As part of the sixth Kamerat Labour Film Festival (June 18 - June 21, 2026), we are pleased to announce the 5th annual photography salon which will, for the fourth time, be open internationally. The photographs should once again relate to the subject matter of LABOR, i.e. work, workers, labour rights, industrial architecture (factories, warehouses...), industrial landscape, machines, tools, etc.

We invite you to participate in an international photography competition organized in accordance with the rules of the International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP) and the Photographic Association of Slovenia (FZS). The competition is open internationally. The competition features two categories:

CATEGORY A: LABOUR – COLOUR
A maximum of 4 colour photos per author should be submitted in this category (A: LABOUR – COLOUR).

CATEGORY B: LABOUR – BLACK AND WHITE
A maximum of 4 black and white photos per author should be submitted (B: LABOUR – BLACK AND WHITE).

Organization:
Javni zavod za kulturo, šport, mladino in turizem Hrastnik
Log 3, 1430 Hrastnik, Slovenia
www.krc-hrastnik.si

Jury Chair

Stane VidmarEFIAP/b, MF ZFS

Jury Members

Nenad Martić, EFIAP/d2

Branimir Ritonja, AFIAP, MF FZS

Alternate jury member:

Simon Tanšek, F1 FZS

President of the organizing commitee:

Simon Tanšek

Administrative Associate:

Armand Meterc

President of Hrastnik Photo Club:

Vinko Žagar

Salon categories

The competition features two categories:

Category A: Labour – Colour
A maximum of 4 colour photos per author should be submitted in this category.

Category B: Labour – Black and white
A maximum of 4 black and white photos per author should be submitted in this category.

Fee, registration and photo submission

There is no entry fee. The tender is open internationally to amateur and professional photographers, with no age restrictions. Please note that only photographs created with the help of photographic equipment are accepted. Photographs created with the assistance of artificial intelligence programs are not permitted and will be removed from the competition as such. To submit your application and upload photographs, please use the following link: https://fotoklub-hrastnik.si/salon/

A correctly and fully completed application form is a prerequisite for the photographs to be considered during the judging process. The application should be submitted separately for each individual participant. All required information must be entered into the online application form.

The photographs must be entirely the original work of the author, who assumes full responsibility for them. By submitting their application, the author confirms compliance with the FIAP rules:

“The FIAP document 018/2017, 'Conditions and regulations for FIAP Patronage,' and the FIAP document 033/2021, 'Sanctions for breaching FIAP regulations and the red list.' Particularly Chapter II of FIAP document 018/2017, where points II.2 and II.3 pertain to violations and inclusion on the offenders' list (Red List)."

The organizers of the competition do not assume any responsibility for violations of third-party copyright.

Awards for the best works, screening and The Salon:

The jury will review and evaluate the submitted works. The best works will be printed and exhibited. Each participant can only win one prize in each category. The final event with the screening of accepted works and the opening of the salon of the best works will take place as part of the Workers' Film Festival Kamerat between June 18 and 21, 2026 in Hrastnik.

The following prizes of the International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP) and the Photographic Association of Slovenia (FZS) will be awarded in each of the two categories:

• FIAP gold medal
• FZS gold medal
• FIAP silver medal
• FZS silver medal
• FIAP bronze medal
• FZS bronze medal
• Six FIAP Ribbons of honor in each of the two categories

In each of the two categories, three FZS diplomas and three Hrastnik Photo Club diplomas will be awarded.
The winner of the best photograph at the Salon will be awarded a blue FIAP badge.

Judging:

The submitted works will be evaluated by a three-member jury:

• Stane Vidmar, Jury Chair, EFIAP/p, MF FZS, member of Jesenice Photographic Society; Slovenia
• Nenad Martić, EFIAP/d2, member of Zagreb Photo Club; Croatia
• Branomir Ritonja, AFIAP, MF FZS, member of Maribor Photo Club; Slovenia

Alternate member of the jury:
Simon Tanšek F1 FZS, member of Hrastnik Photo Club, director of film photography and associate professor of film and television photography at the AGRFT Academy in Ljubljana, member of the EFA - European Film Academy; Slovenia

Administrative Associate:
Armand Meterc member of Hrastnik Photo club; Slovenia

We reserve the right to change the jury members in case of unforeseen schedule discrepancy or in the event of force majeure. Challenges regarding the composition of the jury or appeals against their decisions will not be considered.

Salon timeline:

• Submission deadline: May 1, 2026
• Judging: until May 25, 2026
• Announcement of jury results: June 5, 2026
• Opening of the Salon and awarding of prizes: June 20, 2026
• Sending PDF catalogues: August 31, 2026

Photograph submission standards and requirements:

Digital photos are sent in JPG format in the RGB colour space. The resolution of the photos should be 300 dpi. The longer edge should measure no more than 1920 pixels. File size must not exceed 3 MB.

