Design the next Tekserve Mac FAQ book cover to win amazing prizes from Adobe, Wacom, and Tekserve. Three finalists will be chosen to win over $2,500 in prizes. The artist with the winning cover will be published on the 10th edition of the Tekserve Mac FAQ and win the grand prize! Enter up to five covers by April 30th, 2010.

Prizes

One Grand Prize:

• Adobe Design Premium Creative Suite 4 ($1,799 value)
• Wacom Intuos4 Tablet - Medium ($349 value)
• Published cover design of the 10th Edition of the Tekserve Mac FAQ
• Featured online on the Tekserve Mac FAQ site

Two Finalist Prizes:

• $250 Tekserve Gift Card

Cover Design Specifics

Theme: What Tekserve Means to Me
Size: 4.25″ wide by 7″ tall with 1/8″ to 1/4″ full bleed
Resolution: 300 dpi
Printing: Printed on 100# glossy cover stock in color
Binding: Perfect bound. Submitting a back cover and spin design is optional.

Required Elements:

• Uses a Tekserve logo on the cover (download Tekserve logos)
• Includes the following text:
  • Tekserve Mac FAQ (book title)
  • Tenth Edition (subtitle)
  • Mac OS X 10.5 & 10.6 (subtitle)
  • David Lerner, Aaron Freimark, and Jazmin Hupp (editors)

Resources: You may not use images that are not your own unless you have permission to use and publish them. You have Tekserve’s permission to use any of the following -

• Download Tekserve logos
• View previous Tekserve Mac FAQ books online
• Read Tekserve Mac FAQ content
• Use Tekserve photos from Flickr

Please note that while we encourage all forms of artistic expression, some controversial subject matter may not be suitable for publication. No submissions will be considered if they are defamatory, abusive, obscene, profane or otherwise in poor taste.

About The Tekserve Mac FAQ

The Tekserve Mac FAQ is the pocket guide for trouble-shooting your Mac. Browse the useful tips and step-by-step instructions Tekserve’s customers used most. Tekserve offers Mac sales, service, and good advice — online, over the phone, and at their 25,000 square foot facility in New York City.

How to Enter

Entries must be emailed to faq@tekserve.com by April 30th, 2010.

1. Attach a JPEG or PNG copy of your cover design. Attachments must be 5MB or less.
2. Include your name, email address, mailing address, and phone number in the body of your email.

Entries will be judged by the editors of the Tekserve Mac FAQ and Tekserve’s graphic design staff. Finalists will be contacted via email by May 15th, 2010 and posted online here. The winner will receive the grand prize and the other two finalists will receive $250 Tekserve Gift cards.

Legal Stuff

You must be at least 18 years old and reside in the USA to enter. All entries become property of Tekserve once submitted. Contestants grant Tekserve the right to use all submissions without limitations, indefinitely. Submissions must be original artwork and all elements must be the property of the artist or used by permission. Tekserve employees are not eligible to win prizes.

With the first installment completed and awaiting exhibition, The Exposure Project is pleased to announce that it will be moderating Graphic Intersections: v. 02, a second chapter of the project. The first round was one of the most unexpected and rewarding projects that we’ve worked on to date and we are excited to see another installment unfold. For those of you unfamiliar with the project, the statement below explains it in detail:

Graphic Intersections, loosely inspired by the old Surrealist and Dadaist game Exquisite Corpse, is a project that will attempt to unite disparate artists in an interconnected, photographic relay of images inspired by one another. For those unfamiliar with Exquisite Corpse, it is succinctly described here:

“Among Surrealist techniques exploiting the mystique of accident was a kind of collective collage of words or images called the cadavre exquis (exquisite corpse). Based on an old parlor game, it was played by several people, each of whom would write a phrase on a sheet of paper, fold the paper to conceal part of it, and pass it on to the next player for his contribution.”

