FREEZE OUT!

People are often intrigued by my refrigerator …they always want a glimpse inside.  I am equally fascinated by the food preferences of other foodies, but I would never ask to see inside their cupboards or refrigerators.  That would be like asking a stranger on the sidewalk to strip naked.  You don’t need to know that I store raw meats above vegetables, that I secretly love sardines in mustard sauce and don’t make my own marinara.  This next Call will help you mind your own business …wink, wink, nod, nod.

It will come as no surprise that this Call for Entries from Vermont Photo Space Gallery called Human Artifact conjures images cabinets full of Thai Sweet Chili Sauce and exotic spices crammed into food-splattered cabines for me.  But I trust that your human artifacts will prove far more interesting than what’s for dinner.  Don’t forget Vermont Photo Space offers free framing & matting on accepted entries!

CALL FOR ENTRIES:
Human Artifact

We create spectacle of our personal environments as an extension of our selves, our souls.  We are also compelled to photograph the object-evidence of these lives lived. 

Have you captured images of the human artifact? Images that show the spaces and things that outfit our personal or private lives?  Vermont Photo Space Gallery wants to see these images:

Images that illustrate the personality, pastime, position of an individual through their things.  A trophy wall, taxidermy collection, corner shrine, garden retreat. A bottle collection, bowl of matchbooks, box of love letters. 

The messages we write on walls, carve in trees, mark on the door frame, post in the tree house…  From backyard junkyards, to attic hideouts and basement retreats, we mark our territories with the stuff, the evidence, of our lives. 

Whether you are documenting the neighbor’s chattels or the abandoned remains of a home left behind, Vermont Photo Space and Juror Dave Jordano are looking for images that evidence human artifact.

The photographic documentation of personal object is as old as the medium itself and it has become a contemporary obsession for some.  Roger Ballen, Eugene Richards, William Eggleston, Takashi Homma and Juror, Dave Jordano are among the ranks of photographers documenting human artifact.  The subject matter is a collision of cultural anthropology, pop culture, domesticity, documentary, realism and perhaps sentimentality.  By photographically documenting personal relic we prove the universality of the personal, we find connections and we share intimacies.

JUROR:  Dave Jordano received a BFA in Photography from the College of Creative Studies in 1974.   Since 1977 he has been working as a professional commercial Photographer from his studio in Chicago, Illinois.  It is his fine art imagery that will compel you to submit your work for jury into “Human Artifact.” 

Jordano has been recording cultural and societal identities extensively through Fellowship and as Curator’s Choice (Houston Center for Photography), Critical Mass finalist, Wright State University sponsorship recipient, and Chicago Cultural Center exhibitor. 

Twice published, his work is also found in private, corporate and museum collections, including in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, and the Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art in Evanston, Illinois.  Jordano continues an extensive investment into the documentary series “Prairieland”, focusing on rural Illinois. 

RULES FOR
PHOTO SUBMISSIONS:

Age: Entrants must be at least 18 years old. If younger, a parent or legal guardian may make the submission for you.

Ownership: All submitted photos must have been taken by the photographer making the entry.

If you are a parent or legal guardian submitting for a minor, please make it clear on the submission form.

Digital Submissions: All submissions must be made by digital files through:

1. Upload on VermontPhotoSpace.com or

2. Sent via email to submissions@VermontPhotoSpace.com. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it along with an application form. There is a $5.00 surcharge for email entries.

3. Images should be as large as possible but no larger than 1280 pixels on the longest side, type jpg – set to the highest quality. DPI can be set to any number, but if you must specify something to go with 72 dpi.

FEES: Up to three images may be submitted for a fee of $20 US for on-line submission and $25 for email submission. Additional images may be submitted for an additional $5 US per image.

DEADLINE: Images and payment must be received by midnight EST on the submission closing date January 18, 2011.

RIGHTS: Photographers retain all rights to their work, except for submissions accepted for exhibition: artists grant Vermont Photo Space the right to use their images to promote the exhibition and for display on VPS website and for inclusion in an exhibit catalog.

Vermont Photo Space Gallery provides free matting and framing of accepted entries for the duration of each of our exhibitions, subject to standard sizes. Photographers set their own prices if they wish to sell their work, and retain all rights.

For the full Call for Entries, visit their website.