Special Mention:

Title
"Kalasha - Photographs and stories of the Kalash people, an animist minority from the mountains of Pakistan"

Isolated in the hills of the Kalash Valley, in the Hindu Kush mountains, in northwest Pakistan, close to the border with Afghanistan, lies a world shrouded in enchantment, where time seems suspended and ancient traditions have endured. In this book, the reader will enter a world where gods and goddesses travel on horseback from unknown lands and dance among the living, where ancestors are invited to feed on fresh fruits and where the day of one's death is considered one of life's most important days. Join me on this inspiring adventure from the heart of the Kalash community and learn about animism.
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SECTIONS

A) Open Color – (color only) PSA PIDC
B) Open Monochrome - (monochrome only) PSA PIDM
C) Nature - (color or greyscale monochrome only) PSA ND
D) Photojournalism - (color or greyscale monochrome only) PSA PJD

CALENDAR

CLOSING DATE: 03rd November 2024 SST
END JUDGING: 01st December 2024
NOTIFICATION: 08th December 2024
SUBMIT EDAS: 31st December 2024
DELIVERY CATALOG: 30th January 2025
DELIVERY AWARDS: 30th January 2025
ONLINE GALLERY: 30th January 2025

IMAGE SPECIFICATION

Photos must be in JPEG file format,
Max. Horizontal length is 1920 pix.
Max. Vertical length is 1080 pix. in 300dpi.
Compression 7-12, max 2Mb.
Oversized images shall be rejected by the system.

AWARDS

PSA Gold medal in each section
3 Circuit Gold in each section
3 Certificate of Merit Award in each section
1 Best Group Award for the circuit (Minimum 12 members must from any group to be eligible)
PAYMENT DETAILS

US $22 for any one section, 
US $ 27 for any two Sections,
US $ 30 for all Sections
Early Bird: US $25 for participation in any number of sections up to 07th October 2024.
Submitted works of the authors who did not pay entry fee would not be taken into consideration.
22$

Any one section

27$

Any Two Sections

30$

All Sections

Group Discount:
06 or more entrants = US $ 19

Payment via PayPal to artspcint@gmail.com or by NEFT/IMPS (equivalent of USD) Submitted works of the authors who did not pay entry fee would not be taken into consideration

JURY PANELS

Salon 1

Xrysa Marketaki
EPSA (Greece)

Gianni Martini
PPSA, EFIAP/b (Italy)

Pertti Ylinen
MPSA (Finland)

Salon 2

Christos Konstantinou-Acheriotis
PPSA (Cyprus)

Joan Elias
PPSA (Spain)

Galia Gitliz
EPSA (Israel)

Salon 3

Akhil Hardia
EFIAP (India)

Wing Ho Chan
EPSA, EFIAP (Hong Kong)

Dr. Than Sint
GMPSA, SPSA, EFIAP (Singapore)