Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Photo+Book: A Juried Exhibition of Self-Published On-Demand Photography Books


Call for Entries on Exhibition of Self-Published Books
Deadline: January 24





Contests, Juried Art Shows , Poetry Art Gallery

Photographers have been witness to a dizzying array of groundbreaking innovations in recent years. One of those exciting innovations is the emergence of "self-published, on demand" book printing services. You know.... Blurb, Lulu, iPhoto, MyPublisher and all those other proliferating providers as well. These books allow photographers to present their photographs in a high-quality, low-cost and professional-looking book. Let's celebrate these books and the artists behind them. Photo+Book will be juried by Christopher Rauschenberg and four artists submitting books will be selected for Best of Show Awards.

23 Sandy Gallery, 623 NE 23rd Ave. Portland, OR 97232, 97232, Oregon, United States

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Call for Submissions: Spring Arts Collective!


Call for Entries
IMAGINE

Juror: Susan Burnstine



Submission Deadline: February 7th, 2009

About the theme:
Reaching across boundaries, breaking rules, living on the edge,
dreaming the unknown,
envision all things possible. This exhibit will showcase diverse
perspectives portrayed by
photographer’s interpretation of the theme “Imagine”.

Eligibility:
This exhibition is open to all domestic and international,
professional and amateur,
photographers. Work derived from all photographic processes, both
traditional and digital,
are accepted, as well as mixed media work that is photo-based.

Exhibition and Awards:
Spring Arts Collective Gallery exhibits the work of contemporary
artists, both established and
emerging. Work will remain on exhibit for one month. Over 1200 people
attend SAC’s monthly
opening night event, held in conjunction with the LA Downtown Art
Walk on Gallery Row.
As a benefit of being selected for this exhibition, artists and their
work will be seen by an
audience of artists and collectors who appreciate photographic and
digital art forms.

• Selected images will be exhibited and available for sale at SAC
Gallery in Los Angeles, CA,
from March 12th - April 5th 2009.
• Selected images will also be prominently featured on the SAC
Gallery website and be
included in news releases to various local and web publications.
• A public reception for the artists will take place on Thursday,
March 12th 7-9pm to coincide
with the LA Downtown Art Walk on Gallery Row.
• First place winner will receive a one day workshop of Susan
Burnstine’s Visual Narratives
I or II or $100.00.
• Two honorable mentions will be awarded.

About the Juror:
Susan Burnstine is an award winning professional fine art and
commercial photographer based
in Los Angeles who builds homemade cameras and lenses primarily made
out of plastic,
vintage camera parts and random household objects. Susan is
represented in galleries across
the country, widely published throughout the world, and has written
for several photography
magazines, including Camera Arts and a monthly column for Black &
White Photography (UK).
www.susanburnstine.com

Submissions:
Submissions can be made online at: http://
www.springartscollective.com/docs/sac_submissions.html
JPEG SIZE: 900 pixels longest side @72dpi.
You may also download and print out an entry form (PDF located below)
and mail a CD with
your images and $35 processing fee (Made out to Studio 528) to:

Spring Arts Collective Gallery
Attention Artist Submissions
c/o Studio 528
453 S. Spring St. Suite 528
Los Angeles, CA 90013

Unless an SASE is provided, materials will not be returned.

Entry Fee:
Registration fee is $35US (six images).

If your work is accepted:
1. Send work framed and matted, ready for hanging. Max size of frame
is 28”
2. Include return postage or fed ex number for framed prints to be
shipped back to you
after the exhibition. Prints without postage cannot be returned.
Prints will be returned
in the container they were received.
3. When packing framed print, do NOT use Styrofoam peanuts.
4. The framed print MUST BE received by March 7th, 2009
5. Ship to:
Spring Arts Collective Gallery
Attention “Imagine Exhibition”
c/o Studio 528
453 S. Spring St. Suite 528
Los Angeles, CA 90013

Sales:
SAC Gallery encourages the sale of exhibited photographs. The
commission charged will be
50% of the sale price. Print your name, address, telephone numbers
(work and home), and
sales amount on a slip of paper and tape to back of frame. If your
print is Not-For-Sale (NFS)
please specify.