Photographs should not contain any additional artificial borders, watermarks or author's signature.

Each submitted work is required to be labelled with the last name and first name of the author as well as the title of the work in English. Example: last name_first name_photo_title. The photo must have its own unique title. Titles such as “No title”, “IMG_...”, “B01” and similar are not considered valid titles.

File names should only contain letters of the English alphabet. The photo tags on the online application form must match the photo tags in the file names.

The winning photos will be printed and exhibited. Should larger files of photographs be needed for the purposes of the Salon, you will be contacted by the organizer in due course. Submitted photographs that do not meet the standards of the tender will be disqualified. Photos admitted to the previous Labour Photography Salons will not be accepted.

Final provisions:

By submitting their works, the authors agree with the terms and conditions of the tender and consents to the use of their personal data for purposes of communication and publication related to the Salon. The organizers reserve the right to publish the submitted works for non-commercial purposes (to promote the Salon and the Kamerat Labour Film Festival) in printed and digital media, as well as on social media, without prior permission and financial compensation to the author. Each author will receive notification of the results via the e-mail address provided at registration. At the same time, the result will be posted on the organizers' web pages. An electronic catalogue will be published alongside the Salon, which will include all, admitted and award-winning, works as well as the Salon’s information.

Help and information: salon@fotoklub-hrastnik.si

V sklopu šestega festivala delavskega filma Kamerat (18.6. - 21.6.2026) bo že petič potekal tudi fotografski natečaj, že četrtič bo natečaj mednarodni. Fotografije naj se tudi tokrat nanašajo na temo DELAVSTVO, ki obsega delo, delavce, delavske pravice, industrijsko arhitekturo (tovarne, skladišča...), industrijsko pokrajino, stroje, orodja...

TEMA A DELAVSTVO – BARVNA
TEMA B DELAVSTVO – ČRNO BELA

Organizator:
Javni zavod za kulturo, šport, mladino in turizem Hrastnik
Log 3, 1430 Hrastnik, Slovenia
www.krc-hrastnik.si

Žirija predsednik

Stane VidmarEFIAP/b, MF ZFS

Člana:

Nenad Martić, EFIAP/d2

Branimir Ritonja, AFIAP, MF FZS

Rezervni član:

Simon Tanšek, F1 FZS

Predsednik organizacijskega odbora razstave:

Simon Tanšek

Tajnik žirije:

Armand Meterc info@krc-hrastnik.si

Predsednik FK Hrastnik:

Vinko Žagar

Kategorije natečaja:

Natečaj ima dve kategoriji:

TEMA A DELAVSTVO – BARVNA

En avtor lahko sodeluje z največ 4 barvnimi fotografijami na temo A Delavstvo – Barvna.

En avtor lahko sodeluje z največ 4 črno belimi fotografijami na temo A Delavstvo – Črno bela.

Pristojbina, prijava in pošiljanje fotografij:

Pristojbine za udeležbo ni. Na fotografskem natečaju lahko sodelujejo ljubiteljski in poklicni fotografi vsega sveta in brez starostne omejitve. Na razpis se sprejemajo samo fotografije ustvarjene s pomočjo fotografske opreme. Kreacije, ustvarjene s pomočjo programov umetne inteligence niso dovoljene. Za izpolnitev prijavnice in nalaganje fotografij uporabite spodnjo povezavo: https://fotoklub-hrastnik.si/salon/

Pravilno in popolno izpolnjena prijavnica je pogoj, da bodo fotografije upoštevane pri žiriranju. Prijava se odda za vsakega udeleženca posebej. V spletno prijavnico je potrebno vnesti vse zahtevane podatke.

Fotografije morajo biti v celoti avtorsko delo sodelujočega, za kar ta tudi prevzema vso odgovornost. Da avtor v zvezi s pravili v celoti sledi zahtevam FIAP ob prijavi k sodelovanju na spletni prijavnici potrdi z klikom na kvadratek ob katerem se nahaja tekst: Izjavljam, da sem seznanjen in se strinjam z vsebino dokumenta FIAP 018/201 »Conditions and regulations for FIAP Patronage« in dokumenta FIAP 033/2021 »Sanctions for breaching FIAP regulations and the red list«. Zlasti poglavja II v dokumentu FIAP 018/2017, kjer se točki II.2 in II.3 nanašata na kršitve in vpis na seznam kršiteljev (Red list).

