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CALL for ENTRIES: Focal Point

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I miss seafood.  I love my husband dearly, but his adult-onset allergy to shellfish has really put a crimp in our food lifestyle.  Amongst my favorites are mussels steamed in white wine and Maryland blue crabs.  Aside from the adults having gorgeous blue claws, they are delightfully yummy.  Crack one for me at the opening of the show resulting from this next Call.

Check out this Call for Entries from the Maryland Federation of Art (MFA) for Focal Point to be shown at MFA’s Circle Gallery in Annapolis, MD.  Expand your resume with a great juror like Laurie Snyder.  Take a look…

CALL for ENTRIES:  Focal Point

Learn more about the Focal Point show from MFA!ELIGIBILITY: All artists residing in the United States and Canada

MEDIA:  Any original work created in any form of photography will be considered.

DEADLINE:  March 12, 2011 via online submission

NOTIFICATION:  April 16, 2011 by email

ENTRY FEE:  A maximum of 6 original works created within the past 3 years may be entered. 1 or 2 entries $35 (MFA members $20). Additional four entries $5 each. Entry fees are non-refundable.

Learn more about the Circle Gallery in Annapolis!ENTRY DETAILS:  To submit your work on-line you will need to set up an account HERE with an email and password. 

You will then be directed to the online entry point where you will be able to upload digital photographs of your work and pay the appropriate fees using a credit card or your PayPal account.  Entries will not be valid until payment is received. Entry fees are nonrefundable. 

Please note that there may be more than one exhibition open for entry. Your account will permit you to enter either or both but each has a separate entry point.  If you have questions, contact MFA staff at Circle Gallery, 410-268-4566 or info@mdfedart.org.

Untitled Photography by Juror Laurie SnyderJUROR:  Laurie Snyder has been Chair of Photography at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore MD since1993. She teaches classes in the Alternative Process in photography, and The Artist’s Book in printmaking, which explores the book as concept and object. Prior to that, she taught at Cornell University, Ithaca College, and Syracuse University in New York. An active exhibiting artist, Snyder has shown her work to critical acclaim throughout the mid-Atlantic.

Untitled Photography by Juror Laurie Snyder!Snyder is currently working on several series: Nature and Lace, (pictured above and left) a series of photograms of antique lace paired with a photogram of plant material. These are silver gelatin prints; another group are wall books of plant matierial printed in cyanotype on rice paper.

Another on going series of photographs explores the concept of “Mend”which documents the repairs and mends in everyday life. Laurie maintains a studio in Baltimore and in Ithaca, New York.

AWARDS: Cash awards total $1000.  Award contributers and recipients will be listed in the exhibition catalog.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

Download the Focal Point Prospects from Maryland Federation of Art!

CALL for ENTRIES: Center Forward 2011

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CHOPSTICKS

Have I mentioned I love a theme lately?  One of my favorite themed food days at our house is the day we have Chinese chicken salad for lunch, Eggroll pizza for dinner and rice pudding for dessert.  We even have special little blue and white Chinese patterned dishes, complete with porcelain turtle bowls for dipping sauces, for the occasion. 

Granted, my idea of a theme may not be your idea of a theme, but this next call allows you to interpret the idea of a theme any way you choose.

Check out this Call for Entries from the Center for Fine Art Photography in Colorado for Center Forward 2011.  The theme is open, and the entry fee can be as low as $15.  Just take a deep breath, believe in your work and take a chance…

CALL for ENTRIES:  Center Forward 2011

THEME:  As the dynamic conversation of photography continues to evolve, we are engaged in moving this dialogue forward.  Center Forward 2011 will include a main gallery group exhibition and a solo exhibition award. Learn more about C4FAP online!

 The theme is open and all subjects are eligible.
Please join in the conversation.

 

ELIGIBILITY:  The exhibition is open to all photographers world wide, both amateur and professional. 

MEDIA:  The Center for Fine Art Photography invites photographers working in all mediums, styles and schools of thought to participate in Center Forward 2011 and all of its exhibitions.

Learn more about C4FAP online!DEADLINE: 
February 7, 2011 (early)
& February 23, 2011 (final)

NOTIFICATION: 
March 1, 2011

ENTRY FEE:  Members of C4FAP: $20 ($15 at early deadline) for the first five images.  Non-C4FAP Members: $35 ($30 for early deadline) for the first five images.

JUROR:  Hamidah Glasgow is the Executive Director at The Center for Fine Art Photography.  Glasgow has had diverse careers as a TV producer, photographer, nonprofit arts executive and reviewer for PhotoLA, FotoFest, Critical Mass and Photolucida 2011.

