Theme: THROUGH THE WINDOW

Criteria for submissions:

Full Manipulation and compilation allowed; All elements of one submission must be the Authors own work; Colour or Monochrome acceptable; Can be taken on any date but has to be submitted to the Author’s club between 1st June 2025 and 31st May 2026.

“Through the window” means observing from inside to out, or outside to in. It can also symbolize a sense of observation, reflection, or a desire to escape or explore something beyond one’s immediate surroundings.

It can be literal as in looking through an opening in a wall, roof, building, vehicle etc, or a viewpoint in nature such as viewing through a crack in a rock, or branches that “act” as a window. The interpretation can be a metaphorical one such as “the window to the soul” or “Window to the world” that means something provides a broader perspective and understanding of the world beyond one’s immediate experiences. Photography through windows can be a way to capture a transitional space, find a new angle for candid photos, or tell a story through framing and perspective. Windows can provide a new angle for candid street photography too.

Use of AI in post-editing is as per PSSA guidelines on the PSSA webpage.

RAWs can be called for at any time during the course of judging.

Wildlife will not be allowed in this category. (This excludes Scapes that fall into the Wildlife Nature Category. All Scapes as long as they do not contain Wildlife are acceptable.)

There is an allowance of three images per author in this category that can be submitted by the club. Similar or identical images may not be submitted by the same author.

An author can submit images via any club that they are a member of, provided that the image for that club remains unique to that club.

Images previously entered into KZN Interclub cannot be resubmitted even if they were previously entered under another category.

Any images with identification of the Author on the image will be disqualified