TEXAS PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY | Members Only Show 35

TEXAS PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY'S 35TH ANNUAL MEMBERS ONLY SHOW

January 19 - March 11 at Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene

Join us for a closing reception on March 9th from 5:30 to 8:30 in conjunction with ArtWalk!

VIEW MOS35 IMAGES HERE!

We are proud to announce that Juror Keith Carter has selected 50 images for Texas Photographic Society’s 35th Annual Members Only Show. A complete list of the exhibiting artists is below (award winners and honorable mentions in bold). First Place was awarded to Becky Wilkes, Second Place to Michael Mulvey, and Third Place to Laury Sahakangas. Heartfelt congratulations to the selected artists and warmest thanks to all of our TPS members who generously shared their work for consideration.

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JUROR'S REMARKS

Slimming down well over one thousand submitted images to a mere fifty, is essentially a thankless task. Basically you end up making a lot of talented people unhappy, and jettisoning a lot of terrific work. The good news is that the art of photography, traversing documentary, travel, conceptual, portraits, social issues, and electronic media, are all alive and well - and flourishing here in Texas.

The richness and diversity of the photographic arts was on full display as both my long time studio assistant Cathy and I sifted time and again, through the myriad epiphanies, interests, whimsy, obsessions, and experiences of fiercely intelligent, creative TPS members. In the end, we selected images that spoke to us, based both on the history of photography, and its future – images where the camera was used as an extension of the intellect, a witness to contemporary culture, and the occasional ruthless eye.

- Keith Carter

VIEW ONLINE GALLERY HERE!

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Only Show 35 is made possible through a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts, a partnership with Fujifilm, and the steadfast support of our members.
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Texas Photographic Society is honored to announce our 35th Annual Members Only Show, which will be juried by acclaimed photographer Keith Carter and exhibited at Center for Contemporary Arts in Abilene, Texas. This call is open themed and welcomes submissions from artists of all levels internationally. Please also read the Jurors’ Statement below. You must be a current TPS member to enter and may join at the time of entry. 

CALENDAR OF EVENTS 

October 11, 2022 Call for entry opens
November 15, 2022 Deadline for entry (11:59 p.m. Mountain Time Zone)
December 5, 2022 Exhibiting artists announced and emails sent to all entrants
January 2 to January 14, 2023 Work due at Center for Contemporary Arts, in Abilene, Texas
January 19, 2023 Exhibition opens at Center for Contemporary Arts
March 11, 2023 Exhibition closes

AWARDS

First Place = $500 
Second Place = $300 
Third Place = $200 
Up to 5 Honorable Mentions may be awarded

ENTRY FEE

The entry fee for current members of Texas Photographic Society (TPS) is $30 for 5 images, plus $6 for each additional image. You may enter up to 12 images. (CaFÉ requires a minimum of five images; if you really need to, you may submit mulitples of the same image to reach the minimum.) You must be a current member of TPS to participate and may join or renew on the CaFÉ website at the time of entry. All entry and membership fees are non-refundable.

ELIGIBILITY

The 35th Annual Members Only Show is open to artists internationally, of all levels, who are at least 18 years old at time of entry. All photography-based work is encouraged including digital, silver, and alternative processes.

You MUST be a current member of TPS to enter this competition (read more about TPS member benefits). If you are not a current member, you may join or renew and enter this show at the same time. If you need to verify your membership status, please contanct Ann at ann@texasphoto.org. Works exhibited previously in a TPS show are not eligible. Current members of the TPS Board of Directors are permitted to enter but are not eligible for awards.

IMAGE REQUIREMENTS

Please submit digital JPG files only, minimum of 1200 pixels on the longest side and 5 MB maximum. Please remove watermarks from images. For each image you will need to provide the image title and the process (medium) used to make the image/print (Archival Digital Print, Silver Gelatin Print, Platinum/Palladium Print, Wet Plate Collodian, etc.) To clarify, you will submit a digital file of your image for the contest application; if your work is selected for the show you will print your image, frame it, and ship it to the exhibition venue.

Need help resizing images? You can resize via a Mac or PC computer, or use a number of third-party applications, many of which offer free trials or solutions. Please go here for suggestions.

JURORS’ STATEMENT

I tend to think of photography as the most important graphic medium of the last two centuries, clarifying the world as factual, poetic, voyeuristic, and participatory… all at once. It’s a beautiful thing when it works.

As a juror, my tastes are broad and eclectic. Within my own artistic practice, I have worked with various forms of photography: documentary, conceptual, commercial, antiquarian, and digital compositing. What I enjoy most—what I look for in a photograph—is what YOU, the artist, finds interesting in the world. I look for moments of revelation when the world is at once both mysterious and crystal clear. I believe the future of photographic and photographically integrated image making is a bright one … residing in the brave, the visionary, and the democratic.

