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CALL for ENTRIES: The Built Environment

Posted on November 5, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

GLORIOUS
GÂTEAUX!

Build it, and I will eat. I stand in awe of pastry chefs. Most of the ones I know are delightfully batty (industry rumor is that the flour makes you a little off center). I love that their creations are often part art, part architechture. If you don’t think how something looks affects how it tastes, you are clearly eating ugly food. This next Call wants to see the built environment that inspires you. As always, feel free to venture past food…

Check out this Call for Entries from Darkroom Gallery in Vermont called The Built Environment. Enter your work for as little as $20. Don’t forget Darkroom offers free framing & matting on accepted work!

* Editor’s Note: You guys always knock it out of the park with this gallery. Please make sure that you tell them that you found the show on Art & Art Deadlines so they know that all the talent is here at AAAD.

CALL FOR ENTRIES:
The Built Environment

Images that capture a vision of the man made world around us.

We’ve been documenting the built environment since the beginnings of photography. It’s natural – our lives are entwined with and dependent upon structures of all kinds. Let us examine the genius designs, abundant materials both found and fabricated, engineering feats, beauty and function, of our constructed environments. Technical mastery has much to do with a great architectural photograph, but also an understanding of the architect’s vision, and/or the humanity that invigorates and utilizes its spaces.

Whether a skyscraper or a shed, chasm span or walking bridge, from convenience store to industrial complex, public or personal (heck, an outhouse is a pertinent structure), and even the remains of such, Darkroom Gallery is looking forward to featuring your built environments.

JUROR: With an engineering degree from Trinity College (Dublin) and an Architect/Author father (Raymond McGrath), Norman McGrath was primed for educated view of his subject. He has been photographing architecture and interiors for decades, capturing the work of major architects and designers and their well-known works. His images have been featured in the foremost architectural publications, as well as his popular book, “Photographing Buildings Inside Out”. The American Institute of Architects selected McGrath for its Institute Honor award. McGrath continues to author and co-author books illustrated with architectural photography (“Manhattan Skyscrapers”, “Skyscraper Rivals”, and New York’s Pennsylvania Station”) as well as educate and inspire students of photography at the Maine Photographic Workshops, the Palm Beach Photo Workshops, and the Calumet Institute of the University of Maryland.

PHOTO
SUBMISSIONS:

Age: Entrants must be 18+ years old. If younger, a guardian may submit for you.

Ownership: All photos must have been taken by the entrant. If you are a guardian submitting for a minor, please make it clear on the submission.

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

1. Upload on the Dark Room Gallery website or

2. Sent via email to submissions (at) 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 3 images may be submitted for a fee of $20 US for on-line submission and $25 for email submission. Add’l images $5 US per image.

DEADLINE:
Midnight (EST) on December 1, 2011.

NOTIFICATION: December 7, 2011

Darkroom Gallery provides free matting & framing of work for the duration of the exhibition, 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 the website.

*Editor’s Note: If you have read the personal portion of this post, CALL for ENTRIES: The Built Environment, anywhere other than by email subscription or on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, it has been published without permission and is considered theft.

CALL for ENTRIES: Photo Contest FREE!

Posted on October 9, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

MY STOMACH
is bigger than
MY WALLET

I am frugal, or cheap, depending on your viewpoint. I spend more on food each month than I do on rent, electricity and water combined. Ouch. One of the ways I combat the food bill is the local farmers’ market. We have lots of apple orchards in Tennessee, and one of them, Carver’s (pictured left), also features a farmer’s market. It is my first stop before going to the grocery store. This next call invites you to share a single image or your agricultural influence. Make me proud…

Check out this Call for Entries for Your American Farmer Photo Contest, a FREE online photo competition from Photographer Paul Mobley, the Darkroom Gallery (Essex Junction, VT), and Hoodman. There is no entry fee and LOTS of great prizes. Take a look…

*Editor’s Note: If you are reading the personal portion of the post CALL for ENTRIES: Photo Contest Free! anywhere other than by email subscription or on www.ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, it has been published without permission and is considered theft.

