guilty PICS

Many of you ask if I take the food photos used in AAAD posts.  Occasionally.  I took this one (left).  But more often, the imagery is stock.  I really don’t document what I eat often enough to provide a library of images from which to choose.  I have tried to break myself of the habit of being “that” diner –the one whose food gets cold while they get the perfect angle– out of guilt that my family was suffering the consequences (cold, soggy food).  This next Call wants YOUR documentary images, food optional of course.  Investigate…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University for Documentary Essay Prize in Photography. $3,000 cash prize + publication.  Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Documentary Essay Prize in Photography

 

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists

MEDIA: Documentary photography. All entries must have  evidence that they were created with reliance on documentary methods & immersive fieldwork. They are interested in work that directs its gaze outward, curiously engages with the world, and is,  “derived from an in-depth understanding of place, history & the current situation, in concert with a personal relationship to the proposed work. The commitment is to use documentary expression to motivate the thinking & reflection of others.” 

DEADLINE:  February 16, 2016

NOTIFICATION:  June 2016

ENTRY FEE:  $35 for up to 15 images

AWARDS:  The winner of the competition will receive $3,000 and will have his or her work featured in Document, a periodical published by the Center for Documentary Studies, as well as on the Center’s website. The winner’s work will also be placed in the Archive of Documentary Arts at the Rubenstein Library, Duke University.

For complete details, Read the Full Art Call!