Photocompete

• 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 with any use.
• Entry fee: For non-members is $35 USD ($20 for members) for the first three images. Additional images may be submitted for $10 each.
• Entry deadline: 12th January 2010
• Who can enter: Open to photographers both amateur and professional.

Our lives are in constant motion. Photography can stop time and suspend life in one moment. It can capture the passage of hours, day, or a single second, in one image. The world is made up of people and things that move and are moved. The Center is looking for images that depict all types of motion.

Theme: Motion

Exhibition and Awards: 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.

• Juror’s Selection Award: $300
• Director’s Selection Award: $200
• Artists’ ShowCase Online Awards: Two artists will receive a year subscriptions to Artists’ ShowCase Online, a $120 value
• Gallery Visitor’s Choice Award: $100
• All exhibitors are included in the Center’s online gallery

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Entries are submitted via the Center’s on-line system. Log in to, Account Login, on the homepage to begin the process. 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 1280 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 8. 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

There is no limit to the number of images that may be submitted.

Official web site: http://www.c4fap.org/cfe/2009Motion/index.asp