Call For Entries FOTOSOMMER Stuttgart 2010 Award Show.

From all entries the participants will be selected by an international jury, which will as well nominate the winners of the SÜDWESTBANK-FOTOSOMMER Award. These will receive a total of 5.000,- Euro prize money (2.500,- / 1.500,- / 1.000.- Euro).

Entry deadline: February 13, 2010

The Award Show of the FOTOSOMMER Stuttgart 2010 will include a wide range of artistic to documentary positions and will give an overview of contemporary photography. The Award Show will be presented in the Württembergische Kunstverein in the center of Stuttgart.

Opening and award ceremony: July 17, 2010, 8 pm
Duration of exhibition: July 18 – August 20, 2010
Location: Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Schlossplatz 2, 70173 Stuttgart

Jury:

Iris Dressler – Director Württembergischer Kunstverein
Eva Fischer – photo editor SZ-Magazine
Prof. Cindy Gates – University of Applied Sciences and Arts Dortmund
Petra von Olschowski – Director Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg
Volker Schrank – photographer
Urs Stahel – director/curator Fotomuseum Winterthur
Jörg-Dieter Walz – 14-1 gallery

For more information: www.fotosommer-stuttgart.de

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2902 Gallery is an artist-run gallery dedicated to promoting the appreciation of the photographic arts. The Gallery’s name speaks of a rare moment (each leap year) captured in time by a photograph. As the largest photo art gallery in Southeast Asia, 2902 Gallery presents shows of both local and international artists. 2902 Gallery organizes artist talks, seminars and workshops for photographers and the general public to further enhance the appreciation of the art of photography.

In the past year, the Gallery has hosted close to 20 exhibitions with the participation of more than 50 photographers. This is also the festival office and main exhibition space for the inaugural Singapore International Photography Festival (SIPF) in 2008. This year, the gallery is showcasing creative new works from talented students & graduates from local institutions, and new bodies of work from established photographers.

2902 Gallery
OldSchool
11b Mount Sophia, Block B, #B2-09
Singapore 228466
www.2902gallery.com

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PRIVATE is a quarterly International review of photographs. An independent and itinerant publication since 1992.

Publisher: Oriano Sportelli
Photo Editor: Véronique Poczobut
Contributing editor: Alessio Zanelli
Webmaster: Raffaele Valerio

PRIVATE
Les Petites Fourches
58230 Saint-Brisson
France
(+33) 09 62519164
Skype: privatephotoreview
www.privatephotoreview.com

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Image by John Darwell.

SuperMassiveBlackHole is dedicated to the photographic imagery resulting from the time-based processes found in many interdisciplinary art practices today. The magazine seeks to engage and represent respective projects and ideas which utilise Photography (digital or analog), New Media (high or low tech), and Performance (through documentation). Fine Artists are encouraged to  engage with the magazine as a way of exhibiting, testing, developing and experimenting with new (or old) ideas whether it is through a single image or a structured project.

Time, Space, Light and Gravity are what drive SuperMassiveBlackHole.

For submissions:

Images: Up to three images. Should be 300 DPI and at least 1200 pixels on widest side. Save them as RGB, JPEG files on setting 12 (do not optimize).

Statement: All images and projects should be accompanied by a Statement relevant to the specific submission. Should be no more than 200 words long and contained in Email body.

Bio: Should be no more than 100 words long and contained in Email body.

Contact: Email and website address, city and country, should be included in Email body.

Writing: We are also interested in any writing on photographic practices or subjects, reviews of an exhibition, book or website. Submissions should not exceed 1000 words, and should be Emailed along with a Bio and Contact details.

Send all submissions and contributions to: smbhmag@gmail.com

Unsuccessful submissions will be considered for future issues.

Please LABEL your images with the correct TITLES (images with no titles will be labelled ‘untitled’).

Please do not send portfolios.

All works submitted to SuperMassiveBlackHole must be the sole, original property of the contributor(s), have the appropriate model releases, and cannot interfere with any other publication or company’s publishing rights.

SuperMassiveBlackHole is owned and edited by Barry W. Hughes, Dublin, Ireland.