Essentially, this is how Graphic Intersections works. We will collect submissions from interested photographers until January 5th, at which point we will select the participating artists and designate one of these photographers to start the whole thing off. The first photographer will be given a prompting word to work from and will subsequently make photographs inspired by this idea. They will send us their favorite and most representative image from this session which we will then send along to the next artist. The succeeding artist, based solely on their visual, emotional, intellectual, or philosophical response, will in turn make photographs in artistic reaction to the one they were given. The artists involved will not be given any written material to accompany the photograph, nor will they know whose image they’re responding to. This is designed to propagate randomness and avoid preconceived biases. This process will continue until the chain has been completed.

There are a few stipulations with the Graphic Intersections project. Firstly, participating photographers will be required to shoot, develop/import and submit their chosen image in no more than 2 weeks. I realize that this does not leave a tremendous amount of time to carry out this process. However, in the interest of completing this venture in under a year it seems necessary to instate a time frame. Secondly, chosen photographers will have to exercise a certain amount of patience and trust in the process, as there will be 20 artists each with a two week time slot. Lastly, images submitted for this project must be taken specifically for Graphic Intersections. Each photographer must submit a new image which does exist in a previously constructed body of work.

Submission Procedure

- Interested photographers should visit the Exposure Project website and pay the $10 submission fee.
- You may then submit up to 10 images
- Images should be at least 1000 pixels on the longest side
- Formatted as RGB JPG’s @ 72 dpi
- All files should be labeled with the artist’s last name and corresponding # (example: smith_1.jpg)
- E-mail submitted images to: ben@theexposureproject.com

Please note that submitted images will not be included in Graphic Intersections. They are simply used reference points in the curatorial process. Additionally, all photographers will receive a confirmation e-mail within 24 hours of their submission.

Submission Deadline

January 5th, 2010 @ 11:59pm

http://theexposureproject.com/submission.html

PHOTOGRAPHY NOW

It’s the Center for Photography at Woodstock’s annual Photography Now call for entries where winners will be published in CPW’s magazine, PQ. This year CPW has invited acclaimed gallery owner and writer/curator, Debra Klomp Ching to select the most exciting new photography from the national and international field!

ELIGIBILITY

From traditional to digital, all photographic techniques and approaches are welcome. Straight photography, fine art, narrative, documentary, landscape, social issues, still life, mixed media incorporating photography, photographic installations, and digital images & collages – all will be considered! CPW staff and ADV/Board members and their families are not eligible to apply.

PUBLICATION

Accepted work will be published in issue #99 of CPW’s internationally distributed magazine, PQ. All who enter will receive a one year membership which includes a subscription to PQ.

TIMELINE

Results will be announced on or before December 4, 2009. Selected participants will be given instructions on how, when, and what to send for publication. Entries that are not selected for Photography Now 2009 – PQ will be returned in December, as long as they are accompanied by a clearly labeled self addressed, stamped, return envelope.

HOW TO ENTER

CPW has created a easy to follow application form with accompanying image script for you to use in submitting your entry. Entries that do not include the application form will not be accepted.

WHAT TO SUBMIT

Jurying will be conducted via projection of digital images only. A completed application form is required. Guidelines for submissions must be followed as outlined:

CD-ROM ENTRIES - If sending a CD-ROM, title each file with your “last name_ image title.” We accept JPEG files at 300 DPI, no larger than 5×7”. Include a separate printed image list with your submission information - See page 2 of application form.

No submissions will be accepted via email. Artist statements and resumes are encouraged, but not required. You must include a self-addressed, stamped envelope for return.

PLEASE NOTE: We are not responsible for unlabeled submission materials. In cases in which you are submitting a CD and do not want it returned, please be sure to provide your email address so we may notify you of the results. If a return envelope is not provided your materials will be discarded, but a letter of notice regarding acceptance status will be sent. Every precaution is taken to assure the return of your materials, but CPW is not responsible for loss or damage of any entry materials.

HOW TO ENTER

6 images: $50 ($30 student/senior discount in this category only) | 10 images: $60 | 20 images: $100

Residents of Canada & Mexico – please add $15 to any of the above categories. International applicants – please add $2

JUROR

Debra Klomp Ching is the co-owner/co-director of the KLOMPCHING GALLERY, described as dynamic and one of the galleries to watch in NYC. Its exhibitions have been reviewed in publications such as The New Yorker, Hotshoe, New York Magazine, ArtReview, The New York Times, The British Journal of Photography, The Architect’s Newspaper and Modern Painters.

