PhotoNOLA Portfolio Review: Ready, Set, Go!

PhotoNOLA's esteemed portfolio review enters its fifth year this December, with an incredible lineup of reviewers.

Limited to the first 65 photographers who sign up, registration opens tomorrow morning (September 1st) at 10am CST.

Dates are Dec. 10 & 11, 2011. Fee is $450. Each participant is guaranteed eight reviews, with the chance to rank their reviewer preferences in November.

Questions? Please see our Review FAQ's.

Deadline Sept 1 for $5000 Clarence John Laughlin Award

Final reminder: NOPA is accepting submissions for our annual Clarence John Laughlin Award till 11:59pm CST on Thursday, September 1, 2011.

Juror: George Slade
Guidelines here.
Apply online here.

Helpful hints:
Firefox internet browsers seem to work best with the EntryThingy submission system.
If you log in to EntryThingy and see Poydras Home Show, please scroll down till you find the CJL Award.

Thanks and good luck!

Dickerson essay offers unique look at post-K NOLA

Unique Katrinaversary Reading and Imagery Note: Even if you have long since grown weary of looking at Katrina-related disaster photography and related stories, NOPA member Nell Dickerson's post-Katrina recollections and gallery at NOLA Defender, "The Calm After," should be more than worth a look.

In the essay and the gallery, Dickerson focuses squarely on people and a bit of architectural history in a November 2006 walk through the French Quarter and Treme, as well as a search for Perseverance Hall.

Dickerson, an architect as well as a photographer, conducted building assessments for the Mississippi Department of Archives and History in 2005, after Katrina.

12 12 Gallery competition early deadline is Sept. 1

The 12 12 Gallery of Richmond VA is calling for entries to its International Juried Competition 2011. The early entry deadline for submissions is Thursday, Sept. 1, with an extended deadline of Thursday, Sept. 15.

The difference between the deadlines? Entry fees. Each entrant will pay a non-refundable $25 entry fee for three images submitted before the early deadline, with up to two additional entries costing $5 each. After September 1, the entry fee for the first three images will be $30, with the additional image fee kept at $5.

The competition is open to artists worldwide, who are working in any photographic process--and, a small detail here, at least 18 years old.

The juror for the 12 12 competition is Amalia Pizzardi, founder and director of The Gallery Art and Design of Mexico, Italy and the United States.

The best-in-show winner will be granted a solo exhibition, and will receive up to $1000 in cash prizes.

For more information on the competition, please see the call for entry and prospectus at the 12 12 website.

Curator's Talk at The Ogden, Sept 7

Join Curator of Photography, Richard McCabe, for a walk through of Mississippi Photographs: 1860’s – Present, currently on view at The Ogden Museum.

On September 7, 2011 at 10am he will share insights about the exhibition, the artists, and of course the photographs.

This event is free for Ogden members, $10.00 admission for non-members. 



Mississippi Photographs
1860’s – Present

This exhibition is a survey of Mississippi photography that spans over 150 years. The viewer will be taken through the cultural, social, political and environmental changes that have shaped and defined the state, emphasizing the deep ties that exist between the people of Mississippi and the land. The exhibition Includes photographs by Eudora Welty, William Eggleston, Jack Kotz, Stuart Klipper, Bruce West, Kathleen Robbins, and many others. On view August 6, 2011 through September 18, 2011.

Ogden Museum of Southern Art
925 Camp Street
New Orleans, LA 70130

PhotoNOLA Portfolio Review: Registration Opens Sept 1

Registration for the 2011 PhotoNOLA Portfolio Review will open on September 1 at 10am Central Time.

We are delighted to have another group of esteemed reviewers joining us this December. Reviews will take place Dec. 10 & 11. Spots will be filled on a first come first served basis, and the $450 registration fee will guarantee each participant 8 reviews.

2011 Reviewers:
Andy Adams, FlakPhoto.com
Martine Chaisson, Martine Chaisson Gallery, New Orleans
Brian Clamp, ClampArt Gallery, NYC
Stephen Daiter, Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago
Bevin Bering Dubrowski, Director, Houston Center for Photography
Roy Flukinger, Senior Research Curator, Harry Ransom Center
Charles Guice, Charles Guice Contemporary
Neil Harris, Associate Photo Editor, TIME Magazine
Lisa Hostetler, Curator of Photographs, Milwaukee Art Museum
David Houston, Curator, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, AR
Holly Hughes, Editor in Chief, Photo District News (PDN)
Maggie Kennedy, Photography Director, Garden and Gun Magazine
Stella Kramer, Stella Kramer Consulting, NYC
Alexandra Le Faou, Director, Foto+Synthesis Traveling Exhibitions
New Curator of Photography (TBA), New Orleans Museum of Art
Richard McCabe, Curator of Photography, Ogden Museum of Southern Art
Martin McNamara, Gallery 339, Philadephia
Patricia Mendoza, Independent Curator, Mexico
Claire O’Neill, NPR’s The Picture Show Blog
Bill Schwab, North Light Press
Gordon Stettinius, Candela Books
Mary Virginia Swanson, MV Swanson and Associates, Tucson/NYC

Reviewers bios are available here.