AWARDS:  With selection for this exhibition, featured artist’s work will be seen by an international audience of collectors, curators, art consultants and other advocates of fine art photography. 

Photo by Juror Hamidah Glasgow!Each participant will be included in the Center’s Main Gallery exhibition, Online Gallery exhibition and in the Center Forward Exhibition Catalogue. 

Each artist will receive one catalogue with the option to purchase more online at Blurb.com. Select artists will receive a blog feature at the Center’s blog PERSPECTIVES. Exhibiting artists are encouraged to attend the Center’s opening reception to participate in portfolio reviews and artists’ talks.

Solo Exhibition Award:
$500
towards a Solo Exhibition
at the Center and a Blurb book Award.

2 liveBooks Website Awards:
Valued at $399 from liveBooks.com

Honorable Mention Awards:
2 year membership and a three image submission to a call for entry at the Center.

For complete details, visit the C4FAP.org website!

For complete details, visit the Center for Fine Art Photography website!

CALL for ENTRIES: Shots Magazine

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I love experimenting with new ingredients, but I also know when to rely on a time-tested recipe.  Like most food enthusiasts, I own my own original printing (1960s) of the Better Homes & Gardens Red and White Cookbook because if I ever need to know the truth about a staple, I have a resource.  This call is for art publication in a magazine in its 24th year of publication…tried and true.

Check out this Call for Entries for Shots Magazine, Issue No. 111.  The theme is the body …lots of room for interpretation.  And, the entry fee is only $16 for up to TWELVE images.  Possible award?  Art Publication is a reward in itself.  Take a look…

Check out the current issue of Shots Magazine!CALL for ENTRIES:
Shots Magazine No. 111

A well-established, independent, quarterly photography journal in its 24th year of publication, SHOTS Magazine reaches an international community of photographers, educators, galleries, museums, collectors and other fine art photography enthusiasts.

MEDIA:   All photography processes and techniques are welcomed. Color work will be reproduced in black & white. Please follow guidelines closely.

THEME:  The Body

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all photographers internationally.

ENTRY FEE:  For up to 12 images: $16 for non-subscribers (include check with submission, or click here to pay online using PayPal) and FREE for current, renewing and new subscribers (for subscription information, please visit the Order Page)

Check out back issues of Shots MagazineTO SUBMIT FILES ONLINE:  SHOTS only accepts files submitted online using yousendit.com. You may send up to 100MB at a time using their free “Lite Account”. Please use shots@shotsmag.com as the recipient address, and include your name in the subject header and in all files.

Prepare your files per the specifications below and create and send a single compressed file (zip, rar, or sit). If your file size exceeds 100mb, it is okay to send two compressed files. File size is likely to be large—a high-speed internet connection is recommended. If you are not a current subscriber, please make your payment directly before or after sending your files. (Note: SHOTS does not review work on websites, and does not accept emailed files.)

TO SUBMIT FILES ON A CD:  Save files to a CD that is Windows/PC compatible. Please include a separate folder of low-resolution jpegs, or a printout of the images you’re submitting. See file specifications below.*

TO SUBMIT PRINTS:  Send original prints, 8×10 or smaller, to the address above.

FILE SPECIFICATIONS (CD and Online Submissions)300 PPI JPEG files, sized to approximately 12” in the longest direction and saved to the highest quality possible. Please include your name and the title of the image in each file name (for example: First_Last_Title.jpg).

For more information, visit Shots Magazine’s Guidelines Page!

CALL for ENTRIES: A True Story

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Some foods cannot be separated from a holiday or family event.  Turkey and Thanksgiving for example… the image of turkey conjures family-friendly Rockwell-esque scenes for me even though Idon’t eat turkey for Thanksgiving.  And Peeps® scream Easter to me…always.  It doesn’t matter if you dress them in cocoa powder and shape them like bats for Halloween, I am still gonna wonder if you’ve had them left over since Spring.  This next Call gives you an opportunity to tell your own story… paint your own scene, if you will.  Luckily, you aren’t restricted to food…

Check out this Call for Entries from Vermont Photo Space Gallery called A True Story. Enter your work for as little as $20. Don’t forget Vermont Photo Space offers free framing & matting on accepted entries!

Photography by Juror Peter Turnley!CALL FOR ENTRIES:
A True Story

Photography is the medium of memory. With its birth came the pictorial press and the realization that “a picture tells a thousand words.”  This is documentary photography.  It is present and tangible, and we rely on it to be authentic and true.  It teaches us, and when presented in proper context, we believe what we see.  

