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Composed

Texas Photographic Society   /   Deadline: 12/12/16

Texas Photographic Society sets a December 12, 2016, deadline for Composed. This call will be juried by Sam Abell, photographer, teacher, author and artist based in Charlottesville, Virginia. Composed will be proudly co-hosted with PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury, Vermont, where the exhibition will hang in early 2017.

Location

Middlebury, Vermont

Fees

The non-refundable submission fee is $30 for up to 5 digital images, and $7 for each additional image. There is no limit to the number of images you may enter.

Awards

First Place = $500
Second Place = $300
Third Place = $200
Up to 5 Honorable Mentions may be awarded

Evaluation Criteria

Entry Process
Guidelines for submission and file preparation are outlined on the PhotoPlace Gallery website here. You must submit your entry and make payment online through PhotoPlace Gallery using the button "Submit Images Here". Accepted work may be shipped as loose prints, matted prints or framed prints. PhotoPlace Gallery will mat and/or frame your work for free (for the duration of the show). They can also print your image for only $35.

Eligibility
Composed is open to artists of all levels internationally. All photographic based work is encouraged including digital, silver and alternative processes. You do not need to be a member of Texas Photographic Society to enter this competition. Works exhibited in a TPS show or PhotoPlace show during 2015-2016 are not eligible for re-submission to this call. Current members of the TPS Board of Directors are permitted to enter but are not eligible for awards.

About the Juror
Sam Abell, photographer, teacher, author and artist based in Charlottesville, Virginia

Sam Abell is a teacher, artist and photographer who learned photography from his father, also a teacher, at their home in Sylvania, Ohio. After graduating from the University of Kentucky, Sam worked for National Geographic as a contract and staff photographer for 33 years. In 1990, his work was the subject of a one-person exhibition and monograph titled Stay This Moment at the International Center of Photography in New York City, New York. Since then he has published 3 collections of his work: Seeing Gardens; Sam Abell: The Photographic Life; and The Life of a Photograph. In addition, Sam maintains an international career as a writer, teacher and lecturer on photography. Read more about Abell at www.samabell.com.

Contact Information

Amy Holmes George

W: www.texasphoto.org
E: amy@texasphoto.org