
SECTIONS AND AWARDS | 组别及奖品
Asia Photographers Union Golden Dragon Photo Awards
All the gold medals from all circuits in www.as12c.com in 2024 shall be judged again in Jan 2025 by a team of 12 international photography judges. From each section, the top 12 image shall be conferred the Golden Dragon Photo Award. This is the Best of the Gold award standard.
HONOR TITLES FOR TOP 10 SCORERS IN AS12C Asia Super 12 Circuits
亚洲超级12摄影巡回赛
APU endorses the Asia Super 12 Circuits (www.as12c.com), a tough but rewarding marathon of 12 photography circuits recognised by PSA. The Top 10 Salonists in www.as12c.com who accumulated the most number of points in the twelve photography circuits in that year shall be conferred the following well deserved Honor titles. In case of a tie in a season, the participant who won more top awards shall be declared the recipient. Participants are encouraged to submit entries to all the circuits and all 3 sections in www.as12c.com.
This is a challenge and award that any photographer can be proud of.
Bronze Master Exhibitor of Asia Photographers Union (MEAPU/b)
铜级亚洲摄影家联盟摄影展览大师
For the first time the photographer who achieved the ranking in the Top 10 in Asia Super 12 Circuits
Silver Master Exhibitor of Asia Photographers Union (MEAPU/s)
银级亚洲摄影家联盟摄影展览大师
For the second time the photographer who achieved the ranking in the Top 10 in Asia Super 12 Circuits
Gold Master Exhibitor of Asia Photographers Union (MEAPU/g) and also Grand Master Exhibitor of Asia Photographers Union (GMEAPU)
金级亚洲摄影家联盟摄影展览大师及亚洲摄影家联盟摄影展览超级大师
For the third time the photographer who achieved the ranking in the Top 10 in Asia Super 12 Circuits
Platinum Grand Master Exhibitor of Asia Photographers Union (GMEAPU/p)
铂金级亚洲摄影家联盟摄影展览超级大师
For the fourth time the photographer who achieved the ranking in the Top 10 in Asia Super 12 Circuits
Sapphire Grand Master Exhibitor of Asia Photographers Union (GMEAPU/s)
蓝宝级亚洲摄影家联盟摄影展览超级大师
For the fifth time the photographer who achieved the ranking in the Top 10 in Asia Super 12 Circuits
Ruby Grand Master Exhibitor of Asia Photographers Union (GMEAPU/r)
红宝级亚洲摄影家联盟摄影展览超级大师
For the sixth time the photographer who achieved the ranking in the Top 10 in Asia Super 12 Circuits
Diamond Grand Master Exhibitor of Asia Photographers Union (GMEAPU/d)
砖石级亚洲摄影家联盟摄影展览超级大师
For the seventh time the photographer who achieved the ranking in the Top 10 in Asia Super 12 Circuits
Emerald Grand Master Exhibitor of Asia Photographers Union (GMEAPU/e) and also Supreme Grand Master Exhibitor of Asia Photographers Union (SGMEAPU)
绿宝级亚洲摄影家联盟摄影展览超级大师及亚洲摄影家联盟摄影展览至高无上超级超级大师
For the auspicious eighth time the photographer who achieved the ranking in the Top 10 in Asia Super 12 Circuits
Our Photography Circuits:
February 2024
Sandven Image House International Photography Circuit
www.sandvenimagehouse.comClosing Date 1st February 2024
March 2024
Evergreen International Photography Circuit
www.evergreenipa.comClosing Date 1st March 2024