In addition to the portfolio review there will be many other exciting events during our 6th annual festival of photography. Check out the calendar of events, and plan to join us from December 8-11!

NOIR Submission Deadline Extended! | Due Aug 26

The deadline for the New Orleans Photo Alliance show, NOIR, has been extended until this Friday, August 26 at midnight (CST).  View more information/submit entries here.

Roma works exhibited at Tulane, beginning Aug. 24

Nearly 100 prints from four of the published works of photographer Thomas Roma will be exhibited at the Newcomb Art Gallery at Tulane University's Uptown campus, beginning Wednesday, August 24 and running through Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011. The exhibit, which features Roma's chronicling of urban life, is being curated by Susan Kismaric, a curator in the photography department of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Companion exhibits, featuring photographic works of Andy Warhol and Lee Friedlander will be held in conjunction with the Roma exhibition

An exhibit reception will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 14, from 5 to 7 p.m. Hors d'oeuvres and spirits will be served. Jazz will be performed at the reception by musicians from New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA).

Related programming will include the following events, both of which will be held at Tulane's Woldenberg Art Center, at the Uptown campus:

• "Making Books Symposium," scheduled for 3:30 to 5 p.m. on September 14:, featuring Roma, Kismaric, and Phillip Lopate, and moderated by Tulane photography professor Stephen Hilger.
• "Roma Exhibition Walk-Through," scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 15.

The companion exhibits will include:

• "Pop Shots: Polaroid Portraits by Andy Warhol," curated by Tulane's Hilger. This exhibit will include 31 photographs from the images the artist took in the 1970s and 80s. These will include shots used as studies for Warhol's large-scale silk-screen portraits, alongside two such works on canvas.
• "Jazz People: New Orleans Portraits by Lee Friedlander." This exhibit will feature 39 black and white photographs taken by Friedlander in New Orleans in the 1950s and 1960s, including shots of musicians including “Sweet Emma” Barrett, Joe James, George Lewis, and “Kid Thomas” Valentine. Shots of the city's eternally vibrant street parades and celebrations will also be featured.

The Newcomb Art Gallery, located in the Woldenberg Art Center, is open every Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on weekends from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, please visit the gallery's website.

Image: Untitled, 1984. From "Found in Brooklyn" (1996), by Thomas Roma.

Entries for NOIR due TODAY | CJL Award due SEPT 1

image by Thomas Allen

Reminder! Entries for NOIR are due today, August 19, at midnight (CST). You can read more about this call and enter here. This show will have exposure during both Art for Arts Sake and Prospect.2, so gather those dark alleyway and devilish dame photos and get them in!

If you don't have anything that will fit under the Noir category, we have two other Calls for Entry up right now. The Clarence John Laughlin Award is due SEPT 1 and 17th Annual Poydras Home Art Show entries are due SEPT 18.

Have a great weekend!

Poydras Home/NOPA show deadline is Sept. 18

The 17th Annual Poydras Home Art Show, in association with the New Orleans Photo Alliance, is accepting entries for its photography exhibit. All entries must be submitted via the NOPA website and, as noted there, can only be submitted after filling out an official "Entry Thingy" account.

The deadline for entry is Sunday, Sept. 18. The show will be held from Friday, Nov. 4, through Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011.

There will be a maximum of 30 photographers selected to be in this show. Approximately three photographs from each photographer will be chosen by a New Orleans Photo Alliance Selection Committee

One photograph will be chosen for the $500 best-in-show prize, selected by the 17th. Annual Poydras Home Art Show juror, John Bullard, director of the New Orleans Museum of Art. This photograph will also be featured on Peggy Scott Laborde’s "Steppin Out" show. which will air on Crescent City public television station WYES at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 4.

There is no theme to this exhibit. Photographers working in any genre or style, or any theme or technique, are eligible for entry.

