Exhibits
EXHIBIT Closed on April 19th 2015
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The study of inanimate objects; subject matter, placement and compositional balance imply meaning that surmount everyday functionality.
Historically, a still life composition is an array of commonplace objects, inert and set in space. These objects often include natural components such as plants, fruits, vegetables, nuts, flowers accompanied by man made objects like dishes, boxes, mirrors and vases within an interior setting at eye level like a table top.
While still life painting can be traced back to the ancient Egyptians, it was with the Dutch painters of the 17th century that it was borne its own as a fine art genre. The rise of still life painting in the Northern and Spanish Netherlands reflects the increasing urbanization of Dutch and Flemish society, which brought with it an emphasis on the home and personal possessions, commerce, trade, learning. All the aspects and diversions of everyday life.
The key feature of a still life image is the degree of control that an artist can exercise over a work. Key elements that make up a still life can be arranged or composed by the artist at will within a studio setting the lighting can be designed and directed minutely. Still life compositions are recognized to be a pure form of art, while being pleasing to the eyes, they can be coupled with dizzying underlying meanings.Exhibit Calendar (Subject to Change) Exhibit Opens: 26 March 15 Artists' Reception: 29 March 15 17:00 Exhibit Closes: 19 April 15 
Still Life/Life Still
Exhibit Catalog now available at PrestoPhoto
Items are often used that symbolize earthly pleasures: vanity and deluxe luxury juxtaposed by the fleeting nature of these types of objects. A ripe apple implies something completely different from a rotten one. Needless to say, the world has changed a lot since 1600 AD, so modern still lifes may harbor materials and objects that the old masters could never fathom, such as plasticine, fake fruit.
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Juror's Statement: In my selection of the still life photography submissions, I chose images where I found a visual narratives over experimental photographic technique. Sometimes too much artificial creativity in a photograph loses the viewers engagement. I normally like looking at stories with multiple images that have some visual elements rather than single images, but I saw potential from the submissions. In some cases, the single images illustrated many emotions and I could come up with questions and produce my own answers to the image. It's just like I am enjoying a Zen dialogue over the image. I could also define the meaning of the image without knowing the photographer's intention or how they want people to react to the photograph. Yumi Goto |
| Linda’s Angels, from the series, “Collections" Juror's Choice
| Tackle Box Memories Honorable Mention 
| Presence Honorable Mention 
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| Roadside Distraction #11 Honorable Mention 
| Discarded Dispositions People's Choice 
| Thief! People's Choice 
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circles
| Thanksgiving II
| Tune Out :: Turn On
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Milkweed
| Two Eggs, Four Yolks
| All Is Still
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Untitled
| Salamander
| Signs of Life
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Found Bird 64°07'40.7"N 21°55'35.3"W
| Spring Thaw
| Untitled #2, from the series, Collections
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Josephine and Napoleon
| Daybed
| Bear, Currier’s Quality Market, Glover, Vermont
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Mona Lisa
| Moths
| The Ripple
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Frozen Bananas
| Untitled #8
| Untitled Photograph
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Untitled Photograph, paired with found photograph
| If I knew where to send them, I would have sent you flowers
| He hid me behind a couch
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Snow Grass
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| Crossroads Women 3
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Quandary#3
| Quandary#1
| Red Rag in Drain, 2014 
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Frozen Dino
| Life Force
| Everyday Artifact 1.2
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Untitled
| Broken
| Hairpins
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Trinidad Turquoise
| Havana Living #3
| When I was 3, I wanted to be Heath Barkley from The Big Valley.
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Feathers & Turquoise Chair, 2014
| Santa's dream
| Asylum - Ode to Thomas Eggleston
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The Hong Kong Leaf
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- All selected entries are exhibited in our gallery and included in a full color exhibit catalog.
- Juror's Choice receives a 30x48" vinyl exhibit banner featuring their image, free entry into a future exhibition, and a free exhibition catalog.
