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GREEN

The Color of Life

Darkroom Gallery   /   Deadline: 10/05/16

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"Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises." - Pedro Calderon de la Barca

Green is everywhere. It’s the most common color in the natural world. It’s the color we associate with money, the environment, and aliens, and it’s the color of revitalization and rebirth. It also carries negative connotations, as with envy, greed, nausea, and poison. The green we see in nature is the color of of chlorophyll, the "magic" substance that converts sunlight to energy, and thus sustains almost all life on earth.
Kermit the Frog famously declared that "It isn't easy being green", but we think it shouldn't be too hard to find a way to make green the primary compositional element in your photos. Green landscapes are almost too easy - unless you can find a new point of view. Trees, plants of all kinds, insects, too. The human environment is rife with green, from lights to painted signs to vehicles; the literal possibilities are nearly endless. The figurative possibilities are nearly endless as well, so see if you can use green to evoke an emotion, a feeling, a sensation.
For this exhibition we're looking for images that creatively explore greenness, green in all its many guises. We're inviting you to color outside the lines… as long as you're coloring in green.

Location

Darkroom Gallery12 Main StreetEssex Junction VT 05452 USA

Fees

$29 for five images, $5 each additional

Eligibility

All photographers of all ages and skill levels worldwide

Requirements

Entry Fee

Awards

All selected entries are exhibited in our gallery and included in a full color exhibit catalog.
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.

Evaluation Criteria

To those who may be submitting for the first time to a juried exhibit - and those who've submitted before, also - pay attention to basics such as:

Composition
Tonal Range
Framing
Background
Depth of field

Not getting these right can cause an image with a subject that fits the theme beautifully to be excluded.

see http://www.darkroomgallery.com/submissions/about-juried-exhibits

Contact Information

Timothy Gottshall
12 Main St
Essex Junction, VT 05452

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