Great to see the news from our friends SlowExposures about increasing interest in their annual juried photo exhibition in Pike County, Georgia.
“Photographers from New York to Florida, from Massachusetts to Oklahoma recently submitted their works for the 2009 edition of SlowExposures, the nationally recognized juried photo exhibition held annually in Pike County that captures the rural South’s character through fine art photography.
“One hundred thirty-three photographers, a dozen more entries than last year, submitted over 640 photos for this year’s exhibition,” reports Chris Curry, Director of the annual photo showcase headquartered in Pike County.
“This year we received entries from eighty-two “new” photographers who never before submitted to SlowExposures and are proud to welcome back fifty-one photographers returning from previous years,” says Curry.
“Photographers from eighteen states and thirty four cities in Georgia entered this year’s contest. Our judges will choose approximately eighty photos for the final show which takes place Friday, September 18th through Sunday, September 27th.
“Due to the renovation of its original home at The Strickland Building in Concord,” says Curry, “the seventh edition of the free photography showcase will move to the recently created Candler Field Museum in Williamson.”
The two-week celebration also includes cutting edge seminars, satellite shows and the traditional, black tie SlowExposures Ball on Saturday, September 26th at the new Barnstormer’s Grill. This year partygoers will dine and dance surrounded by the eighty-plus show images from all over the United States and the museum’s collection of meticulously restored antique autos and planes.
SlowExposures is the annual fundraiser of Pike Historic Preservation and is dedicated to supporting the historical and cultural heritage of the rural south through contemporary photography. All proceeds from the show and the dinner/dance go to the preservation of Pike County’s historic buildings and landscapes.”
