Landscape: Photography Now Theme: Landscape Photography Landscape photography is the depiction of natural scenery, such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers and forests. Dynamic and impressive compositions of sky, weather, light, land, textures, tones, patterns and atmospheres. This show will examine contemporary photography and the wild power, beauty and the evolving mystery of the natural world. Juror: Cris Moss Cris Moss earned his MFA from New York University and BFA from the Pacific Northwest College of Art. He is the Gallery Director and Curator for White Box at The University of Oregon. He has exhibited his work both nationally and internationally, including The Melbourne International Arts Festival, Australia, Nottdance, UK, Display Gallery in Prague, Maccarone Inc. in NYC, Swiss Institute - Contemporary Art, NYC, Elizabeth Leach Gallery Portland, Oregon, Whatcom Art Museum, Bellingham, WA, and Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT. Deadline: December 8 Exhibition Dates: January 1-20, 2016 Each exhibition will have 24 photographs selected by the juror for exhibiton at the gallery. An additional 30 photographs will be selected by the juror for exhibition in our on-line gallery annex. All 54 photographs from the show will be included in a catalog available for purchase on Blurb Books. Rules/Guidelines: Black Box will provide Free printing, Free matting and Free framing for all of our exhibitions. The photographers who are selected into the exhibition by the juror will provide a high resolution Tiff or JPEG file for our gallery to print. We have 18” x 24” black frames. Our white mats are pre cut for 12” x 18”, 12” x 12” and 12” x 16” prints (we also have a few other odd sized matts). We print on an Epson Stylus Pro archival ink jet printer, on Epson Premium Luster Photo paper, in a color-calibrated environment. This is a very accurate custom print, just like a custom lab would print, we have over 20 years of custom printing experience. All exhibition prints will be kept in a flat file after the show for future sale and promotion for the photographer. This will allow the gallery to further promote our photographers and exhibitions to collectors, curators, critics and to the general public. Black Box will shread all gallery prints after 5 years of exhibition in the flat files. File agreement for accepted photographers: Black Box will only print one exhibition print. If there is a sale inquiry, the photographer will be notified before a sale is confirmed, edition information will be discussed with photographer, the photographer will be sent a authentication document to be signed and go with the print to the collector. No sale or printing of file will happen without prior consent and agreement of photographer. All rights remain to the file and print with the photographer, to be used only with their prior consent. Exhibition print will not be sold, but used in our flatfile at Black Box Gallery only to promote the photographers work. Black Box Gallery takes a 50% commission on all sales, 50% goes to the photographer. If artist prefers the print does not have to be for sale. Print will be for exhibition and promotion only. Notification: All photographers will be notified 7-12 days after the deadline about juror selections. Entry Fee: $35 per entry (an entry includes up to 5 photos). Use Pay Pal or send check to: If sending a check: please indicate sending a check in the email submission. Black Box Gallery, 811 East Burnside St. # 212, Portland Oregon 97214. How to apply: Send in the entry fee and then send an email to: info.blackboxgallery@gmail.com Title the email: Landscape: Photography Now In the body of the email please include the following info: Your Name File Set Up: Jpeg files, 1024 pixels on the longest side at 72 DPI, 3MB or less each (saved). Name Files: firstname_lastname1.jpg, firstname_lastname2.jpg, firstname_lastname3.jpg, etc… Eligibility: The exhibition is open to all photographers world wide, both amateur and professional. Copyright: All rights to the photographs remain with the photographer. |