portraits
Portrait Pathways - Photography Contest
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PHOTO CONTEST and CREATIVE EXPERIMENT Portrait Pathways
Strongly believing in the power of experimentation and synergy between various arts, in 2021, with its second edition, the International Portrait Film Festival (IPFF) creates a competition module for photographic portraits. The experiment will be open to photography projects by professionals and amateurs from around the world. The selected best photo portraits will be part of an exhibition during the festival events of IPFF 2021.
One of all the selected photographs will be awarded as a winner and will become a starting point for experimental transformations - in a virtual art incubator it will be an inspiration for subsequent discussions and creations in various arts and fields.
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Portrait of a lady (a portrait from another historical time, past or future)
Portrait of a lady on fire (a queer portrait)
Portrait in sepia (a monochrome or black&white portrait)
The picture of Dorian Gray (a very beautiful portrait or a portrait-grotesque)
Portrait of the artist as a young man (a surreal portrait)
Self-portrait with ear and pipe (a self-portrait of the photographer)
Selection and evaluation
From all the submitted applications, the IPFF team and the jury of the contest will select the best 24 photos, which will be published on the platforms of the festival and will participate in an exhibition (digital & print versions) within the second edition of IPFF in November 2021.
The jury of the competition will distinguish ONE best work from the selected photographs.
Awards and prizes
The best work is given the opportunity to participate in a creative incubator "Portrait Pathways". The creative incubator is a virtual space that allows artists and photography lovers, through their comments, to share impressions, opinions, as well as to generate narratives, whose starting point is this one selected photograph. The aim of the process is an enriching accumulation of ideas, outlining a new, longer and unexpected life of the work, as well as popularizing the artist within a different context.
Cash prize - the awarded photographer also receives a cash prize - 50% of the prize fund. The prize fund is formed by the paid participation fees. The amount raised is distributed as follows:
50% for a prize for the best work;
50% for costs and development of the photo contest.
All authors of selected photographs will receive a specialized digital diploma.
Portraits 2021 | Online Juried Competition with online Award Exhibition
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CamelbackGallery.com announces a call to artists. Cash award to Best in Show, main page slider promotion at CB, blog post at Top Art Awards, news story Art Base, digital art registration at ArtChain.Info and entry into CB's Artwork of the Year Award. All award recipients receive 3-month online group exhibition of their work, social media exposure, Art Week and Art Base exhibition news publication, e-blast announcement and official award certificate. Top 15 Award Video. Awards include: Best in Show Platinum Award, Gold Award of Excellence, Silver Awards, Bronze Awards. Open to all artists 18 years and older. All traditional painting and drawing mediums allowed.
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AAP Magazine 17 PORTRAIT
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AAP Magazine #17 "Portrait" invites photographers to explore humanity in each of us. From the classic studio portraits to the rise of the selfie, the best portraits give a glimpse into somebody's soul, a connection formed across countries, cultures and ages.
We seek the submission of photographs that celebrate the aesthetic and conceptual considerations involved in the creation of the portrait: celebrate diversity, creativity, honesty and self-expression. Studio portraits, candid street shots, self-portraits, conceptual and fine art all welcome. With 7.57 billion people to choose from around the world, show us the ones that matter to you.
All genres, capture types, color and B&W, traditional and non-traditional photographic and digital post-production processes are welcome for submission.
Applications will be assessed on three criteria: creativity, originality and the visual / emotional impact of the image. The winners will be announced on All About Photo and social media.
Please send us a cohesive body of work or portfolio. Only a unified group of photos will be published in AAP Magazine.
Winners will receive $1,000 in cash awards, their winning image(s) or full portfolio published in AAP Magazine #17, extensive press coverage and global recognition.
All winners will have their work published in the 17th printed issue of AAP Magazine, a free copy of the magazine and their portfolio showcased in the Winners Gallery of www.all-about-photo.com.
1st Place winner
Cash Prize: $500 (US Dollars).
Exclusive interview and winning image(s) or portfolio published in AAP Magazine, Volume 17: PORTRAIT
One free copy of AAP Magazine that will be for sale and distributed on Blurb.com
Winning work showcased on the online Winners Gallery of All About Photo
2nd Place Winner
Cash Prize: $300 (US Dollars).
Winning image(s) or portfolio in AAP Magazine, Volume Volume 17: PORTRAIT
One free copy of AAP Magazine that will be for sale and distributed on Blurb.com
Winning work showcased on the online Winners Gallery of All About Photo
3rd Place Winner
Cash Prize: $200 (US Dollars).
