Photography Now at Center for Photography at Woodstock
Deadline: March 27th
Juror: Charlotte Cotton is Curator and Head of the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).
From the website:
PHOTOGRAPHY NOW
It’s the Center for Photography at Woodstock’s annual PHOTOGRAPHY NOW call for entries where winners will be exhibited in CPW’s main gallery from June 13 – July 26, 2009. This year CPW has invited acclaimed curator and writer,Charlotte Cotton to select the most exciting new photography from the national and international field!
ELIGIBILITY
From traditional to digital, all photographic techniques and approaches are welcome. Straight photography, fine art, narrative, documentary, landscape, social issues, still life, mixed media incorporating photography, photographic installations, and digital images & collages – all will be considered! CPW staff and ADV/Board members are not eligible to apply.
EXHIBITION
Accepted work will be exhibited in CPW’s gallery from June 13 – July 26, 2009
TIMELINE
Results will be announced on or before May 8, 2009. Selected participants will be given instructions on how, when, and what to send for exhibition. Entries that are not selected for Photography Now will be returned by the end of May, as long as they are accompanied by a clearly labeled self addressed, stamped, return envelope.
WHAT TO SUBMIT
Jurying will be conducted via projection of digital images only. A completed application form is required. Guidelines for submissions must be followed as outlined:
CD-ROM ENTRIES – If sending a CD-ROM, title each file with your “last name_ image title.” We accept JPEG files at 300 DPI, no larger than 5×7”. Include a separate printed image list with your submission information – See page 2 of application form.
No submissions will be accepted via email. Artist statements and resumes are encouraged, but not required. You must include a self-addressed, stamped envelope for return.
PLEASE NOTE: We are not responsible for unlabeled submission materials. In cases in which you are submitting a CD and do not want it returned, please be sure to provide your email address so we may notify you of the results. If a return envelope is not provided your materials will be discarded, but a letter of notice regarding acceptance status will be sent. Every precaution is taken to assure the return of your materials, but CPW is not responsible for loss or damage of any entry materials.
HOW TO ENTER
6 images: $50 ($30 student/senior discount in this category only) | 10 images: $60 | 20 images: $100Residents of Canada & Mexico – please add $15 to any of the above categories. International applicants – please add $20.
METHOD OF PAYMENT
Please make checks payable to CPW.
AMEX, MC, & Visa credit cards are also accepted.
JUROR
Charlotte Cotton is Curator and Head of the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Previously, she was Head of Programming at The Photographers’ Gallery in London and Curator of Photographs at the Victoria and Albert Museum (1992 to 2004) and Head of Programming at the Photographers’ Gallery in London (2004-5). She has curated many exhibitions of historical and contemporary photography including, Imperfect Beauty: The Making of Contemporary Fashion Photographs (2000), Out of Japan (2002), Stepping In and Out: Contemporary Documentary Photography (2003) and Guy Bourdin (2003). Charlotte is the author and editor of publications such as Imperfect Beauty (2000), Then Things Went Quiet’(2003), Guy Bourdin (2003) and The Photograph as Contemporary Art (2005). Currently she is preparing for two touring exhibitions for LACMA for 2009 – Heavy Light: Recent Photography and Video from Japan and New Topographics.
Entries must arrive by Friday March 27, 2009
Please deliver entries to:
attn: Photography Now 2009 | Exhibition
Center for Photography at Woodstock
59 Tinker Street Woodstock, New York 12498
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