October 2024
PHOTOVIVO Singapore International Photo Award
www.pipa.sgClosing Date 1st October 2024
November 2024
Golden Lion Photo Circuit
www.goldenlionphotocircuit.comClosing Date 1st November 2024
December 2024
Knowledge Bowl International Photography Circuit
www.kb2007.comClosing Date 1st December 2024
PSA Gold Medal | *美国摄影学会金牌* | 7 points | 七分 |
FIP Gold Medal | *印度摄影家总会金牌* | 7 points | 七分 |
ICPE Gold Medal | *ICPE金牌* | 7 points | 七分 |
APU Gold Medal | *APU金牌* | 7 points | 七分 |
APAS Gold Medal | *APAS金牌* | 7 points | 七分 |
PhotoVivo Gold Medal | *怡丰摄影金牌* | 7 points | 七分 |
Circuit Merit Award e-certificate | *GTPC优越奖* | 4 points | 四分 |
ICPE Honor Mention e-certificate | *ICPE丝带奖* | 3 points | 三分 |
APU Honor Mention E-Certificate | *APU丝带奖* | 3 points | 三分 |
APAS Honor Mention E-Certificate | *APAS丝带奖* | 3 points | 三分 |
PhotoVivo Honor Mention E-Certificate | *怡丰摄影丝带奖* | 3 points | 三分 |
Acceptance | *入选* | 1 point | 一分 |
PSA PIDC – COLOUR OPEN SECTION
彩色数码公开组
- One (1) PSA Gold Medal | 美国摄影学会金牌
Awarded to best photograph in this section - One (1) FIP Gold Medal | 印度摄影家总会金牌
- Seven (7) ICPE Gold Medal | ICPE金牌
- Seven (7) APU Gold Medal | APU金牌
- Seven (7) APAS Gold Medal | APAS金牌
- Twenty (20) PhotoVivo Gold Medal | 怡丰摄影金牌
- Twenty (20) Circuit Merit Award E-Certificate | GTPC优越奖
- Five (5) ICPE Honor Mention E-Certificate | ICPE丝带奖
- Five (5) APU Honor Mention E-Certificate | APU丝带奖
- Five (5) APAS Honor Mention E-Certificate | APAS丝带奖
- Five (5) PhotoVivo Honor Mention E-Certificate | 怡丰摄影丝带奖
PSA PIDM – MONOCHROME OPEN SECTION
黑白数码公开组
- One (1) PSA Gold Medal | 美国摄影学会金牌
Awarded to best photograph in this section - One (1) FIP Gold Medal | 印度摄影家总会金牌
- Seven (7) ICPE Gold Medal | ICPE金牌
- Seven (7) APU Gold Medal | APU金牌
- Seven (7) APAS Gold Medal | APAS金牌
- Twenty (20) PhotoVivo Gold Medal | 怡丰摄影金牌
- Twenty (20) Circuit Merit Award E-Certificate | GTPC优越奖
- Five (5) ICPE Honor Mention E-Certificate | ICPE丝带奖
- Five (5) APU Honor Mention E-Certificate | APU丝带奖
- Five (5) APAS Honor Mention E-Certificate | APAS丝带奖
- Five (5) PhotoVivo Honor Mention E-Certificate | 怡丰摄影丝带奖
PSA PIDC – HUMAN ACTIVITIES SECTION
彩色人类活动数码组
- One (1) PSA Gold Medal | 美国摄影学会金牌
Awarded to best photograph in this section - One (1) FIP Gold Medal | 印度摄影家总会金牌
- Seven (7) ICPE Gold Medal | ICPE金牌
- Seven (7) APU Gold Medal | APU金牌
- Seven (7) APAS Gold Medal | APAS金牌
- Twenty (20) PhotoVivo Gold Medal | 怡丰摄影金牌
- Twenty (20) Circuit Merit Award E-Certificate | GTPC优越奖
- Five (5) ICPE Honor Mention E-Certificate | ICPE丝带奖
- Five (5) APU Honor Mention E-Certificate | APU丝带奖
- Five (5) APAS Honor Mention E-Certificate | APAS丝带奖
- Five (5) PhotoVivo Honor Mention E-Certificate | 怡丰摄影丝带奖
PSA PIDC – COLOUR OPEN SECTION
彩色数码公开组
- One (1) PSA Gold Medal | 美国摄影学会金牌
Awarded to best photograph in this section - One (1) FIP Gold Medal | 印度摄影家总会金牌
- Seven (7) ICPE Gold Medal | ICPE金牌
- Seven (7) APU Gold Medal | APU金牌
