Mind Odyssey" PSA Ribbon Monochrome

DATA PROTECTION

By entering this exhibition, you are explicitly consenting to the personal details you have supplied, including 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 and accept that entering this exhibition means that the status and results of your entry may be made public.

Your email address and contact information will not be made public.

FIAP Definition of the black and white photography (monochrome)

A black and white work fitting from the very dark grey (black) to the very clear grey (white) is a monochrome work with 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.

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