Friday, January 29, 2010

PDN Call for Work

Prizes/Awards/Recognition

An awards celebration for the winners will take place in May 2010 in New York, NY. The winners and their work will be featured in the May issue of PDN and on our Web site.

NEW THIS YEAR! The Arnold and Augusta Newman Foundation and Maine Media Workshops Scholarship and Prize for New Directions in Creative Photographic Portraiture. Photographers are invited to enter portrait photography for consideration in this new category.
The winner will receive $15,000 and a solo exhibit at the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine.

Prizes total over $20,000!

Marty Forscher Fellowship

The Marty Forscher Fellowship recognizes students and young professionals with a talent for humanistic photography. The fund will award two grants in 2010. Photographers are eligible by entering humanistic documentary images to the PDN Photo Annual. The Fellowship is sponsored by Parsons School for Design and Photo District News.

Categories: Advertising, Magazine/Editorial, Photo Books, Photojournalism/Sports, Documentary, Corporate Design/Photo Products, Personal, Stock Photography, Web Sites, Student Work

Entry Fees

SINGLE ENTRY:$55
CAMPAIGN/SERIES:$65
STUDENT:$35 (single or series)


Extended Entry Deadline 2/17/10


Here are some of the PDN PHOTO ANNUAL recent entries:
http://www.pdnphotoannual.com/entries.shtml

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Lewis Koch speaking: Friday, 5 February 2010

Lewis Koch is coming to town for a book signing of his new book, Touchless Automatic Wonder, at Left Bank Books (downtown location at 321 North 10th St., St Louis 63101) on Thursday, 4 February at 7 pm.

He will speak at Webster at 1 pm on Friday, the 5th, in Sverdrup 254. Come to the free talk!

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Call for Work: Deadline 8 March 2010

Open Call for Entries for All Photographers
Theme: Landscapes • Unfeigned or Illusory

A Landscape, as defined by this Call for Entry, can be representational or non-representational, urban, suburban or rural.

Juror: Todd Brandow, Founding Director of the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography.

Entry Fee: $35 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: March 8, 2010
Notice of Acceptance: March 18, 2010
Exhibition Dates: April 23, 2010 – June 13, 2010 at the Mpls Photo Center
Reception: April 23, 2010, 6:30 - 9:00 pm at the Mpls Photo Center

About the Juror
Born and raised in Minneapolis, Todd Brandow worked as an art consultant in New York for many years. Since 1997, he has been living in Paris, working as a photography curator, foundation director and book publisher. He co-produced and co-curated the highly successful Edward S. Curtis vintage exhibitions, drawn from the collection of Christopher Cardozo, that were exhibited in European museums between 2000 and 2006. US State Department-sponsored modern print shows of Curtis’s work are currently touring Latin America, Europe and will be soon in North Africa and Japan under his direction. He co-curated a retrospective tour of Finnish photographer Arno Rafael Minkkinen with critic A. D. Coleman. He recently co-curated with Musée de l'Elysée Director William Ewing and Senior Curator Nathalie Herschdorfer the exhibitions Edward Steichen: Lives in Photography and Edward Steichen: In High Fashion, the Condé Nast Years 1923-1937. Brandow is the founding director of the Minnesota-based non-profit organization, the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography (FEP), and President of FEP Editions LLC. Currently, ten new major exhibitions are in the planning and production stages.


Entry Checklist
Entries are submitted online at http://www.MplsPhotoCenter.com/exhibits/callforentries

To prepare your images for uploading, please adhere to the following image file specifications:
  • sRGB or RGB color space (standard) - NOT CMYK (typically used by printing industry)
  • Save files to 72 ppi resolution; any layers flattened, 8 bit JPEG files (16 bit will not upload.)
  • Sized to 1,280 pixels on the longest side, the other size width or height proportional
  • JPG format
  • JPG compression at level 7 (medium). This compression level will not affect the quality of images viewed on a monitor.
  • Do use characters other than a period preceding jpg in the file name. The following characters will lead to image uploading problems: !@#$%^&*()_+
Mpls Photo Center, LLC
2400 North Second Street,
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55411
www.mplsphotocenter.com

Tamron Educational Pricing

Tamron is committed to photo education.
For many years Tamron has worked to find new ways to lower the cost of providing our internationally awarded lenses to educators and students of media and photography. And as always, we continue to examine how we can do more to advance the cause of photographic education.

Traditionally, we have provided consumers in general and educators and students in particular, with several key advantages over competitive lens makers.

