Sunshine Circuit 2021

Picturesque, an Indian Photography Club organises Sunshine Circuit 2021 in January 2021. This international level photography exhibition is based on three salons each of which deals with five sections namely Open Monochrome (PIDM), Open Colour (PIDC), Photo Travel (PTD), Nature (ND), and People (PIDC). This photography circuit is recognised by Photographic Society of America (PSA 2021-1060) and digitally hosted by Pixel Clash, a Photography Salon Software.

The closing date of the submission of entries is 17 January 2021 and the judging of all the salons is completed by  29 January 2021. Notification over web and email is sent by 07 February 2021. Awards will be mailed to the recipients by 15 April 2021. The online gallery will be prepared and posted by 15 April 2021. Catalogues will be sent by 15 April 2021.

Panel of Jury

Sunshine Circuit 2021 engages maestros in the field of photography for the judging photographs for awards and acceptances. The jury panel of salon 1 of Sunshine Circuit 2021 engages Subrata Bysack – GMPSA/p, EFIAP/g (India), Subhas Dutta – AFIAP , EFIP (India), and Swapan Mukherjee – EFIAP,FFIP (India). Salon 2 of this circuit is judged by Sharmali Das – GMPSA, EFIAP/P (India), Sudip Roychoudhury – EFIAP, Hon. FICS (India), and Udayan Sankar Pal – PPSA, AFIAP (India). The judging panel of salon 3 is featured by Suvojit Biswas – MPSA, EFIAP. (India), Chinmoy Dutta – EPSA , EFIAP/b (India), and Joydeep Deb EFIAP, EFIP (India).

Result of Sunshine Circuit 2021

The award list of each section of Sunshine Circuit 2021 includes 3 PSA Gold, 3 SUNSHINE Gold, 3 SUNSHINE Silver, 3 SUNSHINE Bronze, 3 Chairman’s Choice Medal, and 9 SUNSHINE Merit Medal. The notable awards in different sections of each salon are the following:

Salon 1

In the Open Monochrome section, DAVID BRAY from England receives PSA Gold for the image THE ENGINE ARRANGERS, and KA YI WINNIE TSE from Hong Kong receives SUNSHINE Gold for the image TWISTING EARS.  In the Open Colour section, NUREDIN GASHI Northern from Ireland receives PSA Gold for the image HER EYES , and CHING CHING CHAN  from Hong Kong receives SUNSHINE Gold for the image THE SMELL OF CHILDHOOD. In the Nature section, JIE FISCHER from USA receives PSA Gold for the image LION HUNTING 1 L1024, and PHILLIP KWAN from Canada receives SUNSHINE Gold for the image BEAR EATING FISH.

In the Photo Travel section, PHILLIP KWAN from Canada receives PSA Gold for the image WALKING UP IN SNOW, and PRAMOD GOVIND SHANBHAG from India receives SUNSHINE Gold for the image SHROUD.  In the People section, ISTVAN KEREKES from Hungary receives PSA Gold for the image MIGRANT LIFE, and ARNALDO PAULO CHE from Hong Kong receives SUNSHINE Gold for the image A CUP OF TEA 1.

Salon 2

In the Open Monochrome section, SALLY LEUNG from Hong Kong receives PSA Gold for the image BUBBLE FUN, and STEFAN ODENBACH from Germany receives SUNSHINE Gold for the image THE CUBE. In the Open Colour section, NUREDIN GASHI Northern from Ireland receives PSA Gold for the image HER EYES, and CLAUDIO BONACCORSI  from Italy receives SUNSHINE Gold for the image EOLIANA COMPOSITION. In the Nature section, JIE FISCHER from USA receives PSA Gold for the image LION HUNTING 1 L1024, and BAHAADEEN AL-QAZWINI from Kuwait receives SUNSHINE Gold for the image LIONNESS CATCH ZEBRA D.

In the Photo Travel section, PRAMOD GOVIND SHANBHAG from India receives PSA Gold for the image S CURVE, and KA-PAK KONG from Macau receives SUNSHINE Gold for the image SNOWY HUT COMPLEX. In the People section, ARNALDO PAULO CHE  from Hong Kong receives PSA Gold for the image A CUP OF TEA 1 CHING CHING CHAN from Hong Kong receives SUNSHINE Gold for the image RURAL GIRLS PLAYING.

Salon 3

In the Open Monochrome section, ARNALDO PAULO CHE from Hong Kong receives PSA Gold for the image HIT 2, and JOAQUIN SALINAS D´ ANGLADA from Spain receives SUNSHINE Gold for the image EMOCIONES. In the Open Colour section, ALEXANDER HOCHHAUS from Germany receives PSA Gold for the image DREAM ROOM, and OLE SUSZKIEWICZ from Denmark receives SUNSHINE Gold for the image HARMONICA CLOWN. In the Nature section, JIE FISCHER from USA receives PSA Gold for the image LION HUNTING 1 L1024, and MICHAEL TRAN from USA receives  SUNSHINE Gold for the image MORNING CATCH.

In the Photo Travel section, PRAMOD GOVIND SHANBHAG from India receives PSA Gold for the image S CURVE, and CHING CHING CHAN from Hong Kong receives SUNSHINE Gold for the image ICE CAVE ADVENTURE. In the People section, SHIU GUN WONG from Hong Kong receives PSA Gold for the image RAINY DAY, and ARNALDO PAULO CHE from Hong Kong receives SUNSHINE Gold for the image ANSAI DRUM 7.

Source of the cover image and information: the official website of Sunshine Circuit

Artist of the cover image: YI WAN