@PHONOGRAPHY is an open call show exploring impromptu visions captured via phone cameras. Approximately 300 images will be accepted on a first come first served basis to show from December 2nd to December 31st, 2011. Deadline for entries is October 29th, 2011 at midnight.

Janet Wilson: 8-24-11, from the Picture a Day project

Statement:
The readiness of a camera in most everyone’s hands has made capturing moments seem second nature to us these days. The advent of social networking has allowed us to share these moments with our friends and others in a momentary flash, instantly uploading memories and records of our daily lives. Some of these photos are quite remarkable. Yet their instantaneous nature is forever caught and lost in the web of Internet albums and share sites. By printing and framing these temporary images, we encapsulate, for a moment, daily images that reflect our common and uncommon experiences. We are also interested in the now. Twitter is a networking site that has greatly impacted our world through instantaneous information dissemination. By randomly combining tweets (definition: a 140 character fragment of a global conversation) with photography shot via phones, we aim to discover the state of art and dialogue in the 21st century. Will the exhibit reveal these conversations and images to be a cohesive communal thread? Or will the exhibit serve to underline the state of self-referential static that we constantly experience in this age of broadband?

Submission Details:
A 300 dpi image is to be submitted via email along with application form. Applicants will also be required to submit the text of 3 randomly selected tweets along with their image file. The tweets do not have to have any relevance to the subject matter of the submitted image, as they will be picked at random to accompany images. Entry fee of $25 per image covers printing, matting, framing and hanging costs of image. Each piece will be for sale to the public for $50 with 50% of the proceeds benefiting 3 Ring Circus Arts Education Center.

More info & application guidelines: www.3rcp.com
Entry Deadline: October 29th, 2011 at midnight

An installation shot from CURRENTS 2010. Photo by Fred Husserl

Call for Entries

CURRENTS 2011: New Orleans Photo Alliance Members Showcase
Juror: Richard McCabe, Curator of Photography at The Ogden Museum of Southern Art.

New Orleans Photo Alliance members are invited to submit work for consideration in Currents 2011, which will be on display at the Crescent City Brewhouse, 527 Decatur St., during PhotoNOLA 6. The exhibition will showcase works by up to 15 Alliance members, and will include 5 or more works by each selected photographer. This exhibition is designed to show the diverse contemporary work being done by NOPA members.

The opening reception will be held on Thursday, December 8 from 5 – 7pm, the kickoff night of the 2011 PhotoNOLA festival, the sixth annual celebration of photography in New Orleans. The exhibition will be promoted on the NOPA and PhotoNOLA websites, and listed in PhotoNOLA brochures.

The Crescent City Brewhouse is one of New Orleans’ premier restaurants and the only French Quarter microbrewery. The atmosphere at the Crescent City Brewhouse is warm, relaxed and festive with Live Jazz performed nightly by local musicians. The exhibition will be seen by thousands, including the patrons of private holiday parties hosted there.

Important: Accepted artists MUST be available to hang their own work, or arrange for a fellow NOPA member to hang it, on Monday, December 5 from 9:30am.– Noon, and take it down on Tuesday, January 3, 9am – Noon.

Submission Fee: $25
Entry Deadline: Monday, October 31, 2011

Guidelines and information here.

Clarence John Laughlin: The Eye That Never Sleeps

The Clarence John Laughlin Award was created by the New Orleans Photo Alliance to support the work of photographers who use the medium as a means of creative expression. It honors the life and work of Clarence John Laughlin (1905-1985), a New Orleans photographer best known for his surrealist images of the American South. The Clarence John Laughlin Award grants one $5000 prize annually to a photographer whose work exhibits sustained artistic excellence and creative vision.

George Slade, Curator for Photographic Resource Center, will serve as this year’s juror.

The award is open to emerging and established photographers who reside in the U.S. The online application process requires a portfolio of 10-20 photographs, a written statement, a bio or CV, and a $25 application fee. The application deadline is September 1, 2011. Only one recipient will be selected to receive the $5,000 award.

Click here for guidelines and more information.

About NOPA:
The New Orleans Photo Alliance was formed by a diverse group of photographers in 2006 to foster community and opportunities for photographers in the Gulf South. It is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to encourage the understanding and appreciation of photography. NOPA currently serves more than 350 members from Louisiana and throughout the United States. Since its inception NOPA has sponsored numerous photographic exhibitions, workshops and educational programs, including PhotoNOLA, the annual photography festival held each December in New Orleans. In 2009, NOPA instituted the Michael P. Smith Fund for Documentary Photography, a $5000 annual grant.

Exhibitions will run for the entire month of December, with openings on the first and second Saturdays of the month. Portfolio reviews and festival programming will take place from December 8-11, 2011.

Jessica Ingram: A Civil Rights Memorial. NOPA Gallery, PhotoNOLA 2010

Exhibitions Listing Form

If you have a photography related show lined up for December in New Orleans, please submit the information here, so we can include it on the PhotoNOLA website and brochures.
- Deadline August 1

Venues Seeking Artists

If you have a venue which would like to host an exhibition during December and want us to help pair you with an appropriate artist please complete this form.
- Deadline July 1

Artists Seeking Venues

If you are a photographer interested in showing work during PhotoNOLA please complete this form and we will contact you if we can find an appropriate space for your work. Please note before applying that expenses will not be covered by the festival, and in some cases artists may need to install their own work.
- Deadline July 1

Questions? Please contact the exhibition coordinators:
Andrea Caldwell (andrea@photonola.org) 504-975-4002
or Veronica Hartowicz (volunteer@photonola.org)

The theme for this multimedia exhibition – which will run from April 12 through April 28, 2011 – is “Ladylike,” which may be interpreted by the artist any way they see fit.