CALL for ENTRIES:
American Farmer
Photo Contest

Photographer Paul Mobley traveled the country documenting America’s unsung heroes of industry and agriculture in his book: “American Farmer: Portraits of the Heartland”. What began as a break from his commercial photography soon became a journey which led Mobley down a path of self-discovery with a renewal in his passion for making images.

Mobley’s work for American Farmer was recently optioned for presentation as a feature-length documentary. The film goes deep into our nation’s agricultural heartland to tell the personal stories of the indomitable men and women who literally sustain us all. Dubbed “American Farmer” by its producers, the documentary will launch followed by a national PBS broadcast.

Mobley would like you to share your experiences with the country’s beautiful agriculture, farm, farmer’s market and garden world. Capturing your favorite fall harvest scene, summer fruit stand, farmer’s market or road-side stand, share your view this country’s beautiful landscape, agriculture and harvest. Contest is open to both amateur and professional photographers from across the country.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists.

MEDIA: Photography

DEADLINE: November 11, 2011

NOTIFICATION: November 21, 2011

ENTRY FEE: None

JURORS: Paul Mobley will be joined by Reid Callanan of Sante Fe Workshops, Gregory Wakabayashi from Welcome Books, Andrew Barbusca of the National Farmer’s Market Nutrition Association (NFMNA) and Joe Murphy of the Iowa State Farm Bureau.

Jurors will choose first, second and third prize selections based on originality, beauty and capturing the heart of America’s agriculture society and strength. People, places, farms, landscape-these photos should embody America’s rich harvest. Capture the human spirit in each subject.

JURORS’ AWARDS: 1st Place: Gift Certificate to attend Paul’s Summer 2012 Sante Fe Workshop July 29-August 3, 2012. ($1200 value. Travel, meals and accommodations not included); Signed 16×20 Limited Edition American Farmer Print from Paul Mobley; Hoodman Loupe & Memory Card; and a Signed Copy of “American Farmer” Book. 2nd Place: Signed 11×14 Limited Edition American Farmer Print from Paul Mobley, Hoodman Loupe & Memory Card, and a Signed copy of “American Farmer” Book. 3rd Place: Signed copy of “American Farmer” Book and a Hoodman Loupe & Memory Card.

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS: 1st Place: Signed 16×20 Limited Edition American Farmer Print from Paul Mobley, Hoodman Loupe & Memory Card, and a Signed copy of “American Farmer” Book. 2nd Place: Signed 11×14 Limited Edition American Farmer Print from Paul Mobley, Hoodman Loupe & Memory Card, and a Signed copy of “American Farmer” Book. 3rd Place: Signed copy of Paul Mobley’s “American Farmer” Book and a Hoodman Lupe & Memory Card.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Four Corners of the Earth

Posted on September 18, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

TENNESSEE
TAPANADE!

Do you think I can grow olives and avocados in the Tennesse Mountains? I realize that the climate isn’t exactly right, but there have to be hybrid versions, right? My husband and I are working on the plans for our new home construction project, and I am obsessed with the green house. I am determined to figure out how to grow and nurture foods from around the world so I can indulge year ’round. This Call wants to know what YOUR vision of the natural world includes. Feel free to venture past just food…

Check out this Call for Entries from Darkroom Gallery in Vermont called Four Corners of the Earth. Enter your work for as little as $20. Don’t forget Darkroom offers free framing & matting on accepted work!

* Editor’s Note: You guys always knock it out of the park with this gallery. Please make sure that you tell them that you found the show on Art & Art Deadlines so they know that all the talent is here at AAAD.

CALL FOR ENTRIES:
Four Corners
of the Earth

There is boundless beauty in our natural environment, from the intimate view of a blade of grass to the vast panoramic horizon. We need only show up with our cameras! How do we translate our personal visions of the natural world, through our photographic tools, and then to our audience?

