International Juried Photography Call for Entry
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PORTALS
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JUROR: MARK SINK
DEADLINE: May 19, 2024 (Midnight Pacific Time)
PRIZE ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL BE SENT TO ALL ENTRANTS TWO TO THREE WEEKS AFTER THE DEADLINE.
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The New York Center for Photographic Art (NYC4PA) invites photographers world-wide to submit images using any photographic process (print, image transfer, emulsion transfer, encaustic, black and white, etc.). Winners will receive $4,000 in cash awards, be featured in the NYC4PA Online Gallery and in the winners catalog. The Grand Prize winning image will be posted on the NYC4PA home page.
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PORTALS:
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Portals is one of our favorite themes. It allows for so much creativity capturing things that are all around wherever we may be.
Doors and windows and arches and frames and tunnels are so much a part of our lives. There are so many ways to think about them. We can look at them, or through them. We can poke our hand out the window to test the weather, or just see a wonderful scene a little differently when framed by an arch or array of tree limbs in a park.
For this call your images can focus on the "portal" itself like a closed door or a wonderful windowsill, or the view through the portal to the other side. Does it frame the main subject of the photograph or does it add another dimension, such as the distortions of old glass or reflections in windowpanes.
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Once again, we invite you to be creative and have fun in the process.
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​​Please note:
- Images selected for an NYC4PA prize within the past 2 years are not eligible and if selected will be
disqualified. Images submitted and not selected may be resubmitted at any time.
- We use a blind jury process – no signatures or watermarks on your images and no artist names in your
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As with all calls, all 2D photographic art is accepted.
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EXHIBITION AND AWARDS:
There will be 10 cash prizewinners, 20 Juror Selections and 20 Honorable Mentions
CASH PRIZES:
Grand Prize: One photographer will receive $1,100. The image will be featured on the home page NYC4PA.COM.
First Prize:3 photographers will each receive $400.
Second Prize:3 photographers will each receive $325.
Third Prize:3 photographers will each receive $250.
ONLINE GALLERY, CATALOG and AWARD CERTIFICATE
All prizewinners will be included in both the online gallery and catalog and be presented with a certificate.
ELIGIBILITY:
This Call for Entries is open worldwide to both amateur and professional photographers. NYC4PA invites photographers working in all mediums, styles and schools of thought to participate. Experimental and mixed techniques are welcome. Only 2-D work is eligible.
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TO ENTER:
The entry fee is $35 for the first three images. Additional images may be submitted for $10 each. There is no limit to the number of images submitted.
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For payment and upload please go to: https://client.smarterentry.com/nyc4pa
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Prepare your images as follows
- JPG preferred – file size can be well under 1M. As you upload your image it will appear on the right side of the screen. If it looks clear to you it will be clear for the juror.
- Select unique names for each image so you can identify them when we send prize winner notification. Tea Glass1 Tea Glass 2 can be difficult
- We prefer shorter names.
- Filenames with special characters may not load properly
- If you are working in Photoshop, and are using the image size screen, the file size indicated at the top is the size before any compression applied in the save process. Please save the file as a JPG and then look at the file size. It should be perfect.
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JUROR: MARK SINK
Mark Sink, photographer, curator and teacher, has made his living from fine art photography since 1978. While living in NYC (through the 1980's) he worked with and documented the lives and works of Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Rene Ricard and other art luminaries of the 1980s.
In the early 1990s Sink was an inspiration and co-founder of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. More recently, Mark works as a private art consultant in Denver, independently curating a wide range of artists and shows. The most recent of note is the "Month of Photography Denver" that stirs up over 180 venues into one month of celebrating photography. Also, Big Picture Colorado is an international street art exchange featuring photography in the open air and in gallery spaces in over 50 cities worldwide. https://www.instagram.com/the_big_picture_colo/. Mr. Sink is always on the search for unique talent for his many ongoing curatorial projects, exhibitions and collection placements.
Mark is well known for images made with his plastic Diana camera, and recently he has been exploring collodian wet plate technique.
Sink’s work is in numerous museum collections and has been shown in both gallery solo and group shows worldwide. He is represented by Robin Rice in NY, Paul Cava in PA, Getty Images CA.
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
All entrants to NYC4PA Open Calls for Entry, by virtue of their submission, are attesting that the images submitted are their own work and there has been no copyright infringement. NYC4PA will not be held liable for any infringement of rights that might surface during the jurying or displaying of any image.
By submitting you grant NYC4PA the right to use your image(s) for promotion and advertisement of NYC4PA as well as inclusion in the NYC4PA catalog and online gallery if the image is prize winning, juror selection or honorable mention. The photographer retains all rights to the image.
Images selected by jurors for Prizes, Juror's Selection or Honorable Mention in an NYC4PA international call for entry within the past 2 years are not eligible. Images previously submitted but not selected may be resubmitted as often as you wish.
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AWARDS:
Should your award notification or prize be returned as undeliverable, NYC4PA will not resend the notice (whether by the same or another method,) research your address nor make any further attempts at delivery, and your submission will be deemed ineligible. Please be careful when entering all your contact information.
Cash Prize winners living outside the United States will be responsible for costs incurred for wire transferif PayPal is unavailable.
UNITED STATES TAXES- All winners are required to pay tax on prizes. This happens at the end of each calendar year.For U.S. citizens with total winnings accrued through NYC4PA of $600 or more, we are required to file, and provide the artist with, a copy of a 1099 tax form. If this is the case, you will need to provide NYC4PA with tax ID information in January of the following year.
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MAILING LISTS:
As a submitter NYC4PA will include you in future mailings and announcements. If you would prefer NOT to be on our mailing list please log onto http://www.nyc4pa.com/#!contact and ask to be removed.
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NON U.S. APPLICANTS:
Our entry software has an address field for the state you live in. This applies to the US and several other countries - if you do not have “state” as part of your address simply leave that field blank - it is not mandatory.
FINALLY:
If you have questions or issues please contact us at nyc4pa@gmail.com. We will make every effort to get back to you as soon as possible. We will specifically be available via email, until 11:00PM EST on the last evening of the call.
