Photocompete

• Copyright: Artists retain full rights to their work. The Kiernan Gallery requests use of selected images for the purpose of marketing the exhibition and subsequent display as thumbnails on the website.
• Entry fee: $25 for the first 5 images, $5 per additional image
• Entry deadline: 20th August 2012
• Who can enter: Open to all photographers worldwide.

Theme: Still Life: The Art of Arrangement

From Dutch masters’ paintings to contemporary photography, the still life has played an important role in art history. This genre grants the artist complete control over their subjects, allowing unparalleled ability to select details and manipulate the scene.

Still lifes often employ symbolism, where the objects assume their own character and identity. An entire story can be told with the arrangement of a few items; toys, dolls, and household goods become surrogates, and natural life is given a persona. For Still Life: The Art of Arrangement, The Kiernan Gallery seeks evocative and symbolic still life images.

Awards:

• 30 images will be exhibited in The Kiernan Gallery in Lexington, Virginia (October 3 – 27, 2012). Up to an additional 40 images will be selected for exhibition in the online gallery.
• A Juror’s Choice and Director’s Choice will also be announced.

Submit digital images by email or mail on a CD. There is a limit of 10 images that you may submit.

Image requirements: JPG format; 72 ppi; sRGB color profile; less than 1024 pixels on the longest side.

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