Photocompete

• Copyright: Photographers retain all rights to their work except for submissions accepted for exhibition. Artists grant 1650 gallery the right to use accepted photographs to promote the exhibition, for display on the 1650 Gallery website and for inclusion in an exhibit catalog.? The artist's name and photo title will be included in the exhibition, and wherever the work is displayed.
• Entry fee: $25 for the first 5 images, $5 for each additional image.
• Entry deadline: 27th September 2012
• Who can enter: Open to all photographers 18+ years, worldwide.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so what happens when it’s actually a picture of words? This month 1650 tackles the medium of messaging, with a juried photo competition of the world of signs, words and messages. Motels, street peddlers, shop windows, traffic signs… signs are everywhere, and they all want to talk to us. So send us your billboards, your fridge magnets, your shopping lists and your skywriting… give us your classic neon, your time-worn peeled paint and your ball-point pen on scrap paper. Show us your clever, your factual, even the downright dumb; if it’s some sort of sign, announcement or message that speaks to you, let it speak to us too!

Award:

• Approximately 50 works will be chosen from submitted photographs to be shown in the IT’S A SIGN exhibition at 1650 Gallery in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Juror: Andrew Overtoom

Image requirements: JPG format; 72 ppi, image width up to 1024 pixels on the longest side.

Online submission of digital images. All accepted entries must submit a high res jpegs to be included in the printed catalog. E-mail JPGs and an application form to 1650gallery@gmail.com All accepted entries must submit a high res jpeg (300-360 dpi , minimum size 5×7") to be included in the printed SHOW CATALOG.

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