Mrs Ching has been an invited reviewer to several notable festivals including Houston’s Fotofest, Review Santa Fe, Rhubarb-Rhubarb, and Atlanta Celebrates Photography. She is an experienced juror and has been a judge for Photo Lucida’s Critical Mass, Magenta Foundation’s Flash Forward, American Photo’s Emerging Talent, En Foco’s People, Places, Things and Perkins Center for the Arts Annual Photography Exhibition.

In addition to owning and operating the KLOMPCHING GALLERY, Debra Klomp Ching is a freelance consultant, writer and educator. Her writing has been published in Magenta Magazine, photo-eye Booklist, (re)collect (writer and editor), Nahtsellen and PDN. She will be serving as  the Guest Editor for the 99th issue of PQ and is serving as the 2009 external examiner for the photography thesis program at the Maryland Institute College of Arts. As a private consultant, she provides creative and professional advice to photographers intending to or working within a fine art context and acts as an adviser to collectors of contemporary photography.

DEADLINE

Entries must arrive by Friday October 30, 2009

Please deliver entries to:

attn: Photography Now 2009 | PQ

Center for Photography at Woodstock

59 Tinker Street Woodstock, New York 12498

http://cpw.org/CurrentOpportunities/PhotoNow/pages/PhotoNow.html 

ARTribe BENEFIT EXHIBITION

PHOTOGRAPHY FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

PHOTOGRAPHY FOR THE NEXT GENERATION, an exhibition of International

Young Photographers, will be presented at the Swiss Institute in New York City on November 21,2009.  ARTribe, a student-run organization, is working with students from Bard College, Parsons School for Design and the School of Visual Arts to raise awareness and support global causes.

All proceeds will go toward building a girl’s school in Jailsamir, India founded by CITTA, a registered charity dedicated to providing assistance to marginalized or indigenous communities.  www.CITTA.org.

Photographic submissions are open to all student photographers and recent graduates. The photographs will be selected by Mari Spirito, curator and director of 303 Gallery in Chelsea, Sylvia Chivaratanond, independent curator, author of Skin Tight: The Sensibility of the Flesh, and Lina Bertucci, photographer and filmmaker, represented by Perry Rubenstein Gallery in New York.

Tickets for the opening reception are $10 for students and $20 for adults.  All of the artwork at the exhibition will be available for sale to benefit CITTA.  A preview will be available for advance purchase on-line prior to the opening.

Tote bags designed by New York artist Elizabeth Peyton, T-shirts by British DJ fashion designer Keanan Duffty and as seen on Gossip Girl– printed canvas “Prop Art” reproduction of Richard Phillips, will also be available for sale.

ARTribe EXHIBITION: PHOTOGRAPHY FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

NOVEMBER 21st, 2009

SWISS INSTITUTE

485 BROADWAY, 3RD FLOOR

NEW YORK, NY 10012

6:00-11:00 PM

For more information please email ARTribeNewYork@gmail.com or visit

www.ARTribe.org

ARTribe sumbission form 2009

Deadline Extension October 1, 2009

Too Much Chocolate is excited to partner with Kodak in offering its first-ever film grant program, with submissions opening September 1st, 2009.

This grant will provide 10 non-represented photographers with the film needed to execute a new or ongoing personal project, to be completed during 2010.

This partnership aims to recognize strong project ideas from talented and emerging photographers, allowing them to fully realize a body of work that may not have been achieved otherwise. At the start of 2011, the recipients’ final projects will be brought together and exhibited through a variety of online, magazine, and gallery showcases.”

In the spirit of assistance and approachability, and to guarantee that no photographer is priced out of applying for this film grant, the submission fee is $10.

