Fidelity Circuit 2021
Fidelity Circuit 2021 is an international photography event organised by the photography club Clickerz Community. This photography contest is recognised by the Photographic Society of America (PSA) (Recognition no: 2021-1234). This photography circuit is based on three salons namely Clickerz Community, PMP Salon Club, and Pinhole Fotoclub. There are PSA approved five sections in each salon and they are Open Color (PIDC), Open Monochrome (PIDM), Photo Travel (PTD), Nature (ND), and Photojournalism (PJD). Fidelity Circuit 2021 is powered by Pixel Clash, a photography contest software.
Fidelity Circuit closes the submission of entries on 12 April 2021. The judging is done from 16 April 2021 to 26 April 2021. Notification of awards and acceptances is sent over web and email to the participants on 3 May 2021. EDAS and online gallery will be produced on 26 May 2021. Awards and catalogues will be despatched on 11 July 2021.
Jury Panel
The judging of the the first salon under the photography club Clickerz Community is conducted by Mr. Subrata Bysack (India) GMPSA/P, EFIAP/P, Mr. Taraknath Dey (Canada) GMPSA,EFIAP, and Dr. Debdas Bhunia (India) EFIAP, FFIP. The judging panel of PMP Salon Club is featured by Mr. Saibal Mondal (India) MPSA, EFIAP, Mr. Suvojit Biswas (India) MPSA, EFIAP, Mr. Koshal Basu (India), EFIAP, EPSA, FFIP, EFIP/g, Hon. CPA, Hon. FPPS. The jury panel of the third salon (Pinhole Photoclub) is featured by Mr. Suman Bhattacharyya (India) MPSA, ARPS, EFIAP/b, Mr. Manash Das (India) MPSA, EFIAP/b, and Mr. Tuhin Kanti Das (India) MPSA, EFIAP, FFIP.
Result of Fidelity Circuit 2021
In Fidelity Circuit 2021, Sathyanarayana C. R. wins the Best Indian Entrant award. Both the Best Foreign Entrant Award and Overall Best Entrant Award of this circuit go to Arnaldo Paulo Che from Hong Kong. Youth Photographic Society has been chosen as the Best Indian Club. Notables awards in different salons are the following:
Judging 1 (Clickerz Community)
In the Open Monochrome section, Mazzola Renzo from Italy wins PSA Gold award for the photograph A2-BAMBINA ETIOPE. Jen-Chieh Chang from Taiwan wins Club Gold for the photograph ESCORT in this section. In the Open Colour section, PSA Gold award is conferred to Im Kai Leong (Macau) for the photograph WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION. Minh Nguyen from USA wins Club Gold award in this section for the photograph SUNNY DAY. In the Nature section, Than Sint from Singapore wins PSA Gold award for the photograph GOLDEN WEAVER 2, and Hung Tsui from Hong Kong wins Club Gold award for the photograph LEARNING.
In the Photo Travel section, Than Sint from Singapore wins PSA Gold award for the photograph WINTER TRAVEL IN MOSCOW. Goutam Chakraborty from India wins Club Gold in this section for the photograph SOLANG VALLEY. In the Photo Journalism section, PSA Gold award is received by Hedva Boger from Israel for the photograph NEW PILOTS. Ahmed Russell from Bangladesh wins Club Gold award for the photograph FAREWELL.
Judging 2 (PMP Salon Club)
In the Open Monochrome section, Oleg Kutskiy from Ukraine wins PSA Gold award for the photograph ATTRACTION 1. Udayan Shankar Pal from India wins Club Gold award in this section for the photograph BOWLED OVER. In the Open Colour section, Jennifer Margaret Webster from England wins PSA Gold for the photograph A SHAPE ON THE WINDOW LEDGE. Ching Ching Chan from Hong Kong wins Club Gold in the same section for the photograph STRUGGLE FOR OWN SPACE. In the Nature section, Hung Tsui’s (Hong Kong) photograph LEARNING wins PSA Gold medal and Sathyanarayana C. R.’s (India) photograph ATTACKING CHEETAHS is chosen for Club Gold medal.
In the Photo Travel section, Oleg Kutskiy from Ukraine wins PSA Gold award for the photograph CARNIVAL. Anitha Mysore from India wins Club Gold in the same section for the photograph VATICAN CITY. In the Photo Journalism section, Peter Reichel from Sweden wins PSa Gold for the photograph RALLY, and Kwok Kei Daniel Tse from Hong Kong wins Club Gold for the photograph RUGBY GAME 021.
Judging 3 (Pinhole Fotoclub)
In the Open Monochrome section, Jen-Chieh Chang from Taiwan wins PSA Gold for the photograph ESCORT. Eng Tan Lee from Singapore wins Club Gold award for the photograph TRIBAL LADY 29. In the Open Colour section, Rob palmer from England wins PSA Gold for the photograph WATCHING. Jennifer Margaret Webster from England wins Club Gold for the photograph WAKING UP in the same section. In the Nature section, Hung Tsui’s (Hong Kong) photograph LAST STAND OF THE WILDEBEESTS BABY wins PSA Gold medal. Than Sint from Singapore wins Club Gold for the photograph GOLDEN WEAVER 2 in this section.
In the Photo Travel section, Robin Luo from Canada wins PSA Gold for the photograph CAMEL AND PYRAMID 02. Oleg Kutskiy from Ukraine wins Club Gold award for the photograph CARNIVAL in the same section. In the Photo Journalism section, Partha Pratim Jana from India wins PSA Gold award for the photograph FLASH FLOOD and Peter Reichel from Sweden wins Club Gold for the photograph Rally.
Click here for the complete list of and acceptances in Fidelity Circuit 2021.
References and cover image: the official website of Fidelity Circuit 2021