Each of our relationships to nature is highly personal – they want to see yours. From the tonal depths of an Ansel Adams expansive environment, to the quiet pictorial gestures of an Edward Steichen moment, to contemporary masters’ views, such as our Juror George DeWolfe, who’s contemplative designs on natural beauty insight envy and inspiration.

They are looking for the kind of variety that is in nature herself. Sky’s the limit using contemporary methods, photographic paraphernalia, and a limitless bag of tricks, so whether your landscapes display a traditional approach, leave them questioning reality, or all that is in between, they can’t wait to see your version of this heaven we call Earth.

JUROR: George DeWolfe has been photographing since 1964. He studied with Ansel Adams and Minor White in the 1970’s and holds an MFA in Photography from the Rochester Institute of Technology. DeWolfe is widely published, most notably At Home In The Wild, George DeWolfe’s Digital Photography Fine Print Workshop and B&W Printing – each has received wide acclaim. His work has been seen in over fifty one-man exhibitions and is part of several permanent collections.

Currently a consultant to Epson, Adobe, Hahnemühle, X-rite, and Nik, George is one of the original 15 photographers on the Adobe Lightroom team, and developed Optipix and PercepTool, both Adobe Photoshop plug-ins. He teaches “The Digital Fine Print Workshop”, “B&W Master Print”, and “Contemplative Photography” throughout the United States. Winner of numerous awards, his most recent honor was Award for Artistic Excellence presented by The National Park Service. DeWolfe has photographed for many environmental organizations over the past 40 years: Appalachian Mountain Club, Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, Mass Audubon, National Park Service, and Friends of Acadia..

PHOTO
SUBMISSIONS:

Age: Entrants must be 18+ years old. If younger, a guardian may submit for you.

Ownership: All photos must have been taken by the entrant. If you are a guardian submitting for a minor, please make it clear on the submission.

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

1. Upload on the Dark Room Gallery website or

2. Sent via email to submissions (at) 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 3 images may be submitted for a fee of $20 US for on-line submission and $25 for email submission. Add’l images $5 US per image.

DEADLINE:
Midnight (EST) on November 1, 2011.

NOTIFICATION: November 7, 2011

Darkroom Gallery provides free matting & framing of work for the duration of the exhibition, 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 the website.

CALL for ENTRIES: Natural Playground

Posted on August 21, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

PICKLE my
PEARLS!

If the world is my oyster, then oysters are my playground. While I have never developed a preference for raw oysters (it is a texture, not taste, issue), I will take them steamed or fried, cajun or asian, and even in my Thanksgiving stuffing. I will eventually forgive my husband for developing an allergy to shellfish, but you’re gonna have to give me a little time with that one. This Call wants to know what YOUR natural playground looks like. Interpretation is key…

Check out this Call for Entries from Darkroom Gallery in Vermont called Natural Playground. Enter your work for as little as $20. Don’t forget Darkroom offers free framing & matting on accepted work!

* Editor’s Note: I just found out that one of my pieces got into their last Call, Persona, and if I can get Xerography into a show, you can take a chance too. Put yourself out there and TRY. Please make sure that you tell them that you found the show on Art & Art Deadlines so they know that all the talent is here at AAAD.

CALL FOR ENTRIES:
Natural Playground

Playgrounds come in all shapes and sizes, and they’re likely the first place your sense of adventure was tested . . . and further cultivated. For the outdoor aficionado, what first started as an obsession for see-saws, swing sets, slides, jungle gyms, and sandboxes, has since turned into an instinctive passion for adventure by means of a different type of playground — the natural playground.

Whether by trail, rock, water, snow or air, where has your obsession for adventure taken you? What’s your photographic definition of Living the Dream? Skiing or snowboarding in the Alps or at your local hill? Climbing in Thailand or at the backyard crag? Mountain Biking in British Columbia or on your neighborhood trails? Surfing pristine Tahiti barrels or a quiet home break? Kayaking through Patagonia or along your favorite coastline?

