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The Cultural Association Art Photo Travel, is a society which focuses on creating cultural activities with the purpose of spreaking, promoting and valuing art, monuments, traditions, cultures, natural wonders and landscapes around the world.

The projects are not only for those who love art and culture, but also for those interested in the unknown aspects and less turistic places, for those who like dreaming impossibile dreams and for those who want to know them through the eyes of others who have lived and recorded their experiences.

An approach oriented at growing a sensibility toward a culture mainly imprinted by understanding the people and the place.

Art Photo Travel, in order to build a new opportunity to allow the knowledge between people who love photography, art and culture, has organized an International Photography Contest for all passionate, professional and amateur photographers around the world.

sponsored by the City of Siena and the University of Siena, has launched the International Photo Contest "Siena International Photography Awards", International Photography Prize, where photographers around the world, amateurs and professionals will be able to partecipate.

People (and familiars) who are part of the jury can't take part in this contest.

The aim of the competition is to promote the art of photography through a coordinated set of initiatives designed to provide an international stage and a vision of absolute importance and prestige to the partecipants.

The initiative also wants to be a springboard for new talent in a context within the figure of the photographer is not often appreciated as it should be.

The profile chosen to adopt a qualified panel of judges and experts is in line with the intention of the Organising Committee to nominate the competition "Siena International Photography Award" to a prominent place in the photography international overview.

In this perspective, the competition will be followed by a photographic exhibition of the inning and finalists works who will give the event a showcase of out standing importance thanks to the high tourist flow that affects the city of Siena.

Categorie & Themes The photos must be based on the following categories & themes:
OPEN: digital colour
OPEN: digital monochrome
TRAVEL: Trip memories and adventures, Street Photography
PEOPLE AND PORTRAIT: Man, Woman, Children, Portrait, Other
NATURE: Landscape, Macro, Trees, Flowers, Plants
WILDLIFE: Animals in nature (not domestic animal species), Birds, Fishes, Others
ARCHITETTURE: Buildings, Cityscapes, Monuments, Interiors
SPORT: Any kind of professional and amateur sport
THE CULTURAL VALUE OF MAN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD: flavors, traditions, different ways of preparation, man's eating habits through different countries, cultures and religions
STORYBORD: Sequence of images (min. 5 max 9) that tell a story
The same image must not be submitted into more than one section.

Definitions MONOCHROME
A monochrome image is defined as having varying shades of no more than one color (various shades of that color from very light to very dark) but it may be any single color. ?Multi-toned images (various shades of two or more colors) and grayscale images with an added accent color are not acceptable in Monochrome Class sections and must be entered in Color Class sections.
TRAVEL: Trip memories and adventures, Street Photography
Photos that are taken of people candidly in everyday life. The people are out in public and living their lives as they normally would. Street photography also does not need to necessarily include people in it either. The photographer can take photos of the area or a signature landmark within the city. In this section you will find pictures of people living everyday life or a building that is a special landmark.
PEOPLE AND PORTRAIT: Man, Woman, Children, Portrait, Other
This category must capture the likeness of a person or a small group of people, in which the face and expression is predominant. Images are also eligible which are street or environmental photography where people are predominant in the scene.
NATURE: Landscape, Macro, Trees, Flowers, Plants
It includes seascape and nature photography as well. In this category we want you to show us the impact of the natural elements on our world caused by a weather event such as a storm, a magnificent sunset or snowfall. Capture a sense of the majesty and the force of nature. You can include people or animals in your images, but the main focus must be the impact of natural elements. This category includes landscapes (not urban) and depictions of nature images. Landscape's are images of the visible features of an area, including physical elements such as landforms, living elements of flora, abstract elements like lighting and weather conditions. Seascape photography will include pictures of the ocean or a beautiful secluded beach.
WILDLIFE: Animals in nature (not domestic animal species), Birds, Fishes, Others
Images that feature every kind of animals (mammals, birds, etc...) in a natural state; can be wildlife pictures or portraits. It's included underwater photography.
ARCHITETTURE: Buildings, Cityscapes, Monuments, Interiors
Architecture and cityscape photography includes buildings and skyscrapers. You will see photos of beautiful architecture such as an old building with beautiful columns. You may also see a modern building made from glass where the photograph highlights the angles and geometrical shapes of the building.
SPORT: Any kind of professional and amateur sport
Pictures capturing defining moments during major sporting events such as the variety of ways sports are practiced worldwide, on an amateur or professional level, competitively, or for recreation.
THE CULTURAL VALUE OF MAN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD: The cultural significance of food meant as a sensory emotion and human-specific cultural experience which goes far beyond the mere acquisition of nutrients necessary for the functioning of the organism. Therefore food as mirror and memory of the various cultures by which it was originated, influenced, and widespread: flavors, traditions, activities, different ways of preparation and conservation, man's eating habits through different countries, cultures and religions. Food meant as joyous time and shared pleasure, as communication and conviviality; as symbolic value in the great religious beliefs; as lifestyle (philosophies such as fast food and slow food). The theme also includes the world's food production intended as human activity aimed at food creation through the action of man over nature. Food places: from eating meals at home or at restaurant, to the benches of the street vendors and the kiosks of street food.
STORYBORD: Sequence of images (min. 5 max 9) that tell a story
Section in which you can propose a set of photos with a free subject: thematic portfolios, photojournalism and storyboards (sequences of images that tell a story about nature, wildlife, ethology, natural environments and territory, etc...). The photographer is free to choose the topic, style, setting and subjects they prefer. It refers to five or more images linked together by a logical sequence. The subject must be developed by a minimum of 5 images and a maximum of 9. The photos can be taken in sequence or in different moments but strictly connected with each other.

