Portraiture Now: Constructing Photography Juror: Alice Shaw Alice Shaw earned her MFA and BFA in Photography from the San Francisco Art Institute. Her photographic work is in the collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the di Rosa Foundation and in many prominent private collections. She has been an instructor of photography at the San Francisco Art Institute, UC Santa Cruz, UC Davis and UC Berkeley. Her work has been exhibited and written about both nationally and internationally. Theme: This exhibition will examine contemporary portraiture photography. Pose and Gesture, Image and Identity, Constructed Narrative, Self Portrait, Environmental, Vernacular and Snapshot, Fashion and Nude, all have visual arguments to make in the world of portraiture photography. What are the character, attitude and expression that bind this genre together? Deadline to submit: May 13, 2011. Exhibition Dates: June 1 – 22, 2011 Rules/Guidelines: Black Box will provide all framing, matting and printing for our exhibitions. The photographers who are selected into the exhibition by the juror will provide a high resolution Tiff file for our gallery to print for the exhibition. Black Box covers all printing and framing costs. Other arrangements can be accomodated, if artist wants to send in a print. Each exhibition will have 20 photographers included by the juror. We have 18” x 24” black frames. Our white mats are pre cut for 13” x 19”, 13” x 13” and 13” x 17” prints. We print on an Epson Stylus Pro archival ink jet printer, on Epson Premium Luster Photo paper, in a color-calibrated environment. All exhibition prints will be kept in a flat file after the show for future sale and promotion for the photographer, unless the photographer makes other arrangements. This will allow the gallery to further promote our photographers and exhibitions to collectors, curators, critics and to the general public. Black Box will return ship the exhibiton print to artist if preferred. 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. Entry Fee: $35 per entry (an entry includes up to 5 photos). Use Pay Pal or send check to: How to apply: Send in the entry fee and then send an email to: info@blackboxgallery.com Title the email: Portraiture 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, 2MB or less each (saved). Eligibility: The exhibition is open to all photographers world wide, both amateur and professional. Copyright: All rights to the photographs remain with the photographer. |
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