Wednesday, June 22, 2011

One Life Photography Competition


Photographers, what does the world look like through your eyes? 

You are invited to participate in the annual One Life Photography Competition. This worldwide search for photography seeks to illuminate your perspective: what you love, your travels, or anything that reflects your world and experience.  

One Life is an international photography competition open to all backgrounds, styles and perspectives. 

With over $50,000 in prizes and awards, 

The One Life Photography Competition is your opportunity to share your vision for a chance to earn international exposure and life-changing reward.

The Grand Prize Selected Photographer Will Receive:

The Adventure of a Lifetime
Your Choice of: A Worldwide Travel Adventure or $10,000 Cash

A New York City Exhibition & Reception
Show your images in one of the most exciting cities in the world

All participants will be considered for the $2,500 People's Choice Award 
Offered to the photographer whose portfolio garners the highest number of votes 

 Have your photographs seen by a distinguished panel of jurors: 

Pierre Stravinski Art Director Esquire Magazine 
Daniel Aycock Director Front Room Gallery 
Bruce Perez Director of Photography Redbook Magazine 
Daria Brit Shapiro Head Curator Artists Wanted 
Ellen-k Syverstad Founder ellen-k Fine Art Photography 
Conor Risch Senior Editor PDN Magazine 

Katherine Schad Director of Photography O, The Oprah Magazine 

Deadline is: Midnight, July 29th (EST)
For Full Information Go To:


Thursday, May 12, 2011

Call for Entries - Portrait Photography


TAYLOR WESSING PHOTOGRAPHIC
PORTRAIT PRIZE 2011

Entry is now open for the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2011, the leading international photographic portrait competition, which celebrates and promotes the very best in contemporary portrait photography. The competition is open to everyone aged 18 and over from around the world.
Organised by the National Portrait Gallery in London, the Prize has established a reputation for its diversity of photographic styles submitted by a range of photographers, from gifted amateurs and photography students to established professionals.
In the Prize’s search for excellence, photographers are encouraged to interpret ‘portrait’ in its widest sense of ‘photography concerned with portraying people with an emphasis on their identity as individuals.’
For more information:


Sunday, April 24, 2011

Call for Entries - Photography

 Call for Entries Newspace Center for Photography
Entries Accepted: Through Saturday, June 18th 2011 (must arrive by this date)
Exhibition: Friday, August 5th through Sunday, August 28th 2011.
THE JUROR:
Newspace Center for Photography invites you to enter our 7th Annual Juried Exhibition. Winning images will be shown at the Center during the month of August 2011.  The competition is open to all photographic themes and processes, but the work should have been created in the last five years.
EXHIBITION & AWARD
Those accepted into the show will be notified by early July and will be posted on our website.  Selected photographers will exhibit at Newspace from Friday, August 5th through Sunday, August 28th, 2011.  One photographer will be selected for a solo show at Newspace in 2011 and awarded $500.  Regional, national, and international entries are accepted.
ENTRY DETAILS
To enter, fill out and mail a completed entry form. Only CD submissions will be accepted. Images must be 300 dpi jpg files no larger than seven inches in the longest dimension. Each jpg file must be titled with your last name, first initial, “underscore” and the correlating number to match the entry form. For instance, Mike Smith would be SmithM_1.jpg.  The CD itself must be labeled with the photographer’s name.  Materials will not be returned.
The entry fee is $40 for five images. Newspace TOY CAMERA level (and higher) members may enter five images for FREE.  You may enter as many times as you like.  Entry fees are non-refundable.
For more information:

CALL FOR ENTRIES - Portfolio ShowCase

INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR ENTRIES

Portfolio ShowCase Volume 5

Book and Online Exhibition

IMPORTANT DATES:
Entries due: May 3, 2011
Notice of acceptance: June 10, 2011
Online Exhibition: July 1 - November 30, 2011
Book Release and Reception: November 2011

ENTRY FEE:
Members: $65 for the first portfolio (12 images)
Non-Members: $85 for the first portfolio (12 images)
Additional portfolios may be submitted for $85. There is no limit to the number of portfolios that may be submitted.
Applicants signing up for membership at the time they submit will receive the automatic discounted entry fee.
Note: Images selected by jurors for exhibition at the Center in the previous 12 months are NOT eligible. Images previously submitted but not yet selected for exhibition may be resubmitted as often as you wish.

QUESTIONS?
Call: 970.224.1010
THEME:

Portfolio ShowCase Volume 5
There is no theme for this exhibition. The images will be evaluated as a cohesive body of work, rather than individual images. Fifteen photographers will be chosen to display their twelve-image portfolios in the Center's Portfolio ShowCase Volume 5 book and online exhibition.
JUROR:

Chris Pichler
Chris Pichler is the founder and publisher of Nazraeli Press. Based in Portland, Oregon, Nazraeli Press publishes books specializing in contemporary photography.
EXHIBITION AND 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 Online Gallery exhibition as well as published in the Portfolio ShowCase Volume 5 Book. Select artists also will receive a blog feature at the Center's blog PERSPECTIVES.
Juror's Selection: The juror will select one portfolio to be the first presented in the book and will select an image from the portfolio to be the book cover.
Solo Exhibition Award: One photographer will be chosen to display their portfolio in the Center's South Gallery.
Each participating artist will receive a complementary book.

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.
Exhibit 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. Please no colored mats or frames. 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.
Acceptance Notice: Everyone who submits will receive an email notification of which images were accepted. Accepted images will be posted on the Center's website along with instructions for the gallery presentation.

Friday, October 9, 2009

Call for Entries

Open Call for Entries for All Photographers

Theme: Portraits

Juror: David Little, MIA Curator of Photographs

Entry Fee: $30 up to 5 images; $10 each additional (no limit on number that may be submitted)

Prizes: $300 for 1st; $200 for 2nd; $100 for 3rd

Entries Due: October 24, 2009

Notice of Acceptance: November 10, 2009

Exhibition Dates: January 2, 2010 - January 31, 2010 at the Mpls Photo Center

More information: http://www.mplsphotocenter.com/exhibits/callforentries

Saturday, October 3, 2009

Call For Submissions - Photo

THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY


Deadline: October 7.

Contest sponsored by Digital PhotoPro magazine.
Grand prize: Publication of your photo in the January/February 2010 issue, a D-SLR camera or $1,500 cash, a Tamrac 3385 Speed Pack and a Duggal 16 x 24 print of the winning photo. 


For More Information Go To:
http://www.digitalphotopro.com/photo-contests/art-of-photography.html

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Wired.com Photo Contest: Sleep

There's something irresistible about taking a picture of someone sleeping.

You are awake, and they are not, and now you have proof.

This, ladies and gentleman, is your assignment.


http://www.wired.com/culture/art/news/2009/09/submissions_sleep