Mudita Circuit 2022
Club Photograph, a renowned Swedish photography club organises international level photography events throughout the year connecting the professional and the budding photographers across the globe. Mudita Circuit 2022, an international photography circuit approved by the Photographic Society of America (PSA NO. 2022-163), is one such endeavour of Club Photograph. Mudita Circuit 2022 received entries in four sections namely Open Monochrome, Open Colour, Nature, and Photo Travel following the definitions and rules prescribed by the PSA. The circuit is digitally hosted by Pixel Clash, a Photography Salon Software.
Mudita Circuit is based on 5 judgings, each of them comprising a separate panel of judges. In Judging 1, Elena McTighe HonPSA, MPSA, ESFIAP, HonFPSNY (USA), John Livoti APSA,EPSA (USA), and James d Smith APSA,MPSA2 (US) constitute the panel. Judging 2 panel includes Paolo Stuppazzoni EFIAP (Italy), Umberto Deramo EFIAP , EPSA (Italy), and Derya Yazar EFIAP (Turk). The panel of judging 3 is featured by Dr Wendy Allard EFIAP/s, CPAGB, PPSA, FRPS (England), Barbara Jenkin GMPSA/P , EFIAP/d3 (England), and Prasun Kumar De AFIAP (India). The judges in judging 4 are Koshal Basu EFIAP , EPSA (India) Rajdeep Biswas GMPSA , EFIAP (India), and Gunther Riehle GMPSA/P , APSA (Germany). Judging 5 is featured by Avik sett EFIAP , EPSA (India), Subhasis Sarkar EFIAP (India), and Jerry Louis Ruff PPSA , AFIAP (Germany). Mr. Goran Karlsson plays the role of Exhibition Chairman in this circuit.
Mudita Circuit 2022 received entries from every corner of the earth. The participating nations in this circuit are Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, Cyprus, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Malaysia, Oman, Poland, Ireland, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, USA, and Wales. The submission of entries for the participants was closed on 28 February 2022 followed by the judging of all the salons on 20 March 2022. Result notification is sent via web and email on 3 April 2022. Awards and Catalogue will be posted by 5 June 2022.
Awards in Mudita Circuit 2022
In Mudita Circuit 2022, there are 140 awards in all five sections. In each section of every salon, there is 1 PSA Gold Medal,1 MC Gold Medal, 1 MC Silver Medal, 1 MC Bronze Medal, and 3 Electronic Certificates of Merit.
The PSA Gold Winning photographs in different sections of the Judging 1 are THE CHESS MASTER (Open Monochrome, Ajar Setiadi, Indonesia), PENGUINS AND CHICKS (Open Colour, Baoting Chen, USA), MOTHER AND CUB (Nature, Baoting Chen, USA), and GREAT WALL 8 (Photo Travel, Arnaldo Paolo Che, Hong Kong). The Club Gold winning photographs in this judging are LANTERN FESTIVAL 7 (Open Monochrome, Arnaldo Paolo Che, Hong Kong), PRAYING RACCOON (Open Colour, Ken Murphy, USA), MATERNAL LOVE (Nature, Hung Tsui, Hong Kong), and MACHU PICCHU RUINS (Photo Travel, Duong Ban, USA).
In Judging 2, the PSA Gold Medals winning photographs are EMPTINESS (Open Monochrome, Sikdar Ahmed, Bangladesh), MOVIES IN THE COUNTRYSIDE (Open Colour, Yichi Wang, China), STARE-AT-1K (Nature, Wei Lian, USA), and FLOWING-LIGHT-GOLDEN-GATE-BRIDGE-1K (Photo Travel, Wei Lian, USA). Club Gold Medals in this judging are awarded to THE RUNNING HORSES ARE SPLASHING (Open Monochrome, Haowei Jiang, China), PENGUINS COLONY (Open Colour, Baoting Chen, USA), A FAMILY OF POLAR BEARS 103 (Nature, Hung Tsui, Hong Kong), and THE TEMPLE OF EDFU (Photo Travel, Gary Topper, USA).
In Judging 3, the PSA Gold Medals are won by THE CHESS MASTER (Open Monochrome, Ajar Setiadi, Indonesia), WILD (Open Colour, Yichi Wang, China), A FAMILY OF POLAR BEARS 103 (Nature, Hung Tsui, Hong Kong), and GREAT WALL 8 (Photo Travel, Arnaldo Paolo Che, Hong Kong). Club Gold winning photographs in this judging are LANTERN FESTIVAL 7 (Open Monochrome, Arnaldo Paolo Che, Hong Kong), YET ANOTHER WANAKA TREE (Open Colour, Keith Mahoney, Australia), STARE-AT-1K (Nature, Wei Lian, USA), and FLOWING-LIGHT-GOLDEN-GATE-BRIDGE-1K (Photo Travel, Wei Lian, USA).
In Judging 4, the PSA Gold Medals are awarded to CHILDHOOD DREAM (Open Monochrome, Piyali Mitra, India), BOUNCED BACK (Open Colour, Triono Adisuroso, Indonesia), EYE_ON_EYE_1K (Nature, Wei Lian, USA), and FLOWING-LIGHT-GOLDEN-GATE-BRIDGE-1K (Photo Travel, Wei Lian, USA). The Club Gold Medal-winning photographs are DOVER COURT (Open Monochrome, Jay Hallsworth, England), GREBE OFFERING MUDEYE (Open Colour, Jenni Hornsnell, Australia), A FAMILY OF POLAR BEARS 103 (Nature, Hung Tsui, Hong Kong), and MOMENT UNDESCRIBED (Photo Travel, Piyali Mitra, India).
In Judging 5, the PSA Gold Medals are awarded to SPY (Open Monochrome, Ching Ching Chan, Hong Kong), ELEPHANT FIGHTING 1 (Open Colour, Arnaldo Paulo Che, Hong Kong), STARE-AT-1K (Nature, Wei Lian, USA), and DUBAI FINANCIAL STRIP (Photo Travel, SOFI AIDA SUGIHARTO, Indonesia). Club Gold Medals in this judging are awarded to EXPRESSION (Open Monochrome, Albertus Nugroho, Indonesia), MUAY THAI FIGHT (Open Colour, Jui-Ching Tai, Taiwan), MATERNAL LOVE (Nature, Hung Tsui, Hong Kong), and CHANGING THE GUARDS (Photo Travel, D Agung Krisprimandoyo, Indonesia).
For the complete list of awards and acceptances in Mudita Circuit 2022, click here.
References and the Cover Photo: the official website of Club Photograph
