Atlanta Photography Group has a new call for entries for their upcoming show, judged by Stuart Horodner and Beth Lilly. Deadline is May 18th.

APG Atlanta Photography Group
Concepts: the Post-Apocalyptic Photo Challenge
A Fresh Look at Photographic Ideas and Materials
 
Jurored by
Stuart Horodner, artistic director of Atlanta Contemporary Art Center
and Beth Lilly, artist and educator
 
For this year’s Concepts Show, APG is issuing a special challenge to photographers. In the past decade, digital technologies opened up new opportunities, while at the same time our dependence on it has become extensive. If disaster should strike and the power grid fail, how could you continue your work as a photographer? APG wants to see what you would do as an artist if you no longer had access to your digital files and could no longer plug into the grid.
 
We propose to start a dialogue by posing questions. Is our digital dependency causing us to overlook the image-making potential of new materials and knowledge that hasn’t yet been used in fine art photography? On the flip side, are there creative new ways to use vintage photographic methods? Is it even possible today to utilize chemical processes without electricity? 
 
We’d like to see work that experiments with installations and presentations that incorporate optics and visual phenomena.  Consider mining the remains of civilizations past by finding new uses for light sensitive materials.  Other options might include using existing prints as raw material for a new piece. 
 
For more information, entry form and FAQ’s, please visit the APG website. www.apgphoto.org
 
Entry deadline: May 18, 2013
Show Opens: June 28, 2013
Entry fee $35.00 members  $25 student members
One year membership $35/$25 students

There are six days left to enter the Renaissance Photography call for entries.

The Renaissance Photography Prize is an international photography award that showcases outstanding photography from emerging or established photographers while raising funds to support young women with breast cancer. All profit from entries is donated to The Lavender Trust at Breast Cancer Care, UK. In the five years since its inception, Renaissance has raised over £200,000 for the charity.

By entering you’ll have a chance to have your work judged by some of the top names in the industry and win prizes with a total value of over £5,000, including cash, photographic equipment, portfolio reviews and the winning series published in HotShoe Magazine. In addition, 60 selected photographs will form part of the Renaissance exhibition held this autumn in a prestigious London gallery.

Photographers can enter single images (categories Expression, Ordinary and In Between) or a series of work in an open category. The competition is open to everyone and welcomes entries from all countries.

In previous years our distinguished panel of judges, all of whom donate their time and expertise, has included Martin Parr, Eamonn McCabe and editors, curators and directors from respected UK institutions such as The Photographers’ Gallery, Michael Hoppen Gallery, Rhubarb Rhubarb and the Sunday Times Magazine.

This year’s Renaissance panel consists of:
Monica Allende – Picture Editor, The Sunday Times Magazine
Simon Bainbridge – Editor, British Journal of Photography
Julia Fullerton-Batten – Photographer
Miranda Gavin – Deputy and Online Editor, HotShoe International
Nadav Kander – Photographer
Chris Littlewood – Director of Photography, Flowers Gallery, UK
Brett Rogers – Director, The Photographers’ Gallery, UK
Sophie Wright – Cultural & Print Room Director, Magnum Photos

About Renaissance

The Renaissance Photography Prize was founded in 2006 by Fiona Gifford, a lawyer and keen amateur photographer who was diagnosed with breast cancer aged 34. “During my recovery period, day-to-day concerns became irrelevant, and I became more aware of the moments that really matter in life – moments of emotion, human connection, and wonder at the beauty of nature. What better way to represent those moments than through photography?”

Six years on, it has become an established fixture in the photography world. Renaissance is growing each year and last year the competition attracted over 5,225 entries from 67 countries. It has enjoyed amazing support from photographers, editors, curators and photography organisations and aims to raise even more funds this year.

For more info, check out this latest email from Fraction:

“May 2013 marks the Five Year Anniversary of Fraction Magazine. During this time we have showcased the photographic work of more than 250 photographers and have reviewed more than 50 photo books. We have sold more than 500 photographs during the Holiday Print Sale, as well as work from the newly-launched Fraction Editions. And each year the readership and global reach has grown, which helps to achieve Fraction’s primary goal: to showcase and give exposure to talented, dedicated emerging photographers.

