1st Easel International Digital Salon 2020
1st Easel International Digital Salon 2020 is an initiative by South Kolkata Photogenic Club for the promotion of the art of photography. South Kolkata Photogenic Club is an organisation of photographers registered under the Govt of West Bengal. This club is also a corporate member of Federation of Indian Photography (FIP). The club started its journey in 2016 with the collaboration of a few photography enthusiasts who had no formal education in photography. Since its origin, the club has gained a reputation for creating scopes for amateur photographers across and beyond the nation through so many initiatives like courses in digital photography, photowalk, photo tour, workshop, salons, and circuits. The members of South Kolkata Photogenic Club has secured 9562 awards and acceptances (as on 8 December 2020) in different national and international salons and circuits. Otherwise, the club has received 31 Photography Honour and 3 Best Club Awards till the date.
1st Easel International Digital Salon 2020 has been organised by the club in digital format to connect the creative ideas of photographers across the world during this time of the pandemic. This international contest of photography is approved by Photographic Society of America (PSA No. 2020-5426) and powered by Pixel Clash, a Photography Salon Software. 1st Easel International Digital Salon 2020 received its entries in eight sections and they are Open (PIDC)(Colour/Monochrome), Open Monochrome (PIDM), Photo Travel (PTD), Nature (ND), Theme – Portrait (PIDC)(Colour/Monochrome), Theme – Woman & Child (PIDM), Theme – Festival (PTD), and Theme – Street (PJD). The entries of this Salon was closed on 15 November 2020 and the judgment was done from 21 November 2020 to 22 November 2020. The notification over web and mail was done on 6 December 2020. Awards and catalogue will be despatched on 3 January 2021.
The judgement is done in each section individually with different judging panels. Open (PIDC)(Colour/Monochrome) section is judged by Subrata Bysack, GMPSA/P, EFIAP/g, Pinki Ghosh Guha, EPSA, EFIAP, and Avik Sett, EPSA, EFIAP, FFIP. Open Monochrome (PIDM) section featured the judges such as Subrata Bysack, GMPSA/P, EFIAP/g, Rajdeep Biswas,MPSA, EFIAP. and Avik Sett, EPSA, EFIAP, FFIP. Suvojit Biswas, MPSA, EFIAP, Manash Das, MPSA,EFIAP/b, and Koshal Basu, EPSA, EFIAP, FFIP judged for the Photo Travel (PTD) section. The judgement of Nature (ND) section is done by Saibal Mondal, MPSA, EFIAP,FFIP, Koshal Basu, EPSA, EFIAP, FFIP, and Rajdeep Biswas, MPSA, EFIAP. Rajdeep Biswas,MPSA, EFIAP. Pinki Ghosh Guha, EPSA, EFIAP, and Avik Sett, EPSA, EFIAP, FFIP took part in the judging session of Theme – Portrait (PIDC) section. Saibal Mondal, MPSA, EFIAP,FFIP, Manash Das, MPSA,EFIAP/b, and Pinki Ghosh Guha, EPSA, EFIAP featured the judging panel of Theme – Woman & Child (PIDM) section. Subrata Bysack, GMPSA/P, EFIAP/g, Manash Das, MPSA,EFIAP/b, and Koshal Basu, EPSA, EFIAP, FFIP completed the judgement procedure of Theme festival (PTD) section. Theme – Street (PJD) is judged by Subrata Bysack, GMPSA/P, EFIAP/g, Suvojit Biswas, MPSA, EFIAP, and Saibal Mondal, MPSA, EFIAP,FFIP.
Result
In the Open (Colour/Monochrome) (PIDC) (Digital) section, IGOR DEBEVEC from Slovenia received PSA Gold award for the image INNOCENCE X, and ARNALDO PAULO CHE from Hong Kong received SKP Gold award for the image CARTHUSIAN MONASTERY 1. In the Open Monochrome (PIDM) (Digital) section, GREG PACTON from USA won PSA Gold award for the image ACOUSTIC GUITAR ACCOMPANIMENT, and KUMAR KRANTI PRASAD from India received SKP Gold award for the image CHILDHOOD THE BEST ERA. In the Photo Travel (PTD) (Digital) section, DAVID PRICE from England received PSA Gold award for the image KELPIES 2, and IGOR DEBEVEC from Slovenia received SKP Gold award for the image BALLONS.
In Nature (ND) (Digital) section, GANGADHAR AG from India received PSA Gold for the image CHEETAH FAMILY HUNT WILDEBEAST, and AJIT HUILGOL from India received SKP Gold for the image SPOTTED HYENA WITH CARCASS. In THEME – PORTRAIT (PIDC)(COLOUR/MONOCHROME)(DIGITAL) section, WONG SIEW HEONG from Malaysia received PSA Gold award for the image CALM, and JANOS EIFERT from Hungary received SKP Gold for the image MISERY 2. In the THEME – WOMAN & CHILD (PIDM)(DIGITAL) section, ARNALDO PAULO CHE from Hong Kong received PSA Gold award for the image MOTHER AND SON, and JINGRU LUO from USA received SKP Gold award for the image FUYU. In THEME – FESTIVAL (PTD) (DIGITAL) section, KRISHNA SENGUPTA from India received PSA Gold award for the image TUSU FESTIVAL and GUO JIANG OU from USA received SKP Gold award for the image BADY PAINT. In THEME – STREET (PJD)(DIGITAL) section, SUWARNA GAWDE from India received PSA Gold award for the image STREET LIFE, and JINESH PRASAD from India received SKP Gold award for the image KATEEL FIRE FIGHT.
In the 1st Easel International Digital Salon 2020, there are some special awards too. Arnaldo Paulo Che received Best Foreign Entrant award, Jinesh Prasad received Best Indian Entrant award, Yuk Fung Garius Hung received Best Female Entrant award, and Youth Photographic Society (YPS) of Bengaluru received the Best Club award. Click on the following button to access the complete list of awards and acceptances.
Gallery of Accepted Images
Source of the cover image and information: the official, website of South Kolkata Photogenic Club