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European Photography 30th Anniversary Issue.

30 artists who were presented in earlier issues are showing their best recent work. In a second portfolio section, new, cutting-edge photography by seven young and mid-career artists is featured. Also in this issue: a conversation between Hans-Michael Koetzle and Andreas Müller-Pohle on the “secrets” of magazine publishing, current trends and how to combine being an artist and a publisher.

European Photography’s 30th Anniversary Issue presents the most outstanding new work by 30 international photographers who were presented in earlier issues of European Photography: Akinbode Akinbiyi, Peter Bialobrzeski, Diana Blok, Dirk Braeckman, Mona Breede, Daniele Buetti, Edward Burtynsky, Gregory Crewdson, Thomas Florschuetz, Gladys, Jim Goldberg, John Gossage, John Hilliard, Noritoshi Hirakawa, Carl de Keyzer, Mark Klett, Miao Xiaochun, Peter Neusser, Erwin Olaf, Roger Palmer, Max Pam, Martin Parr, Bernard Plossu, Ernestine Ruben, Philipp Scholz Rittermann, Heidi Specker, Frank Thiel, Norbert Wiesneth, Erwin Wurm, Martin Zeller. In a second portfolio section, new, cutting-edge photography by seven young and mid-career artists is featured. Also in this issue: an essay on “30 Years” by Boris von Brauchitsch and a conversation between Hans-Michael Koetzle and Andreas Müller-Pohle on the “secrets” of magazine publishing, current trends and how to combine being an artist and a publisher. Finally, “It is flourishing . . .” 7 Questions, 119 Answers is a survey among international critics, curators and photographers of their personal views . . . “Is there something you collect? What?” is one of the questions asked to Fred Baldwin, Chairman of FotoFest, and his answer is “Mostly bills, and an occasional photograph trade, and by accident – a million books, usually collected as I am going to the airport.”

European Photography is media partner of Colophon, the “biennial symposium for magazine makers, experts, advertisers, readers and all creatives involved in the world of the independent magazine.”

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3rd Annual International Juried Plastic Camera Show

Call for Entries.

Description

The competition is open to artists working with plastic cameras with plastic lenses. The more obsolete, flawed, and lo-tech, the better. Images should be taken with cameras with limited controls, such as Diana, Holga, Lubitel, Lomo, Banner, and Ansco cameras. Beautiful prints from less-than-gorgeous cameras – that’s what we’re looking for!

Prizes

Best of Show receives $250.  4 additional juror awards: Honorable mentions receive plastic cameras of our choosing… curious?

Entry Procedure

·Complete submission form

·Entry Fee: There is a non-refundable entry fee of $25. Check or money order should be made payable to RayKo Photo Center.

·Limit 5 images per person:

·CD entries must be jpegs
·Save files with artist’s last name and title of image
·Contact information should be on the CD and CD case
·Please note that any work deemed misrepresented by its CD will be declined

·SASE or adequate postage for notification and return of CD, if desired

·Late submissions or substitute images will not be hung

Mail or Deliver to:

RayKo Photo Center
c/o “Plastic Camera Show”
428 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94107

Notification

Notification of juried results will be mailed and/or emailed on Jan 13, 2010. Accepted artists will be invited to send or deliver actual work.

Submission of Accepted Work

All work must be framed or mounted with a wire affixed and ready to hang. NO SAW TOOTH HANGERS, please. Entries will be handled with the greatest of care, however, RayKo assumes no liability for work on its premises. All works selected for exhibition must be for sale. RayKo will retain 40% commission on all photographs sold, so please price your work accordingly. Please note that images selected for the show may be used for promotion of the exhibition.

Eligibility

All work must be original and completed within the past five years. Works previously shown at RayKo are not eligible.

Exhibition Schedule

Jan 5, 2010            Deadline for submissions
Jan 13, 2010          Notification sent
Feb 20, 2010          Deadline for shipped works
Feb 21, 2010          Hand delivery day
Feb 26-Apr 17        Exhibition on view
Feb 26, 2010          Opening reception, 6-8 pm
Apr 18, 2010          Pick up hand-delivered work
May 2, 2010           Works shipped by