For those passionate about their adventure and their photography, show the photographic moments you’ve captured that will inspire the next adventure . . . in The Natural Playground

JUROR: Corey Rich is a photographer, Filmmaker & Principal at Aurora Photos and one of the world’s most recognized adventure and outdoor lifestyle visual storytellers. He has captured stunning still photos and video on a wide array of assignments, including rock climbing in India, ultra-marathon racing in the Sahara Desert of Morocco, freight train hopping in the American West, and snowboarding in Papua New Guinea. Today, much of his time goes into capturing both still images and video for the creation of multimedia projects for commercial and editorial clients.

As Vice President and co-owner of Aurora Photos, Rich was the driving force behind founding Aurora’s Outdoor Collection, which is the world’s leading brand of outdoor adventure and outdoor lifestyle photography. Additionally, Rich is a Nikon evangelist and a member of the SanDisk Extreme Team. His first book, My Favorite Place: Great Athletes In The Great Outdoors, was published by Chronicle Books.

Justin Gural is a marketing and communications freelancer with photography playing a prominent role throughout his commercial and editorial work. He approached the Darkroom Gallery in the Fall of 2010, proposing to prepare and curate a juried gallery exhibit focusing on sports, adventure, travel and the outdoor lifestyle. A concept that relates directly with the active, local Vermont community, as well as the global adventure landscape.

As founder and director of Cortex Marketing Network, a full-service marketing and communications agency staffed by an influential group of freelancing professionals, Gural leads the network specializing in integrated brand strategy, design and creative, photo/video production, public relations and copywriting, and event management.

Gural also leads the editorial team at VentureThere.com, USA Today’s adventure sports, active travel and outdoor lifestyle website. He directs the website’s content flow, manages photography, writes and edits editorial features, as well as travels to unique destinations while documenting the adventure. He will be covering this exhibit on behalf of VentureThere.com once it’s underway, including photo galleries of selected submissions as well as a “Viewfinder” photographer profile of the winning photographer.

PHOTO SUBMISSIONS:

Age: Entrants must be 18+ years old. If younger, a guardian may submit for you.

Ownership: All photos must have been taken by the entrant. If you are a guardian submitting for a minor, please make it clear on the submission.

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

1. Upload on the Dark Room Gallery website or

2. Sent via email to submissions (at) 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 3 images may be submitted for a fee of $20 US for on-line submission and $25 for email submission. Add’l images $5 US per image.

DEADLINE: Midnight (Eastern Standard Time) on September 13, 2011.

NOTIFICATION: September 20, 2011

Darkroom Gallery provides free matting and framing of accepted entries for the duration of each of their 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 the website.

CALL for ENTRIES: Persona DUE MONDAY

Posted on August 14, 2011August 14, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

STUFFED like a SARDINE!

Am I still the only one that wonders what their food portrait would be? I don’t think so anymore. After my last posting of that questions, I got lots of replies with your food portrait match. My favorite came from a youth hostel in Europe…sardines. Quarters must be tight. Sardines are glorious in Caesar salad, make delightful sushi and melt in your mouth on pizza. This is a Reminder Call that encourages you to share your best wacky portraits. Will yours involve sardines? Surprisingly, mine doesn’t involve food…

Check out this Call for Entries for Persona from Darkroom Gallery in Essex Junction,Vermont. Enter your work for as little as $20. Don’t forget to tell the folks at Darkroom that you heard about them from www.ArtAndArtDeadlines.com!

CALL FOR ENTRIES:
Persona

“We’re looking for something beyond the traditional portrait – more than just a eloquently captured face. We’re looking for uncanny, parody, distortions, subtle suggestions and in-your-face implications. For “Persona” we’re looking for portraits devised outside the box (or in one, might also be applicable in certain circumstances!) – we want to see the characters you’ve captured.

