Texas Photographic Society

Deadline: May 14, 2012
Eligibility: Open to all Photographers 18 or older.
Title: 25th Annual National Art Competition
Sponsor: Nicolet College Art Gallery, Rhinelander, Wisconsin

Work must be recent, original and wall-mountable. More than $8,500 in prize money--three $1,000 awards of excellence. Exhibit runs 7/24/12 - 9/7/12. Opening reception: 7/24/12, Nicolet College Art Gallery in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. Judge: Sarah McKenzie, who was recently listed as one of the "100 Artists to Watch" in the December/January issue of Modern Painters Magazine. Entry fee. Prospectus/contact: Katherine Ralph OR 715-365-4556.

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Deadline: May 31, 2012
Eligibility: Open to all Artists
Title: 2012 Art Kudos Juried Online Competition
Sponsor: Artshow.com

Artshow.com is currently accepting entries for the 8th annual Art Kudos Online Competition, an annual international juried competition that serves to recognize and honor excellence in the visual arts. Artists who are selected as finalists benefit from world-wide exposure in a year-long online exhibition (www.artkudos.com) beginning July 15th and compete for $4,400 in cash awards: Best of Show - $1,200; Second Place - $900; Third Place - $750; Founder's Award of Distinction - $500; (3) Merit Awards - $250 each; (3) Honorable Mentions - $100 each. Awards Judge: David Cohen, editor and publisher of artcritical.

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Deadline: May 31, 2012
Eligibility: Open to all Artists
Title: 3rd Annual SELF Competition
Sponsor: artistswanted.org

Introduce your story to the world. You're invited to join the 3rd annual Self 2012 competition, a juried, open call for art and photography with the goal of launching the story of one artist on the world stage. Share your work today for a chance to earn $25,000 in prizes, including a $10,000 grant and a New York City gallery exhibition. In each work you create lies a story of who you are as an artist. We're looking for a special talent to bring to the forefront of the art world. Whether your work reveals an aspect of your personality, expresses your point of view, addresses a personal journey, and/or explores your unique identity, each artwork you create carries a part of your story.

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Deadline: June 1, 2012
Eligibility: Open to all Photographers 18 years and older
Title: The Body in Motion
Sponsor: Profotio, Richmond, Texas

The human form is an extraordinary creation. It is capable of performing many different and varied physical activities. The camera is the perfect tool for capturing these actions. Whether it is the beautiful and graceful steps of a dancer, the skilled actions of an athlete or the simple and playful activities of a child, the human body is designed for movement. Profotio is seeking those images that best display the body in motion. First place winner receives $300.00 cash award.

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Deadline: June 4, 2012
Eligibility: Open to all Photographers
Title: CCNY's 2012 Annual Juried Competition
Sponsor: Camera Club of New York

The Camera Club of New York (CCNY) is pleased to announce an open call for applications for its Annual Juried Photography Competition. Photographers and photo-based artists working in any genre are eligible to apply. Applicants are encouraged to submit a cohesive body of work.

Selected applicants will be featured in an exhibition at the CCNY gallery in the summer of 2012 and on our website. The first place selection will receive a $500.00 cash award.

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Deadline: June 4, 2012
Eligibility: Open to all Photographers over 18
Title: Alternative Realities
Sponsor: PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont

Things are not always as they seem. For the juried exhibition ALTERNATIVE REALITIES, we seek photographs that broaden the definition of realism in photography to encompass subjects that seem imaginary, mysterious, fictional, magical, or even mystical. While we welcome work in a variety of alternative processes, this is not an alternative processes exhibition per se. Straight photographs, digitally manipulated work, work that combines alternative processes with standard darkroom or digital printing, or standard alternative process images are all welcome. We are most interested in compelling images, regardless of the process used to create them.

