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2007 Purchase Prize Photograph

9th Annual Photography Exhibit

Submissions must be received by July 11, 2008

The Village of Elsah Museum announces the 2008 Annual Photography Exhibit to be held July 26 to October 18, 2008. The exhibit is entitled “Colors and Contrasts of Elsah” and will be held in the Museum building, known as the Village Hall, at 26 LaSalle Street, Elsah, Illinois. The purpose of the exhibit is to celebrate and foster an appreciation of the beauty and unique qualities of Elsah and the immediate area in every season.

Photographers, amateur and professional, are invited to make submissions to the exhibit and participate in the purchase prize portion of the exhibit. As in previous years, the photographers may sell their displayed photographs to the public retaining all proceeds.

This is the 9th annual exhibit and the seventh year for which there will be a first place purchase prize. The first place prize will be purchased by the Museum for $150 for the matted print as well as permission to use the photograph in publicity for the 2008 and 2009 exhibits as well as printed material generated as a result of the current or next year's exhibit. There will be certificates to recognize additional works.

In order to recognize places of interest in the entire Elsah corporate limits, in 2008, there will be two first place purchase prizes based on location. One prize will be for a photograph taken in the valley area and one on the bluffs, either on the Principia College Campus, Eliestoun or other familiar locations close to these geographic areas.

Works submitted for the purchase prize will be judged on the following criteria:

• Expression of the theme, “Colors and Contrasts of Elsah”
• Quality of the photographic composition and quality of the photographic reproduction.
  

In order for photographs to be considered for the purchase prize, photographs submitted (silver gelatin, color, digitally or photographically produced) must be at least 8 X 10 print size and matted (mat not to exceed 16 X 20).

In addition, photographs may be submitted for the exhibition only, not participating in the purchase prize activity. Please include the words, “Exhibition only” on the back of the mat or on the transmittal sheet. Photographs will only be accepted that are on theme and taken in the Village of Elsah or the immediate area.

It is highly recommended, but not required, that the matted print be either framed or in a clear covering. The Museum will not be responsible for damage to photographs without a clear covering. Matted prints may be displayed using double sided tape on the back side. All framed photographs must have a wire on the back for hanging. Those framed without a wire or other open hanger will not be exhibited.

Each photographer may submit up to four photographs. Information on the back of the mat must include the name of the photographer, title, price (if for sale), mailing address and contact numbers. Also, please include a temporary, removable, title card without the photographer’s name to be affixed to the front of the photograph for purposes of judging.

Submissions must be received by July 11, 2008, delivered to the Museum during open hours or mailed to P.O. Box 28, Elsah, Illinois 62028. It is the responsibility of the photographer to arrange for the return of his/her photographs after the exhibit. Those not picked up within a month shall become the property of the Village of Elsah.

Judging will occur prior to the opening of the show on July 26, 2008. Winners will be notified in writing or email. It is not necessary to be present in the area to receive recognition. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, July 26, 2008 from 1 to 4. Refreshments will be served. The Museum is pleased to announce that Janice Nesser-Chu, a working photographer/artist and photography professor, will judge the 2008 exhibit.

You can contact the Village of Elsah in the following ways:

Mail:
Village of Elsah
9th Annual Photography Exhibit
P. O. Box 28
Elsah, IL 62028

Phone: 618-374-1568 (leave a message)

E-mail, with the subject "Re: 2008 Exhibit" to voemayor@empowering.com