Some other things to know about the competition:

• Juried photographers will be listed at the Poydras Home’s Web site, complete with links to their web sites (added marketing and publicity)
• Juried photographers will be listed in the NOPA Art Show Patron Party invitation, one that is to be mailed to over 1500 patrons and friends. They will also be listed on a NOPA art show postcard announcement, one to be mailed to over 5000 art lovers and friends of Poydras.
• Art show announcements are to be delivered to over 30 major hotel concierge desks in the French Quarter, as well as the Central Business District and Uptown.
• The show will also be advertised in St. Charles Avenue Magazine, New Orleans Magazine ,and Gambit Weekly.

For more information on the Poydras Home show, and the elderly services and retirement community non-profit behind it, please see the organization's website.

NOPA Members To Show In VESTIGES/trinitas Exhibit

The VESTIGES Project and The Rebecca Randall Bryan Gallery, in direct affiliation with Coastal Carolina University located in Conway, South Carolina, are pleased to announce the exhibition “VESTIGES/Trinitas” which will feature the work of artists of New Orleans, Louisiana: 

 Brian Nolan- photography
 Frank Aymami – photography
 Rontherin Ratliff – mixed media
Jan Gilbert, Debra Howell, and Krista Jurisich, - collaborative photo-based works.

VESTIGES/trinitas: September 1 - October 7, 2011
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 1, 2011,  4:30 - 6:30PM The Bryan Art Gallery, EHFA Rm. 128
There will be a Tea and Ethics lecture, "The Ethics of Disaster" at 5:30PM, presented by The VESTIGES Project Co-founder and Director of VESTIGES: THINK TANK, Jan Gilbert.  Gallery talk with artists directly following Tea and Ethics lecture.

NOPA Newsletter Call for Info!

MEMBERS:  Please send your photo-related news and events items to newsletter@neworleansphotoalliance.org by MON, AUG 15 for inclusion in the next e-newsletter.

Don't forget!  We have three Calls for Entry open right now!  The Clarence John Laughlin Award, NOIR, and the 17th Annual Poydras Home Art Show.  NOIR closes first on Aug 19.

Spider Awards' 2-for-1 entry deadline is August 26

The 7th Annual Black and White Spider Awards, an international competition for black and white photography, is offering two-images-for-the-price-of-one entry fees for individuals who submit their work by the early entry deadline of Friday, Aug. 26.

An additional 10 percent will be taken off for members of photographic organizations, including the New Orleans Photo Alliance. The regular single-photo entry fee is $35 for professionals, and $30 for amateurs, who are not members of any photo societies or groups. "Professional" is defined for the awards as anyone whose sole occupation and full income derives exclusively from photography, while "amateur" is defined as everyone else.

Less generous discounts will still be available for entrants who make the competition's early closing deadline of Friday, Oct. 21. You can read more about these at the festival website. The final deadline is Friday, Dec. 16

The competition includes 132 title awards. The awards show will be broadcast online on Sunday, May 15, 2012.

Image: Photo by the winner of the 6th Annual Spider Awards' Outstanding Achievement in Fashion, George Meyer of Russia.

NY Photo Festival seeks entries for 'Audio/Visual'

The New York Photo Festival, working in association with United Photo Industries, is asking for submissions to Audio/Visual, a juried exhibition that will focus on photography involving music and musicians, something most any photographer who has taken shots in and around New Orleans and the surrounding region should have in nearly excessive quantities

The competition is open to any photographer. Submissions will be accepted until Monday, Sept. 19. The entry fee is $25.

The exhibit will be held at the PowerHouse Arena in Brooklyn's Dumbo neighborhood, from Wednesday, Oct. 19 to Thursday, Nov. 3.

The festival organizers say that they are looking for images that capture what they call the unique relationship between photography and music. Submissions can be works involving solo musicians, bands, rock concerts, operatic productions, or small, intimate performances.

Image: Photo of Detroit blues singer Glemie Beasley, by Dave Jordano, courtesy of Audio/Visual.

En Foco New Works Photography Fellowship Awards #15

SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED!
DUE: Thurs, August 4, 2011, at 12:00am PST

En Foco is now accepting submissions for New Works Photography Fellowship Awards #15!

For more details and to submit your work, click HERE

We invite U.S. based photographers of Latino, African and Asian heritage, and Native Peoples of the Americas and Pacific, to submit work to the New Works Photography Fellowship Awards #15. The program encourages artists to create or continue an in-depth photographic series, in any photo-based fine art or documentary style/genre.
There is NO FEE to apply

GUEST JUROR:
Michael Mazzeo, Michael Mazzeo Gallery, NYC

HAVE QUESTIONS?
Visit our FAQs for submissions HERE.