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The Human Portrait

Dallas Center for Photography   /   Deadline: 11/29/20

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In its truest form, portraiture is about human connection. A portrait tells a lot about a person. Their emotion. Their grit. Their story. There is no other genre of photography that displays human vulnerability in its rawest form.

DCP invites you to enter this juried competition with photographs that illustrate this human connection. They can be self-portraits or portraits of others; posed or candid; studio or environmental; camera original or digital composite.

Selections will be featured in a virtual exhibition on the DCP website. We are also planning to have an exhibition catalog in book form that will be available for purchase.

DCP will host a virtual opening reception on Friday, December 11 that is free and open to the public. Juror Jennifer Spelman will be in attendance to discuss the winning entries. Prizes will be awarded to the first, second and third winners.

This competition is not open to DCP employees, instructors, board members, corporate sponsors, partner companies, or their immediate families.

Location

Online

Fees

$35 initial entry fee for 1-3 images. Up to 7 additional images can be submitted for $5 per image.

Eligibility

Everyone of all ages, from amateur and professional, are eligible to participate in this call for entry.

Requirements

All images will be submitted through Smarter Entry.
Each applicant may submit up to 10 images for consideration.
There are no restrictions on the type of camera or process used.
All images must be original works of the photographer.


Files must be 1200 pixels on the longest dimension and saved as a JPEG in the sRGB color space. Maximum file size is 8MB. If this is your first time submitting to a competition and you have questions, contact us through the DCP website.

For each image include title and any special process used (Gelatin Silver, Platinum/Palladium Print, etc.)

Awards

Sponsored by Competitive Cameras

First place: $500
Second place: $350
Third place: $150

Evaluation Criteria

Our judge will be looking for images that reveal something about the subject, the photographer or both.

Contact Information

Dallas Center for Photography
4756 Algiers Street
Dallas, TX 75207

P: 2146304909
W: https://dallascenterforphotography.org/exhibitions/calls-for-entry/
E: info@dallascenterforphotography.org