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CALL for ENTRIES: Photo Contest-No Entry Fee!

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Click to Subscribe to www.ArtAndArtDeadlines.com by Email!A FEAST for the EYES

My child is wise to the fast food commercials… finally.  Every time he used to see a commercial he would always say, “Man, that looks good.”  After several disappointments, he now says, “I’ll bet that doesn’t taste as good as it looks.”  They over promise and under deliver.  This next call gives you the opportunity to over promise food that you don’t actually have to deliver at all.  Investigate the possibilities…

Check out this Call for Entries for a Photo Contest sponsored by Hostelling International, Washington DC.  The prizes are small, but there is not entry fee. *Editor’s Note:  This contest does not appear on the Hostelling International website, so be sure to bookmark this page for entry instructions.  This could be a great way to get another great credit on your resume.  Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Hostelling International – Washington, DC

 

Learn more about Hostelling International - Washington DC!ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists

MEDIA:  Photography

DEADLINE:  February 6, 2012

NOTIFICATION: Winners announced at the reception on February 24, 2012

AWARDS: Prizes are $150, $70, and $50. Prizes will be awarded to the top 3 photo entries. Only 1 prize may be won per person.

CATEGORIES:  Festivities: International events in Washington, DC (i.e. Cherry Blossom, Cinco de Mayo); People: The international community in Washington, DC; and Altered images of Food: Photographs manipulated for artistic purposes by applying digital and/or traditional special effects

TO ENTER:  To enter the contest, email up to 3 high resolution pictures to hiwashingtondc123@gmail.com. Be sure to include your name and a brief description of your picture(s) in your e-mail.

* Editor’s Note:  This contest does not appear on the Hostelling International website, so be sure to bookmark this page for entry instructions.

Learn more about Hostelling International – Washington, DC! Learn more about Hostelling International - Washington DC!

CALL for ENTRIES: Light, Space & Time

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It is a happy, shiny New Year, and I am excited about the possibilities. Per usual, I am optimistic about the future… nauseatingly optimistic, according to my husband Jon.  However, most folks will also tell you that my attitude toward life is often like my taste in food…direct, unapologetic and undiplomatic. Can food be unapologetic and undiplomatic?  Absolutely. Have you ever met a cheese named Limberger? That sort of straight forwardness is what drew me to this next Call.  Investigate…

Check out the Call for Entries from the Light, Space & Time Gallery for their online Landscapes competition. You know that I am not a huge fan of online competitions; however, I think of this as digital publication which is always a good thing. The entry fee is dirt cheap, and the value of inbound links to your website is priceless. Take a look…

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Learn more about the Light Space and Time Online Gallery!CALL for ENTRIES:
Landscapes

 

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery presents a Juried Competition, in which 2D artists from around the world are called upon to make online submissions for the theme Landscapes for inclusion into the March 2012 online group exhibition.

ELIGIBILITY: Light Space & Time encourages entries from all 2D artists regardless of where they reside and regardless of their experience or education in the art field.

Learn more about the Landscapes show!MEDIA: All two dimensional media are eligible.

DEADLINE: The submission process for artists ends February 27, 2012.

ENTRY FEE: $10 for 2 Entries or $15.00 for 3 to 5 Entries

AWARDS: Awards will be for 1st through 10th places. In addition, 5  artists will be recognized with Honorable Mention awards. Depending on the amount and the quality of the entries these winning categories may be expanded and there also may be Special Recognition awards posted as well.

Learn more about the Light Space and Time Online Gallery!BENEFITS: Your artwork is exposed to thousands of visitors to the website each month. Your artwork is retained on the website in the Archives section for further and ongoing exposure. The Artist’s website is linked to Light Space & Time. Winners for that month are promoted in direct email pieces to gallery owners and directors, corporate art representatives and decision makers in the art world. Winners for that month will be promoted to 50+ news and press release outlets, thus creating more traffic, exposure and back links to the artist and their website. Participating winners are gaining valuable experience, marketing their artwork and building their resumes for a very low cost to take part in one of the gallery’s online competitions. *Editor’s Note: This statement is not a guarantee from www.ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, but it comes directly from the Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery website.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Read the Full Call at the Light Space and Time Online Gallery!

