Color Projected Image Division (CPID): Basics & Background
The Color Projected Image Division is PSA's largest Division. This Division provides activities for any PSA-member club or individual with an interest in projected images whether they are from digital files or slides, regardless of the subject matter. This includes Study Groups; Creative, Portrait, and Photo Essay Contests; and an Image of the Year Competition; as well as two Interclub Competitions.
Definition
The content or subject matter of an image submitted to a CPID program or activity is unrestricted. There may be a theme specified for some PSA-recognized CPID exhibitions and the exhibition's definition of the theme should be consulted.
Division Membership
PSA members qualify for membership of the Color Projected Image Division (CPID) by: being an Officer or Director in the CPID, earning a Star Rating in the CPID*, participating in the Individual Creative Competitions or the Photo Essay Contest in the CPID, or participating in a Study Group in the CPID.
* In terms of Star awards, an "active" member is considered as one who had participated in the last 11 years.
CPID PSA Journal News Editor
Web Content Coordinator
Calendar
| June 1 |
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Photo Essay Contest - entry deadline |
| August 1 |
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CPID Interclub Competition - registration deadline |
| August 1 |
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Image of the Year - entry deadline |
| November 15 |
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Creative Interclub Competition - registration deadline |
History
| 1941 |
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Color Division Formed |
| 1943 |
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First Color Slide Salon in December |
| 1944 |
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First three slide circuits established with ten members each |
| 1945 |
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Free slide criticism service and color print classes established |
| 1945 |
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Division recommended standards for slide exhibitions |
| 1945 |
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First Color Division "Who's Who" published |
| 1956 |
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Wightman Award established for best photo essay |
| 1964 |
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Color Division became Color Slide Division and Color Prints became part of Pictorial Divison, renamed Pictorial Print Division |
| 1967 |
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First Contemporary Medal Awarded |
| 1971 |
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Wightman Award changed to Photo Essay Contest Award |
| 1975 |
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PSA Gold Medal awarded in CSD Section of PSA International Exhibition |
| 1996 |
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First Heartland Digital Circuit International received recognition from Color Slide Division |
| 1997 |
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Digital Imaging Slide Study Group formed in Color Slide Division |
| 2000 |
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Contemporary Medal name changed to Creative Medal and new definition adopted |
| 2000 |
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First PSA International to have two Color Slide sections, Open and Creative |
| 2006 |
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Color Slide Division name changed to Color Projected Image Division |
| 2006 |
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Dual Projection Introduced as a transition mode from Color Slides to Digital Images |
| 2008 |
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First Dual Projection CPID section of PSA International |
| 2008 |
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Last CPID PSA Exhibition catalog in hard copy |
| 2009 |
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Fees eliminated for Division activities |