– There are no registration fees and Progressive Street completely self-finances the Festival. Donations are greatly appreciated and welcomed.

– You need to send high-definition images to different email addresses based on their category.

– There are no separate categories for black and white and color.

Please ensure that your jpgs are numbered and labeled with your name and the image title. Alternatively, you can just use your name. The resolution of each photo must be 300 dpi, with the longer side having at least 4000 pixels. Keep in mind that while there is no fee to participate, our aim is to showcase beautiful images with depth and character.

– Photographers are welcome to submit up to 10 images for the Zac's Technique in the Street and Night Stories competitions, but only 5 images per theme will be considered.

– the section dedicated to artistic projects Self-portraits must contain a minimum of five images.

Copyright: All submitted images remain the sole property of the artist/photographer. By entering the contest you acknowledge that the pictures can be used by ProgresFestival for marketing purposes and in connection with upcoming contests, both in printed and digital form.

1. Zac's Technique in the Street: cameronscott386@virginmedia.com

This technique captures the essence of a story by showing only a piece of it. The zac is a composition in the camera, where details and stories are captured dynamically and with feeling. It is a moment, not necessarily the decisive moment, of a frozen scene where details speak.

Zac means zero post-processing crop. It's about capturing the perfect shot in camera. The challenge is to create a story from a single shot without any cropping or editing. However, you are still allowed to process the image as usual to bring out the best in it. The background and juxtaposition of body parts will be important. Pay attention to depth of field and composition to create a visually engaging photograph. You can find some examples of what a Zac shot looks like at https://www.facebook.com/notes/1111209099275920

Night Stories: photopalis@gmail.com 

Progressive Street on FB

Hey guys, we’ve decided to run three challenges, Zac's Technique in the Street and Night Stories in Progressive Street and Self-portraits in Out of Bounds on FB. They tie in with the ProgresFestival and will run until June 15. 

Many of you prefer the informality of our Challenges so here’s your chance to get your images in front of the judges. But, we must stress, 20 images only, so don’t go crazy in the first week; number them when you post, and make sure you send your best over the coming weeks. (Tag #zac  #night  #self ) Each week, we will choose an image among those awarded in the Galleries, and it will be published on the Festival website, thus participating in the Festival itself. At the end of the Challenge, other images will be chosen to participate in the Festival and will be published on the Festival website pending the final judgment of the judges.  Only a pic per day! 

Instagram

On the occasion of the ProgresFestival we want to launch the hashtags #zacprogressive and #nightprogressive #selfprogressive on Instagram. The best photos will be shown in the stories curated by @andreratto and @isabellecoordes

They and Anne Launcelott will send some photos for the festival website, giving participants the chance to appear in front of the jury.

The Jury:

Ana Abrão, Gabi Ben Avraham, Richard Bram, Julia Coddington, Michael Dressel, Ximena Echagüe, John Gill, Siegfried Hansen, Kevin Lim, Margarita Mavromichalis, Ovidiu Șelaru

and Fabio Balestra, Keef Charles, Batsceba Hardy, Michael Kennedy

Self-portraits: correlodelfim@gmail.com