To celebrate the Five Year Anniversary, Fraction Magazine is issuing a Call for Work – 50 photographs will be selected for Issue 50. These fifty images will represent the best of what is new, exciting and noteworthy in photography today.

Candela Books + Gallery has an upcoming deadline for their 2nd annual invitational and juried exhibition, UnBound2. Entries due April 1st, show opens July 5th, in Richmond!

Check out the 2013 SlowExposures Call for Entries. Again, entries are due June 16th.

SlowExposures has always been a “photographer’s show” — we do our utmost to reach out to the people who are doing the work. We create an experience where photographers, collectors, teachers, and professionals mix and mingle in events, parties, receptions, and serendipitous meet-ups during Opening Weekend. Every photographer who enters is invited to attend the private Friday Evening Soiree at Split Oak Farm following the Reception for Rob McDonald’s satellite show at A Novel Experience on September 20th. This year, those who are juried in will be invited to the inaugural “J.A.M.” (Jurors, Artists, Mingling) following the Juror’s Talk on Sunday, September 22nd. Visitors and guests will be encouraged to meet and talk to the photographers who are on-site in the main gallery during the afternoon. The committee makes every effort to assist participating photographers with lodging and transportation during their visit. If you are interested in creating a “pop-up” show of your work, we would like to hear from you.

Over $1,000 in awards will be made. First, Second, and Third place cash awards and ribbons will be awarded by the Jurors in addition to Honorable Mention ribbons. A “People’s Choice” award will be determined the last day of the Show.

Jen Bekman, Daniel Cooney, Sarah Hasted, Sasha Wolf, Claire C. Carter, Paula Tognarelli & Charles Guice are judging the 2013 edition of PDN’s “Curator Awards”. Here are the winners from 2012 and 2011.

Prizes include: $200 gift card from B&H, $250 gift certificate for moabpaper.com, DSLR camera ($500 value), PDN PhotoServe portfolio ($860 value), Gold Expo Pass to PDN PhotoPlus Expo Oct 24-26, 2013 ($100 value),One-year subscription to PDN® ($65 value).

There is a $35-$50 entry fee.

Download PDF entry form here. Entries can be submitted from April 1st until June 1st.

Flux Projects
Flux Night 2013 Call for Proposals

Deadline for Submission: Friday, March 22, 2013
Notification: May 1, 2013

Applications accepted through CaFÉ.

Overview:

Flux Projects produces exceptional and surprising temporary public art to galvanize Atlanta’s cultural curiosity. The highlight of our year is Flux Night, a one-night event modeled on other international celebrations such as Paris’s Nuit Blanche. Flux Night fills the streets and empty spaces of the Castleberry Hill Arts District with visual art projects, performances, dance, music, sound and light installations, and other forms of multimedia works and public interactions. The event will return to Castleberry on Saturday, October 5, from 7:00 p.m. until midnight.

Flux Night 2013 is being curated by Helena Reckitt. Her theme for the evening is Free Association. Random encounters, chance discoveries, and sensory overload are the hallmarks of Flux Night, now in its fourth year. The 2013 edition, Free Association, builds on this spirit of unexpected juxtapositions and patterns of call-and-response. Free Association explores the ways in which images, information and identities proliferate and mutate, online and off. It points to the strong history of digital art and collective activity within the city. It also looks beyond the visual, to senses and experiences that catch us unaware.

Flux Night 2013 will have two categories of projects: curated projects selected directly by Reckitt and proposed projects selected from this call by a committee that will include Reckitt along with Flux Projects staff and board.

Eligibility:

Any artist, artist team, or creative collaborative (referred to collectively as Applicants from here forward) may submit projects. Individual applicants or at least one team member must be 18 years of age.

Proposed projects:

- Proposed projects can focus on any form of visual art or performance, broadly conceived, including sound installations.

- In general, we are interested in works that are artistically compelling both aesthetically and conceptually, creative in their approach to public space and human interaction, and that address a broad audience.

- We have a strong preference for projects that run continuously throughout the evening, though we will consider shorter projects if they bring something compelling to the event.

