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Home of the S4C International Exhibition of Photography - now in its 55th year!
S4C INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT
Now Open For Entries!
CLOSING SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2020
The S4C 2020 International Exhibition of Photography is in its 55th year.
Now a Circuit - there will be 2 Judgings!
Reduced Prices!
The S4C International Exhibition is sponsored by the Southern California Council of Camera Clubs (S4C).
It is recognized by the Photographic Society of America (PSA)
and licensed by the Global Photographic Union (GPU)
PLEASE READ THE CONDITIONS OF ENTRY
View Catalogs and Galleries of prior Exhibitions.
Contacts:
General Chair
Stuart Lynn, APSA , QPSA, HonS4C, DFS4C
Address
PO Box 4027
Palm Desert, CA 92261-4027, USA
s4cex-info@pcms-photo.org
Entries:
Projected Image Division (PID) Color Class
Section 1: General
Section 2: Theme (Creative)
Projected Image Division (PID) Monochrome Class
Section 1: General
Section 2: Theme (Olden Times)
Nature
Section 1: General
Section 2: Wildlife
Photojournalism
Section 1: General
Section 2: Human Interest
Fees:
US$15 (Exhibition Fee) plus US$6 per Section.
Calendar:
Closing Date: September 14th, 2020
All Judging Completed By: October 1st, 2020
Notifications Sent By: October 3rd, 2020
Awards Mailed By: November 1st, 2020
Catalog/Online Exhibition Posted By: December 1st, 2020
Awards:
8 PSA Gold Medals for Best of Show
1 GPU Gold Medal(awarded to entrant with highest combined score across all 4 PID Sections)
2 GPU Ribbons (Chair's Awards)
80 S4C Medals
In each Section:
- 1 PSA Best of Show Gold Medal
- 1 S4C Gold Medal*
- 2 S4C Silver Medals
- 3 S4C Bronze Medals
- 3 Judge's Choice Medals
Honorable Mention awards will be in the form of electronic certificates in PDF format available for downloading over the net.
* Nature General S4C Gold Medal is for Best Parent-Offspring Interaction
Catalog:
The only catalog will be electronic in PDF format.
It will be downloadable from this website's Catalog page.
PSA: 2020-5408
GPU: L200124-M1G
Judges and Judgings:
There are 2 judgings: Golden Sands and Whispering Palms
1. Golden Sands Judging
PID Color Class
Jef Lemmens, GMPSA/b, ESFIAP, EFIAP/d1
(Leuven, Belgium)
Diana Magor, APSA, MPSA, LRPS, EFIAP/b, CPAGB, BPE3
(Hoylake, England)
Joanne Stolte, HonPSA, MPSA, EFIAP, ESFIAP, HonS4C
(Glendora, CA, USA)
Nature
Dan Charbonnet, HonPSA, EPSA
(Westwood, MA, USA)
Rick Cloran, HonPSA,
GMPSA
(Swampscott, MA, USA)
Roy Killen, APSA, GMPSA/b, EFIAP, APSEM
(Garden Suburb, NSW, Australia)
PID Monochrome Class
Bob Benson, FPSA, EPSA
(Schaumburg, IL, USA)
Adrian Lines, MPAGB, EFIAP, ARPS, SPSA
(Wigan, Lancs, England)
Sharon Prislipsky, APSA, PPSA
(Hot Springs Village, AR, USA)
Photojournalism
Nan Carder, FPSA, MPSA2, EFIAP, DFS4C
(Lancaster, CA, USA)
John Larson, FPSA, MPSA
(Burlington, IL, USA)
Charles Stricker, AS4C
(Palm Desert, CA, USA)
2. Whispering Palms Judging
PID Color Class
Jenni Horsnell, EFIAP, GMPSA/s
(Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia)
(St. Louis, MO, USA)
(Colwyn Bay, Wales)
Nature
Lin Craft, FPSA
(Fallbrook, CA, USA)
Pierluigi Rizzato, MFIAP,
EFIAP/d3, ESFIAP
(Borgoricco, Italy)
Jill Sneesby, APSA, MFIAP, ESFIAP, Hon MPSSA, FPSSA(Dux)
(Port Elizabeth, South Africa)
PID Monochrome Class
Andy Hayes, ARPS, DPAGB, EFIAP/s, PPSA
(Fettercain, Scotland)
Manolis Metsakis, GPU CR5, GPU ZEUS, EFIAP/p, ESFIAP, QPSA
(Iraklion, Greece)
Barbara Schmidt, MPSA, EIAP/b, GPU CR4, GPU VIP3, GPU Hermes
(Hagen, Germany)
Photojournalism
John Andrew Hughes, APSA, PPSA
(Las Vegas, NV, USA)
George "Hutch" Hutchison, QPSA, DFS4C
(Westlake Village, CA, USA)
Brian Magor, APSA, MPSA, EFIAP/b, CPAGB
(Hoylake, England)
Thank you for all your entries into last year's S4C 2019International Exhibition of Photography.
For further information, please email s4cex-info@pcms-photo.org
View catalogs of our previous international exhibitions of photography.
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