For ALTERNATIVE REALITIES, juror Laura Moya will select forty photos for exhibition at PhotoPlace Gallery from Aug. 7th through Sept. 1st, 2012. She will also choose an additional thirty-five photos for the gallery’s "Online Annex." All selected work will be included in a full-color exhibition catalog available for purchase. To help artists defray costs, PhotoPlace Gallery offers to mat and frame work selected for exhibition free of charge, providing artists print their images to our pre-cut mat and frame sizes. Submission fee: $25 for five photos, $6 each additional photo

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Deadline: June 4, 2012
Eligibility: Open to all Photographers
Title: PERFECTEXPOSURES/Open Theme
Sponsor: The Perfect Exposure Gallery, Los Angeles, California

The Perfect Exposure Gallery in Los Angeles is pleased to announce the call for submissions for its annual international juried competition. Emerging and professional photographers are welcome to submit images in digital and traditional mediums. 100 images will be selected for a two month exhibition in the gallery with a 1st prize of $1,000 USD, 2nd prize $500 and 3rd prize $300.

Jurors: Aline Smithson [Los Angeles, CA], Award-winning fine art photographer, Editor of Lenscratch Blogzine: Eli Reed, Magnum Member, Professor of Photography (University of Texas), Jose Aurelio Barreara, Former Photo Editor (LA Times); Nick Ut, Pulitzer Prize Winning Photographer, Magnum Member

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Deadline: June 6, 2012
Eligibility: Open to all Photographers
Title: Secrets and Mysteries
Sponsor: Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, Vermont

If your audience is standing indefinitely motionless, entranced by the possibilities in your work and in devising an infinitude of scenarios and alternate endings, then you've made an image that will inspire gallery visitors with the beauty of ambiguity, mystery and perplexity.

Photographers created images that baffled the viewer as early at the 1860s; Henry Peach Robinson was a pioneer of combination printing, creating the illusory photo montage long before there was Photoshop. We want to see your images that lead the imagination to the edge, encouraging the mind to leap. Multiple exposures, constructions, staged, anything goes, just leave us guessing. Juror: Catherine Edelman.

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Deadline: June 15, 2012
Eligibility: Open to all Photographers
Title: The Photo Review International Photography Competition
Sponsor: The Photo Review, Langhorne, Pennsylvania

This year's Photo Review International Photography Competition will be juried by Peter Barberie, Curator of Photographs at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and curator of recent exhibitions on Zoe Strauss and Mark Cohen. The Photo Review Competition enables thousands of people across the country to see the accepted work in our 2012 competition issue and on our website. Also, the prize-winning photographers will be chosen for an exhibition at the photography gallery of The University of the Arts, Philadelphia.

Because their work was seen in The Photo Review, past winners have been given one-person exhibitions, have had their work reproduced in other leading photography magazines, and have sold their work to collectors throughout the country. Further information and entry forms for the 2012 competition will be posted when they are finalized. Because their work was seen in The Photo Review, past winners have been given one-person exhibitions, have had their work reproduced in other leading photography magazines, and have sold their work to collectors throughout the country.

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Deadline: June 23, 2012
Eligibility: Open to all photographers (reduced fee for 18 years & under)
Title: The Changing Face of Central Texas; Portraits of Older Adults
Sponsor: Family Eldercare, Austin, Texas

Family Eldercare is the leading nonprofit organization dedicated to providing a continuum of professional services to seniors, caregivers, and adults with disabilities in Central Texas. Family Eldercare's mission is to help people live with dignity and independence in their own homes and community for as long as possible - and the mission is more relevant than ever. To celebrate Family Eldercare's 30th Anniversary and raise awareness of the changing and growing needs of older adults in Central Texas, Family Eldercare is sponsoring a professional photography contest.

Photographers are encouraged to submit any image of an older adult, alone or with others, and in all stages of life. The judges--Leslie Baldwin, Mary Virginia Swanson, Michael O'Brien & Robb Kendrick--will be especially interested in photographs that highlight the focus of Family Eldercare - images depicting the challenges facing older adults as well as images celebrating older adults leading dignified, independent and engaged lives. Up to thirty images will be selected for exhibition and six photographers will receive cash awards. The contest will culminate in a gala opening and all winning selections will be included in an exhibition catalog.

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Deadline: June 30, 2012
Eligibility: Open to all Photographers
Title: The Art of Photography Show
Sponsor: The Art of Photography Show, La Mesa, California

The Art of Photography Show is an established and critical force in the world of contemporary photography. Now in its 8th year, the show provides tangible benefits to artists trying to break into the public eye. This well thought out international exhibition provides value to artists at every turn, from first-rate viewing in the judging process to exhibition and publication opportunities, photo industry connections and $10,000 in monetary awards. Exhibition: The show will occur September 29 - November 11, 2012 at the elegant San Diego Art Institute in Balboa Park.