- Seven (7) APAS Gold Medal | APAS金牌
- Twenty (20) PhotoVivo Gold Medal | 怡丰摄影金牌
- Twenty (20) Circuit Merit Award E-Certificate | GTPC优越奖
- Five (5) ICPE Honor Mention E-Certificate | ICPE丝带奖
- Five (5) APU Honor Mention E-Certificate | APU丝带奖
- Five (5) APAS Honor Mention E-Certificate | APAS丝带奖
- Five (5) PhotoVivo Honor Mention E-Certificate | 怡丰摄影丝带奖
PSA PIDM – MONOCHROME OPEN SECTION
黑白数码公开组
- One (1) PSA Gold Medal | 美国摄影学会金牌
Awarded to best photograph in this section - One (1) FIP Gold Medal | 印度摄影家总会金牌
- Seven (7) ICPE Gold Medal | ICPE金牌
- Seven (7) APU Gold Medal | APU金牌
- Seven (7) APAS Gold Medal | APAS金牌
- Twenty (20) PhotoVivo Gold Medal | 怡丰摄影金牌
- Twenty (20) Circuit Merit Award E-Certificate | GTPC优越奖
- Five (5) ICPE Honor Mention E-Certificate | ICPE丝带奖
- Five (5) APU Honor Mention E-Certificate | APU丝带奖
- Five (5) APAS Honor Mention E-Certificate | APAS丝带奖
- Five (5) PhotoVivo Honor Mention E-Certificate | 怡丰摄影丝带奖
PSA PIDC – HUMAN ACTIVITIES SECTION
彩色人类活动数码组
- One (1) PSA Gold Medal | 美国摄影学会金牌
Awarded to best photograph in this section - One (1) FIP Gold Medal | 印度摄影家总会金牌
- Seven (7) ICPE Gold Medal | ICPE金牌
- Seven (7) APU Gold Medal | APU金牌
- Seven (7) APAS Gold Medal | APAS金牌
- Twenty (20) PhotoVivo Gold Medal | 怡丰摄影金牌
- Twenty (20) Circuit Merit Award E-Certificate | GTPC优越奖
- Five (5) ICPE Honor Mention E-Certificate | ICPE丝带奖
- Five (5) APU Honor Mention E-Certificate | APU丝带奖
- Five (5) APAS Honor Mention E-Certificate | APAS丝带奖
- Five (5) PhotoVivo Honor Mention E-Certificate | 怡丰摄影丝带奖
PSA PIDC – COLOUR OPEN SECTION
彩色数码公开组
- One (1) PSA Gold Medal | 美国摄影学会金牌
Awarded to best photograph in this section - One (1) FIP Gold Medal | 印度摄影家总会金牌
- Seven (7) ICPE Gold Medal | ICPE金牌
- Seven (7) APU Gold Medal | APU金牌
- Seven (7) APAS Gold Medal | APAS金牌
- Twenty (20) PhotoVivo Gold Medal | 怡丰摄影金牌
- Twenty (20) Circuit Merit Award E-Certificate | GTPC优越奖
- Five (5) ICPE Honor Mention E-Certificate | ICPE丝带奖
- Five (5) APU Honor Mention E-Certificate | APU丝带奖
- Five (5) APAS Honor Mention E-Certificate | APAS丝带奖
- Five (5) PhotoVivo Honor Mention E-Certificate | 怡丰摄影丝带奖
PSA PIDM – MONOCHROME OPEN SECTION
黑白数码公开组
- One (1) PSA Gold Medal | 美国摄影学会金牌
Awarded to best photograph in this section - One (1) FIP Gold Medal | 印度摄影家总会金牌
- Seven (7) ICPE Gold Medal | ICPE金牌
- Seven (7) APU Gold Medal | APU金牌
- Seven (7) APAS Gold Medal | APAS金牌
- Twenty (20) PhotoVivo Gold Medal | 怡丰摄影金牌
- Twenty (20) Circuit Merit Award E-Certificate | GTPC优越奖
- Five (5) ICPE Honor Mention E-Certificate | ICPE丝带奖
- Five (5) APU Honor Mention E-Certificate | APU丝带奖
- Five (5) APAS Honor Mention E-Certificate | APAS丝带奖
- Five (5) PhotoVivo Honor Mention E-Certificate | 怡丰摄影丝带奖
PSA PIDC – HUMAN ACTIVITIES SECTION
彩色人类活动数码组
- One (1) PSA Gold Medal | 美国摄影学会金牌
Awarded to best photograph in this section - One (1) FIP Gold Medal | 印度摄影家总会金牌
- Seven (7) ICPE Gold Medal | ICPE金牌
- Seven (7) APU Gold Medal | APU金牌
- Seven (7) APAS Gold Medal | APAS金牌