“There can more to a superb portrait than a superb likeness of an individual a the testimony to their soul can be visioned way beyond the eyes. How much can you tell us about a person with just one image? Their life story? Perhaps. How did you show the idiosyncrasies, quirks, that make your sitters both physically and emotionally, individuals? We can’t wait to fill our gallery walls with a newly visioned kind of face – portrait as character and caricature.”
JUROR: The portraits of Chris Buck have been surprising us, making us laugh, causing us to ask questions, and inspiring us to think outside of the box for years. His brand of image making (over two decades worth) infuses wit with uncommon gesture and implied meaning. He tells more than a story – he creates tales (sometimes through pure expression). Chris was the first recipient for the Arnold Newman Portrait Prize (2007), which we think he so rightfully deserved! His clients include IBM, Microsoft, Moviefone, Citibank, GQ, Blender and The New York Times Magazine. From uncanny celebrity portraits, to advertising humor, to editorial wisdom, Chris Buck has offered us a very special take on our world of Personas.

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 the Dark Room Gallery website or

2. Sent via email to submissions (at) 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 (Eastern Standard Time) on August 16, 2011.

NOTIFICATION: August 23, 2011

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

Darkroom Gallery provides free matting and framing of accepted entries for the duration of each of their 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 the website.

CALL for ENTRIES: Persona

Posted on July 27, 2011July 27, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

STUFF my
PEPPER!

Am I the only one that wonders what their food portrait would be? I thought so. I think if a portraitist had to capture my image as a food, I would be a mozzarella and proscuitto stuffed pepper… well-marinated, all little salty, a little spicy, and worth every penny, ha. This next Call encourages you to share your best wacky portraits… So use your imagination and take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Darkroom Gallery in Vermont called Persona. Enter your work for as little as $20. Don’t forget Darkroom offers free framing & matting on accepted work!

CALL FOR ENTRIES:
Persona

“We’re looking for something beyond the traditional portrait – more than just a eloquently captured face. We’re looking for uncanny, parody, distortions, subtle suggestions and in-your-face implications. For “Persona” we’re looking for portraits devised outside the box (or in one, might also be applicable in certain circumstances!) – we want to see the characters you’ve captured.

“There can more to a superb portrait than a superb likeness of an individual a the testimony to their soul can be visioned way beyond the eyes. How much can you tell us about a person with just one image? Their life story? Perhaps. How did you show the idiosyncrasies, quirks, that make your sitters both physically and emotionally, individuals? We can’t wait to fill our gallery walls with a newly visioned kind of face – portrait as character and caricature.”
JUROR: The portraits of Chris Buck have been surprising us, making us laugh, causing us to ask questions, and inspiring us to think outside of the box for years. His brand of image making (over two decades worth) infuses wit with uncommon gesture and implied meaning. He tells more than a story – he creates tales (sometimes through pure expression). Chris was the first recipient for the Arnold Newman Portrait Prize (2007), which we think he so rightfully deserved! His clients include IBM, Microsoft, Moviefone, Citibank, GQ, Blender and The New York Times Magazine. From uncanny celebrity portraits, to advertising humor, to editorial wisdom, Chris Buck has offered us a very special take on our world of Personas.

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 the Dark Room Gallery website or

2. Sent via email to submissions (at) 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 (Eastern Standard Time) on August 16, 2011.

NOTIFICATION: August 23, 2011

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

Darkroom Gallery provides free matting and framing of accepted entries for the duration of each of their 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 the website.

CALL for ENTRIES: Road Trip!

Posted on June 8, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

BE a
PEACH!

Road trips are an excuse to throw all food rules aside and indulge in the local flavor. Whether it is a hot dog stand in a big city or on a baseball field, a slice of apple pie in the Appalachians or peach pie in the Peach State or a sampling of milk chocolate in Hershey. Don’t miss a chance to eat local. This next Call encourages you to share your best photos of your road trips, past or present. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Darkroom Gallery in Vermont called Road Trip. Enter your work for as little as $20. Don’t forget Darkroom Gallery offers free framing & matting on accepted entries!

