Current Photo Contests

Theme: All Things Horses….. From Appaloosas to Zebras, country roaming to carousel rotating are welcome to this call for entry. Images of working horses, wild horses, dressage, tack, anything related to the life of our equine friends is welcome.

The Center for Fine Art Photography invites photographers working in all mediums and styles to participate in its exhibitions. Traditional, contemporary, avant-garde, creative and experimental works, including new processes, mixed techniques are welcome.

With selection for this exhibition, artists and their work will be seen by an international audience of collectors, curators, art consultants and others who appreciate the fine art of photography.

• Exhibition in The Center for Fine Art Photography’s gallery from September 5 through September 27, 2008
• Feature presentation in CameraArts magazine Artists’s ShowCase
• Juror’s Selection award: $500
• Director’s Selection award: $300
• Gallery Visitor’s Choice Award: $100
• Two Artists’ ShowCase Online subscriptions – the Center’s new online image marketing website (preview at www.artists-showcase.org)
• All exhibitors are included in the Center’s online gallery of exhibitions for two years
• Inclusion in the Center’s 2008 Exhibition Collection CD which is distributed to selected galleries, collectors, design houses and corporations world wide

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Preparing Images to Upload Online: Please follow these requirements when preparing your images for submission:

• Your images are viewed as RGB images using standard Adobe RGB 98 or SRGB profile. NOTE: CMYK files will not upload.
• The largest image dimension (width or height) should be 800 pixels with the other dimension proportional.
• Save your images with a resolution 72 ppi, any layers flattened, 8 bit JPEG files (16 bit files will not upload.)
• Use JPG compression quality of 9. This compression level will not affect the quality of images viewed on a monitor.
• The image title can not be greater than 40 characters. (Image title is not the image file name)
• Image file names can not include any of the following characters or have more than 25 characters. Please do not include #,$,&, periods or other similar characters as part of the file name.
• There can only be a single period – just prior to the file format extension: filename.jpg

Official web site: http://www.c4fap.org/cfe/2008horses/horses.asp

Download instructions for submitting your work online in Adobe PDF Format 64 KB)

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• Copyright: By submission for jurying, artists whose submissions are chosen for the exhibition grant The Center for Fine Art Photography the right to use their images for the purpose of marketing the exhibition, marketing the Center’s programs and subsequent display on the Center’s website of past exhibitions. Artists grant the use of their image(s) as stated without further contact or compensation from the Center. Artist’s recognition is provided with any use.
• Eligibility: The exhibition is open to all domestic and international, professional and amateur photographers working with digital or traditional photography or combinations of both.
• Entry fee: entry fee for non-members is $35 USD for the first three images.
• Entry deadline: 18 June 2008

Similar contests (may be already finished!):

• “Perspective” C4FAP Call for Entries
• C4FAP Call for Entry “Art in Nature”
• C4FAP Call for Entry “Portraits”
• C4FAP “Elements of Water” Call for Entries
• C4FAP “Motion” Call for Entries

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