- Projects should be appropriate to a one-night event and be able to accommodate a crowd of 15,000 people over the course of the evening.

Sites:

Flux Projects will make the final selection and secure permission for sites. Applicants who are familiar with Castleberry Hill and have a site in mind, may note this in their proposals. This is not required and will not affect evaluation of submissions.

Budget:

Flux Projects will award commissions from $500 to $5,000. Decisions will be based upon the quality and viability of submitted projects. Applicants should be mindful that more projects will be funded in the $2,500 range than in the $5,000 range.

The budget is all-inclusive per project, covering design, materials, construction and/or fabrication, transportation, delivery, site preparation, lighting (if applicable), equipment, insurance, consultant fees, installation and de-installation, travel (if applicable) and other costs associated with the project, including artist fees. Flux Projects carries liability insurance for the evening, but our insurance does not cover performers, equipment, or other artist materials. If the proposed budget exceeds the amount requested from Flux Projects, Applicants must detail how the overage will be funded.

Selection Criteria:
- Artistic merit

- Accessibility to a public audience

- Appropriateness for the event

- Feasibility of construction

- Public safety/welfare

To Submit:

Submissions are being accepted through CaFÉ. Applicants must abide by the word limits to the application questions. Applications that do not observe these will not be reviewed for consideration. Apply here.

About the curator:

Helena Reckitt is an independent curator and critic based in London, UK. Formerly Senior Curator of Programs at the Power Plant Toronto, she has held curatorial and programming positions at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, GA, and the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, and was an associate editor at Routledge publishers. Reckitt was one of three curators for Toronto’s 2012 Nuit Blanche. She has curated and co-curated exhibitions with artists including Yael Bartana, Keren Cytter, Harrell Fletcher, Joachim Koester, Ryan Trecartin, Paul Shambroom, and Carey Young. Her group exhibitions have explored inter-species relations (‘Adaptation’, 2010), memory and re-enactment (‘Not Quite How I Remember It’, 2008), and corporate and academic behavior (‘What Business Are You In?’, 2005). She is currently Senior Lecturer in Curating at Goldsmiths College, London.

ONWARD’s photo competition is judged by Mark Steinmetz this year, deadline is Feb. 11th.

ONWARD is an international photography competition for emerging photographers. Now in its sixth year, the competition seeks to increase the exposure of talented image-makers, create outlets for artists’ work, and present compelling photographs in a cohesive and well-curated exhibition.

This year’s guest juror is celebrated photographer Mark Steinmetz, who will work in part to decide the grand prize Juror Award winners. Recipients of this award will receive a two-person show at the Project Basho Gallery, a $500 cash prize, and an invitation to present their work at ONWARD Summit ’13 on April 13th, 2013 in Philadelphia.

This year’s highlights include ONWARD providing standard-size frames for the exhibition, chosen photographers having their winning image included on the new and exclusive Galerie website, one photograph being selected for purchase by the West Collection, and publication in the new ONWARD catalog.

Deadline for submissions is 2/11/2013.

More details about this year’s competition can be found at:
http://compe.onwardphoto.org/2013/details/about/

And the guidelines for the competition can also be found at:
http://compe.onwardphoto.org/download/onward13-guidelines.pdf

Did you take photographs when you were younger? Here’s a call for entries for Early Works, which will be in both Portland and San Francisco in 2013.

Early Works
Curated by Laura Moya and Laura Valenti Jelen
Submission Deadline: Monday, February 4th 2013
Exhibition Venue: Newspace Center for Photography & RayKo Photo Center
Exhibition Dates: Newspace Center for Photography – April 5th – 28th 2013 (Portland Photo Month)
RayKo Photo Center – Fall 2013

Early Works will be an exhibition that examines the naive imagery made by contemporary photographers when they were children. These early images often reveal surprising talent, visual intuition, and honesty. Kept for many decades in shoeboxes and faded albums, the images are often cherished belongings that play a key role in defining the self as artist.

This exhibition will be a close look at photographers’ earliest works, paired with personal narratives about the images and their role in each photographers’ development as an artist.

Did you take images when you were young?
Show us your history. Tell us your story.