- Honorable Mentions receive free exhibition catalogs and free entry in a future exhibition.
- People's Choice gains free entry into a future exhibit.
- We offer free matting and framing of accepted entries for the duration of each of our exhibition, subject to standard sizes. Photographers set their own prices if they wish to sell their work and retain all rights to their photographs.
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Juror: Yumi Goto Independent photography curator, editor, researcher and consultant who focuses on the development of cultural exchanges that transcend borders. She collaborates with local and international artists who live and work in areas affected by conflict, natural disasters, current social problems, human rights abuses and women’s issues. She often works with human rights advocates, international and local NGOs, humanitarian organizations and as well as being involved as a nominator and juror for the international photographic organizations, festivals and events. She is now based in Tokyo and also a co-funder and curator for the Reminders Photography Stronghold. |
EXHIBIT Closed on May 17th 2015
Join us for an artist talk and book signing with Ed Rubin during the reception at 6PM
Juror: David J. Carol
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The whole of a person caught within a single frame; portraits can be reactive, didactic, contemplative and illusive.
"Semblance" refers to the outward appearance something or in this case, someone. Portraits can be especially dynamic when certain characteristics of a person are highlighted, coaxed into the light and captured as prized specimens.
Juror David J. Carol states:
| Exhibit Calendar (Subject to Change) | |
| Exhibit Opens: | 23 April 15 |
| Artists' Reception: | 17 May 15 17:00 |
| Exhibit Closes: | 17 May 15 |
 SemblanceExhibit Catalog now available at PrestoPhoto | |
Darkroom Gallery is calling for photographs that explore the portraiture genre. The semblance of a person can be but a whisper of true personality or a roar of honest, glowering character. We can’t wait to fill our gallery walls with a newly visioned works - portrait as character and caricature.
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Juror's Statement: I was presented with the task of selecting a finite number of photographic portraits for a show in a gallery. Does that mean select the best photos? Does it mean to select a group of photos that make a cohesive show? Does it mean I should be cognoscente that there is an equal distribution of B&W, Color, Men, Women and Children? Does it mean I should be sure to include interiors, exteriors, daytime and nighttime images? The answer for me is yes and no. Here's what I did. I selected what I felt were the most unique, compelling, curious, interesting, fun and/or any other attribute that made the photo stand out from the rest. This first set of images was approximately twice the size of where we needed to be for the show. Now the hard part. Break these photos down into a group that A) made sense together and B) stood on their own individually. In the end I had to remove images that were very good but didn't make sense to me for the flow of the show. Its always tough to cut a good image, but that's the reality of putting photos on walls in rooms. Cheers, |
| Untitled from "You Who Never Arrived" Juror's Choice
| Stand Up Straight - as triptych Honorable Mention 
| Peyton Honorable Mention 
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| Cloud Nine. California series Honorable Mention 
| Incantation People's Choice 
| Untitled
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Rick
| Avenue B
| Untitled
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Untitled
| Man Staring at a Puddle
| Ralph
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coffee in bed
| Turkey Man
| Rachel
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Portrait Within
| Lawrence W. Hamel, Hardwick, Vermont
| the cocoon. 
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No. 17, Radiator conversations soaked in yellow lamplight
| Closed Eyes
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chapter two: cameron
| Untitled
| THE MOURNER
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Lancaster, PA, August 2012
| The Mitchell Project, December 2011
| Untitled from "You Who Never Arrived"
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Untitled from "You Who Never Arrived"
| Emotive Untitled # 1
| DayDreamer
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Sandbox
| Captiva
| Air and Space Museum
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The instrument repairman
| Sisters II
| Sisters
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Toy Soldier 2
| Mickey in Tub, Scranton, PA
| My real Mom and Dad, at Lake Oscawana, NY
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Missed the bus, again
| Charles Ashana, Pflugerville, Texas 2015
| pondering?
