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Monday, January 31, 2011

PurePhoto - Online Fine Art Gallery

The Evolution of Art
We are thrilled to announce our association with PurePhoto, and to offer an exclusive invitation to you to showcase and sell your art.

PurePhoto is a non-brick-and-mortar gallery, a select online gallery to Discover, Connect and Collect Great Photography, its mission is to ignite and encourage a passion for amazing photography.  Empowering artists through a unique online site that fuses art, education, community and sales.

For art consumers this is a non-intimidating atmosphere to discover and connect with new artists through a familiar social network environment.  Bringing together buyers and sellers who previously may have never connected -  and ultimately driving art discovery and sales beyond brick-and-mortar galleries.

How it Works  Submit your photos, bio and image descriptions - the Art Board of industry professionals will review your work.  If selected, PurePhoto promotes your imagery in the online store showcasing you amongst top photographers around the world.   

Check it Out! (use this referral code when you sign up:   OA1210JE69)

Friday, January 14, 2011

Noorderlicht Photo Festival

Call for submissions

Noorderlicht calls on photographers, curators and photo agencies to submit work or proposals for METROPOLIS, City Life in the Urban Age.
Deadline for submitting is 31 March, 2011. Please read our conditions and technical details first.
We are looking for photo series that present a distinctive, even idiosyncratic vision on the character of the modern city. Economic, social or urban planning aspects can each play a role; the series may be literal or metaphorical. We are striving for a global picture; the group exhibition  as a whole will be a journey through cities in all parts of the world.

PDN Photo Annual

PDN Photo Annual
Deadline 1/25/11

Call for Entry: CENTER

CENTER 2011 CALL FOR ENTRIES
These awards offer thousands in cash, exhibitions, and publication.  But it's not just about winning, it's about the opportunity to get your work seen in a worthwhile awards process by some of the most influential people working today.
 
The deadline for the Awards and Review Santa Fe is January 27, 2011.PROJECT COMPETITION  // $5,000, exhibition and more
Juror - Simon Baker, Tate modern U.K.
Juror - Alexa Becker, Kehrer publishers Heidelberg
Juror - Christina Cahill, Editorial Reportage, Getty Images

PROJECT LAUNCH
  // $5,000, exhibition and more
Juror - Dewi Lewis, Dewi Lewis Publishing

CHOICE AWARDS  // Exhibition, publication and more
Juror - Erin O'Toole, SF Museum of Modern Art
Juror - Dianne Vanderlip, Gagosian Gallery
Juror - Todd James, National Geographic
 
REVIEW SANTA FE  // June 2-5, 2011, the premier juried portfolio review event designed to facilitate relationships between photographers and industry leaders.

Call for Entry - Art in General, PX3

Art in General is pleased to announce the launch of our 2011 Open Call, which will be open for submissions until February 15, 2011. Artists interested in being considered for projects with Art in General must prepare and send an online application using the website http://opencall.artingeneral.org.

Px3 Photography Competition
The "Prix de la Photographie, Paris" (Px3) strives to promote the appreciation of photography, to discover emerging talent, and introduce photographers from around the world to the artistic community of Paris. Winning photographs from this competition are displayed in Paris and published in the high-quality, full-color Px3 Annual Book.

Px3 Sport and Fan
"Sport" comes from the Old French desport meaning "leisure." A sport is an organized, competitive, entertaining, and skillful activity requiring commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means. 

It is the desire of Px3 to bring together on a global scale, a distinct collection of Photographs of sports activities and the fans, as seen from the perspective of the photographic lens.
EXHIBITION:  The top 20 winning photographs selected will be exhibited.
DEADLINE:  April 15, 2011