The judging panel for the film grant will consist of:

- Marcel Saba, Director of Redux Pictures
- Clinton Cargill, Associate Picture Editor of the New York Times Magazine
- Conor Risch, Features Editor of PDN
- Andy Adams, Editor / Publisher of Flak Photo
- Alison Morley, Chair of ICP’s Documentary Photography and Photojournalism Program
- Audrey Jonckheer, Director of Worldwide Pro Photographer Relations at Kodak
- Jake Stangel, Founder / Editor of Too Much Chocolate

Kodak thrives on supporting as well as promoting talented photographers, and looks forward to developing meaningful and sustainable relationships with the recipients of the too much chocolate + Kodak film grant. Kodak will work with the photographers to promote their work on web sites, blogs as well as by photography trades.

Additionally, a selection of each grant recipient’s work have a chance to be exhibited on Kodak’s Times Square Jumbotron.

In return for providing film, Kodak asks grant recipients to mention Kodak for contributing the film in any media interviews, blogs, gallery shows, books and on their websites with a Kodak logo and a link to Kodak.com. In addition, Kodak will have the option to use 2-3 project images at no cost for a 2-year period for display at trade shows and maybe on the Kodak.com website.

http://toomuchchocolate.org/?page_id=1127

Foley Gallery presents the Summer Show Project

Unlike other photography competitions where you generally submit a completed body of your work, this one deals with creating a new body of work based on a theme given by a curatorial committee. Also you will have with guidance from the gallery throughout the project.

From the website:

The Summer Show Project offers the unique chance for artists to work directly with the gallery, creating new work to be curated in a group exhibition.

This new initiative will provide an opportunity for emerging photographers to have their work seen, recognized and reviewed by fellow artists, gallery directors, book editors, as well as curators from museum and corporate collections.

Upon acceptance, you will work on your own and with the guidance of gallery owner Michael Foley to create new work dedicated to a theme that will be suggested by the curatorial panel. A total of 12 photographers will be selected by the panel to participate.

From January to April you will meet with Michael Foley either in the gallery or via iChat/Skype for two 30 minute sessions where you can discuss your progress and share what you have been working on.

In May, a final edit will be made and two photographs from each photographer will be curated into a group exhibition at FOLEYgallery opening in June 2010. In addition to the work of these 12 photographers, additional selections will be curated into the show from some of the most well known contemporary photographers working today.

This is the first year for The summer Show Project. We invite you to submit your work to participate in this unique opportunity and share the experience of exposure, guidance, feedback, community, recognition and support.

We invite photographers from all disciplines to apply. The Summer Show Project is open to all photographers world wide.

Deadline for submission is October 15, 2009. The cost of submission is $40 by October 1 and $50 by October 15.

http://www.thesummershowproject.com/

via Mary Virgina Swanson

A Search for the Best Emerging Photographers

Accepting Submissions Through August 7th, 11:59 p.

‘Photographed images do not seem to be statements about the world so much as pieces of it,
miniatures of reality….’ - Susan Sontag

Photography has been reinventing itself since its inception. From daguerreotypes to glass negatives, instant Polaroid film to unlimited digital shots, images are our reflections, our fantasies and our teachers. This competition is an international search for the best new work from emerging photographers.

For this call we are joined by judges Peter van Agtmael, Magnum Photographer, Sean Fader, Photographer, FIT Professor & Solo Show Artist, Amani Olu, Co-founder & Executive Director of Humble Arts Foundation and Alexandra Niki, Editor in Chief, Resource Magazine.

One photographer will be awarded $500 & a 3rd Ward bike and the top 25 photographers will receive:

* A group show in 3rd Ward’s gallery

* A feature in 3rd Ward’s Quarterly Publication

* 1-month Basic Membership at 3rd Ward with access to our four photo studios

* NYC wide exposure – post cards, flyers, press!

http://www.3rdward.com/fallgroupshow09/

What Is Critical Mass?

The aim of Critical Mass, and all Photolucida programming, is to provide participants with career-building opportunities and to promote the best emerging and mid-career artists working today.

Critical Mass is a program about exposure and community. The idea is simple- photographers (from anywhere) submit a 10 image portfolio for $75. This work then gets pre-screened by a committee of approximately 20-25 great jurors and from there, 175 top Finalists are determined. These top finalists then pay an additional submission fee and their work goes on to a jury of approximately 200 of the world’s best curators, editors, and professionals who have agreed to view and vote on these finalists. From these votes, two or three photographers receive book awards and once the monographs are published, everyone who enters and reviews will receive copies of the books.