It is the job of the Photojournalist and Documentary Photographer to present the facts at hand.  It is a challenging job often requiring instant decisions and sometimes in the face of substantial obstacles.  How do we do this succinctly and objectively while providing an engaging and remarkable image or series? 

Is it possible to capture a photographic truth while simultaneously expressing our naturally subjective eye? 

Juror Peter Turnley has proven the task can be successful – have you?

 

Learn more about the Vermont Photo Space Gallery!For A True Story, VPS is looking for the documented event, person, or place, whether political, religious, cultural or environmental. Reality itself is infinitely more complex that what a single image can show, so we encourage your Photo Essay submissions of up to six images (some single images tell the whole thing adequately – these will be considered equally).  As the Photo Essay is so often complimented or even interdependent with text, they will allow up to three sentences to accompany each accepted image for display in the gallery.

Of special note:  VPS is able to accept essays for this exhibition!  So much of the genre appears as photo story, and they are thrilled to offer the opportunity to exhibitors to submit the same.  Whether you are submitting single images or multiples as a story, Juror Peter Turnley will consider your work as it is intended.  Who knows, this exhibition may include a few very lucky photographers who present an outstanding documentary photo story in several images. 

America in Black and White by Juror Peter Turnley!JUROR:  Peter Turnley was educated in French Literature and International Relations, inspiring his truly International work. For the past quarter century, he has been photographing in more than eighty-five countries, capturing world conflict, and several major geo-political moments. 

His portraits of political, cultural, and religious leaders as well as photo essays of a variety of social realities additionally weight his extensive, ever-expanding portfolio.   He has published five books:  “Beijing Spring,” “Moments of Revolution,” “In Times of War and Peace,” “Parisians” and “McClellan Street”. His images have been published in International magazines including Stern, Paris Match, Geo, Life, National Geographic, the London Sunday Times, Le Monde, and Doubletake.

Additionally, Turnley’s photographs have been showcased on the cover of Newsweek magazine over forty timesVPS is thrilled to have his extensive experience as a successful Photojournalist and Documentary Photographer applied to his mission as Juror for “A True Story.”

Check out Vermont Photo Space Gallery Online!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:

Nelson Mandela by Juror Peter Turnley1. 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 the submission closing date March 14, 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.

Learn more about Vermont Photo Space Gallery!

For the full Call for Entries, visit their website.

CALL for ENTRIES: Human + Being

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HUMAN “BEANS”

We all hear basic needs defined as food, water and shelter, but there is a lot of wiggle room in those standards.  With folks now obsessed with organic foods and bottled water, I suspect the acceptable norm will continue to shift.  This next Call invites you to dig deeper into what it means to BE HUMAN not just survive.

Check out this Call for Entries for Human + Being from the Center for Fine Art Photography in Colorado.  I personally love portraiture, and I can’t wait to enter this one.  Join me… 

CALL for ENTRIES:  Human + Being

Learn more about C4FAP online!The Center for Fine Art Photography in Fort Collins, CO announces a call to photographers world wide, both amateur and professional, for a photography exhibition to be held March 25 – April 23, 2011.

Being human is complicated.

Human + Being is an equally complex equation, the sum of these parts a richly textured experience unique to the individual but shared universally. Triumphant, tragic, absurd and the quiet significance in between, our stories unfold without cease. Explore the emotions and actions that define being human.

ELIGIBILITY:  The exhibition is open to all photographers world wide, both amateur and professional.  The Center invites photographers working in all mediums, styles and schools of thought to participate in its exhibitions.

Learn more about C4FAP online!DEADLINE: 
January 12, 2011

NOTIFICATION: 
January 21, 2011

MEDIA:  Photography

ENTRY FEE:  Members: $20 for the first three images, Non-Members: $35 for the first three images. Additional images may be submitted for $10 each. There is no limit to the number of images that may be submitted. Applicants signing up for membership at the time they submit will receive the automatic discounted entry fee.

EXHIBITION PRINTS:  All accepted images submitted for exhibition must be printed and framed or mounted professionally.  The Center recognizes that some work is non traditional and incorporates the framing as an integral part of the presentation.  To encourage participation by photographers from around the world, the Center offers optional economical printing and framing services.  Additional details will be provided upon request.

Shelo 20 Benba 17 Nyalam Tibet by Juror Phil BorgesEXHIBITION & AWARDS:  With selection for this exhibition, featured artist’s work will be seen by an international audience of collectors, curators, art consultants and other advocates of fine art photography. Each participant will be included in the Center’s Main Gallery exhibition and Online Gallery exhibition.