1- We relied on our superior optical quality supported by independent laboratory tests and reports which conclusively show that our professional products provide greater enlargeability than the camera makers while maintaining excellent contrast, sharpness and edge to edge illumination.
2- We offered our lenses at prices that have been typically 30-50% LESS than the OEM’s closest models, in spite of the better quality, believing that everyone, but particularly students would be able to grow faster if they could acquire better tools more cheaply.
3- Then, we provided educators and students with additional discounts in the form of bonus rebates to make the price more attractive.
4- We continue to advance and enhance lens design and build lenses with a greater range of functionality than any other maker.
5- For over 30 years we have supported our lenses with longer warranties than any of the camera companies on all of our products.
6-We have committed corporately to the most stringent environmental sustainability and preservation technologies (being recognized as ISO 14000 compliant) and quality control standards (being ISO 9000 compliant).

We currently have over 1,000 schools where the extra benefits are available to the faculty and students in the qualifying departments.

And still, we wanted to do more!
So, today, we break exciting new ground in two ways.
1- We are making many more of our international award winning lenses available under our Educational Purchase Plan. Many of the models have never before been offered at extra discounts. You asked for it and now you have it!
2- We are cutting prices to education again: making the EPP extra discounts available to educators and students dramatically deeper, driving down the cost of world class optics to prices not seen since the 1980s. (And none of these fabulous lenses could even have been made back then.)

Here are the exceptional prices we are providing specifically to educators and students in qualifying disciplines:
LENSES
EPP REBATE
REGULAR REBATE
TOTAL REBATE
SP AF10-24mm F/3.5-4.5 Di II LD Aspherical IF (model B001)
$70
-0-
$70
SP AF17-50mm F/2.8 XR Di II LD Aspherical IF Macro (model A016)
$85
-0-
$85
SP AF17-50mm F/2.8 XR VC Di II LD Aspherical IF Macro (model B005)
$95
$25
$120
SP AF28-75mm F/2.8 XR Di LD Aspherical IF Macro (model A09)
$85
-0-
$85
AF18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 XR Di II LD Aspherical IF (model A014)
$40
$60
$100
AF18-250mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II LD Aspherical IF Macro (model A018)
$70
-0-
$70
AF18-270mm F/3.5-6.3VC Di II LD Aspherical IF Macro (model B003)
$95
$50
$145
AF28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF Macro (model A061)
$30
$50
$80
AF28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 XR VC Di LD Aspherical IF Macro (model A020)
$70
-0-
$70
AF55-200mm F/4-5.6 Di II LD Macro (model A015)
$50
-0-
$50
SP AF70-200 F/2.8 Di LD IF Macro (model A001)
$85
-0-
$85
AF70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di LD IF 1:2 Macro (model A017)
$50
-0-
$50
SP AF200-500mm F/5-6.3 Di LD F (model A08)
$95
$30
$125
SP AF60mm F/2 Di II LD IF 1:1 Macro (model G005)
$20
$25
$45
SP AF90mm F/2.8 Di 1:1 Macro (model 272)
$80
-0-
$80
SP AF180mm F/5-6.3 Di LD IF 1:1 Macro (model B01)
$90
$50
$140

Monday, January 25, 2010

Call for Work: Deadline 19 February 2010

Submissions are sought from all artists, 18 and over, for St. Louis’ first juried art exhibit in celebration of Jewish Art Week, March 7-13.

THEME: Artists are encouraged to broadly interpret Jewish life or present work with Jewish content.

ELIGIBILITY: This call for art is open to everyone 18 years of age or older. This is a juried exhibition for artists working in all traditional and non-traditional 2D and 3D media, except for film/video. No ceiling-installations. All artwork must be original in concept, design and execution. No work produced under instruction. Crafts, kit work or reproductions after original works in other media, unless used as part of a mixed media work, will not be considered. Accepted artists are responsible for all shipping costs.

SUBMISSIONS AND FEES: Up to three original works may be submitted. They must be in a .jpg file format, no larger than 800 ppi on longest side. No slides, photographs or DVDs. CD's will be accepted when application is submitted by mail, but EMAIL submission is preferred. There is no fee to submit. Email submission to jeane@vogelpix or mail to Jeane Vogel Studios, 19½ Crestwood Court-ArtSpace, St. Louis, MO 63126. Include your email address with submission.

DEADLINE: All submissions must be received by Feb. 19, 2010. Notification by email by Feb. 26.

SPONSORSHIP: Jeane Vogel Studios is a juried member of the American Guild of Judaic Art, which sponsors Jewish Art Week. Accepted works will be exhibited at the Neve Shalom Gallery, 1240 Dautel, St. Louis, MO 63146 from March 7-13. Visit the Guild’s website, www.jewishart.org, for more infomation about the AGJA. Details about the artists’ reception will be emailed separately.