Calendar Contest Start Date: December 10th, 2014
Closing Date: May 4th, 2015
Judging: June 1st to 30th, 2015
Shortlisted entrants notified: July 3rd, 2015
Shortlisted entrants submit prints by July 20th, 2015
Results announced: July 31st, 2015
Exhibition Opening: October 31st, 2015
Sending of catalogs and awards: December 1st, 2015

Submit of Photos All entries must be submitted via internet. Entries not submitted via our entry page will not be judged. The maximum number of works is three (3) per section except Storiboard section (min 5 max 9).
An image cannot be entered in more than one section, but a Storyboard image may also be entered in a single image category.
Photos must be in JPG file format, sRGB color profile. File size of individual image should not exceed 2MB. The dimensions of the photos must be to a maximum of 1920 pixels and resolution 72dpi.
The jury of the photos will be in Full HD TV screens.

File name As the photographer wishes. All information needed will be collected from the online entry system. Maximum of 30 characters. Please do not use invalid characters such us?/ \ : ? * " < > | ' #

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

Display of images Each entrant is personally responsible for submitted images to the contest and what has been declared on the entry form. They also authorize the publication and the display of their images, also in different size, exclusively for reasons related to the manifestation, for teaching or cultural reasons, or for non profit purposes.

Rejection An entry may be rejected by the organizers if it does not conform to Contest rules and conditions.

Digital manipulation You may use digital manipulation to optimise an image, and you may crop an image but you are not permitted to add or remove key elements of the composition. Brightness, contrast, colour balance can all be adjusted. Dust spots, minor elements, etc. can be retouched. Images can be sharpened before printing. Manipulations which could realistically be achieved in a darkroom will be accepted but the judges have the discretion to reject any image which has been, in their opinion, over-manipulated, removing the integrity of the original image.

Judging conditions Entries will be judged by nominated judges. Images will be judged category by category.
The Jury will assess the images for visual impact, composition, originality, technique, creativity, the ability to communicate a message, a feeling, or an emotion.
The selected judging panel is representative of a broad spectrum of photography and of image usage. It is international and made up of respected photographers, picture editors, editors/publishers, art buyers, curators and other users of the photographic image. Each year there is also a lay judge to represent the views of the wider public who enjoy photography. Sponsors are not included on the judging panel. None of the judges have a vested interest beyond using their considerable knowledge and experience of photography to choose the winning images on merit.
All images/entries are judged independently online by the entire judging panel, so all the judges can view the images, regardless of where in the world they are judging from. The best entries in each category are chosen based on the number of votes they receive from this panel. Top entries are shortlisted for the final judging round.
The number of finalists varies from category to category and year to year and depends on the standard of entries received. Before the final judging round all finalists will have to send the high resolution image files. Category winners will be chosen based on the highest individual image score. Entrants with the highest final score within each category will be announced the category's winner.

Prizes The winners of each of the four categories will receive € 200,00.
The entrant with the highest final score will receive € 1.500,00 and will be announced with the title: Photographer of the Year SIPA Contest 2015.
The decision of Siena International Photo Awards judges is final.
The jury reserves the right to assign special prizes and the right to withhold some awards if the quality of submitted photos is not satisfactory. Prizes will be awarded as purchase options on major international online shops (purchase value expendable on Amazon, Pixmania, Redcoon, Play.com and any other online store offering gift certificates or vouchers), net of tax.
Prizes must be collected in person by the winners at the awards ceremony or by a person representing them. Otherwise they will be sent to the winners' personal addresses, by courier or by mail, at the expense of the recipient.

Notification All participants will receive a report card via e-mail with all his/her scores. The results of the exhibition will also be published on the website of the competition.

Catalogue Each entrant will receive free of charge a best quality digital catalogue of all awarded works. On request you can also receive the printed catalogue.

Agree with the conditions Submission of an entry signifies acceptance of all our conditions.

Exhibition The highest placing works will be published on the competition's website and may be displayed in a collective exhibit on November 2015, at "Santa Maria della Scala Museum" in Siena during Siena Photo Fastival 2015. Some of the entered photos may in addition be selected for exhibits in Italy and abroad.