Chinese Photographers Association
2001 China 9th International Photographic Art Exhibition. Photography is a window of cultural exchange. Photography is a bridge to facilitate the development of the friendship between Chinese people and peoples all over the world. Chinese Photographers Association sincerely invites you - photographic societies and federations, professional and amateur photographers from all parts of the world - to submit entries to China 9th International Photographic Art Exhibition, which will be held in September 2001 in China.
2001 China 9th International Photographic Art Exhibition.
Photography is a window of cultural exchange. Photography is
a bridge to facilitate the development of the friendship
between Chinese people and peoples all over the world.
Chinese Photographers Association sincerely invites you -
photographic societies and federations, professional and
amateur photographers from all parts of the world - to submit
entries to China 9th International Photographic Art Exhibition,
which will be held in September 2001 in China.
Organized by the Chinese Photographers Association
Patronized by the Federation of International Art Photography
(FIAP) No. 2001/047
Closing date (deadline for entry): June 1, 2001
Judging: June 20-25, 2001
Exhibition: September 2001
Prints returned: October 10, 2001
Invitation
Chinese Photographers Association sincerely invites you -
photographic societies and federations, professional and
amateur photographers from all parts of the world - to submit
entries to China 9th International Photographic Art Exhibition,
which will be held in September 2001 in China.
Entry Conditions:
1. There is no restriction on theme, form or style of the
prints. However, new artistic ideas and different schools of
photography are encouraged. Prints or slides previously
accepted in the international and national photographic
exhibitions held by CPA are ineligible.
2. Three sections of works are accepted for the exhibition:
Colour prints. Monochrome prints and Colour slides (35mm
only). Each entrant may submit a maximum of 4 prints for
each section.
3. Al prints must be entirely the works of the participant. A
form for filling the titles of the exhibits should be stuck to the
back of each print (fill in according to the attached forms).
The form can be duplicated.
4. Size of the print: 30X40cm (12x16). All prints must not be
mounted and rolled. All those that violated the rules will not
be judged. Slides: 35mm (5x5cm frame. Glass mounted is
forbidden.)
5. Fee: Overseas entrant including entrants from Hong Kong
and Macao Special Administrative Regions and Taiwan
Province: US$10 or 30 IRC per author. Prints without fee will
be neither judged nor returned.
6. All the works and entry fee should be sent by Mail only as
Printed matter with the mention: Photographic works for China
9th International Exhibition only, will be returned to sender -
no commercial value to the following address:
International Liaison Department, CPA
61 Hongxing Hutong, Dongdan,
Beijing 100005, P. R. China
tel/fax: +86-10-65131859
tel: +86-10-65141380
e-mail: sycxhgjb@Public.fhnet.cn.net
7. Each entrant whose prints is/are accepted in the exhibition
will receive a relevant medal and a certificate as well as an
attractive catalogue.
8. The exhibition committee reserves the right to reproduce
any accepted works for publicity, press or VCD without
payment in any form.
9. All works will be handled with utmost care, but the
organizer won't answer for loss and ruin or any unexpected
loss of the works in transport. The author will be responsible
for the portrait right and fame concerning the model in his/her
works and any other issues resulted from this, the organizer
will hold no responsibility.
10. It is understood that the author submitting his/her works
accepts the rules and conditions above.
Jury:
The jury will consists of 5 international and 6 domestic famous
photographers as jurors. The jury will select about 350 works
for exhibition and award prizes.
The photographers who have won the Gold Medal will be
invited to the awarding and opening ceremony of the
exhibition and pay a visit of photographic creation in China for
one week. The organizer will bear the expenses including food,
accommodation and transport of the visitors in China while
they themselves will bear the round-trip travel fee from where
they live to Beijing.
Notes: Explanation to the categories above:
1. The theme of the works should show the real life today
such as the social trends and hot topics concerned by the
public, new people and new things that are constantly coming
to the fore, spot events etc. all over the world.
2. Folkways, local conditions and customs: the works should
be shot in recording and selecting of saving cultural heritage
of various nations all over the world, such as to show the
different faith and folkways, ways of production and life of
various nations and traditional arts etc.
3. Nature and ecology: with the awareness of the need to
protect the environment as the guiding ideology to display the
changes of the resources of the earth, and landforms, the
animals and the plants on the earth.
4. To show the chasing appreciation of beautiful and the
photographic artistic styles of the photographers through the
scenery of lakes and mountains landscape, urban or rural
buildings, etc.
5. To give products and still utensil with outstanding
connotation and visual effect.
6. Develop and process the prints with computer and digital
images or darkroom techniques to create various forms of
photographic expressions.
7. Works are mainly portrait photographs focusing the graceful
bearings and dispositions of the modern people in all works of
life (famous people, great men or common people). Both in
and out of the house are accepted.
8. Photos shot during the performances, sports games, the
life of professional players, amateur sports activities, military
training school life etc.