Youth Photographic Society Bengaluru (YPS) is pleased to announce the results for the YPS 35th All India Salon 2017 under recognitions from FIP. The Salon was closed for participation at the midnght of December 15, 2017 at 6:00 PM IST. The judging of the Salon pictures was held on December 16th & 17th in an Open Judging Event held at JP Nagar Cultural Association, Bengaluru, India. The Judging event was participated by over 50 participants.

The 35th All India Salon is an All-Digital Salon, the second All India Digital Salon for YPS. Here are some highlights of the Salon:

• This is the first All India Salon in which YPS accepted pictures in 1920x1200 pixel high resolution for judging. Projected in 100% resolution on an Epson Full HD projector, the juries could see all the details required to choose the best ones.
• Apart from providing Acceptances under FIP Recognition, the Salon also offered over 52 Cash + Certificate/Medal Awards totalling over Rs. 80,000 in value. All the Awards are sponsored. See the Award List for a list of Sponsors.
• For the first time YPS has included an exclusive segment for Young Photographers below 18 years. Participation was free. There are 12 exclusive awards only for the Youth.
• The Salon eased Group participation by allowing any member to create a group of 5 or more members to avail discounted rates.
• YPS Members could login using their existing password.
• The participants have the flexibility of choosing any section to participate and the choice of sections could be changed dynamically any time. They can also pay and add more sections any time during the contest.

The results were published individually mailed to all the participants on December 22nd ahead of the planned date of December 25th. Here are some statistics to relish.

• The Youngest YOUTH participants as SHRIKA V and RAGHAV G both from Bengaluru with just 9 years.
• The Youngest YOUTH photographer to win an award is AADITYA RANJAN GHOSH, 11 years from Purulia, winning COLOR Youth Award for his picture "BEHIND THE FRAME".
• The most prolific award winners in the Youth Category are ETASH SAHA, 12 years from Pune winning under MONOCHROME & TRAVEL, RITAGNIK BHATTACHARYA, 17 years from Kolkata winning under COLOR & TRAVEL and JOHNSON KM, 17 years from Bengaluru winning under NATURE & TRAVEL.
• The Most Senior photographer to participate in the salon is DR. HARINARAYAN S, ARPS, AFIP, HON. FIP, FFIP, 83 years. Three of his pictures won Acceptance. He is Life Member of Youth Photographic Society.
• We have participation from 11 States with the highest from Karnataka followed by West Bengal and Maharashtra.
  

• 52 Awards and 396 acceptances were provided against 1905 pictures submitted covering 23.5% of the overall pictures submitted. 136 of the 199 entrants won either an Award or an Acceptance.
  
• 6 Entrants had 10+ Awards/Acceptances. 27 entrants had between 5 and 9 Awards/Acceptances.
• 7 of the 14 Women Photographers had an Award or an Acceptance and walked away with 2 awards and 14 acceptances.
• The Top 3 Winners are Mr. Arjun Haarith ( 3 Awards & 8 Acceptances), Mr. Mohammed Arfan Asif (4 Awards & 6 Acceptances) and Mr.  Rakesh Rawal (1 Award & 11 Acceptances).
• Youth Photographic Society members won 20 Awards and 162 Acceptances
  

YPS once again congratulates ALL the entrants and winners. We look forward to see you participate again in our next Salon.

The Award-Winning images will be on display for the public at the Salon Exhibition. A Digital Catalog will also be made available on the Website for download.

YPS International Salon 2018 is a DIGITAL and PRINT Salon to facilitate participants to be able to qualify for some of the international honors. The Salon enjoys patronage from popular international Photographic Associations.

A Very Special Salon

YPS International Salon 2018 is now open for participation with some exciting new features:

• It is a DIGITAL and PRINT Salon. Win acceptances under PRINT sections to be able to qualify for those honors that have been eluding so far.
• Popular Digital Sections: MONOCHROME OPEN DIGITAL, COLOR OPEN DIGITAL, NATURE DIGITAL, TRAVEL DIGITAL.
• Popular Print Sections: MONOCHROME OPEN PRINT, COLOR OPEN PRINT.
• Patronages from FIAP, ICS, GPU, IUP and FIP. There are 85 medals and pins and badges to be won.
• Printing partners to make it convenient to participate in Print sections. If you want to submit prints, you can use the services of these printers to get them printed in India and mailed to us. You also save on postages and delays in submission.
• Highly subsidized fees with Early Bird Rates to reduce your financial burden.
• Further concessions for Clubs and Groups. Participants can create the club/group online and add members very easily.
• All payments are through fully integrated on-line gateways with Paypal support for international participants. No need to wait for payment to be verified.
• Past participants can save time by logging in using pre-created credentials. No need to register again.
• Professionally managed with quick responses to all queries raised through the Salon website.

Get started today. You can always substitute your pictures or even change sections till the last moment.
Contact us if you need further information.