CALL for ENTRIES: Six

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Why does beer come in six packs?  My house is dotted with six packs.  It isn’t like THAT.  I am NOT a beer drinker, but my husband IS a beer brewer.  My son’s room would be far less cluttered if beer were more efficiently packaged.  Did I forget to mention that my husband stores his beer under my 12-year-old’s bed? Okay, I am going to stop before this sounds even worse.  This call is a much better use of things that come in sixes.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries for Six, an all-hung exhibit sponsored by Robin Willow Elements, at Red Z Gallery in Mt. Vernon, OH.  The size restrictions make shipping easy, and the entry fee is realy low.  Don’t miss this opportunity…

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Learn more about the Six Show at the Red Z Gallery!CALL for
ENTRIES:
Six

 

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists.  All original artwork must be 6”x6”, unframed-but mounted (if needed) and have a hanging mechanism on the back.

MEDIA:  All media accepted/except: glass, tile and ceramic due to breakage potential during transport.

Examples:  Photography, painting, fiber art, paper art, pen & ink, drawing, pencil, collage, word art, graffiti art, and so on…

DEADLINE: July 13, 2012

Learn more about the Red Z Gallery!NOTIFICATION:
All hung exhibit. The gallery has the right to not hang artwork they feel is not appropriate. Please feel free to contact robinwillow@hotmail.com if you have questions.

ENTRY FEE:  $6 for up to 2 pieces.  Entry fee is non-refundable.  Add’l entries are $3.50 each.

JUDGING & AWARDS:  Voting will take place on opening night by the public for “Best of Show”.  There will be a cash prize.  The winner will be announced via blogs, website and Facebook.

SALES:  The Red Z Gallery will retain 50% of the price of your artwork.  (Price your artwork accordingly).  You will receive your check one month after sale.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

Download the Six Call for Entries!

 

CALL for ENTRIES: Night Light

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Muncha, Yawn…

How does the older generation eat at 4:30 in the afternoon?  I am hoping it is just a Golden-Girls-esque stereotype.  I prefer to eat late night, but then again, I prefer to do everything at night. Everything tastes better after 8pm, but that may account for the reality of my lifelong struggle with the size of my rear end. My husband likes to jokingly refer to me as his “vampire-honey,” but that is clearly untrue…vampires don’t eat food.  But I would look cute as Countess Chocula.  Well, we all know I am a little hyper-focused on eating.  Anyhoo, I digress.  This next call wants to see your vision of the night. Investigate…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Darkroom Gallery (Essex Junction, VT) for Night Light. The entry fee at Darkroom is always low ($20), and I love that they will provide free matting and framing if you work in their standard sizes. Take a look…

*Editor’s Note: If you enter, please make sure to let them know that you found the Call on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com. We’ve got a great history with them…including Best of Show!

Learn more about the Night Light show at the Darkroom Gallery!CALL for ENTRIES:
Night Light

 

Night photography reveals a world that we do not consciously see and offers photographers unique creative opportunities.

Night and day, dark and light – one implies the absence of the other.  But like yin yang, each has a bit of the other. The surprising thing to first time night photographers is how their images reveal things that the mind’s eye does not see.  Different light sources reveal their true colors. Compared to daylight, directed and weaker light creates drama, contrast, mystery and mood.

The dynamic range of light at night tends to be more in line with our tools abilities. Of course there are technical challenges with shooting in low light, but also tremendous creative opportunities. That’s what Darkroom Gallery wants to show with this exhibit.

Do you work with existing light – or do you introduce your own? Maybe you paint with light emitting light brushes. How have you approached shooting at night to express your vision? They want to see.

Learn more about the Darkroom Gallery online!ELIGIBILITY: Entrants must be at least 18 years old. If younger, you must have a legal guardian make the submission for you.

MEDIA:
Photography.

DEADLINE:
March 21, 2012

NOTIFICATION:
March 27, 2012

JUROR:  Linda  Rutenbergm, a Montreal-born native, who has been a photographer for 30 years. Her MFA in Photography is from Concordia University. She’s taught photography and worked as a freelance photographer for thirty  years.

