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The lost and the found

Darkroom Gallery   /   Deadline: 06/15/16

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To happen upon something forgotten, forsaken, hidden. To weave it a visual tale within a single frame. Finding what was once lost.

Just as Vivian Maier’s story, the secretive nanny-photographer who becomes a photography world sensation shortly after her death, spurs levels of excitement found in the rolls of undeveloped film and unacclaimed genius, a dropped scarf on the city street can alter the scene in many ways. It can become the scene.

Juror Davy Rothbart's musings on this theme, "discarded items found in the weeds; abandoned buildings; broken-down trucks in a field; scraps of metal left to rust and decay. I'm reminded of a koan that my mom, a Buddhist teacher, often shares. She'll hand someone a fresh scrap of paper, ask them to crumple it into a tight ball, and then uncrumple it. "Do you see," she'll ask, "within the crumpled paper, its original perfection?" All of the decayed, lost, abandoned places and things in these photographs possess their original glory and perfection and their wizened present hints at a rich, textured journey which is up to us to imagine."

Darkroom Gallery is calling for photographs that redefine found objects or subjects of the past. Whether you are foraging in a far away land or in your own backyard we are looking for images that embody this murky realm of faded glory; haunting happenstance, and beauty found in the lost details of the human condition.

Location

Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction VT

Fees

$29.00 for 5 images, $5 each additional

Eligibility

All photographers of all ages and skill levels worldwide.

Requirements

How to Make a Submission
Our submission process is fully automated. We do allow email entries but there is an additional $5 fee for email entries.

For On-Line Submission:
First, prepare your files for upload. Make sure they are jpg files, no larger than 1280 pixels on the longest side, set to the highest quality, and file size < 2 megabytes. Click here for help with resizing. You can name them whatever you like but don't include spaces, special characters or your name in the file name. You will not be able to upload the same file name twice.

Next register with DarkroomGallery.com. There is a register link under the login form to the left or click here. We ask detailed contact information so we can be sure that we can contact you in order to return prints sent proceeds from sales etc. Follow the account creation instructions. Spell your name and location as you would like it to appear on your gallery label if you are selected.

Registration is a two step process requiring you to respond to an email you will receive. We depend heavily on correct email addresses so this step is critical to confirm your email address is valid. We don't share your information with anyone.

Once you create your account, login. A new menu will appear where the login fields were. Click on Make/Change a Submission and follow the instructions on that form. Fee payment can be made at the end of the submission process through our secure gateway or through alternative payment methods. Entry fees can vary from exhibit to exhibit, but our standard rate is the first 5 images for $29 and each additional image is $5.

For Email Submissions
Download the entry form - you can fill it in and save it or copy the text to an email message.
Prepare your files for emailing. Make sure they are jpg files, no larger than 1280 pixels on the longest side, set to the highest quality, and file size < 2 megabytes. Click here for help with resizing. You can name them whatever you like but all files names should be unique. Please don't include spaces, special characters or your name in the file name.
Create an email message and attach the saved form or enter all the information requested on it into the body of the email.
Attach your prepared images to the same email.
Send your email to submissions@DarkroomGallery.com
You can pay through any of the alternative payment methods. Be sure to allow enough time for payment to arrive by the submission close date and time for your exhibit. Entry fees can vary from exhibit to exhibit, but our standard rate for email submissions is the first 5 images for $34 and each additional image is $5.

When submissions close for an exhibit all entries are submitted to that exhibit's juror anonymously so the juror will not know the name of the photographer. So please don't put your name in the file name.

Awards

Juror's Choice receives a 30x48" vinyl exhibit banner featuring their image, free entry into a future exhibition and a free exhibition catalog
Honorable Mentions receive free exhibition catalogs and free entry in a future exhibition.
People's Choice gains free entry into a future exhibit.

Considerations

none

Evaluation Criteria

Once submission for an exhibit close, all entries are submitted to the Juror for that exhibit anonymously. The juror will not know the name of the photographer or if two photos were taken by the same photographer. Jurors are charged with selecting about 45 entries for display in the Darkroom Gallery, in Essex Jct. Vermont. Jurors have sole discretion as to their selections. Please do not attempt to contact jurors to influence their choices. Doing so will disqualify your entry. Our goal is to announce the selected entries for each exhibit within seven days of the submission close date. This will be by email and on the Darkroom Gallery web site.

Contact Information

Ken Signorello
12 Main St
Essex Junction, VT 05452

P: 802-777-3686
W: http://www.darkroomgallery.com
E: info@darkroomgallery.com