Winning image(s) or portfolio published in AAP Magazine, Volume Volume 17: PORTRAIT
One free copy of AAP Magazine that will be for sale and distributed on Blurb.com
Winning work showcased on the online Winners Gallery of All About Photo
Particular Merit Mention
The next seventeenth winners (ranked from 4 to 20) will have their best image(s) or portfolio published in AAP Magazine Volume 17: Portrait
They will receive one free copy of the magazine that will be for sale and distributed on Blurb.com and their portfolio showcased in the Winners Gallery of www.all-about-photo.com
Entry Fee:
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PORTRAYALS OF FLESH · Open Call
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Submit your proposal for a chance to:
- Get featured in Vol. 2 of our magazine
- Participate in an auction at Liveauctioneers.com
- Exhibit your work at an art gallery in Barcelona
- Get a free online session with an Art Professional to receive feedback on your proposal
ELIGIBILITY
- Artists of any nationality and age, evidencing a committed artistic career are welcome to submit their work.
- All forms of two-dimensional and three-dimensional work in any medium are welcome, such as: painting, drawing, illustration, collage, street art, digital, printmaking, fibre, photography, installation and sculpture. There are no restrictions on the dimensions of work submitted.
THEME
PORTRAYALS OF FLESH is a thematic open call focused on the celebration of the body in its most honest form. This multifaceted group exhibition takes its cues from both the classic and contemporary styles of portraiture. We invite literal and abstract interpretations of portraits, which will create a nuanced interrogation of our perceptions of beauty. We want to see your journey of stepping outside the perceived notions of what beauty is, into what beauty can potentially be, though each artist's chosen medium.
SELECTION PROCESS
- The selection process will consist of three rounds of screening, the results of which will be notified to all candidates.
- The second round of screening will result in the shortlist of artists who will be featured in Vol. 2 of RICE Magazine. All shortlisted artists will also be able to submit 5 to 10 artworks to be auctioned in partnership with liveauctioneers.com.
- The third round of screening will decide on the list of artists who will participate in a two-week-long exhibit at MUTUO art gallery in Barcelona, Spain, in November 2020.
- In accordance with our Open Call Quota System, at least 70% of selected artists will be women or members of the LGTBQ community or racialized persons, and 30% of selected artists will be cisgender males. (Read more on why we are doing this in our ABOUT section). Our last open call received less than 5% of proposals from the latter group of artists, hopefully, this time we’ll receive more proposals from them.
- All artists with unsuccessful proposals will get a free 10-minute online session (via Zoom or Skype) with one of the renowned Artist Coaches and Consultants who we’ve partnered with or our new Feedback Programe, to receive career-focused feedback on their proposals and constructive advice of improvement for the future.
APPLY NOW
- Through our website
- Participation fees start at 12€
Submit your proposal for a chance to:
- Get featured in Vol. 2 of our magazine
- Participate in an auction at Liveauctioneers.com
- Exhibit your work at an art gallery in Barcelona
- Get a free online session with an Art Professional to receive feedback on your proposal
Entry Fee:
- Yes
Open Call: Portrait
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Open Call: Portrait - VR Gallery
We are seeking entries for our very first VR virtual exhibition at AIR gallery's new online gallery space.
The theme is Portrait; we are looking for anything from traditional portraits to contemporary takes. Taking a theme that has predominated arts long history, we want to see how the self is represented in this turbulent times.
For this open call we can only accept 2D works due to the nature of the virtual engine we are using (unless you are able to create a 3d poly of your work that we could import in which case email your submission with the poly to us)
Up to three works can be entered and can cover a range of 2D Mediums. Images should be sent at 300DPI and high quality. Any blurry or low resolution images will be removed from the selection. There is no cost to submit or take part.
This is open to any artist worldwide.
Deadline 30th April 12pm (GMT)
Successful artists will be notified on the 1-2 May and the exhibition will launch only on Thursday 7th May. All artists will be promoted on social media during the month of May alongside the exhibition which will be available to view digitally and on VR headsets.
Entry Fee:
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portraits
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portraits : vignette, profile, figure, depiction, silhouette, image, portrayal, representation, likeness …
Photographers of all levels are invited to submit work reflecting the theme "portraits" to A Smith Gallery by March 23, 2020. Entries of 11 or more images are entitled to a review of submitted entry images by the gallery directors. The entry fee is $38 for the first 5 images and $7 for each additional image. Fifty to fifty five images will be selected for exhibition and shown in the main gallery from May 8 to June 21, 2020. A reception will be held on May 30, 2020 from 4 to 8pm. A Blurb full color catalogue of the exhibit with all the accepted entries will be available for purchase.
Juror for "portraits" will be Elizabeth Avedon, independent curator, photography book designer and writer.
Awards are $325 for Juror’s Award, $250 for Director’s Award, three Juror Honorable Mentions each receiving an exhibition catalogue, discretionary Director Honorable Mentions each receiving an exhibition catalogue and $100 for Visitors’ Award.
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