Sections:
- Open Color – PIDC (color only)
- Open Monochrome – PIDM (Monochrome only)
- Nature – ND (Color or Grayscale Monochrome)
- Photojournalism – PJD (color or greyscale monochrome only)
- People & Street – PIDC (color only)
Awards:
- 1 x PSA Gold (For Each Section of each judging)
- 1 x Passion Medal (For Each Section of each judging)
- 1 x GPF Medal (For Each Section of each judging)
- 3 x Merit Award (For Each Section of each judging)
- 6 x Jury Choice Award (For Each Section of each judging)
- 1 x 5 Best Entrant of each salon of the circuit – IIG Medal
- 1 x Best Club/Group Trophy (Minimum 12 entrants group must to be eligible)
Image Specification:
- Photos must be in JPEG file format
- Maximum Horizontal length is 1920 pix.
- Maximum Vertical length is 1080 pix. In 300 dpi. Compression 7-12, max 2Mb.
- Oversized images shall be rejected by the system.
- Image title length must be less than or equal to 35 characters. Titles do not need to be
translated to English but must be given in English characters.
Circuit Calendar:
- Closing Date: 30th December 2024
- All Judging completed by: 27th January 2025
- Notification sent by: 03rd February 2025
- EDAS Submitted by: 26th February 2025
- Awards mailed by: 28th March 2025
- On-line Gallery posted by: 28th March 2025
- Catalogs posted by: 28th March 2025
Payment Details
USD 35 for any 2 sections;
USD 6 each additional section
Early Bird: USD 35 for participation in all sections till 02nd December 2024
Group Discount:
USD 29 for 5 to 9 entrants group
USD 24 for 10 or more entrants group
Payment via PayPal to ardourcircuit@gmail.com for overseas authors AND by NEFT/IMPS/Cash in hand by Indian entrants (equivalent conversion of USD).
Submitted works of the authors who did not pay entry fee would not be taken into consideration.
JURY PANEL
SALON 1

Steven Fisher, FPSA, GMPSA (USA)

Donna Hom, MPSA (USA)

Bill Buchanan, HonPSA, PPSA (USA)
SALON 2

Jozef Aerts, HonFPSA, GMPSA, MFIAP (Belgium)

Peter Teuschel, MPSA2, GPU Cr4 (Germany)

Pertti Ylinen, (Finland)
SALON 3

Rabia Basha, A.FIAP, E.FIAP, P.PSA, E.PSA, GPU.VIP1, GPU.VIP2, A.IAPS, E.IPAS, HON.CPE, A.CPE, E.CPE, G.APS, A.APS, M.APS, B.APU, G.APU, PB.PCC (Israel)

Colin Harrison, MPSA, MFIAP, GPSA, FRPS (England)

Regis Rampnoux, MPSA (France)
SALON 4

Abir Ghosh, EFIAP (India)

Rajdeep Biswas, APSA, GMPSA, EFIAP (India)

Pinki Ghosh Guha, MPSA, EFIAP (India)
SALON 5

Jeffrey Venning, EPSA, EFIAP/b (Australia)

Graeme Watson, GMPSA, EFIAP/d3 (Australia)

John Chapman, GMPSA/B, EFIAP/d1 (Australia)