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TPS 31: The International Competition

Texas Photographic Society   /   Deadline: 07/05/23

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Texas Photographic Society is proud to announce the call for entry for our flagship exhibition, TPS 31: The International Competition, juried by Charlotte Cotton, distinguished curator (Victoria and Albert Museum, LACMA, California Museum of Photography), writer (The Photograph as Contemporary Art, Photography is Magic), and currently Artistic Director of Tasweer Photo Festival Qatar.
This call is open-themed and submissions from artists of all levels internationally are welcomed.

Location

TPS 31: The International Competition will open at the Nancy Fyfe Cardozier Gallery, The University of Texas Permian Basin (UTPB) in Odessa, Texas, on August 28, 2023 and run through October 6.

Fees

$30 TPS Members, $35 Non-Members

Eligibility

TPS 31: The International Competition 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. 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

Considerations

Please note: framed artwork must arrive at UTPB between August 14 to August 18. Full details about exhibition artwork requirements are at https://texasphoto.org/tps31.

Evaluation Criteria

Juror's Statement:I'm really looking forward to spending time with your photographs – I'm always drawn to practices that I'm encountering for the first time and make me think differently. That's probably not that useful to you submitting to this year's Texas Photographic Society's 2023 open call but all to say that I am excited to see photographs that are new to me. In recent years, I've been especially interested in photographers who I see counterarguing against prevailing ideas of the role of a photographer in our contemporary context and proposing what photography can still do to help us understand and appreciate human existence. I'm interested in seeing how you use our beloved medium and what you believe is important to visually narrate.
- Charlotte Cotton

Contact Information

Ann Shaw
PO Box 6964
Houston, TX 77265

P: 615-967-6990
W: https://texasphoto.org/tps31
E: ann@texasphoto.org