Photocompete

• Copyright: Each photographer retains copyright to his or her images. Photographers whose submissions are chosen for the exhibition grant Dallas Center for Photography (DCP) the non-exclusive right to display the images on DCP’s website and social media platforms as well as to promote DCP’s exhibitions, programs, and in promotional and fundraising materials.
• Entry fee: $35 initial entry fee allows you to submit 1-3 images. Up to 7 additional images can be submitted for $5 per image.
• Entry deadline:
• Who can enter: Open to all photographers, worldwide.

Prizes:

• First place: $500
• Second place: $350
• Third place: $150

The very meaning of the word photography is “drawing with light.” Without light neither the image nor the art exist. If the photographer uses film, that light creates an ephemeral latent image that is brought to life in the darkroom. With digital cameras, the light hits the sensor, creating a cascade of electronic processes to deliver a final file. Using technology, the photographer creates art by being sensitive to light in the environment, whether found or provided, and committing it and its resulting shadows to film or file.

DCP invites you to submit images that highlight light. How does the selection, placement or quality of light help you tell a story or convey a mood to the viewer? We’re looking for images that have light as a significant element in the image, as if the light itself is a subject in the composition.

Week of May 3 – Selections and winners announced

Online submission of digital images via the website. Those selected will provide framed photograph for the gallery exhibit. Each applicant may submit up to 10 images for consideration.

Image requirements: 1200 pixels on the longest dimension and saved as a JPEG in the sRGB color space. Maximum file size is 8MB.

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