Juror’s Selection: $300, a Blurb book award and feature on the blog

Director’s Selection: $200, a Blurb book award and feature on the blog

2 liveBooks Website Awards: Valued at $399 from liveBooks.com

Honorable Mention Awards: 2 year membership and a three image submission to a call for entry at the Center.  All exhibitors are included in the Center’s online gallery.

Transito 91 Cayambe Ecudaor by Juror Phil BorgesJUROR: For over twenty five years Phil Borges has lived with and documented indigenous and tribal cultures around the world. Through his work, he strives to create a heightened understanding of the issues faced by people in the developing world. Phil has hosted three television documentaries for Discovery and National Geographic as a part of a series that investigates indigenous cultures that still maintain a spiritual dialogue with the natural world.

Phil’s photographs are collected and exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide. His award-winning books have been published in four languages and in 1998 he was presented the Photo Media Magazine “Photoperson of the Year” award. In December, 2003 Phil was honored with the Humanitarian Award, receiving the Lucie at the 1st Annual International Photography Awards.

In 2005 he was named a Giraffe Hero for his humanitarian work. Phil teaches and lectures internationally and is co-founder of Blue Earth Alliance, a 501(c)3 that sponsors photographic projects focusing on endangered cultures and threatened environments.   

Download the Human Being Prospectus from the Center for Fine Art Photography!

For full details, visit C4FAP.org!

ARTIST RESOURCE: Free Photography Showcase

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What are the odds that I could find a reason to mention duck twice in one week?  When it rains it pours I suppose.  This week has just been a deluge of odd, free or inexpensive and/or unusual calls and opportunities.  Well, this little duck of a call is a tasty one…rivaling my own rare Thanksgiving specialty, honey curried duck.

Check out this Call for Submissions from the blog of Duckrabbit Digital.  Take advantage of this opportunity to have your photography featured.  Their blog seems to be picking up steam, and there is no entry fee.  Enjoy!

CALL for SUBMISSIONS:  Free Photography Showcase

Duckrabbit Digital is an online-artisan printing company, and they run a well-trafficked blog in conjunction with their printing business. They have started a new weekly series profiling photographers. 

Visit the Duckrabbit Digital Blog!They are looking for images that have interesting stories behind them, as well as being strong images in their own right.
(in other words, good photography)

DEADLINE:  January 7, 2011

ENTRY FEE:  None

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to All

If you are interested, e-mail Duckrabbit Digital your small photo (just one please), and tell us the photo’s story. They will notify you shortly if you have been accepted, and set up a date for your work to be showcased.

Any Questions?  Email Duckrabbit Digital!

CALL for ENTRIES: Think Tank 5 Photo Contest

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FORMERLY
URBAN

What does urban mean to you?  I think the one think I miss most about living in a more urban environment is the grocery stores.  Certainly I have access to grocery stores in Gatlinburg, but they aren’t the same.  Anyone who lives in a large city where their local grocery store is a little treasure trove of ingredients understands my pain.  This Call for Entries gives you an opportunity to explain what urban (among other things) means to you through photography.

Check out this Call for Entries from Think Tank Photo in celebration of their 5th Anniversary.  You can win up to $5,000, and there is no entry fee.  You must enter on facebook, so make sure you’re signed in before you click the link.

CALL for ENTRIES:
Think Tank’s 5th Anniversary Photo Contest

Professional photographer camera bag company Think Tank Photo is celebrating its Fifth Anniversary by hosting a multi-level photo contest that offers a $5,000 Grand Prize and multiple first place, second place , third place, and honorable mention prizes.

Learn more about the Think Tank 5th Anniversary Photo Contest!CATEGORIES:

1. What does urban, gritty, or edgy mean to you?
2. The most creative, interesting, or unique “What’s In Your Bag” shot.
3. The most creative, interesting, or unique shot of photographers wearing/using Think Tank gear.
4. Any photo the entrant believes portrays Think Tank Photo’s “Be Ready ‘Before the Moment’ ” theme.

ELIGIBILITY:  To enter, you must be at least 18 years of age. Think Tank Photo employees and Board members and their immediate family members are not eligible.  Immediate family includes only spouses, parents and children.  The photo subject must be relevant to one of the following four contest categories.  Limit one image per category.

Learn more about Think Tank Photo online!IMAGE MODIFICATIONS Not Permitted:  No borders or frames may be added to images; No watermarks, signatures, photographers’ names, or copyright notices.  All entries must be single images.  Multiple images in a single entry not allowed.

ENTRY FEE:  No entry fee is required.

HOW TO ENTER: Photos must be submitted using the online entry form on Facebook.  Each entry must be accompanied by a completed online contest entry form.