- Twenty (20) PhotoVivo Gold Medal | 怡丰摄影金牌
- Twenty (20) Circuit Merit Award E-Certificate | GTPC优越奖
- Five (5) ICPE Honor Mention E-Certificate | ICPE丝带奖
- Five (5) APU Honor Mention E-Certificate | APU丝带奖
- Five (5) APAS Honor Mention E-Certificate | APAS丝带奖
- Five (5) PhotoVivo Honor Mention E-Certificate | 怡丰摄影丝带奖
PSA PIDC – COLOUR OPEN SECTION
彩色数码公开组
- One (1) PSA Gold Medal | 美国摄影学会金牌
Awarded to best photograph in this section - One (1) FIP Gold Medal | 印度摄影家总会金牌
- Seven (7) ICPE Gold Medal | ICPE金牌
- Seven (7) APU Gold Medal | APU金牌
- Seven (7) APAS Gold Medal | APAS金牌
- Twenty (20) PhotoVivo Gold Medal | 怡丰摄影金牌
- Twenty (20) Circuit Merit Award E-Certificate | GTPC优越奖
- Five (5) ICPE Honor Mention E-Certificate | ICPE丝带奖
- Five (5) APU Honor Mention E-Certificate | APU丝带奖
- Five (5) APAS Honor Mention E-Certificate | APAS丝带奖
- Five (5) PhotoVivo Honor Mention E-Certificate | 怡丰摄影丝带奖
PSA PIDM – MONOCHROME OPEN SECTION
黑白数码公开组
- One (1) PSA Gold Medal | 美国摄影学会金牌
Awarded to best photograph in this section - One (1) FIP Gold Medal | 印度摄影家总会金牌
- Seven (7) ICPE Gold Medal | ICPE金牌
- Seven (7) APU Gold Medal | APU金牌
- Seven (7) APAS Gold Medal | APAS金牌
- Twenty (20) PhotoVivo Gold Medal | 怡丰摄影金牌
- Twenty (20) Circuit Merit Award E-Certificate | GTPC优越奖
- Five (5) ICPE Honor Mention E-Certificate | ICPE丝带奖
- Five (5) APU Honor Mention E-Certificate | APU丝带奖
- Five (5) APAS Honor Mention E-Certificate | APAS丝带奖
- Five (5) PhotoVivo Honor Mention E-Certificate | 怡丰摄影丝带奖
PSA PIDC – HUMAN ACTIVITIES SECTION
彩色人类活动数码组
- One (1) PSA Gold Medal | 美国摄影学会金牌
Awarded to best photograph in this section - One (1) FIP Gold Medal | 印度摄影家总会金牌
- Seven (7) ICPE Gold Medal | ICPE金牌
- Seven (7) APU Gold Medal | APU金牌
- Seven (7) APAS Gold Medal | APAS金牌
- Twenty (20) PhotoVivo Gold Medal | 怡丰摄影金牌
- Twenty (20) Circuit Merit Award E-Certificate | GTPC优越奖
- Five (5) ICPE Honor Mention E-Certificate | ICPE丝带奖
- Five (5) APU Honor Mention E-Certificate | APU丝带奖
- Five (5) APAS Honor Mention E-Certificate | APAS丝带奖
- Five (5) PhotoVivo Honor Mention E-Certificate | 怡丰摄影丝带奖
DEFINITIONS | 名词定义
SUBJECT MATTER AND SECTION DEFINITIONS
Statement on Subject Matter – applicable to all sections
The fundamental rule that must be observed at all times and applies to all sections offered in exhibitions with PSA recognition is that the welfare of living creatures is more important than any photograph. This means that practices such as baiting of subjects with a living creature and removal of birds from nests, for the purpose of obtaining a photograph, are highly unethical, and such photographs are not allowed in any exhibition with PSA recognition. Under no circumstances may a living creature be placed in a situation where it will be killed, injured or stressed for the purpose of obtaining a photograph. Images that show live creatures being fed to captive animals, birds or reptiles are not permitted under any circumstances.
