BIPA Photo Award. Deadline: May 27, 2016

Second edition of the Valid Foto BCN International Contemporary Photography Awards in collaboration with LensCulture and Docfield Festival

Galería Valid Foto BCN, in partnership with LensCulture and Festival Docfield, presents the second edition of the “Barcelona International Photography Awards”, with the aim of showcasing international contemporary photography and forming collaborative links between countries and photographic communities. Professionals and amateurs, over the age of 18, may submit photographs.The award is open to any type of photograph, with no restrictions on subject matter.

We are looking for high quality projects, including those that are only starting to take shape, in order to give them international exposure. The competition will be open to entries from 27 April to 27 May 2016 inclusive. The winners will be anounced on 8 June 2016.

The judging panel, made up of eight professional experts from the contemporary photographic and visual arts scene, will assess the submitted portfolios and select eight of them for the following prizes:

– An exhibition featuring the eight winning photographers as chosen by the panel of judges. This will be presented by Galería Valid Foto of Barcelona from July 2016, with the possibility of an international tour.

– The exhibition will be part of the DOCfield 2016 festival programme in Barcelona.

– The eight winners will be assigned a personal account in the LensCulture portal, where they will be able to share their new photographic work.

– In addition to the exhibition, the management of Galería Valid Foto BCN may offer to represent one of the photographers nominated by the judging panel. This photographer will be included in the gallery’s programme of exhibitions and activities during the course of 2016- 2017.

– The photographer chosen by the gallery will have an article about his or her work published on the LensCulture website.

– The winning photographers will be given a Valid Foto Award consisting of tutorials, portfolio reviews and personalized advice aimed at helping them secure a place for their work in the market.

Participation Requirements

Any photographer over 18 years of age, with a portfolio or photographic series of 5-20 photographs may take part. Submission will be exclusively by electronic means. To make a submission, go to BIPA2016 in the website, where you will be able to register. Once you have entered the website, follow the instructions to upload your images from your computer. When your submission has been completed you will receive a confirmation email. The images submitted should be in JPEG format with a minimum of 1,400 pixels in their longest dimension and the Adobe 1998 or sRGB IEC61966-2.1 profile embedded.

Fees

The inscription fee for BIPA 2016 is 50 US$ per portfolio. Participants may submit up to a maximum of five portfolios.

Link

es.validfoto.com/bipa2016es

Landskrona Foto & Breadfield Dummy Award 2016. Deadline:May 10, 2016

Application for Landskrona Foto & Breadfield Dummy Award 2016 is now open!

The registration is open from March 10th until May 10th, 2016.
Do you want to make a photo book?
Have you made a dummy* of your project?
Now you have a chance to have it published.
By entering for the Photo Book Day´s Open Book Dummy Review you have the chance to win the Landskrona Foto & Breadfield Dummy Award.

During Photo Book Day on August 20th there will be an Open Book Dummy Review. Here four photographers will be able to present their ongoing book projects to an audience and a panel. Each photographer will first make a short presentation of his or her project, which will be followed by a conversation about the idea.
The winner, the photographer with the most interesting idea for a photo book, will then be selected by an international jury.

The winner will be revealed/presented on stage as one of the closing events of Photo Book Day.
Landskrona Foto & Breadfield Dummy Award enables the winner to have his or her book project published by Breadfield Press and Landskrona Foto during 2016/2017.
The prize includes all expenses for book production such as design, printing and distribution. The photographer will also receive a large number of books to dispose over and sell. The book will be printed in 500 copies.
The selected dummies will also be on display as an exhibition in the Theater foyer during the days of the festival.
The event costs 30 Euros to enter. This fee will go solely to aid the final four selected travel costs. Send a completed application together with your dummy in PDF format before May 10th, 2016.

*You can also enter a book that has been self-published, digitally published or produced by print-on-demand, e.g. blurb. You may not enter a book that has an ISBN or one that that has been on sale.
Landskrona Foto & Breadfield Dummy Award is part of Photo Book Day, arranged by Breadfield and Omfotoboken during Landskrona Fotofestival.

To enter you you need to:

1) submit your PDF-Dummy(maximum 50 mb) and download PDF application form, at dummy.breadfield.com,

2) pay the entrance fee of 30 Euros.
For questions contact
Jenny Lindhe
Organizer of The Photobook Day, artist and founder of Breadfield Gallery
Fotoboksdagen(at)landskronafoto.org

Landskrona Foto & Breadfield Dummy Award 2015 was awarded to:

YOU WOULD BE EARTH by Meral Güler (USA) and Dan Porter (UK).

