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Definition
Photojournalism Entries Are:
- Images with informative content and emotional impact
- Reflecting the human presence in our world
- The journalistic (story-telling) value of the image receives priority over pictorial quality
- Images that represent the truth, such as those from events or activities arranged specifically for photography or of subjects directed or hired for photography, are Not eligible
Editing Guidelines for Photojournalism
Processing or editing is limited to making the image look as close to the original scene as possible, or complete conversion to greyscale monochrome.
Allowed Editing Techniques:
- Cropping, straightening and perspective correction
- Removal or correction of elements added by the camera or lens, such as dust spots, noise, chromatic aberration or lens distortion
- Global and selective adjustments such as brightness, hue, saturation and contrast to restore the integrity of the original scence
- Several images (typically 2-4), each with a small white border, combined into a single image that depicts a progression of events or related activity
Editing Techniques That Are Not Allowed
- Removing, adding, moving or changing any part of an image, except for the eligible techniques
- Blurring or darkening parts of the image during processing to obscure elements in the original scene
- Partial color or partial toning
- Unnatural colour, extreme saturation or desaturation
PSA Statements on Artificial Intelligence and Subject Matter apply to all sections.
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Specifications
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Images should be in JPEG format, 1400 pixels on the horizontal x 1050 on the vertical.
- sRGB colour space.
- Maximum number of submissions per VCC member is two
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