There are also concerns about the use of aerial photography, drones, helicopters, low flying aircraft. These should not cause any interference with other individuals or animals which causes a disturbance in their normal activity or disrupt the way any individuals or animals interact with their environment. Entrants in PSA recognized exhibitions should comply with all relevant laws and regulations, associated with aerial photography, in the country in which the image was taken.
Entry into PSA recognized exhibitions is conditional on accepting these policies. The content of images must comply with the General Conditions and with the Division and Section definitions listed in these conditions. Images that – in the sole opinion of the judges do not comply, will be disqualified so the entrant may be aware of the problem when considering entry into other exhibitions with PSA recognition.
PROJECTED IMAGE MONOCHROME OPEN
PSA Monochrome Definition
An image is considered to be Monochrome only if it gives the impression of having no color (i.e. contains only shades of grey which can include pure black and pure white) OR it gives the impression of being a greyscale image that has been toned in one color across the entire image. (For example by Sepia, red, gold, etc.) A greyscale or multi-colored image modified or giving the impression of having been modified by partial toning, multi-toning or by the inclusion of spot coloring does not meet the definition of monochrome and shall be classified as a Color Work.
Monochrome images may not be entered in Pictorial Prints or PID Color Sections.
PROJECTED IMAGE COLOR – HUMAN ACTIVITIES
Human Activities Definition
Any form of human activity that intrigues and captures the attention of viewers. There are no limits. It could be a community or individuals celebrating festivals or observing cultural traditions, men and women working, socialising or just relaxing, or children studying, having fun or engaging in sports are some examples. These scenes may be staged if necessary.
Digital enhancements and cropping of images are permitted, if these help to bring into focus your subjects to enhance the viewing experience of your audience. Also allowed are the removal of dust or digital noise, restoration of the appearance of the original scene.
Not encouraged are techniques that add, relocate, replace or remove any element of the original image, and other derivations, including infrared. We also do not encourage composites.
Only Color images are allowed in Human Activities. Monochrome images are not allowed.
Attention is drawn to the PSA Statement on Subject Matter which applies to all sectionsNon-compliance
See the PSA Ethics Policy at https://psa-photo.org/page/ethical-practices.
See the PSA statement on Subject Matter at https://psa-photo.org/page/division-definitions
If, in the discretion of the exhibition organizer or the judges, an entrant has submitted that may fail to comply with these Conditions of Entry, they are allowed to request unedited or raw files of the submitted image.
For composite images all files are required.
Exhibition organizers may verify that:
- the images are the original work of the entrant
- the images comply with the rules and definitions as set out in these ES-COE
Such entries may be referred to PSA for further investigation of possible ethics violations.
PSA retains the right to investigate all complaints, impose penalties if deemed necessary, void the acceptances of any image found to violate the PSA rules, include the entrant’s name on the list of sanctions provided to Exhibitions, and share such investigations with FIAP. Entrants automatically agree to these terms by the act of entering the Exhibition and agree to cooperate with any investigation.
If another party is processing and/or submitting images on the entrant’s behalf, the entrant will still be held responsible for adhering to the entry rules and will be subject to penalties for any violations to these Conditions of Entry or to PSA’s Statement of Ethics.
NOTICE:When entrants fills in the Entry Form to submit an entry they will see the following feature to affirm they have read these Conditions of Entry “I hereby confirm that I have read and understood and agree to the Conditions of Entry of this exhibition. I have read and understood the PSA document to be found at https://psa- photo.org/resource/resmgr/pdf/exhibitions_/exhibition-entrants-agreemen.pdf . I am aware that PSA may apply penalties for non-compliance to these Conditions of Entry” Failure to agree will mean that the application will not proceed.