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Girl on a bicycle 
| Man In The Tiger Shirt
| At The Museum of the Art Istitute of Chicago
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On State Street
| Brady Street #27
| Michigan Avenue #57
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Amanda
| Magdalena
| Alex in the garden
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Ben in the snow
| Portrait of Earl
| Shelean. San Francisco
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Untitled
| Uncle David, 2012
| Postcards, Newberry, South Carolina
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Waiting, McCammon, Idaho
| Portrait of anonymous orthodox pilgrim in Poland
| Venice, Italy 2014
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Miami, 2012
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- All selected entries are exhibited in our gallery and included in a full color exhibit catalog.
- Juror's Choice receives a 30x48" vinyl exhibit banner featuring their image, free entry into a future exhibition, a free exhibition catalog and a signed first edition of Edward L. Rubin's book Vermont: An Outsider's Inside View.
- Honorable Mentions receive free exhibition catalogs and free entry in a future exhibition.
- People's Choice gains free entry into a future exhibit.
- We offer free matting and framing of accepted entries for the duration of each of our exhibition, subject to standard sizes. Photographers set their own prices if they wish to sell their work and retain all rights to their photographs.
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Juror: David J. Carol
David J. Carol is a photographer. He attended the School of Visual Arts and The New School for Social Research where he studied under Lisette Model. He was the first assignment photographer for The Image Bank photo agency (now part of Getty Images) at the age of 26. He currently works daily in the real world of commercial photography as the Director of Photography at Outfront Media (formerly CBS Outdoor). Yet he also loves giving other photographers a platform to share and discuss their work with the photographic community. He is able to do this as a contributing writer and contest judge for Rangefinder Magazine and PDN. He also serves on the Board of Advisers for the Center for Alternative Photography.
David is the author of three monographs, 40 Miles of Bad Road..., ALL MY LIES ARE TRUE... and "THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS!". He recently completed a trilogy of books, "Where's the Monkey?", "Here's the Deal!" and "All My Pictures Look the Same." with Cafe Royal Books, London.
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Juror: Shana Nys Dambrot
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Jurors Choice: In Absentia
©Mark Melnick
Palm Desert, CA USA
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"A photographic portrait is a picture of someone who knows he (she) is being photographed, and what he (she) does with this knowledge is as much a part of the photograph as what he (she) is wearing or how he (she) looks." -Richard Avedon, paraphrased.
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| Exhibit Opens: | 15 September 16 |
| Artists' Reception: | 30 September 16 17:30 |
| Exhibit Closes: | 9 October 16 |
 The Environmental PortraitExhibit Catalog now available at PrestoPhoto | |
For this exhibition we're inviting you to submit images that get to the essence of your portrait subjects, providing a look, perhaps an intimate glimpse, into their lives and personalities. Your subjects will be posed, of course, but can you present them as if they're truly inhabiting their surroundings?
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Juror's Statement: I almost never photograph people. I’m drawn to architectural elements, depopulated vistas and street views and especially to abstract details and scenic etant-donnes. Portraiture is another matter altogether -- and environmental portraiture even more so. With elements of street photography, social and anthropological documentary, and biographical narrative, the challenge in choosing from an impressively diverse and talented pool came down in many cases to interpreting the terms -- seeking to include images which portrayed more than a subject’s happenstance, but the affirmative choice to be and be seen in those settings. I looked for signs of the subject embracing and orchestrating their environments, for elements radiating a sense of their owner/occupant’s inner life through deliberate external expressions. Besides imparting intimacy in content, these images must also be affecting, thoughtful, emotional, and artfully made compositions across a range of styles and voices, presenting a cross-section of humanity as it wishes to be seen. - Shana Nys Dambrot |
| In Absentia Juror's Choice 
| Cpl. Mac McWilliams, USMC Honorable Mention 
| Mary C. Fernandez, Fernandez Hardware Honorable Mention 
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| Dave Sipe Woodcarver Honorable Mention 
| La Cocinera People's Choice 
| Woodstock is back 
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echoing back
| Kasey
| A Grilling
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The Stillness The Dancing
| Janet, Buster and Roo
| 1st Lt. Josephine Reaves, Army Nurse Corp
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Olof
| JoJo Suicide
| Jo
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Psychic
| Hotel
| Mothers Coffee
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Alana Webb, Hardwick Boxing Club
| Peter and Elka Schumann
| The Tailor
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self portrait 
| Floyd - Vermont Hill Farmer
| Sponge Diver Family - Mangrove Cay Bahamas
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Harry G - violin bow maker
| The girl in floral print clothes
| Endangered Alphabets
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The Playwriter
| Ethiopian Joy
| Concierge. Hong Kong. China.