Rutenbergm’s fine art work has been exhibited internationally.  She has produced  several series:- Urban Visions, Sacred Sites, Terre   Caliente, One  Island – Many Cities, Mont Royal – A World Apart, The   Spiritual  Landscape and is presently working on a nocturnal garden   series.

Linda has become particularly known for her striking images of flowers   taken at night, revealed in a series of books, starting with The Garden at Night: Private Views of Public Edens (2007),After Midnight (2008)and The English Garden at Night (2009). 

Learn more about the Darkroom Gallery!AWARDS: All selected entries are exhibited in the gallery and included in a full color exhibit catalog. Juror’s Choice receives a 20×35″ vinyl exhibit banner featuring their image. People’s Choice gains free entry into a future exhibit.

SALES: Darkroom offers free matting and framing of accepted entries for the duration of each of their exhibitions, subject to standard sizes. Photographers set their own prices if they wish to sell their work and retain all rights to their photographs. For commission details, go to the bottom of the Submisssion Rules page!

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about the Darkroom Gallery!

CALL for ENTRIES: Musical Influences

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the WORD

Music (and dessert) are the cherry on the proverbial sundae at any meal.  I have had the privilege of enjoying everything from a jug band at a pig pickin’ to authentic mariachi while eating tamales on a recent trip to Cozumel.  But my favorite dinner music is the humming of my lactose-intolerant 12 year old when he delights in his favorite cheesy indulgence…pizza.  This next call wants to hear about the music that delights you.  Get to humming…

Check out this Call for Entries for the Musical Influences show at Studio 1666 in Vancouver, British Columbia.  This is another no entry fee in an unusual space; it is starting to look like a theme, eh?

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CALL for ENTRIES:  Musical Influences

 

Learn more about Studio 1666 on Facebook! Studio 1666 is looking for works of art that is influenced by music.  This can be interpreted many ways, and they are asking you to avoid the obvious and draw upon your imagination and push your own boundaries of what this means to you.  By drawing upon senses other than vision, the idea is to convey feeling through artistic means that evoke multiple outcomes.

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists

MEDIA:   Photography, painting, sculpture, design, multimedia, mixed media, etc.

DEADLINE:  January 31, 2012

ABOUT THE GALLERY:  This is an opportunity for a group show at gallery located just off gallery row and close by Granville Island.  Studio 1666 is Vancouver’s new non-traditional gallery space, featuring current works from both established and emerging artists who are invested in confronting and responding to current trends in art.  At Studio 1666, artists are invited to give voice to their expression by sharing their creativity and ideologies with the local community.  Their aim is to support this partnership by providing a relaxed space that promotes progressive art with the mandate of making it accessible.

ENTRY PROCESS: Please send your digital files to studio1666@gmail.com

  • Jpgs only 72dpi dimensions image should not exceed 1024 pixels on the longest side
  • Submit 1-6 images for consideration
  • For video/digital work provide links to website if applicable.
  • Files should be titled LastName_firstName_01Title.jpg

*Editor’s note:  Bookmark this page for reference because this Call doesn’t appear on a website with any additional information.

For questions, please email studio1666@gmail.com!

Learn more about Studio 1666 on Facebook!

CALL to ARTISTS: My Loves

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my love

I love my husband more than life itself, but if he was just a meant-and-potatoes guy…we would never have made it.  Relationships have hinged on worse, no doubt.  The idea of a perfect lamb roast or seared piece of ahi gives hime the shivers, and I could not love him more for it.  My loves are my husband, food and art.  This next call wants you to name YOUR loves.  Say it with art…

Check out this Call to Artists for My Loves from the Linus Galleries (California). The acceptable media for this show is a cool mixture, and this could be a great opportunity. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:  My Loves

 

Check out the Call for Entries at the Linus Gallery!Love is in the air. But what is Love to you? What are your loves?  Interpret love, or your desires, or your loves to Linus Galleries in the best art.

ELIGIBILITY:
Open to all artists.

MEDIA:  Photography to  paintings in oil, acrylic, watercolor and ink, graphite drawings and fabric work from quilts to stitchwork.

DEADLINE:  April 12, 2012

ENTRY FEE:  $35 for 3 entries,$5 per add’l

AWARDS: Those accepted artists will be asked to be a part of a collective show in the future months. The artists will be asked if they wish to submit their artwork for the show.

