| Copyright | All work must be for sale at prices set by the artist. |
|---|---|
| Eligibility | Open to all photographers 18 years of age and older. |
| Finish | 13 October 2011 |
| Entry fee | $35 for the first four images (after August 31 - $35 for first three images), $10 for each additional image. |
Finished
Hope can be poignant as well as fanciful or even humorous. Hope is one of most powerful emotions, sustaining the impossible and giving life to the unlikely. We want to see the hope you see through your lens.
Awards:
- All accepted work will be exhibited in the DC area gallery.
- Best in Show – $500
- Second place- $250
- Third Place – $100
- Ten Honorable Mentions
- At the end of the exhibition series, all awardee’s photos from each of the three shows will be published as a photo book made available for sale.
- The top three awardees of each show will be presented with a complimentary copy of the book.
- All accepted work will also be featured on our website, facebook page, and blog.
Online submission only.
Image requirements: sRGB color profile, JPG format compressed at level 8; 72 ppi resolution; 8 bit JPEG files; 1,280 pixels on the longest side
Upon notification of acceptance of work, the artist must ship or hand deliver the accepted piece(s) to arrive at the Art Incubator Gallery Kensington location no later than November 23, 2011.
OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://artincubator.org/hope.html
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