JURORS: Robin Hirsh, Associate Director & Gallery Director, Art St. Louis, and Ilene Berman, MFA candidate SIU-E May 2010.

Bron Imaging Girl (or Boy) Next Door contest

Markus Klinko & Indrani
2010 Student Photography Competition

The girl (or boy) next door contest.

Bron Imaging Group has partnered with the iconic photographic team of Markus Klinko and Indrani. The Bron Imaging Group bi-annual BIG ED photographic contest will be hosted by the power couple this spring. The theme of the contest is an intimate portrait of the girl or boy next door. The image could be a brief glimpse of an intimate moment, something that plays on the voyeuristic. Possibly the image could be something more Rockwellian centered around a boy scout troop or a combination of the two, remember it is M&I…

The competition will run from February 1st to July 1st. Markus Klinko and Indrani will select the winners, along with a hand-picked panel of stylists and magazine editors.


For more information, contact kandi@bronimaging.com

First prize will be a complete broncolor Mobil A2R travel kit. In addition, the winner will have the option to add a second head from the following choices, Mobilite 2 head, a Unilite head, or a Ringflash C.

Second prize will be a broncolor Minicom RFS Travel kit.

Third prize will be a California Sunbounce Micro Mini with flash bracket.

Fourth prize will be a FOBA M2 ball head with Quick Release plate.

Markus and Indrani are featured in Bravo’s newest docu-series “Double Exposure” which follows Markus and Indrani, giving viewers a taste of all that is fashionable, provocative and iconic in the fast-paced world of high fashion and celebrity photography. Scheduled to air early spring 2010.

The Bron Imaging Group Educational Program

The BIG Ed Program, Bron Imaging Groups Educational program provides students, educators, and accredited institutions with the tools and training to help promote and support excellence in photography. The program consists of discounts, training seminars, and the BIG lecture series.

Rules

1. This photo competition is only open to students enrolled in classes working towards a degree in accredited photography programs at schools or colleges located in the United States (excluding Hawaii and Alaska). The location of the school is determined by the primary location of classes.

2. Only one entry per student is allowed.

3. Image must be provided in high-resolution. No low-resolution files will be eligible. File formats of TIFF or JPEG are acceptable. The finalist must provide a high-resolution image.

4. The competition is sponsored by Bron Imaging Group, Markus Klinko and Indrani.

5. Bron Imaging Group shall have print and online rights to use the winning images in promotional literature, advertising, electronic media, trade show graphics, and other advertising forms along with a description of the equipment used in it’s production for a period of 24 months. Credit in the form of a by-line shall be given to the photographer.

6. Prizes will be awarded for first, second, third and fourth place. The student will be responsible for all applicable taxes, fees or surcharges.

7. By entering, the student agrees that his or her image is original and does not infringe on any third party. The student will obtain and furnish upon request any necessary permission from any third party if a third party or their property appears in the photograph. This shall include all model release forms signed by subject or their guardian if underage.

8. By entering this contest, students release and hold harmless Bron Elektronik, Sinar, Bron Imaging Group, and Markus Klinko and Indrani, its affiliated organizations and dealers and each of their directors, officers, employees, attorneys, agents and representatives from any and all liability for injury, loss, claim, action, demand, and damage of any kind arising from or related to this contest or the prizes won.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Photo Grants and Opportunities

Lucie Foundation Scholarship
Deadline: January 25

Center's Project Competition
Deadline: January 27

Center's Project Launch
Deadline: January 27

Dorothea Lange - Paul Taylor Prize
Deadline: January 31

The Julia Margaret Cameron Award
Deadline: February 7

Bemis Center Residency
Deadline: February 28

Future Generation Art Prize
Deadline: April 18

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Call for Work: Deadline 1 February 2010

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CALL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS
Submissions due February 1, 2010

SHOTS Magazine announces an international call for photographic work to be considered for publication in the Spring Issue, SHOTS 107. The theme for this issue is SMOKE & MIRRORS*. Please visit the SHOTS website for further information and guidelines.

An established independent photography journal in its 23rd year of publication, SHOTS Magazine reaches an international audience of photographers, collectors, galleries, museums, educators and other fine art photography enthusiasts. Don't miss this chance to have your work seen!

Note: Online submissions are now being accepted.

*As is the case with all SHOTS themes, the "Smoke & Mirrors" theme is open to your interpretation. Suggestions may include (but are not limited to): mirrors/reflections, smoke, trickery, illusions, shadows, screens, curtains, multiple exposures, spirit photography, special effects, implied presences, shadows, secrets, lies, deception, etc.


Click for submission guidelines