SALES: Artwork will be offered for sale at the reception & other days the gallery will be open. 40% commission on all sales.

For complete details, Read the Guidelines!

Learn more about the Beauty Show at the Linus Gallery in Irvine!

CALL for ENTRIES: Eco Art Awards

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CENTER

I refuse to be pigeon-holed as a “foodie.”  It isn’t bad.  I just think I wandered out of “foodie” territory across the border into “crazy-food-lady” land long ago.  I dream about the perfect head of garlic.  I would rather sit down eat cheese than do almost anything else in the world.  Dare I say it…I probably love food more than art.  I am so sorry.  I didn’t mean it.  Well, maybe just a little.  This next call doesn’t want to pigeon-hole your talents by labeling it all art.  Get a load of the categories…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Eco Art Awards.  I love that there are multiple categories you can enter.  The entry fee is expensive per piece, but the cash prize is nice.  At least take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES: Eco Art Awards

 

Learn more about the EcoArtAwards!“E-col-o-gy – the totality or pattern of relations between organisms and their environment.  It has been said that art is an expression of what we aspire to be…It is also true that art is a powerful catalyst for new thinking and cultural values!

“In our present world, ecology and the balance of humanity with nature is the most important challenge we face. Being ‘green’ is becoming mainstream and top of mind.  Eco Arts Awards has created a platform of self-expression that reflects our passions for deep ecological balance in the world, together with the joy and happiness that art brings us in our daily lives.” –from EcoArtAwards.com

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists.

Learn more about the EcoArtAwards!CATEGORIES:  Songwriting, Literature, Photography, Fine Art, Functional Art and Short Videos.

MEDIA:  The Fine Art categories includes paintings, mixed media, drawings with any medium, sculpture, installations, and of course environmental interactions.

DEADLINE:  January 31, 2012

NOTIFICATION:  The First Place Winner’s, and People’s Choice award will be announced in early Spring of 2012.

ENTRY FEE:  $30 per work

JUROR: Each of the six categories has its own panel of expert jurors who will evaluate and select the winners of that particular category.

AWARDS:  There will be a $1,000 cash prize per category to the first place winner.

For complete details, visit www.EcoArtAwards.com!

Learn more about the EcoArtAwards!

CALL for ENTRIES: Spontaneous

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DOWN
an EGGLPLANT
please

I dislike the lack of spontaneity involved in home-cooking. I am fairly certain that I am not the only one that thinks Pastitsio (one of my favorite Greek dishes) is a weekends-only meal.  What I really need is one of those Star Trek food replicators.  Oops.  Did I just unfurl my geek flag?  Oh Well.  At least we can count on this next show to be spontaneous. Investigate…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Darkroom Gallery (Essex Junction, VT) for Spontaneous. The entry fee at Darkroom is always low ($20), and I love that they will provide free matting and framing if you work in their standard sizes. Take a look…

*Editor’s Note: If you enter, please make sure to let them know that you found the Call on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com. We’ve got a great history with them…including Best of Show!

Learn more about the Spontaneous exhibit at the Darkroom Gallery!CALL for ENTRIES:
Spontaneous

 

Spontaneity is the hallmark for great documentary and street photography where the moments of life, often ironic, poignant, emotionally charged, tragic or absurd are frozen.

Photography provides the means to capture a moment but which moment makes all the difference. Well known masters include Henri Cartier-Bresson and W. Eugene Smith with recent discoveries such as Vivian Maier and Frank Oscar Larson adding to a long list of great photographers.

Learn more about the Darkroom Gallery online!

Many of the scenes captured by practitioners of this art, with the possible exception of war and extreme sports documentary, pass before us every day, but we do not see.

This exhibit is dedicated to those who strive to see, realize and then manifest vision and moment into an image so that we can all see what is right in front of us or inaccessible in some other way.  Showing us the remarkable moments that make up the, often unconscious, Human Experience.

ELIGIBILITY:
Entrants must be at least 18 years old. If you are younger, you must have a parent or legal guardian make the submission for you.

MEDIA:
Photography.

