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NEW YORK CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC ART

NYC4PA Call for Entry APPAREL

Shirts, Pants, Accessories, Outfits, Onesies, Hats, Gloves, Booties, Kimonos, Saris, Sweaters and on and on.   A part of everyone’s day includes the decision about what to wear, and, for many, how to dress the kids and the house pet .  
For this call the emphasis is on how you, the photographer, capture these articles of clothing in a creative way.  Does a uniformed officer create the mood in a picture of a crowd, is there a grouping of colorful blouses hanging in a shop, does a small part of a wedding gown catch your eye or is it just fun to see a boot on a child’s foot splash in a puddle or a hoodie on a pup with the ears poking out.

As with all our contests send us your best. All 2D photo processes are welcome.

Submitted on Sun, 05/04/2025 - 21:07

NYC4PA TREES

I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree.

 

Joyce Kilmer wrote those words in 1915. And they hold true today. Trees are all around us in cities, towns and the country. They can be a striking visual, as a standalone in a barren landscape or be part of everyday life in the yard with an old tire swing hanging from a low branch. Trees are much a part of the animal kingdom providing limbs for resting and nesting, as well as wonderful sources of food for so many species.

Submitted on Sun, 03/09/2025 - 18:25

NYC4PA MONOCHROME

The first photographs to be part of the world of art were monochrome prints. The images were captured by large format cameras, developed into negatives and printed in the darkroom. The world of photography has come a long way since then with color dominating so much of what we shoot these days, and cameras now an integral part of our very portable phones.

Submitted on Wed, 11/20/2024 - 13:55

NYC4PA ARCHITECTURE 2024

The definition of architecture is the art or science of building, often with a focus on habitable structures.  We are familiar with architects like Gehry, Wright, and Gaudi as well as famous buildings like the Empire State Building in New York and the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. But are habitable structures a requirement? Actually, it can be much broader than that. For instance, the Eiffel Tower, the pyramids in Egypt, interiors of cathedrals or the main hall at New York's Grand Central Station are all examples of world-famous architecture. In addition, examples of architecture do not have to be world famous.  Private houses, bridges etc. are all examples and skylines may represent a collection of similar or different types of architecture.

Submitted on Fri, 06/14/2024 - 23:38

NYC4PA Call for Entry - PORTALS

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.

 

Submitted on Fri, 04/19/2024 - 19:21

NYC4PA DECAY CORROSION RUST

“And behind door number 2 – a brand new…….”

US television prizes – all about the “new”.  Though we often focus on the new and shiny there is amazing beauty in the decayed, the corroded, the rusted and it can make images of those items so much more compelling and interesting.

Consider the textures and colors in an abandoned, dilapidated factory or prison, the rust on an old bike, contrasting plaster and lathing on a corroded wall and the myriad of possible captures in a junkyard.  Neighborhoods, disparagingly called "run down", are treasure troves of "decayed" tumble down houses, "corroded" discarded toys, "rusted" cars, trash cans and so on. 

 

Submitted on Thu, 03/14/2024 - 13:35

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