- Keith Carter

ABOUT THE JUROR

Keith Carter’s work explores time, place, and vernacular culture. Described as a “Poet of the Ordinary” by the Los Angeles Times, his photographs have been exhibited in over one hundred fifteen solo exhibitions in thirteen countries. Sixteen monographs of his work have been published, along with two documentary films: Keith Carter: The Artist Series, Ted Forbes and A Certain Alchemy, Anthropy Arts. A fifty-year retrospective book, Keith Carter/Fifty Years was published in fall 2018 by the University of Texas Press. In addition, he has contributed to nine other anthologies over the years and has been the recipient of the Lange-Taylor Prize (1991) from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. In 2009 he was awarded the Texas Medal of Arts.

He holds the Endowed Walles Chair of Art at Lamar University in Texas where his awards include the University's highest teaching honors: the Regents’ Professor Award, University Professor Award, and Distinguished Faculty Lecturer Prize.

His work in included numerous private and public collections including the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Portrait Gallery, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the George Eastman House, and the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University. Additionally, his photographs are included in the special collections of Elton John, Ralph Lauren, George W. Bush, Michelle & Barack Obama, Michael Stipe, Vanessa Redgrave, Diane Keaton, Elle MacPherson, Steven Spielberg, Bruce Springsteen, Richard Gere, Horton Foote, Julia Roberts, Robert Duvall. His photography was featured on the nationally televised program CBS Sunday Morning in 1997.

Keith’s website is at www.keithcarterphotographs.com.

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Members Only Show 35 is made possible through a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts, a partnership with Fujifilm, and the generous support of our members.
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SALES

TPS and our partner venues encourage the sale of exhibited work and will collect a commission from all prints sold during the exhibition. (The average commision is 30%; final sales/commission details for each venue will be included in the exhibition contract for accepted artists.) Please indicate the sales price of your framed print. If your photograph is Not-For-Sale, simply note NFS. If your work is accepted and you do not indicate a sales price, the artwork will be listed as NFS.

IF YOUR WORK IS ACCEPTED

PLEASE NOTE: Due to space limitations in the gallery, the framed (finished piece) must not exceed the size of 20" in the longest dimension.

1. Artwork must be framed and ready-to-hang using wire stretched between D-rings on the back. Sawtooth hangers are NOT permitted. Please use white mats and white or black frames that are gallery quality and complement your work (color mats are NOT acceptable). Plexiglass must be used with the frame, NO glass allowed.

TPS reserves the right to exclude works from the exhibition that are not gallery-ready and professional in presentation.

2. Clearly label the back of your work with your full name, Image title, email address, medium, and sales price or NFS.

3. A prepaid return UPS or FedEX shipping label MUST be provided with your work for prints to be returned to you when the exhibition concludes. Work WITHOUT return shipping will NOT be included in the exhibition and will NOT be returned. Please keep a copy of the prepaid return shipping label and your receipt.

4. Please ship photographs in a sturdy, flat box (do not use moving boxes) with your last name clearly written on the box (not just on the shipper's label). Packing “peanuts" are NOT permitted. Artwork will be return-shipped in the container in which they were received. If shipping and packing materials are insufficient for safe return, the artist may be charged an extra fee for packing materials provided by TPS or the venue. If additional exhibition venues are added, artists will be notified with location, dates, and other pertinent details, and work will be return-shipped from the final venue.

5. Framed prints with a prepaid return shipping label must arrive at Center for Contemporary Arts in Abilene no earlier than January 2, 2023 and no later than January 14, 2023. (Do not ship before or during the holidays!)

6. TPS and Center for Contemporary Arts will exercise all due care in handling your artwork. However, TPS is not liable for loss, theft, damage or replacement of artwork, nor is TPS liable for damage during shipping. Center for Contemporary Arts does not insure artists' work. Please consider insuring your work.

Our friends at Frame Destination in Dallas, Texas, have prepared a special archival gallery frame kit for TPS artists that meets standard matting, framing and presentation requirements. The frame kit can be customized to meet various print sizes. TPS Members receive an additional 10% discount (contact Frame Destination customer service to join the TPS club customer group). This affordably priced package can be purchased online here.

TPS TERMS AND AGREEMENT

You retain all rights to your images. If your image is selected for the exhibition, you grant Texas Photographic Society (TPS) the right, in perpetuity, to use and display your image, image title and process, your name, city, state and country of residence for TPS publicity and promotion. Permissible use includes the display, reproduction and distribution of said information on the TPS website, in TPS exhibitions, presentations, program promotions, artist features, fundraising initiatives and publications, and on social media networks, without further contact from TPS. Please note that we may have to crop images to meet space/proportion requirements for promotional platforms.

TPS will not be held responsible for loss, theft, damage or replacement, whether caused by the negligence of its officers, members or others. TPS is not liable for damage during shipping. Non-members of TPS who enter the competition without joining or renewing TPS at the time of entry, will be disqualified. All entry and membership fees are non-refundable. Submission entry and payment signifies understanding and agreement to all of the above terms and conditions.

QUESTIONS?

If you have any questions, please contact TPS Executive Director Ann T. Shaw at ann@texasphoto.org.