Organizatorji natečaja ne prevzemajo nobene odgovornosti za kršenje avtorskih pravic tretjih oseb.

Nagrade za najboljša dela, projekcija in razstava:

Žirija bo pregledala in ocenila prispela dela. Najboljša dela bodo natisnjena in razstavljena. Vsak udeleženec lahko v vsaki temi dobi samo eno nagrado. Sklepna prireditev s projekcijo sprejetih del in z odprtjem razstave najboljših del bo v sklopu Festivala delavskega filma Kamerat med 18. in 21. 6. 2026 v Hrastniku.

Podeljene bodo sledeče nagrade Mednarodne zveze za fotografsko umetnost (FIAP) in Fotografske zveze Slovenije (FZS):

• Zlata medalja FIAP
• Zlata medalja FZS
• Srebrna medalja FIAP
• Srebrna medalja FZS
• Bronasta medalja FIAP
• Bronasta medalja FZS
• Šest častnih trakov FIAP v vsaki od dveh kategorij

V vsaki od dveh kategorij bodo podeljene tudi tri diplome FZS in tri diplome Foto kluba Hrastnik.
Najboljši avtor na razstavi bo prejel modro značko FIAP.

Žiriranje:

Prispela dela bo ocenila tričlanska žirija v sestavi:

• Stane Vidmar, EFIAP/b, MF ZFS, predsednik žirije, član Fotografskega društva Jesenice, Slovenija
• Nenad Martić, EFIAP/d2, član Foto kluba Zagreb, Hrvaška
• Branomir Ritonja, AFIAP, MF FZS, član Foto kluba Maribor, Slovenija

Rezervni član žirije:
Simon Tanšek F1 FZS, član Foto kluba Hrastnik, direktor filmske fotografije in izredni profesor filmske in televizijske slike na Akademiji AGRFT v Ljubljani, član Evropske filmske akademije EFA, Slovenija

Tajnik žirije:
Armand Meterc član Foto kluba Hrastnik

Pridržujemo si pravice do spremembe žirije v primeru zadržanosti katerega izmed članov. Na izbor žirije se ni možno pritožiti.

Koledar razstave:

• Sprejem del do vključno: 1.maj 2026
• Žiriranje: do 25.maj 2026
• Obvestilo o rezultatih žiriranja: do 5. junija 2026
• Projekcija sprejetih del, odprtje razstave najboljših del ter podelitev nagrad: “Festival delavskega filma Kamerat”, 20.6.2026, Hrastnik, Slovenija
• Pošiljanje PDF katalogov: do 31.avgust 2026

Tehnične zahteve za pripravo datotek:

Za razstavo se pošilja digitalne fotografije v JPG formatu v RGB barvnem prostoru. Ločljivost fotografij naj bo 300 dpi. Daljša stranica naj meri največ 1920 pikslov. Velikost datoteke ne sme presegati 3 MB.

Fotografije morajo biti brez dodatnih umetnih obrob, brez vodnega žiga in brez podpisa avtorja.

Vsako delo mora biti označeno s priimkom in imenom avtorja ter naslovom dela obvezno v angleščini. Primer: priimek_ime_naslov_dela. Fotografija mora imeti svoj unikatni naslov. “No title”, “IMG_...”, “B01” in podobno, ne šteje kot naslov!

V imenu datotek naj bodo izključno črke angleške abecede. Označitve fotografij na spletni prijavnici se morajo ujemati z označitvami fotografij v imenih datotek.

Nagrajene fotografije bodo natisnjene in razstavljene. Za morebitne potrebe razstave vas bomo kontaktirali za večje datoteke. Fotografije, ki ne bodo ustrezale razpisanim pogojem bodo izločene. Fotografije sprejete na prejšnji razstavi Delavstvo ne bodo žirirane.

Končne določbe:

Avtor z oddajo del na razstavo soglaša z razpisnimi pogoji in s tem, da se njegovi podatki uporabijo v namene obveščanja in objavljanja o razstavi. Prireditelji si pridržujemo pravico do objave del v nekomercialne namene (za promocijo razstave in Festivala delavskega filma Kamerat) v tiskanih in digitalnih medijih ter v socialnih omrežjih brez predhodnega dovoljenja ali plačila avtorju. Vsak avtor bo prejel obvestilo o rezultatih po mailu, ki ga je navedel ob prijavi, rezultati pa bodo objavljeni tudi na spletnih straneh organizatorjev. Ob razstavi bo izdan elektronski katalog, ki bo vseboval sprejeta in nagrajena dela ter podatke o razstavi.

Vse informacije in pomoč: info@krc-hrastnik.si

Vsi podatki se bodo uporabljali zgolj za obveščanje o razstavi.