CALL FOR ENTRIES:
Road Trip

A road trip is synonymous with nostalgia; they are opportunities for memorable moments of exploration and experience. The best road trips are the ones that offer us indelible experiences – experiences touching the things and people that we barely get to know and may never see again, but which leave lifelong impressions.

Where have you been? What and whom did you see? How did you see them? Whether it was from a convertible or a bicycle, on trailer or train, boat, parachute or via your own two feet, you’ve captured the essence of the freedoms and inspirations we feel being ‘on the road’. Show us the photographic moments you’ve captured that will inspire our next trip.
JUROR: Douglas Beasley has taught at the University of Hawaii, Carleton College, University of Minnesota, and the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. As Founder and Director of Vision Quest Photo Workshops, Beasley is offering his insights, emphasizing personal expression and creative vision, from New Mexico to Peru, China to Africa.

Beasley photographs a variety of fine-art based commercial and editorial assignments internationally. He is represented by galleries from Hollywood to Italy, and is the recipient of numerous fellowships, grants, and awards. His first book, “Japan; A Nisei’s First Encounter,” shows us his journey to his mother’s homeland. His second book “Earth Meets Spirit” will be out in the Fall of 2011.

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 the Dark Room Gallery website or

2. Sent via email to submissions (at) 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 July 19, 2011.

NOTIFICATION: July 26, 2011

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

Darkroom Gallery provides free matting and framing of accepted entries for the duration of each of their 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 the website.

CALL for ENTRIES: Down on the Farm

Posted on May 8, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

FARM FRESH
GOODNESS

My local farmers market opens soon… have you check out yours lately? I am green-ish about energy conservation, re-use and recycling. I must admit that I am more motivated when there is a cash savings involved. But with food, I am all about the green alternatives. Local foods are fresher and tend to be cheaper, and some local products like honey are said to help combat seasonal allergies. This Call gives you the perfect opportunity to embrace all that you love about farm fresh goodness. Take a look at this opportunity…

Check out this Call for Entries from Darkroom Gallery called Down on the Farm. Enter your work for as little as $20. Don’t forget Darkroom Gallery offers free framing & matting on accepted entries!

CALL FOR ENTRIES:
Down on the Farm

Your source material for “Down on the Farm” is endless: the backyard garden to the 1000-acre ranch, rice paddies to cotton fields, the chicken coop to the breeding barn, milking stand to dairy co-operative, sugar house to forest floor, road-side veggie stand to farmers’ markets, agricultural auctions to agricultural fairs. This is your chance to pay tribute to the men and women who work the land and raise the animals that nourish us all.

A look back: the Farm Security Administration was born in 1935 in the United States as a means to battle poverty in rural America. It was the documentary photographic work born of this era and via the goals of the FSA, that the first major bodies of work depicting agriculture and its social realities came into being. The majority of the work produced was by fifteen Photographers (a total of 44 photographers had been hired) including such greats as Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, Carl Mydans and Ben Shahn. Look to their images, as well as contemporary Ag-Documentarians for your inspiration (Paul Mobley is one practiced suggestion!).

JUROR: “From the fishing villages of Alaska to the palaces of Croatia, Mobley has traveled the world over to capture and celebrate humanity in its infinite forms.” Paul Mobley’s portraits are rich with intimacy – close-up, straight, real, indicative of the souls behind the eyes.

Mobley began his photographic education at the Detroit Center for Creative Studies. He continued his training through apprenticeships in New York with such greats as Annie Leibovitz and Steve Steigman. He grew his photography into a successful commercial career working for a broad range of corporate, advertising, and editorial clients, including American Express, Sony, Citigroup, Ford, Compaq, Gourmet, Max Factor, Chevrolet, Microsoft, and many others.

Mobley visited over 200 farms and ranches across the United States to collect the over 150 portraits that appear in “American Farmer: Portraits from the Heartland” (2008 by Welcome books). Following the tradition of Richard Avedon’s watershed monograph and Mike Disfarmer’s Heber Sprints series, “American Farmer” is an epic monument to the spirit of rural life through the faces and words of those who sustain and nurture the land. Mobley’s dedication to the “American Farmer” project, allow him an experienced and practiced eye through which to jury “Down on the Farm.”