The jury’s citation
You Would Be Earth is a story unanchored in time and space. So difficult to grasp, define and classify. It is enticing yet elusive. Meral Güler and Dan Porter are awarded this prize for their ability to awaken the unknown within us.

The jury’s honourable mention went to Marco Frauchiger (CH) for the book M13.

Jury 2015
The 2015 jury consisted of Per Lindström (Landskrona Foto), Jenny Lindhe (Breadfield), Silvia Loddo (osservatorio fotografico), Nick McLean (Éditions du LIC) and Veronique Bourgoin (artist).

There was a big interest in the Awards and we received 112 Dummies from all over the world. The quality was very high throughout and it was challenging for the jury to select only four projects.

Nominees 2015
Meral Guler (USA) & Dan Porter (UK)
Nadja Bournonville (SE)
Marco Frauchiger (CH)
Rick Pushinsky (UK)

Partners
Göteborgstryckeriet, Papyrus & Sernekei

DOCfield Dummy Award. Deadline: May 11, 2016

Here you have a new chance to publish your documentary work, the information is in Spanish only, but the Call seems to be open to all international photographers, and it’s free! You just have to send a dummy to their mail address… Good luck!

 

La Fundación Photographic Social Vision, con la colaboración principal de la Fundación Banco Sabadell y el apoyo de The Folio Club, abre la convocatoria y os invita a participar en la tercera edición del premio anual de maquetas de fotolibros. El premio DOCfield Dummy Award Fundación Banco Sabadell se enmarca dentro del festival de Fotografía Documental que reúne a más de 50 autores en torno a 30 exposiciones y convierte a Barcelona en centro de la fotografía documental y el fotoperiodismo durante dos meses. Con esta iniciativa, el Festival quiere fomentar la consolidación del fotolibro como soporte de difusión fotográfico de historias que valen la pena ser contadas.

PREMIOS

Primer premio:

– Impresión de un fotolibro de edición limitada valorada en 3.000 euros.

– Incorporación de la maqueta y el fotolibro ganador a la Colección de Arte de Banco Sabadell.

– Asesoramiento previo a la impresión en la edición y diseño del fotolibro por parte de la Fundación Photographic Social Vision, siempre con el consentimiento del autor.

– Asesoramiento en la impresión, distribución y venta del fotolibro por parte de The Folio Club, siempre con el consentimiento del autor.

 

 

INSCRIPCIÓN GRATUITA Enviar ficha de inscripción a: ines@photographicsocialvision.org

Enviar una maqueta físca del proyecto a:

Inés Casals , FUNDACIÓN PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIAL VISION Docfield Dummy Award. Fundación Banco Sabadell Trafalgar 19, ppal 1ª B 08010 Barcelona Tel.: 93 217 36 63

LINK: http://docfieldbarcelona.org/premio-dummy-award/

Open Call: Finnish Museum of Photography’s Project Space. Deadline: May 8, 2016

OPEN CALL FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC AND VISUAL ARTISTS

Project Space at the Cable Factory in Helsinki, Finland, is an open-application exhibition space. The open call for next year’s exhibitions is now organized for the seventh time.

Photography professionals and students as well as visual artists making photographic art can apply. Applications can also be submitted in the name of workgroups.

The Project space is intended for exhibitions and projects that use photography or other lens-based media as tools for art or research. The space shows stimulating exhibitions by both fresh talents and more established artists. Applications can also be submitted for exhibition time for screenings, public talks and discussions.

http://www.valokuvataiteenmuseo.fi/en/component/content/article/11111

How to apply?

Application

This year the museum only accepts applications that consist of a single pdf file. However, if the exhibition includes video, you can add a link to it instead of sending the video file as an attachment.

The pdf should contain the following elements:

1) A cover page with the name of the applicant (and/or the workgroup), e-mail address and a phone number (country code included).

2) Application letter that gives brief but complete details of the proposed exhibition (max 2 x A4). The letter should involve information of who is/are the applicant/s, what kind of an exhibition you would like to have and, if possible, what kind of sections does the exhibition consist of. It is okay to not have an existing exhibition when applying – just be as precise as possible with your explanations of what kind of an exhibition you’re planning.