Deadline March 11, 2011

To download the Venus Envy 2011 Prospectus, visit their website. For more details on the exhibition, contact Baton Rouge Gallery at 225-383-1470.

Ellen by Jonathan Traviesa

The New Orleans Photo Alliance (NOPA) has begun accepting applications for the second annual grant of the Michael P. Smith Fund for Documentary Photography (MPS Fund). Through the MPS Fund, established in honor of legendary New Orleans photographer Michael P. Smith, NOPA awards one $5,000 grant annually to a Gulf Coast photographer whose work combines artistic excellence and a sustained commitment to a long-term cultural documentary project.

NOPA will accept applications from January 1, 2011 to February 28, 2011.
Photographers residing in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida are eligible to apply. For submission guidelines and information, please visit:
www.neworleansphotoalliance.org/grants/MPS_Fund/index.php.

Tom Rankin, the Director of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, will be the finalists’ juror. The preliminary panel that will select the finalists includes: Stella Kramer, independent editor, editor of Fraction J; Gina Martin, Photographer Representative, National Geographic Image Collection, and Kevin Miller, Director of the Southeast Museum of Photography.

Jonathan Traviesa won the inaugural 2009 grant for his project of environmental portraits, “New Portraits in New Orleans”. Juror Jeff L. Rosenheim, Curator, Department of Photographs at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, selected Traviesa’s project from ten finalists. Traviesa’s portfolio and proposal are posted on the NOPA website.

Michael P. Smith (1937–2008), a New Orleans native and award-winning professional freelance photographer, spent a lifetime capturing the music, culture and folk life of New Orleans and Louisiana. Smith photographed every New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival from its inception in 1970 until his retirement in 2004, when he was honored with a major exhibition at the Fair Grounds. In a brilliant career that spanned more than four decades, Smith was an inspiration, a role model and a mentor to many photographers in New Orleans and beyond.

The New Orleans Photo Alliance is a diverse group of photographers who joined forces in 2006 to create unity and opportunity for photographers in the Gulf South. NOPA is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that includes more than 300 members from across Louisiana and the United States. Since its inception, NOPA has sponsored photographic exhibitions, workshops and educational programs. It also coordinates PhotoNOLA, the annual photography festival held each December at venues throughout New Orleans.

Questions?
Contact Lori Waselchuk at MPSFund@neworleansphotoalliance.org.
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New Orleans Photo Alliance
1111 St. Mary St.
NOLA 70130
Gallery Hours:
Sat & Sun 12-4 or by appointment

neworleansphotoalliance.org
neworleansphotoalliance.blogspot.com

Slideluck Potshow New Orleans II will be a kickoff event on the opening night of this year’s PhotoNOLA festival. It will take place at The Big Room of Generations Hall, a former sugar refinery built in the 1820s and located in the Warehouse/Arts District.

This year’s Slideluck Potshow will be curated by SLPS New Orleans Director Andrea Caldwell and Andy Levin, creator and curator of 100Eyes, an online photographic showcase featuring contemporary photography including documentary, art, and alternative photojournalism.

Priority deadline: Monday, November 15th, 2010
Regular deadline: Monday, November 22nd, 2010

Please visit the submission guidelines to see how to apply.

There will be a Submissions Help Session
starting at 6pm on Tuesday, October 26th, 2010
at the New Orleans Photo Alliance Gallery.

The opening reception will be held on December 2nd, the kickoff night of the fifth annual PhotoNOLA festival. The Crescent City Brewhouse is a high traffic restaurant and brewpub located in the heart of the French Quarter. The exhibition will be seen by thousands, including patrons of private holiday parties hosted there. Currents 2010 will be promoted on the NOPA and PhotoNOLA websites and listed in the PhotoNOLA brochure.

Juror: Dr. Tony Lewis, Curator of Visual Arts, Louisiana State Museum

Important: Accepted artists MUST be available to hang their own work on Monday Nov 29, from 9am-Noon and to take it down on Monday, Jan 3 at 9am.

Click here for more information, guidelines and online submission form.

Image: Miss Catfish by David Rae Morris was featured in Currents 2009.

Edited by David Bram, Jason Houston and Stella Kramer, Fraction J intends to provide a new venue for documentary photography and photojournalism.

See the inaugural issue here. It features work by Daryl Peveto, Kendrick Brinson, Kevin German, Matt Eich, Matt Slaby, and David Walter Banks.

To submit work, please send a link to a specific body of images to fractionsubmissions@gmail.com with the subject line “for fraction j”.

100 Eyes is an online photographic showcase featuring contemporary photography including documentary, art, and journalistic photographs. It is produced and edited by New Orleans based photographer, teacher and editor, Andy Levin.

If you have a story you would like to submit, or can suggest a fellow photographer’s work, please send (or have your friend send along) 5-10 small jpegs in an email, along with a description of the project. Send to:

Andy Levin
levin.pix@gmail.com
http://www.100eyes.org