DEADLINE: Feb 22, 2012

NOTIFICATION: Feb. 28, 2012

JUROR:  Nikos Economopoulos began his photography career inn 1988 with a long-term project in Greece and Turkey.  He photographed whatever he came across on his daily walks: street scenes, public gatherings, solitary meanderers, or deserted landscapes.

Learn more about the Darkroom Gallery!

In 1990, Economopoulos’ photographs began to appear in newspapers and magazines worldwide.  In the same year he started to take photographs in Albania, Bulgaria, Romania and the former Yugoslavia, investigating the territorial, ethnic and religious tensions of the region, as well as the endurance of traditional social and religious rites.  This work earned him the Mother Jones Award in 1992.

Subsequent work includes lignite miners and the Muslim minority in Greece, people living along the Green Line dividing southern and northern Cyprus; illegal immigrants at the Greek-Albanian border; and young residents of Tokyo, mass emigration of ethnic Albanians fleeing Kosovo.  He was given the Abdi Ipektsi Award for peace and friendship between Greece and Turkey in 2001.

Learn more about Juror Nikos Economopoulos!Nikos has published ten books and his work is in the permanent collections of Centre Méditerranéen de la Photographie and the Benaki Museum.  He organizes a series of photography workshops in locations in eastern Europe, Asia and Africa.

AWARDS: All selected entries are exhibited in the gallery and included in a full color exhibit catalog. Juror’s Choice receives a 20×35″ vinyl exhibit banner featuring their image. People’s Choice gains free entry into a future exhibit.

SALES: Darkroom offers free matting and framing of accepted entries for the duration of each of their exhibitions, subject to standard sizes. Photographers set their own prices if they wish to sell their work and retain all rights to their photographs. For commission details, go to the bottom of the Submisssion Rules page!

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about the Darkroom Gallery!

CALL for ENTRIES: Shots Magazine

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Click to Subscribe to www.ArtAndArtDeadlines.com by Email!WELL DONE

I enjoy chargrilled foods.  I know many chefs that prefer to grill over gas or propane.  They all give me the “if I wanted to eat charcoal, I could just eat a briquette.”  Snobs.  If charcoal residue is the worst thing I ever consume, I think I’ll be fine. This next Call for Entries might be interested in what you cook over open flame… Give it a shot, no pun intended.

Check out this Call for Entries for Shots Magazine, Issue No. 115. This is a shot to have your images published. And, the entry fee is only $16 for up to TWENTY images. Possible award? Art Publication is a reward in itself. Remember you don’t have much time, but you can enter online. Take a look…

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Check out the current issue of Shots Magazine!CALL for ENTRIES:
Shots Magazine No. 115

 

A well-established, independent, quarterly photography journal in its 25th year of publication, SHOTS Magazine reaches an international community of photographers, educators, galleries, museums, collectors and other fine art photography enthusiasts.

MEDIA: All photography processes and techniques are welcomed. Color work will be reproduced in black & white. Please follow guidelines closely.

THEME:  Earth, Fire, Water, Air/Wind.  Submissions can represent one or more of the elements. Any interpretation of the theme, literal or not, is welcomed.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all photographers internationally.

DEADLINE: Received by February 1, 2011.

NOTIFICATION:  Since all photographers submitting work per the guidelines will receive a copy of the magazine (and will thus see whether or not their work was included), letters of notification are not sent.  Editor’s Note:  I find this practice bizarre.  Just sayin’.

ENTRY FEE: For up to 20 images: $16 for non-subscribers (include check with submission, or click here to pay online using PayPal) and FREE for current, renewing and new subscribers (for subscription information, please visit the Order Page).

Check out back issues of Shots MagazineTO SUBMIT FILES ONLINE: SHOTS only accepts files submitted online using yousendit.com. You may send up to 100MB at a time using their free “Lite Account”. Please use shots@shotsmag.com as the recipient address, and include your name in the subject header and in all files.

Prepare your files per the specifications below and create and send a single compressed file (zip, rar, or sit). If your file size exceeds 100mb, it is okay to send two compressed files. File size is likely to be large—a high-speed internet connection is recommended. If you are not a current subscriber, please make your payment directly before or after sending your files. (Note: SHOTS does not review work on websites, and does not accept emailed files.)

