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                                  3° THE MINE MUSEUM 2023  

                             INTERNATIONAL PHOTO CIRCUIT

                                  Memorial Enzo Righeschi

                                           Cavriglia, Italy

 

The “3° THE MINE MUSEUM INTERNATIONAL PHOTO CIRCUIT Memorial Enzo Righeschi”  consists of 4 Competitions and 4 Themes, is organized by Gruppo Fotografico Carpe Diem (Cavriglia, Italy)  and is patronized by: Municipality of Cavriglia, FIAP, GPU, FIAF and UIF.

 

RULES

Competitions and Patronage:

  • Gran Prix Cavriglia: FIAF 2023-M40  – UIF AR-10/2023 C– FIAP  2023/531 – GPU L 230131-M5G 

  • Gran Prix Castelnuovo dei Sabbioni: FIAF 2023-M41 – UIF P-AR-10/2023 D-  FIAP 2023/532 – GPU L 230131- M5G

  • Gran Prix Montegonzi: FIAF  2023-M42 – UIF AR-10/2023 E–  FIAP 2023/533– GPU L 230131-M5G

  • Gran Prix Meleto Valdarno: FIAF  2023-M43 – UIF AR-10/2023 F–  FIAP 2023/534– GPU L 230131-M5G

  • 1)  The Gruppo Fotografico Carpe Diem, with the Patronage of  the Municipality of Cavriglia,  FIAP-Federation Internationale de l’Art Photographique,  GPU – Global Photographic Union, UIF-Unione Italiana Fotoamatori, FIAF-Federazione Italiana Associazioni Fotografiche, is organizing the International Circuit of Digital Photography Contests, “3° THE MINE MUSEUM INTERNATIONAL PHOTO CIRCUIT Memorial Enzo Righeschi”

 The circuit includes the following contests:, “Gran Prix Cavriglia”, “Gran Prix Castelnuovo dei Sabbioni”, “Gran PrixMontegonzi”, “Gran Prix Meleto Valdarno”. The contest is open to all amateur and professional photographers worldwide. Entrants must own the copyright to all submitted photographs. The images must have been photographed in every part (even the smallest) by the entrant himself/herself.

2) The contest has four themes for digital images, referred to as:

  • A) Free Open Color (Color Digital)

  • B) Free Open Monochrome (Monochrome Digital)

  • C) People (Monochrome/Color Digital)

  • D) Enviroment (Monochrome/Color Digital)

You can submit up to 4 works for theme. For a maximum total of 16 Photos.
The same photo can’t be showed in different themes.
The color images can’t be presented as monochromatic photos.
Photos accepted in previous editions of this circuit will not be admitted. 

Digital images of all themes must be in JPG format; the size must be 1920 pixels on the long side, with a resolution of 300 dpi (maximum 4 Mb), in both formats color or monochrome. Files must be saved in sRGB color space.
The length of the photo titles must not exceed 25 characters.
Each judge will be connected to the central server through the HPCM (Hiho Photo Contest Manager) program for managing photographic competitions provided by HIHO srl.
Each judge will express a vote, for each single photograph, from 3 to 9 according to their liking. Considering that each jury is composed of 3 elements, we will have a minimum vote of 9 and a maximum vote of 27.
The photos of each participant will not be shown to the judges consecutively. 

3) All entries must be submitted through the specific form available on https://gfcarpediem.wixsite.com/home  website

When filling in the registration form and in the photo titles, please do not use the following characters: Şş Ğğ Çç Ññ Õõ Àà Ää Ââ Éé Èè Êê Ëë Óó Òò Ŏŏ Öö Øø Ôô Ùù Ûû Üü Ÿÿ Îîč

4) The subscription fee is € 40 (for the Eurozone) or 45 US$ (for the area not subject to Eur) per entrant, regardless of the category and is valid for all 4 contests. The fee must be paid via paypal within the form during the registration (e-mail: carpediem.cavriglia@gmail.com). Any entry not accompanied by the subscription fee shall not be admitted and the author of such entry shall not have the right to receive the catalogue of the contest.