Calendar:
Deadline for entries: February 7th, 2009
Winners announced: February 16th, 2009
Selected entries must be recieved by March 7th, 2009
Exhibit Dates: March 12th – April 5th 2009

For more information go to http://www.springartscollective.com

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

The Truth About the Fact: Call for Submissions

The Truth About the Fact, International Journal of Literary published by LMU seeks photography submissions for publication. Deadline: December 31, 2008. Submission information: http://www.thetruthaboutthefact.com/

Monday, November 10, 2008

Photography Contest Sponsored by LMU Study Abroad!



Photo Contest: “Pictures From Abroad” Sponsored by The Study Abroad Office

The Study Abroad Office is holding a photo contest open to all LMU students, faculty, and staff, to promote International Education Week. The contest will also raise funds for Operation Smile, a non-profit organization that helps repair childhood facial deformities around the world.

Guidelines:
1. Submit pictures from Tuesday, Oct. 28 - Friday, Nov. 14
2. Photos must be pictures from abroad in a hard copy form
3. Sizes 4x6, 5x7, or 8x10 are acceptable
4. Cost is $2 for the first two photo submissions; $1 per photo for additional photo submissions

All proceeds from this contest will be donated to “Operation Smile.” Photos should be submitted to the Study Abroad Office located in University Hall, Suite 1840 in person. (We are not accepting digital submissions or submissions by mail.) All pictures must be appropriate for public viewing at LMU.

When you submit your photos, you can pay by check or credit card. Alternatively, you can pay online at
http://support.operationsmile.org/goto/lmustudyabroad . If you choose the online option, please print your receipt and bring it in to us with your photos. Your contribution is tax deductible.

All photos will be exhibited on Tuesday, Nov. 18, during convo hour, in Alumni Mall. The Grand Prize Winner will be announced and you also have the opportunity to vote for your favorite!

For more information, contact Julie Jimenez at x86068 or
julie.jimenez@lmu.edu .

Onward '09 2nd Annual Juried Photography Competition

ONWARD ‘09: 2nd Annual Juried Photography Competition

Project Basho is pleased to announce ONWARD ‘09, annual juried photography competition, exclusively featuring new and emerging photographs’ work.

This year, we are inviting Peter Barberie, Curator of Photographs at Philadelphia Museum of Art as juror. The deadline is November 14. For more information, please download the entry form from our website.

Theme for the competition is open, and any photographic medium including but not limited to historical processes, traditional silver printing, chromogenic printing and digital processes can be submitted for consideration. Selected photographers’ work will be featured in a group exhibition at Project Basho Gallery. Further recognition will be awarded in the form of cash awards and opportunities for a two-person show at Project Basho Gallery.

Last year’s competition attracted close to 300 photographers nationally and internationally who submitted over 1200 images. Andrea Modica, the last year juror selected 59 photographs for the show at Project Basho Gallery, which was held in January and February 2008. You can see selected photographers’ work on ONWARD ‘08 Web Gallery.

Deadline: November 14

Project Basho, 1305 Germantown Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19122, 215-238-0928, onward.projectbasho.org

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Student Profile: Justin Manzano



"My photographic ideas begin in my dreams. Numerous abstractions are created [within my dream] and my conscious mind is left to decipher and transform the random thoughts into concrete images and organized ideas."


Hometown: San Diego
Influences: dreams, the United Kingdom, muses, Modernism
Favorite Book: Sartori in Paris, Jack Kerouac
Favorite place in LA: Main Street, Santa Monica
Favorite Artists: Avedon, Demarchelier, Arbus, Testino, Hirst, Koons, & Hokusai


Lecture: Curating Contemporary Photography by Charlotte Cotton

Charlotte Cotton, Curator and Department Head of Photographs at LACMA, will be speaking at OTIS College of Art and Design, Ben Maltz Gallery on November 10 from 7:30-9.

The lecture is being held in conjunction with the exhibition, "When It's a Photograph" which examines variations on the traditional photographic image.

http://www.otis.edu/calendar/detail/id/1021