3) Include a portfolio containing photos of the works to be in the planned exhibition. Indicate each work’s year of completion, dimensions, mode of production etc., and include any information that will help give a picture of the exhibition as a whole. In case the works for the planned exhibition have not been produced yet, please send some reference material of your earlier works.

If you are planning to show moving image, please add a link where we can see the work.

4) Include your full contact details and your CV to your application. If the exhibition is produced by a group, please include everyone’s CVs.

Name the pdf file as “Projekti2017_YOURNAME”. The size of the pdf file should not exceed 10MB.

Applications for the year 2017 should be sent to finnishmuseumofphotography@gmail.com by 12PM on Sunday, May 8, 2016.

Please write Projekti2017 as the headline of the message.

We will send you a confirmation e-mail once we have received your application. Please contact museum’s curator Tiina Rauhala ( tiina.rauhala@fmp.fi ) if you have not heard back from us with a week from sending your application.

What the Museum provides for exhibitors?

The Museum provides exhibition space, free, for 7-8 weeks. Applicants can indicate a preferred exhibition period, but the Finnish Museum of Photography reserves the right to decide on the order of the exhibitions. There are five exhibition periods during the year 2017.

The Project space has a floor area of 50 m² and a ceiling 4.5 m high (see floor plan).

The Museum offers exhibition installers a fixed production grant of 400 euros. The Artist is responsible of other production costs. The Museum provides help with installation and dismantlement, exhibition supervision, and opening arrangements. The artist should be personally present during the construction and dismantling of the exhibition.

The Museum is responsible for exhibition lighting and cleanliness during the exhibition period. The Museum has a limited amount of technical equipment available for loan to artists. The Museum is not able to provide any audio or video equipment for the exhibitions.

The Museum provides insurance for the construction, dismantlement and exhibition periods. The Museum does not insure works during transportation.

The Museum provides publicity, publishes exhibition details and sends press releases and posts information on the Museum’s website and social media channels.

The Museum does not provide paper invitations or postage. Artists who make and post invitations at their own expense can use the museum’s geographic mailing list if they wish.

Exhibition installers are responsible for transportation of works and for their own travel costs.

 

Project space.

The decision-making process

The applications are reviewed by the Finnish Museum of Photography’s exhibition team: Chief Curator Anna-Kaisa Rastenberger and Curator Tiina Rauhala.

All applicants will be informed of the curators’ decision by e-mail by June 17, 2016. The selected projects will also be published on the museum’s website.

Further details

Send your application to:  finnishmuseumofphotography@gmail.com

Further exhibition details:
Curator Tiina Rauhala: +358 50 432 7562, tiina.rauhala@fmp.fi
Chief Curator Anna-Kaisa Rastenberger, +358-(0)50-518 7619, annara@fmp.fi

Deadline for applications is May 8, 2016.

Further details:
Curator Tiina Rauhala
tel. +358-(0)50432 7562,  tiina.rauhala@fmp.fi
Chief Curator Anna-Kaisa Rastenberger
tel. +358-(0)50-518 7619, anna-kaisa.rastenberger@fmp.fi

Photography and Literature Call. Deadline: May 9, 2016

Photography and Literature
an international photography competition dealing with the challenge of literature

We read – we read a lot, and often. – Words, texts, writings.

But what about the language of images? – An image can say more than a thousand words.

“… literature is one-eyed. The laughing eye is missing” (Erich Kästner)

This competition is aimed at photographers, and is for works inspired by specific works of literature. The choice of literary form (poetry, prose, drama etc.) is open. Only one entry per person will be accepted. The entry shall not exceed 9MB, no larger than 50 x 70 cm.

10 winners will be chosen by a jury, and the winning photographs will be exhibited as part of the German Language Literature Festival taking place from the 29th June to 3rd July 2016 in Klagenfurt, Austria. They will be shown in the KELAG-café in the Carinthian Regional Broadcasting Studios during this time.There will be a presentation at the Musilinstitut.

Jury members: Anne Hillenbach, Katarzyna Majak, Gabriele Rothemann
The main prizes are 800€ for First Place, 500€ for Second Place, and 300€ for Third Place, sponsored by KELAG.
Website with German, French and English version of the Call: http://www.wortimbild.at/2015/ausschreibung.html
Deadline for applications is: 9th May 2016, 21:59 CET