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Afternoon Drinker, Hanoi
| Multi Tasking
| Robin and Rose from The Modern Day Diana Series
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Cindy from The Modern Day Diana Series
| Manny
| Sam in Her Room
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Midway John 
| In Celebration
| Proud
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Posing Practice 
| Sigurdur
| Birgir
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Julia swimming
| Mister G Takes a Moment
| Fashionista
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Where's Waldo?
| Family I - Kaunas, Lithuania
| Family II - Kaunas, Lithuania
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DOORMAN TRUMP TOWER NYC
| RABBI KLEIN TEMPLE EMANU-EL DALLAS
| Reading Room
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Fredericksburg, Texas - 2015
| Angela
| Dave
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The Good Life
| Mother - 2016
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- All selected entries are exhibited in our gallery and included in a full color exhibit catalog.
- Juror's Choice receives a 30x48" vinyl exhibit banner featuring their image, free entry into a future exhibition, and a free exhibition catalog.
- Honorable Mentions receive free exhibition catalogs and free entry in a future exhibition.
- People's Choice gains free entry into a future exhibit.
- We offer free matting and framing of accepted entries for the duration of each of our exhibition, subject to standard sizes. Photographers set their own prices if they wish to sell their work and retain all rights to their photographs.
| Juror: Shana Nys Dambrot
Shana Nys Dambrot is an art critic, curator, and author based in Los Angeles. She is currently LA Editor for Whitehot Magazine, Contributing Editor for Art Ltd., and a contributor to Flaunt, the Huffington Post, The Creators Project/VICE, Fabrik Magazine, Palm Springs Life, Vs. Magazine, Porter & Sail, and KCET’s Emmy-winning Artbound series. Formerly Managing Editor at Flavorpill.com, previous publications have included the LA Weekly, Modern Painters, Art Review, Artweek, ARTnews, Desert Magazine, Montage Magazine, Bespoke, The Believer, tema celeste, Angeleno, Art Asia Pacific, Bluecanvas, Scene, Coagula, THE Magazine LA, and Juxtapoz. She studied Art History at Vassar College, has written hundreds of essays for art books and exhibition catalogs, curates one or two exhibitions each year, publishes short fiction, and speaks in public at galleries, schools, and cultural institutions nationally. An account of her activities is sometimes updated at sndx.net. Dambrot sometimes exhibits her personal photography practice, and as an artist she is drawn to elements of the natural and built environments encountered as étant donnés which are free to be enjoyed rather than analyzed, appreciated for synchronicity rather than evaluated for intentionality -- as a respite from her job as an interpreter and a way of soothing, sharpening, and purifying the quality of her attention. There is no need to ask a tree or a crack in the pavement to explain its meaning.
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EXHIBIT Closed on June 16th 2015
Juror: Chris Kovacs
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Black & white photography is a timeless art; always relevant, always contemporary despite being historically ancient.