The subscription fees for groups are as follows:

  • From 10 to 20 Participants: 36,00 Euro (Euro Area) – US$ 41,00 (Other Areas)

  • From 21 to 30 Participants: 34,00 Euro (Euro Area) – US$ 38,00 (Other Areas)

  • From 31 to 40 Participants: 31,00 Euro (Euro Area) – US$ 35,00 (Other Areas)

  • Attention please: for this type of payment please contact the General Chairman Michele Macinai by email: michele.macinai@gmail.com or carpediem.cavriglia@gmail.com  

The jury’s final decision is unquestionable and incontestable. The organizers shall send the unclaimed prizes at their own expenses but at the recipient risk.

6) Each author can have only one prize in the same section of each competition, but is admitted in different sections of the same contest.

 7) Awards

Awards for Circuit:

  • Trophy Memorial Enzo Righeschi * 

  • Trophy Mine International *

Awards for each Contest:

  • Best Contest Author, FIAP BLU PIN   

 

Awards for each Theme of each Contest:

Free Color Theme:

 

  • Best Work

  • 2 Gold Medal

  • 1 Silver Medal

  • 1 Bronze Medal

  • 3 Jury Special Prize (Diplome)

  • 16 Honourable Mentions (HM, Ribbon or certificate)

 

Free Monochrome Theme:

  • Best Work 

  • 2 Gold Medal

  • 1 Silver Medal

  • 1 Bronze Medal

  • 3 Jury Special Prize (Diplome)

  • 12 Honourable Mentions (HM, Ribbon or certificate)

People Theme (Color/Monochrome):

  • Best Work1 

  • 2 Gold Medal

  • 1 Silver Medal

  • 1 Bronze Medal

  • 3 Jury pecial Prize (Diplome)

  • 12 Honourable Mentions (HM, Ribbon or certificate)

Enviroment Theme:

  • Best Work

  • 2 Gold Medal

  • 1 Silver Medal

  • 1 Bronze Medal

  • 3 Jury Special Prize (Diplome)

  • 12 Honourable Mentions (HM, Ribbon or certificate)

 

*  A total of 16 Best Works will be identified by the jury (1 for each section of each competition), to two of these 16 Best Works the jury will also assign the ENZO RIGHESCHI MEMORIAL TROPHY and the MINE INTERNATIONAL TROPHY. 

The aforementioned two additional prizes will be awarded by the jury as follows:

 - the best work by an Italian author will also be awarded the ENZO RIGHESCHI MEMORIAL TROPHY, consisting of a plaque depicting a work by Enzo Righeschi; 

- the best work by an international author will also be awarded the MINE INTERNATIONAL TROPHY, consisting of a plaque depicting the awarded work.

 

A total of 390 prizes will be awarded. The gold, silver and bronze medals will be FIAP, GPU,   FIAF, UIF e CARPE DIEM

 

Unclaimed prizes will be sent, at the expense of the organization, at the address indicated in the registration form. The organization, while ensuring every attention in sending, declines all responsibility for any damage or loss, from whatever cause they are generated.

Unclaimed prizes will travel at the recipient’s responsibility.

8) Calendar

  • Closing Date: October 22, 2023

  • Jury Meeting: November 1/5, 2023

  • Sending Results:  November 15, 2023

  • Award ceremony: December 16, 2023 (Date to be confirmed, as it is subject to the availability of the Mine Museum)

  • Sending Catalog and Awards: Jenuary 10, 2024

 

9) Judges

Gran Prix Cavriglia      

Guo Jing     EFIAP, EPSA, LRPS, GPU CR-3, GPU Hermes (CHINA)

Michael Strapec   EFIAP/b, PPSA, LIPF     (IRLEAND)

Simone Boddi  AFI, EFIAF, EFIAP/d1       (ITALIA)

 

