Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Photography Competition

125 years afterward Georgia O'Keeffe was born, the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum is running a Photography Competition alongside a subject of "Flowers" - which naturally grabbed my attending correct away!  I get got whatsoever issue of photographs of flowers - it's i of my favourite occupations for the reasons outlined yesteryear Georgia O'Keeffe many years ago

“When y'all convey a blossom inwards your manus together with actually hold off at it, it's your globe for the moment. I desire to laissez passer that globe to someone else. Most people inwards the metropolis rush closed to so, they get got no fourth dimension to hold off at a flower. I desire them to meet it whether they desire to or not.”
Georgia O'Keeffe

A long hold off at a favourite flower
© Katherine Tyrrell

The argue for highlighting it on my spider web log is that submission is electronic - which opens upward the challenger to international entries.

All winning images volition hold upward published inwards the saltation consequence of O’Keeffe Magazine together with on the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum spider web site (beginning Feb 1, 2013 – March 1, 2013) plus at that topographic point are diverse awards to hold upward won (see website for details).  The First Prize is $500 + Santa atomic issue 26 Photographic Workshop Intensive, Annie Leibovitz signed edition of Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage; signed edition of Roxana Robinson’s biography, Georgia O’Keeffe; together with a select item from the O’Keeffe Museum gift shop.

Anybody attention to jurist what my blossom is?

The aim of the competition

Georgia O’Keeffe was famous for her interpretation of flowers. Some realistic, some abstract...but ever beautiful. In her spirit, delight portion alongside us photographs of your favorite flowers — those pictures that capture your pump together with capture the beauty together with magnificence that is nature.

The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum invites anyone enthusiastic almost photography together with fine art to come inwards the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Photography Contest.

Who tin enter


All photographers are eligible - except those associated alongside the Museum.

What to Enter

The challenger invites submission equally follows:

• Each submitted photograph, inwards its entirety, must hold upward a unmarried locomote of master copy fabric taken yesteryear the Contest entrant.  
• Open to all photographic imagery depicting the bailiwick of "flower" equally interpreted yesteryear the entrant. 
• Entries may originate inwards whatsoever format including, exactly non express to digital files, digital prints, color transparencies, color prints, or dark together with white prints. 
• All submissions volition hold upward electronic inwards the shape of JPG files. 
• By entering the Contest, entrant acknowledges that the submitted photograph(s) is an master copy locomote created alone yesteryear the entrant, that the photograph does non infringe on the copyrights, trademarks, moral rights, rights of privacy/publicity or intellectual holding rights of whatsoever mortal or entity, together with that no other political party has whatsoever right, title, claim or involvement inwards the photograph. Photos that violate or infringe upon some other person's copyright are non eligible.

There are diverse other detailed atmospheric condition relating to licenses together with minors together with content which is non allowed.

Criteria for Assessment

Images volition hold upward judged on originality, technical excellence, composition, overall touching on together with artistic merit.  The rules nation that all entries volition hold upward anonymously reviewed throughout the Contest.

How to submit

The really detailed Rules, Terms, together with Conditions demand to hold upward reviewed prior to submitting an entry.  The main points are highlighted inwards this post exactly there's a lot that isn't.

Submission is electronic - which makes it viable for international entries.

• Each photograph must hold upward submitted electronically via https://client.smarterentry.com/Okeeffe. You demand to create a login earlier y'all tin submit together with entry.  Note the comments almost browsers on the left of the covert together with the fact that Mac users are recommended to role Firefox.
• No mail-in entries volition hold upward accepted. 
• Each entry consists of an entry form, an entry fee, together with upward to 3 images.  Note y'all demand to brand the payment earlier y'all consummate the shape together with upload the images.  Image format detailed below
• Additional images may hold upward submitted for additional fees. 
• There is no throttle to the issue of submissions per entrant. 

Questions together with inquiries almost entering tin hold upward emailed to competition@okeeffemuseum.org.

Image format 

The required epitome format is equally follows:

• JPG format alongside compression at grade seven (or medium)
• 72 dpi resolution
• 1,280 pixels on the longest side
• sRGB or RGB color infinite (standard) 
• less than 2MB full size

Finalists may hold upward asked to submit a high-resolution file of at to the lowest degree 300dpi at 8x10 inches. The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum reserves the correct to disqualify contestants who are unable to render a high-resolution file.

Deadlines

There are TWO deadlines - which relate to the fees payable

• Early Entry Deadline (Thursday, Nov 15, 11:59 p.m. PST) - which is Georgia O’Keeffe’s 125th Birthday!
• Final Entry Deadline (Wednesday, Dec 19, 11:59 p.m., PST):

Fees

• Early Entry
• Adults: $35 for 3 images, $10 for every epitome inwards a higher house 3
• Students: $15 for 3 images for students, $5 for every epitome inwards a higher house 3
• Final Entry
• Adult: $45 for 3 images, $10 for every epitome inwards a higher house 3
• Student: $20 for 3 images for students, $5 for every epitome inwards a higher house 3

Judges

There are 3 panels of judges for the unlike historic catamenia groups - i for adults aged 21 together with above, i for students aged 18-21 together with i for students aged nether 18.

Adults Panel of Judges:

• Jennifer Schlesinger-Hanson, director, VERVE Gallery of Photography
• Joyce Tenneson, photographer
• Norman Vanamee, editor-in-chief, Garden Design Magazine

Students (age 18-21) Panel of Judges:

• Jackie M, Director of Education together with Public Programs, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum

Students (below 18) Panel of Judges:

• Mary Anne Redding, Chair, Photography Department, Santa atomic issue 26 University of Art together with Design

Links:

• Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
• About Georgia O'Keeffe - American Painter

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