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Deadline: June 30, 2012
Eligibility: Open to all visual artists 18 and older
Title: Dave Bown Projects - 4th Semiannual Competition
Sponsor: Dave Bowen

Jurors: Diane Mullin, Weisman Art Museum; Ron Platt, Birmingham Museum of Art; Monica Ramirez-Montagut, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum.

Prizes: $10,000 USD (1 artist will receive $5,000 and 5 artists will each receive $1,000). Dave Bown Projects will be buying works of art, on an ongoing basis, from select artists as submissions are received.

Eligibility: This competition is open to all visual artists who are 18 years of age or older. All styles and media are eligible.

Selection Process: Early entries are encouraged. Previewing will occur on a daily and weekly basis by Dave Bown Projects as submissions are received.

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Deadline: July 2, 2012
Eligibility: Open to all Photographers over 18
Title: Water
Sponsor: PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont

Water. Our most essential element. We are born from it. We cannot live without it. Its beauty captivates us. Its floods devestate us. For the PhotoPlace Gallery exhibition WATER we seek photographs that capture water in all of its myriad physical and metaphorical forms. We are honored that noted photographer and educator Connie Imboden will serve as the juror for this exhibition. She will select forty photos for exhibition at PhotoPlace Gallery from September 4th through 29th, 2012. She will also choose an additional thirty-five photos for the gallery's "Online Annex." All selected work will be included in a full-color exhibition catalog available for purchase. To help artists defray costs, PhotoPlace Gallery offers to mat and frame work selected for exhibition free of charge, providing artists print their images to our pre-cut mat and frame sizes. Submission fee: $25 for five photos, $6 each additional photo.

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Deadline: July 30, 2012
Eligibility: Open to all Photographers over 18
Title: Personal Portraits
Sponsor: PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont

From its earliest days, photography has been an ideal medium for portraiture. From early daguerreotypists to contemporary digital image makers, photographers have explored the way the camera can record (or subvert) the human likeness for expressive effect. For PERSONAL PORTRAITS PhotoPlace Gallery seeks portraits (self-portraits as well as portraits of others) that offer insight into contemporary approaches to portraiture.

PhotoPlace Gallery is honored that Frank H. Goodyear, Associate Curator of Photographs at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, will serve as the juror for this exhibition. He will select forty photos for exhibition at PhotoPlace Gallery from October 2nd through 27th, 2012. He will also choose an additional thirty-five photos for the gallery's "Online Annex." All selected work will be included in a full-color exhibition catalog available for purchase. To help artists defray costs, PhotoPlace Gallery offers to mat and frame work selected for exhibition free of charge, providing artists print their images to our pre-cut mat and frame sizes. Submission fee: $25 for five photos, $6 each additional photo.

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Deadline: August 27, 2012
Eligibility: Open to all Photographers over 18
Title: Windows and Mirrors
Sponsor: PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont

PhotoPlace Gallery seeks photographs that use windows and/or mirrors in a creative way. For example, a window can offer a reflected subject or be used as a framing element in a composition. A mirror can present two different realities simultaneously, or present an altered view of reality. Photographs can include both a window and a mirror, or just feature one of the two. We are honored that San Francisco gallerists Elizabeth Corden and Jan Potts will serve as the jurors for this exhibition. They will select forty photos for exhibition at PhotoPlace Gallery from October 30th through November 21st, 2012. She will also choose an additional thirty-five photos for the gallery's "Online Annex." All selected work will be included in a full-color exhibition catalog available for purchase. To help artists defray costs, PhotoPlace Gallery offers to mat and frame work selected for exhibition free of charge, providing artists print their images to our pre-cut mat and frame sizes. Submission fee: $25 for five photos, $6 each additional photo.

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Last updated: May 11, 2012

Texas Photographic Society (TPS) publishes and exhibits members’ photographs in print, online and in photography exhibits thoughout the U.S. and Europe. TPS membership includes photographers ranging from students to dedicated professionals. Together, they share an enthusiasm and dedication to fine photography.