We are pleased to continue to give scholarships to pre-selected photographers by geographical region. In 2007, we gave scholarships to Polish photographers, in 2008 it was Mexico. This year, the lucky country is Italy.

What to expect?

As an entrant to Critical Mass, you shouldn’t necessarily expect feedback from the jurors unless they want to contact you about doing something with your work. Reviewers are given the opportunity and encouraged to provide written feedback, but we can’t guarantee anything other than:

• Everyone who enters will receive copies of each of the Book Award Winners.
• Everyone who enters will receive a CD containing all of the submitted work.
• Everyone who enters will have their work seen, and voted on, by the Pre-Screening committee.
• Those who continue on in the top 175 Finalists will have their work seen, and voted on, by over 200 jurors.
• Those who make the Top 50 will be given the opportunity to have their work in a Critical Mass Top 50 show at PCNW, curated by Andy Adams, editor/publisher of Flak Photo.

Deadline:  July 22, 2009

http://www.photolucida.org/current.php

Celebrating its 12th year, Surface magazine’s Annual Avant Guardian Project is a nationwide search to uncover the best new fashion photographers in North America, work that demonstrates both distinctive artistic vision and cutting-edge commercial potential.

HOW TO ENTER
Digital portfolios will be accepted online at surfacemag.com/avantguardian/ from 06/15/2009 until 07/15/2009 ONLY.
Entry fee is $25.00
You may enter a maximum of 10 images for consideration; we recommend a minimum of 3 images.
Acceptable formats: .jpg [recommended], .gif and/or .png

http://www.surfacemag.com/avantguardian/

Theme:
All subjects are eligible.

Eligibility:
The exhibition is open to photographers world wide, both amateur and professional.  The Center for Fine Art Photography invites photographers working in all mediums, styles and schools of thought to participate in its exhibitions. Experimental and mixed techniques are welcome.

Juror: Andy Adams
Andy Adams is the editor/publisher of Flak Photo (www.flakphoto.com), a contemporary photography website that celebrates the art of publishing photography online. Flak Photo provides unique opportunities for artists and photography organizations to share their work with a burgeoning online photographic community and highlights new series work, book projects and gallery exhibitions from established and emerging photographers. Recent features include 3030 Press’ New Photography in China, Humble Arts Foundation’s 31 Under 31: Young Women in Art Photography, Hamburger Eyes Photo Magazine’s Inside Burgerworld, the Photographic Resource Center’s EXPOSURE: The Annual PRC Juried Exhibition, Big City Press’ Hijacked, Volume One: Australia & America, and David Wright + Ethan Jones’ Pause to Begin.

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: $300 and an online marketing consultation with Andy Adams, Editor of Flak Photo. The Juror’s Selection will also be included in Flak Photo’s Online Exhibition during the
  month of October 2009.
• Director’s Selection award: $200
• Gallery Visitor’s Choice Award: $100
• Flak Photo’s Online Exhibition:  A selection of artists will be chosen to exhibit their work in the Flak Photo Gallery (www.flakphoto.com) during the month of October, 2009.
• Two Artists’ ShowCase Online subscriptions for one year:  (preview at www.artists-showcase.org)
• All exhibitors are included in the Center’s online gallery

Important Dates:

• Entries due: July 14, 2009
• Notice of acceptance:  July 24
• Exhibition dates: October 2 – October 31
• Reception: October 2

Entry Fee:

• The entry fee for non-members is $35 USD for the first three images.
• The entry fee for members of The Center for Fine Art Photography is $20.00 USD for 3 images.
• Additional images may be submitted for $10 each.
  There is no limit to the number of images that may be submitted.

Applicants signing up for membership at the time they submit their work for
jurying may become a member and meet the entry fee for a total of $77.00 USD.

Deadline July 14, 2009

http://www.c4fap.org/cfe/2009International/intl.asp