Photographer Robert Frank states,
Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected.
| Exhibit Calendar (Subject to Change) | |
| Exhibit Opens: | 21 May 15 |
| Artists' Reception: | 12 June 15 17:30 |
| Exhibit Closes: | 16 June 15 |
 Black & WhiteExhibit Catalog now available at PrestoPhoto | |
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Juror's Statement: I wish to thank everyone who entered the “Black and White” competition. I am honoured to have been asked to Juror this event. It was both a joy and a challenge to judge the submissions as there were a number of amazing images which made it very difficult to narrow down the finalists. Every juror has their own unique eye when it comes to viewing submissions. I personally try to keep it simple. I look for the usual things such as lighting, composition, form, curves, lines, technical excellence, etc… However, the most important thing for me is my first impression of the image. How does the image make me feel? Does it convey some kind of emotion or story? These are the same criteria I follow when selecting images from submissions to publish in Adore Noir magazine.
Juror’s Choice: Superhero In Training by: Shannon Wilkinson
The image is remarkable, it clearly evokes a sense of excitement, joy and nostalgia. I was able to connect with the subject immediately, which was largely due to the composition, there was nothing in the image that did not need to be there to get the story across. The mid air shot, the smile on his face, his Flash boots and Captain America shirt are all perfect details that compliment the overall feel of the image. Great work!
Honorable Mentions
1. Corporate Landscape at Night by: Daniel Farnum
2. High Bar by: Denis Sivack
3. The Dark and the Light, Iceland by: Thomas Pickarski
Again, all of the submissions were excellent! And I wish everyone nothing but the best in their future endeavours. Congratulations to all of the finalists.
Best wishes,
Chris Kovacs ,
Adore Noir Magazine
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| Superhero in Training Juror's Choice
| Corporate Landscape at Night Honorable Mention 
| High Bar Honorable Mention 
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| The Dark and the Light, Iceland Honorable Mention 
| Saratoga People's Choice 
| Echos of My Past No. 1
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Weekend
| Nebel
| Street Soccer, Madrid
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a winter's tale I
| a winter's tale II
| a winter's tale III
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a winter's tale IV
| the sea
| NEBELLEBEN
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winter aquarelle
| Sand Beach
| Dance with Me
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Growing Up with Dinosaurs
| Bent
| Face Book
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Man Holding Bottle
| Woman Holding Child
| Man Wearing Bow Tie
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Iris
| Rose
| Otherworld
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Compressed
| The Light Between
| Beach Selfie
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Big Chief Diesel
| The Man Who Drowned by a Ripple
| Hands on a Viola
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Dhaka Trenches
| LAX
| Rodeo Cowboy
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Goats and Bamboo Leaves
| Skyrian Village Breeze
| Twirling Tizzy
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Visions of Sugarplums Danced in her Head
| Where Have All the Children Gone?
| No Escape
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Hats 
| Timeless
| Dark Waves
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Henry County Illinois, December, #6
| Beauty is...
| Being Not Being
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Herald
| Numb
| As if In a Dream
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Mandala in Black & White 1
| Mandala in Black & White 2
| Mandala in Black & White 3
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Mandala in Black & White 4
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- All selected entries are exhibited in our gallery and included in a full color exhibit catalog.
- Juror's Choice receives a 30x48" vinyl exhibit banner featuring their image, free entry into a future exhibition, and a free exhibition catalog.
- Honorable Mentions receive free exhibition catalogs and free entry in a future exhibition.
- People's Choice gains free entry into a future exhibit.
- We offer free matting and framing of accepted entries for the duration of each of our exhibition, subject to standard sizes. Photographers set their own prices if they wish to sell their work and retain all rights to their photographs.
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Juror: Chris Kovacs
Chris Kovacs is an award winning photographer best known for his black-and-white fine art photography.
Chris combines his love of science with his photography and the results are multiple exposure images of a dreamlike quality. The possibility of multiple universes (see Multiverse) is something that inspired Chris to create this latest series of images. Magazines worldwide have published Chris’ works, one of the most notable being the 2011 portfolio issue of B&W magazine (issue no. 84) in which he earned an excellence award. Chris is also the editor and publisher of a popular digital magazine, Adore Noir, which celebrates black and white photography.
Chris resides with his wife and two sons in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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