Enter the contest on Think Tank Photos Facebook page!DEADLINE: Entries must be submitted by no later than 11:59 p.m. Pacific on November 30, 2010 to be considered.  Late entries will not be entered in the contest.

RESTRICTIONS:  Obscene, provocative or otherwise questionable content will not be considered.  Think Tank Photo retains sole discretion as to what constitutes inappropriate content.

JUDGING:  Entries will be judged on the basis of creativity, photographic quality, and effectiveness in conveying the unique character of each of the contest categories. A Think Tank Photo panel will judge the entries and all contest decisions are final.  Entries that fail to comply with the Official Contest Rules will be disqualified.  The Think Tank Photo panel will include professionals in photography and graphic design.  Judges will not reclassify images.

For full details, Visit Think Tank Photo on Facebook!

CALL for ENTRIES: Spherical

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STEAM ME UP, SCOTTY!

I know you are of you Starbucks-aholics are shuddering, but we don’t own a coffee pot.  I am not a coffee drinker, and the smell of brewing coffee makes me a touch nauseous.  So, when Jon wants coffee, he either uses our French press which can take a little while, or we just pick it up on the way in to work.  Did you know that even our convenience store has a barista?  No joke.  Jon’s coffee came with a beautiful heart-shaped cloud of cream.

Remember when all coffee-related activities were round?  Coffee cups, coffee posts, coffe rings?  Check out this Call for Entries for all things inspired by the round call Spherical.  This show is brought to you by the folks a A Smith Gallery in Johnson City, Texas.  The deadline is October 19th, but you can email your entries and pay fees by PayPal…so hurry!

CALL for ENTRIES: Spherical

spher-i-cal: ball-shaped, circular, globular, orbicular, rounded, rotund, dishlike, oblique, ring-shaped, orbed, spiral.

Click to learn more about the Spherical Show at A Smith Gallery“When looking back at my images, I was amazed at how many of them contained spheres and circles.  It was not intentional.  It just happened.  The circles and spheres were sometimes the center of interest in the image, but often they played more of a subtle supporting role or were maybe just implied.  And then there is my series of round images made with a fisheye……”

Circles and spheres are an integral part of our lives.  From the wheels on our cars to the cup you pour your morning coffee into, circles appear everywhere.  So, look around you right now.  How many circles or spheres do you see?

JUROR:  Carla Ellard will be the juror of “Spherical”.  Carla received her Masters in Library and Information Science from the University of Texas-Austin and a Bachelor of Science in Photography at East Texas State University.  She has been the Assistant Curator, Southwestern & Mexican Photography, at the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University-San Marcos for the past ten years.  She has curated several shows from the Wittliff Collections, including Art of the Tintype and 45 Photographs of masterworks from the permanent collections.

Learn more about the A Smith Gallery!MEDIA:  This exhibition is open to all photographers working in all mediums and styles.
 
AWARDS:  Forty five images will be selected for exhibition and a Blurb full color catalogue of the exhibit with all the accepted entries will be available for purchase.  Awards are $250 for Jurors Choice, $250 Creativity Award to be chosen by the gallery director, $100 for Visitors Choice and five Honorable Mentions.  

DEADLINE:  October 17, 2010

ENTRY FEE:  $25 for the first 5 images $5 for each additional image up to 10

Creativity is encouraged.

For complete details, visit the A Smith Gallery website!

HOT NEW PIC: Photo Competition

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NO BURNED TOAST!

Sometime you only get one shot.  You can’t unbake a cake or unburn toast. 

Here’s a Call for Entries from the Center Gallery in Wichita, Kansas that judges each photograph on its own merit for the 2010 Hot New Pics Contest, and not your work as a whole.  Depending on whether you see life as a glass that is half full or or a glass that is half empty, your work can shine even if the jurors don’t like EVERY piece.  Here’s your shot…take it!

CALL for ENTRIES: 2010 Hot New Pics Show

See the Center Gallery Call online! Center Gallery in Wichita, Kansas seeks entries for a national exhibition that celebrates the range of creative exploration in photography, opening October 29, 2010.   Each photograph will be considered based on the merit of the single image.

AWARDS: Enter and Compete to become the “Hot New Pic” and receive a $250 fellowship award. 

FORMAT:  Submit images in jpeg format on CD: 300 dpi, no larger than 3000 X 3000 pixels.

FEE:  Submit up to 10 images for $50, $5 for each additional image. See the call for complete guidelines.

DEADLINE: September 1, 2010.

Questions? Contact Linda Robinson at info@centergalleryonline.com
or call the Gallery at 316-269-1250.