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 the Dark Room Gallery website or

2. Sent via email to submissions (at) 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 June 21, 2011.

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

Darkroom 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 the website.

CALL for ENTRIES: Phone-o-Graphic

Posted on April 15, 2011May 19, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

FOOD FOR THE EYES

I would love to know what percentage of cell phone pictures are of food. I am willing to bet it is over twenty-five percent…maybe even thirty percent. Thanks to facebook, I am regularly made aware of the gastronomic adventures of hundreds of my friends. Unfortunately, due to the number of my friends that are artists that also read this blog… I must honestly admit that I am among the worst of the offenders. I submit evidence of my guilt by posting this picture to the left of delicious Buckberry Bread Pudding that I took yesterday at The Lodge at Buckberry Creek. And, while I am not suggesting you submit pictures of food, this Call will require use of your cell phone. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Darkroom Gallery called Phone-O-Graphic Arts. Enter your work for as little as $20. Don’t forget Dark Room Gallery offers free framing & matting on accepted entries!

CALL FOR ENTRIES:
Phone-O-Graphic

Likely you’ve got your phone with you at all times, while you’ve forgotten your dSLR or film camera at home. You wouldn’t dare leave your phone at home, would you? It’s liberating, knowing your cell or smartphone can take a picture, anytime, anywhere.

As Photographers, you’ve likely engaged in the heated discussion over the capability, viability, credibility of the camera phone. Purists scoff at the intrusion of a mediocre, fraud of a device, that is marring their photographic religion. And then there are the rest of you, embracing the technology and embracing the all-in-one, multi-media lifestyle of the cellphone-toting imagist, so many of you have become.

JUROR: Dan Burkholder has a long history of looking over the photographic horizon to see, explore and teach the next great thing in imaging. His newest book, iPhone Artistry (Pixiq Press, 2011), is the definitive how-to for creative iPhone photographers. His first book, Making Digital Negatives for Contact Printing (Bladed Iris Press, 1995) became a seminal manual for photographers wanting to blend the power of digital imaging with the charm of the handmade print.

Dan received his B.A. and Master’s degrees from Brooks Institute of Photography, in Santa Barbara, CA. Dan has taught digital imaging workshops for 16 years on three continents and several island countries.

Burkholder’s platinum / palladium and pigmented ink prints are included in private and public collections internationally.

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 the Dark Room Gallery website or

2. Sent via email to submissions (at) 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 May 24, 2011.

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

Darkroom 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 the website.

CALL for ENTRIES: Digital Concept and Construct

Posted on March 2, 2011March 2, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

EAT MY PIXELS

I am annoyed by late-night fast food commercials because my will power doesn’t need the test. But my child falls for those digitally-enhanced, staged food product advertisements everytime. I cannot tell you how many cereals I have bought for him because they “look yummy,” only to find out they are artificially-flavored cardboard. This next Call for Entries shows the positive side of digital manipulaton.

Check out this Call for Entries from Darkroom Gallery (converting from the Vermont Photo Space Gallery) called Digital Concept / Digital Construct. Enter your work for as little as $20. Don’t forget Dark Room Gallery offers free framing & matting on accepted entries!

Editor’s Note: I know how many of you roll your eyes every time you read that the media for a show excludes computer-generated work, new media and digitally manipulated artwork and photography. If you want more opportunities and to be accepted into the same shows with mainstream traditional media, DO NOT let shows like this one pass you by. This show is made for you. No whining… just do it.

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Digital Concept / Digital Construct

This is a digital world. We are surrounded, engulfed by, and reliant upon digital media. It has become a way of life and a way of seeing. As digitally manipulated images become the norm, their fantasy perspectives are becoming the new reality. Is there such a thing as truth and lies in digital art photographs, or is it all just possibility?

