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Texas Photographic Society's 37th Annual Members Only Show

Texas Photographic Society   /   Deadline: 09/30/24

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Texas Photographic Society is honored to announce our 37th Annual Members Only Show, which will be juried by O. Rufus Lovett, a fine art and editorial photographer, and recently retired after 42 years as photography professor at Kilgore College. This call is open themed and welcomes submissions from artists of all levels internationally. You must be a current TPS member to enter and may join at the time of entry.

Location

MOS37 will be exhibited at the Center for Contemporary Arts (CCA) in Abilene, Texas.

Fees

$30 TPS Members

Eligibility

The 37th Annual Members Only Show is open to artists internationally, of all levels, who are at least 18 years old at time of entry. All photography-based work is encouraged including digital, silver, and alternative processes. You MUST be a current member of TPS to enter this competition (read more about TPS member benefits). If you are not a current member, you may join or renew and enter this show at the same time. If you need to verify your membership status, please contact Ann at ann@texasphoto.org. Works exhibited previously in a TPS show are not eligible. Current members of the TPS Board of Directors are permitted to enter but are not eligible for awards.

Requirements

Please submit digital JPG files only, minimum of 1200 pixels on the longest side and 5 MB maximum. Please remove watermarks from images. For each image you will need to provide the image title and the process (medium) used to make the image/print (Archival Digital Print, Silver Gelatin Print, Platinum/Palladium Print, Wet Plate Collodian, etc.) To clarify, you will submit a digital file of your image for the contest application; if your work is selected for the show you will print your image, frame it, and ship it to the exhibition venue.

Awards

First Place = $500

Second Place = $300

Third Place = $200

Up to 5 Honorable Mentions may be awarded

Evaluation Criteria

I am honored and privileged to be the juror for the Texas Photographic Society's 37th Annual Members Only Show. It was in the late 80s that I joined the Texas Photographic Society. A few years later Julianne Newton asked me to join the Board of Directors and I participated for over 10 years. I love this organization and the quality work its members consistently create. What a great venue for your photographs to become open for discussion and inspire passion for photographic art.

Black and white silver gelatin and color film were the materials I used when beginning my photography profession. Now I'm utilizing digital imaging online and in print. But I am pleased about the many who continue to use film by way of a wet lab and the recent resurgence of film media by a new generation. Film is an extraordinary and beautiful medium that continues to motivate creativity. I also applaud the impact and advances digital imaging has had and I have always found alternative processes fascinating. "Writing with light" is so wondrous, regardless of the preferred medium. The artistry of the craft must be outstanding for the image to be cherished, yet of course technique must honor the context of personal expression and subject.

My career's emphasis has been linked to the human condition and portraiture. However, I embrace and work within various other genres including still life, landscape, nature, architecture and all the while welcoming literal and abstract interpretations. Like many jurors, I value submissions that present a cohesive body of work and reflect essential significance. Curiosity, mystery, humor, light, beauty, surprise, drama, point of view and perhaps a sense of place are clues that may play a role in the appreciation of a photograph. It is most gratifying when a unique personal interpretation is revealed within a body of work.

After all, it's like Ansel Adams noted, "The most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it." I look forward to the enlightenment I'll surely experience when reviewing your work.

--- O. Rufus Lovett

Contact Information

Ann Shaw
PO Box 6964
Houston,

P: 6159676990
W: https://texasphoto.org/members-only-show-37
E: ann@texasphoto.org