Gran Prix Castelnuovo dei Sabbioni

Steven Yee Pui Chung    MBA,  MA.Photography, B.Eng, FRPS, APSA, MPSA, GPSA, EFIAP, ESFIAP, GAPU, President, Asia Photographers Union    (SINGAPORE)

Leif Alveen - APSA, GMPSA, EFIAP/d1, MSDF, NSMiF/p, HonENFFF,

PSA Membership director & PSA liaison for Denmark,

1st vice chair PSA Pictorial Print division,

President Emeritus of the Society of Danish Photography (SDF) (DENMARK)

Bruno Oliveri  EFIAP, BFI, MFA, BFA/Bronzo, Presidente Nazionale UIF - (ITALIA)

 

Gran Prix Montegonzi

Reha Bilir - Hon.EFIAP, Hon.SSS, Director of Sille Sanat Sarayı FEC, Media Coordinator of FIAP Photo Academy    (TURKEY)

Anton Savov  EFIAP, ESFIAP, FIAP Liaison Officer for Bulgaria   (BULGARIA)

Lorenzo Di Candia   EFIAP/d1, EPSA, CR3 Zeus, AFI, EFIAF/b, BFI**  (ITALIA)

 

Gran Prix Meleto Valdarno

Ovi D. Pop   Efiap/g, MPSA, MAAFR     (ROMANIA)

Pedro Luis Ajuriaguerra Saiz   EFIAP/p, MCEF/p, IUP, ICS Spain Representative   (SPAIN)

Fabio Del Ghianda  AFI, BFI , EFIAP, MFA, BFA/b, MFO,  Direttore Dipartimento Concorsi FIAF    (ITALIA)

 

Alternate Judges: 

Paul Stanley    EFIAP/p, ESFIAP, FIPF, Director of the FIAP Photo Academy Online Events, FIAP Liaison Officer for Ireland, Director of the FIAP Exhibition Centre,  Dublin   (IRLEAND)

Eugenio Fieni-AFI, BFI, EFIAF/b, EFIAP/d3 (ITALIA)

 

General Chairman: Michele Macinai, AFI, EFIAF/b, EFIAP/g, ESFIAP, Director of FIAP World Cup for Clubs

E-mail: michele.macinai@gmail.com Telefono: +39 3355424581

Address: Via Campo Romano N.2,  52021, Frazione Mercatale Valdarno, BUCINE, (AR) Italy

 

10) The catalog will be produced in pdf, with all the winning works, the jury’s report and the list of admissible works and participants. And sent to all participants by email or for Wetransfer.

11) Statistics, minutes of the juries and both winning and admitted photographs will be published in the https://gfcarpediem.wixsite.com/home  website and left there until the next edition. All entrants shall receive the results via email.

12) The entrant shall be held responsible in handling any image rights or liberties of the subject matter of the photograph and shall irrevocably consent to the Promoters publishing the photographs, which shall not be used for commercial gain.

13) The acceptance of the works and the awarding of the prizes will be at the sole discretion of the jury.

14) Though the organizers will attempt to treat all submitted work with the utmost care, they are not responsible for any damage or loss that may occur during the sending of entries, whatever the cause.

15) We inform you, pursuant to art. 13 and 14 of EU Regulation 2016/679 of 27/04/2016, hereinafter referred to as GDPR (General Regulation for the Protection of Personal Data), that the personal data provided in the context of the photo contest "3° THE MINE MUSEUM PHOTO INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT Memorial Enzo Righeschi" will be collected and recorded by the CARPE DIEM Photographic Group of Cavriglia (Italy) - on paper, electronic and / or computer and / or telematic supports - protected and treated in a manner suitable to guarantee security and confidentiality in compliance of the provisions of the GDPR. We inform you that the data provided will be used only for purposes strictly connected and instrumental to the event. To this end, as part of the Initiative, your data may be published online on the competition website https://gfcarpediem.wixsite.com/home or / and in the competition catalog. The provision of data is necessary in order to be able to participate in the competition. We inform you that you can exercise In your capacity as an interested party, you have the rights referred to in art. 15 GDPR (including, by way of example only, the rights to obtain confirmation of the existence of data concerning you and their communication in an intelligible form, indication of the methods of treatment, updating, rectification or integration of the data,the cancellation) by sending an informal request to the Data Controller. The data controller is the GRUPPO FOTOGRAFICO CARPE DIEM , with registered office in Via Roma 36 in Cavriglia (AR) through its president, pro tempore, Silvia Sansoni.