FILE SPECIFICATIONS (CD and Online Submissions): 300 PPI JPEG files, sized to approximately 12” in the longest direction and saved to the highest quality possible. Please include your name and the title of the image in each file name (for example: First_Last_Title.jpg).

AWARD: Inclusion in this edition of SHOTS.

For more information, visit Shots Magazine’s Guidelines Page!

Learn more about the submissions guidelines for Shots Magazine!

REMINDER: Monochromatic

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If you’re looking for a food goal for the year–swear off most things beige or brown.  Let’s face it, we can all live with deep-fried-everything from potato chips to chicken, and all those tater, rice and white bread aren’t helping us either.  I am not suggesting it will help you lose any extra pounds, but you might feel a little better. This next show is interested in the monochromatic issues as well. Investigate…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Darkroom Gallery (Essex Junction, VT) for Monochromatic. The entry fee at Darkroom is always low ($20), and I love that they will provide free matting and framing if you work in their standard sizes. Take a look…

*Editor’s Note: If you enter, please make sure to let them know that you found the Call on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com. We’ve got a great history with them…including Best of Show!

Learn more about the Monochromatic show at the Darkroom Gallery!CALL for ENTRIES:
Monochromatic

 

“The term accessories has come to include a host of photographic gadgets of questionable value…“Ansel Adams, The Camera

“A good daguerreotype was as perfect a kind of photograph as was ever made.” Edward Steichen

These two masters enriched the history of photography by being some of the first to experiment with new technologies in a relatively new art medium. They were also traditionalists and truly embraced manual and old photography processes. The hundred and fifty photographers from Steichen’s world is millions today, and finding “as perfect a kind of photograph as was ever made” is no longer as simple.

Learn more about the Darkroom Gallery online!Digital cameras and editing software have transformed the medium and opened up whole new worlds for the 21st century photographer. We have dozens of “apps” that help us tweak a digital image to “perfection” in minutes. A vast repertoire of image resources we look to for inspiration and meaning still brings us to the same point of reflection as photographers of the early 20th century: what is the art of photography?

Black and white photography, a genre that many would claim made them fall in love with image-making in the first place, has remained completely relevant and contemporary despite it’s ancient roots. It is timeless, sometimes soft, sometimes dramatic and brings new perspective to images and image making. Whether you are a darkroom purist or a Photoshop craftperson, show us your love for hue-less images. The Darkroom Galllery wants to see YOUR best black and white or alternative process images for an exhibit that will pay tribute to the origins of photography and praise it’s development.

ELIGIBILITY: Entrants must be at least 18 years old. If you are younger, you must have a parent or legal guardian make the submission for you.

Learn more about the Monochromatic show at the Darkroom Gallery!MEDIA: Photography. Monochrome images from traditional silver black and whites to cyanotypes, sepia toned photographs and anything else in the color-less spectrum.

DEADLINE: Jan. 25, 2012

NOTIFICATION: Feb. 1, 2012

JUROR: Growing up in southern Poland, Rafal Maleszyk spent his childhood and early years in post-communist Poland. He first started exploring photography using a 35mm Kiev on his fourteenth birthday. Maleszyk’s photography is rooted in his interest in natural landscapes. For him, photography is the ultimate artistic form that captures one’s encounter or oneness with nature. His style focuses on simplifying and expressing with intimacy the perspectives in nature.

Learn more about the Darkroom Gallery!In 2009, he moved to the Oahu island of Hawaii, where he now works as a professional fine art black and white landscape photographer, specializing in large format prints series using a digital medium format Hasselblad camera. Maleszyk has received numerous awards for his work.

AWARDS: All selected entries are exhibited in the gallery and included in a full color exhibit catalog. Juror’s Choice receives a 20×35″ vinyl exhibit banner featuring their image. People’s Choice gains free entry into a future exhibit.

SALES: Darkroom offers free matting and framing of accepted entries for the duration of each of their exhibitions, subject to standard sizes. Photographers set their own prices if they wish to sell their work and retain all rights to their photographs. For commission details, go to the bottom of the Submisssion Rules page!

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about the Darkroom Gallery!