Our capacities and aptitudes for creating digital photographic art far exceed what we had imagined. We’re tempted by new technologies – camera phones and point and shoots, the next 80 megapixel medium format digital back, the newest apps, the latest updates – we cannot help but push the proverbial envelope (shadow/highlight recovery, adjustment brushes, the curves line, layer blending modes).

There is art in successful digital imaging and manipulation.

Vincent Dixon, the Wade Brothers, David LaChapelle, the collaborations of Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones, and our Juror, award-winning Photoshop expert Suzette Troche-Stapp are elevating the digitally manipulated photograph to the next level. How do you use it to develop your concepts and achieve your constructs? Whether you are enhancing or altering reality, creating fantasy, retouching, compositing, constructing, how has digital informed your imaging?

JUROR: A photographer since the age of sixteen, Suzette Troche-Stapp has been working in digital imaging since its inception in the 1980’s. Recognized throughout the industry, Suzette was recently named one of the “Top 40 Photoshop Experts,” awarded the “Guru Award” for excellence in Photoshop by NAPP, and nominated for the “Photoshop Hall Of Fame” several years in a row.

Her images are seen in national ad campaigns, editorial beauty and fashion features, and her celebrity images have been broadcast to millions on shows like “The View”, “The Late Show”, and “Kathy Griffin’s Life on the D-List”.

Troche-Stapp is also a workshop facilitator and author, offering tutorials, several published articles and an award-winning book “The Glitterguru on Photoshop: from Concept to Cool.” The Dark Room Gallery is so pleased to have Suzette Troche-Stapp’s digital expertise and commercial experience as Juror for “Digital Concept.Digital Construct.”

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 (at) 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 April 4, 2011.

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

Darkroom 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.

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GLORIOUS GÂTEAUX!

CALL FOR ENTRIES: The Built Environment

PHOTO SUBMISSIONS:

For the full Call for Entries, visit the website.

MY STOMACH is bigger than MY WALLET

CALL for ENTRIES: American Farmer Photo Contest

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

TENNESSEE TAPANADE!

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Four Corners of the Earth

PHOTO SUBMISSIONS:

For the full Call for Entries, visit the website.

PICKLE my PEARLS!

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Natural Playground

PHOTO SUBMISSIONS:

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STUFFED like a SARDINE!

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Persona

PHOTO SUBMISSIONS:

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STUFF my PEPPER!

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Persona

PHOTO SUBMISSIONS:

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BE a PEACH!

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Road Trip

PHOTO SUBMISSIONS:

For the full Call for Entries, visit the website.

FARM FRESH GOODNESS

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Down on the Farm

PHOTO SUBMISSIONS:

For the full Call for Entries, visit the website.

FOOD FOR THE EYES

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Phone-O-Graphic

Burkholder’s platinum / palladium and pigmented ink prints are included in private and public collections internationally.

PHOTO SUBMISSIONS:

For the full Call for Entries, visit the website.

EAT MY PIXELS

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Digital Concept / Digital Construct

There is art in successful digital imaging and manipulation.

PHOTO SUBMISSIONS:

For the full Call for Entries, visit the website.

GLORIOUS
GÂTEAUX!

CALL FOR ENTRIES:
The Built Environment

PHOTO
SUBMISSIONS:

For the full Call for Entries,
visit the website.

MY STOMACH
is bigger than
MY WALLET

CALL for ENTRIES:
American Farmer
Photo Contest

TENNESSEE
TAPANADE!

CALL FOR ENTRIES:
Four Corners
of the Earth

PHOTO
SUBMISSIONS:

For the full Call for Entries,
visit the website.

PICKLE my
PEARLS!

CALL FOR ENTRIES:
Natural Playground

CALL FOR ENTRIES:
Persona

STUFF my
PEPPER!

CALL FOR ENTRIES:
Persona

BE a
PEACH!

CALL FOR ENTRIES:
Road Trip

FARM FRESH
GOODNESS

CALL FOR ENTRIES:
Down on the Farm

CALL FOR ENTRIES:
Phone-O-Graphic