16) By participating in the Circuit, the author authorizes the non-profit publication of his images (full or partial) on catalogs, screenings, websites, magazines and whatever else the organizers deem necessary for the promotion of the Circuit itself.

17) Provisions

A) In order to have legal authority on those who do not respect the rules of FIAP and UIF, all the entrants expressly agree to FIAP document 018/2017 « Conditions and regulations for FIAP Patronage » and FIAP document 017/2017 « Sanctions for breaching FIAP regulations and the red list ». All participants are particularly aware of chapter II « Regulations for International photographic events under FIAP patronage » of FIAP document 018/2017, dealing under Section II.2 and II.3 with the FIAP participation rules, the sanctions for breaching FIAP regulations and the red list.”

B) 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 the following terms: that the submitted images can be investigated by FIAP to establish if these obey to 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, That in case of sanctions following the non compliance with FIAP and UIF regulations, the name of the entrant will be released in any form useful to inform the breaches of the rules. We recommend that you leave the EFIX data intact in the files sent to facilitate any investigation. FIAP official documents:

https://www.myfiap.net/documents/FIAP%20DOC%20018%202017%20E.pdf

https://www.myfiap.net/documents/FIAP%20DOC%20017%202017%20E%20F%20ES%20D.pdf

18) Participation in the competition, with the mere sending of the photographs to the organizers, constitutes full and unconditional acceptance of this announcement and, for what is not specified, of the regulation of the associations that patronized the competition. The submitted works may be subjected to the necessary checks to verify compliance with the established rules, and the Authors adhering to the Nature and "Traditional" (TRAD) sections must submit, upon request, the RAW files of their works, aware that any refusal can lead to the annulment of the result achieved and any sanctions foreseen by the regulations of the promoting associations. The participants in the Competition, FIAF Members and Non-Members, grant FIAF the possibility of managing the participation data and the images presented, both for the management of FIAF Statistics and of the FIAF Sites responsible for collecting and disseminating the results of competitions from it sponsored and related images awarded and admitted.

19) 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 which 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.

20) FIAP Definition

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.

Environment Definition:
Environment photography means all those images taken in any environment in the world, in any situation, with or without the presence of human beings. The photos can be taken both in small and large spaces, both in the open countryside and in urban centers.
Close-up portrait photos where the place cannot be seen, still life, macro or micro photography and images created with the computer or with the addition of other images are excluded. 

Photographing with the drone:

Taking pictures with the drone requires you to follow the laws that exist in the country they are in using a drone. In addition, there is also an ethical component that tends to safeguard the photographed subject, whether they are people, animals or the environment and that does not interrupt the activities of others.

  1. Cannot fly a drone over people for the purpose of photographing their activity, unless they have given you permission in writing.

  2. Cannot fly or photograph animals in their natural habitat. Landscape photography is allowed.

  3. Many countries have their own rules and regulations governing aerial photography, especially the use of drones. It is the pilot photographer’s responsibility to be informed of the policies of the country or region in which he flies and photographs.

21) Participation in the Contest implies the entrants’ total, unconditional acceptance and the acknowledgment of their entire understanding of these Regulations.

Important information regarding pictures generated by artificial intelligence (AI): 

Please note that: 

Pictures created by artificial intelligence are not allowed in salons run under FIAP patronage. Therefore salon organisers are asked to include the following text into the regulations of their events : 

PICTURES CREATED BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THIS SALON!
It is reminded that all parts of the image have to be photographed by the author who is holding the copyright of all works submitted.
Offenders will be sanctioned for life! 

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