MOVING
FORWARD

I appreciate the aged.  As you know…I have a history with stinky cheese that makes me smile; however, I can appreciate the new and fresh and progrssive in food as well.  I wouldn’t be able to turn veggies into spaghetti if it weren’t for the Vegetable Twister, after all.  Per usual, typically all that is true in food is often true in art.  And this Call from Project Basho is looking celebrate new and contemporary photography. 

Check out this Call for Entries for ONWARD an annual juried photography competition exclusively featuring the work of emerging photographers whose work that continues to push and evolve the medium.  Enter today! 

CALL for ENTRIES:  ONWARD

Project Basho is pleased to announce ONWARD ‘11, an annual juried photography competition exclusively featuring the work of emerging photographers.  ONWARD focuses on new work that continues to push the medium.  With ONWARD, photographers have the opportunity to present their vision and talent to a broad audience.  

Through their partnerships with other photography organizations, photographers will have the chance to foster and grow a vibrant and rich photography community.  There is no specific theme for ONWARD and submissions are open to any photographic medium from historical processes to new digital technologies. 

MEDIA:  ONWARD is open-themed, and any photographic medium, including but not limited to historical processes, traditional silver printing, chromogenic printing, and digital processes can be submitted for consideration. 

ELIGIBILITY:ONWARD is open to individuals who have not had previous commercial gallery representation or a contractual agreement with any gallery.

JUROR:  This year’s juror is Photogarpher Larry Fink.  Fink’s career in photography is multifaceted and lengthy to say the least. He has been a photographer and educator of photography for over 40 years, and his work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Whitney Museum of Modern Art, the San Francisco Museum of Art, the Musee de la Lausanne Photographie in Belgium, and the Musee de l’Elysee in Switzerland. He has also been awarded two Guggenheim Fellowships in 1976 and 1979.

Fink’s work is the subject of numerous books including Social Graces, Runway, Somewhere There’s Music, Boxing, and Night at the Met.  Under the early tutelage of Lisette Model, he developed a unique and offbeat style of empathetic reportage. With his distinct visual and political perspective, he has explored the underbelly of human interaction in all its glory and demise exemplified in his celebrated body of work, “Social Graces”.

DEADLINE: All entries must be submitted via online form by 11:59 PM EST on November 19, 2010.  Entries sent by mail must be received no later than November 19, 2010.

NOTIFICATION will occur by e-mail by December 17, 2010.

FEES:  The entry fee is $40 for up to three images, plus $10 for each additional image. A maximum of five images will be accepted.  Submussion fees must be paid for with the online submission form at the time of submission.  If paying by check (for those submitting slides), please contact Project Basho via e-mail first. Entrants from outside of the U.S. may only pay via Visa, Mastercard, American Express or PayPal.  Friends of Project Basho will receive a $10 discount off the submission fee.

For full Details, Download the Prospectus!