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Oddity

Juried Photography Exhibition

Darkroom Gallery   /   Deadline: 10/07/15

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Strange, eerie and illusive; photographs that lend themselves to the implied narrative and otherworldly oddity.

In documenting the oddness of real life, the "Photographer of the Freaks" Diane Arbus, once said her pictures sought to capture “the space between who someone is and who they think they are”. There is a realness and and a perplexing otherworldliness to her work that makes it so provocative.

In contrast, some odd works are less about the wierdness in reality but more about the artist constructing an alternate universe. Photographers have created images that intentionally perplex the viewer as early as the 1860s; Henry Peach Robinson was a pioneer of combination printing, creating the illusory photo montage long before there was Photoshop.

Darkroom Gallery is calling for images that lead one to the edge, encouraging the mind to leap. Documentary shots, multiple exposures, constructions, staged, anything goes, just go ahead and leave the viewer baffled.

Location

Darkroom Gallery - Essex Junction, Vermont 05452

Fees

$24 for 4 images

Eligibility

Open to photographers of all ages, internationally.

Requirements

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. All submitted photos must have been taken by the photographer making the entry. If you are a parent or legal guardian submitting for a minor, please make it clear and who you are actually submitting for. Images may not have been exhibited at the Darkroom Gallery within the last year. All submissions must be made by digital files through upload on DarkroomGallery.com or sent via email to submissions@DarkroomGallery.com along with an application form. There is a $5.00 surcharge for email entries. Images should be as large as possible but no larger than 1280 pixels on the longest side, type jpg -- set to the highest quality. The color space should be set to sRGB. DPI is only relevant for output purposes and does not effect the stored size of the image. It can be set to any number, but if you must specify something go with 72 dpi. Click here for help with resizing. Up to four images may be submitted for a non-refundable fee of $24 US for on-line submission and $29 for email submission. Additional images may be submitted for an additional $5 US per image. Images must be received by midnight EST on the submission closing date for the exhibition you are submitting for. Payment must be received by the close of submissions for the exhibit you are submitting for.

Awards

For each exhibition, a juror's choice is chosen, as well as multiple honorable mentions and a people's choice winner. 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.

We offer free matting and framing of accepted entries for the duration of each of our exhibition, subject to standard sizes. Photographers set their own prices if they wish to sell their work and retain all rights to their photographs.

Evaluation Criteria

Juried by Oliver Wascow. Wasow is a fine art photographer and collector of found photography oddities currently living and working in Rhinebeck, NY. He received his BA from Hunter College and his Master’s Degree from the Transart Institute, In Austria. His work is currently represented by Theodore:Art gallery in NYC.

Wasow has had a number of one person exhibitions, including shows at the Josh Baer Gallery, Janet Borden Gallery, Tom Solomon Gallery in Los Angeles, The South Eastern Center for Contemporary Art in North Carolina, and Galerie De Poche in Paris, France. His work has also been included in numerous national and international group shows, including such benchmark exhibitions as ‘Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop,’ at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, ‘Image World,’ at the Whitney Museum of Art in NYC, and ‘The Photography of Invention,’ at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

His photographs are included in a number of private collections and are also represented in various prominent public collections, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Whitney Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and The Milwaukee Art Museum. Reviews of his work have been featured in most major art publications, including, among others, Art Forum, ArtNews and The New York Times. He has been the recipient of various grants and awards including a Louis Comfort Tiffany Grant in 1999 and, in 2000, his second New York State Council on the Arts Grant.

Contact Information

Tim Gottshall
12 Main St
Essex Junction,

P: 802.777.3686
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