The documentary photograph, photography that captures a moment of reality in order to convey a meaningful message about what is happening in the world - "documentary photography" typically focuses on an ongoing issue or story. Send us your candid, unstaged images with only basic processing.
Color or BW, analog, digital or antique processes, photographers of all skill levels and locations are welcome.
Entering Your Images
You can enter your images online at www.SmarterEntry.com For best results, make sure your image is 1200 pixels @72 dpi on the longest side, Images should be in JPEG format, sRGB color space. Please name your files: Road.Last Name_First Initial.Image#.jpg (Examples: Road.Smith_J.Image1.jpg, Road.Jones_R.Image3.jpg) If you need help entering your images or are unable to, please contact info@sec4p.com or call 864.605.7400
Eligibility
All photographers regardless of location, age or skill level.
Fees
$35 for up to 5 Images, $5 for each additional image up to 10.
Juror
Our jurors for Documentary Photography are Romke Hoogwaerts and Grace Leigh. Mossless, an experimental photography publication started in 2009 by Hoogwaerts as a blog where a different photographer was interviewed every two days. In January of 2012, Mossless was transformed from blog to print with the release of Issue 1 at Printed Matter, and was later exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art’s exhibition Millennium Magazines. Romke teamed up with Grace Leigh in 2012 for the creation of Issues 2and 3 and a number of limited-edition handmade photobooks.
Exhibition Details
Juror's Choice will receive $300, Director's Choice will receive $200. 35-40 Selected images will hang in the SE Center’s main gallery space for approximately one month with the opportunity to be invited for a solo show at a later date. Openings are timed to coincide with the Village of West Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina's textile mill village turned arts district, First Fridays, a celebration of art, food and music. Participating artists that can attend have the opportunity for a Portfolio Review by SE Center Director Michael Pannier on the following Saturday morning (reservations needed).
Selected images must be matted and framed up to 16” x 20” to professional standards, white mat with simple black metal or wood frame unless prior approval has been obtained. The Center reserves the right to reject any piece not framed to our standards. To avoid shipping costs & headaches, the SE Center for Photography will print your photographs for you upon acceptance. For $15 per image, we'll print on archival paper and after the show either return the print to you ($15 additional for shipping) or you may choose to donate the image to the Center's flat file for future access to collectors.
The SE Center for Photography will mat & frame your images at no charge, using our selection of 11x14 & 16x20 black, metal frames with white, archival mats and conservation clear glass for the exhibitions assuming it will fit one of our standard mats.
Sales
The SE Center encourages sales during exhibitions and retains a 40% commission on work sold. The artist receives 60% of the sale price. If a print is sold it will be ordered from the photographer at the time of sale.
Copyright
Artist retains all copyrights to their own images. Artists whose work is chosen for exhibition inclusion grant the SE Center for Photography permission to use images for promoting the exhibition, artist, or SE Center and its programs, and current and past exhibitions. Images may be placed on social media for promotion and features. Artists grant usage as stated without further compensation.
Lodging/Transportation
The SE Center does not provide lodging or transportation for artists participating in an exhibition. The SE Center is 16 miles from GSP International Airport and we can provide suggested lodging options in the area.
Calendar
- Submissions Open 5/29/16
- Submissions Close 8/7/16
- Selections Announced 8/22/16
- Drop Off or Arrival at SEC 9/30/16
- Exhibition Opens 10/7/16
- Exhibition Closes 10/29/16
- Return of Works 11/21/16
After the Show
If your art does not sell at the exhibition you have the option to have it returned (Prepaid) or donate it to the SE Center’s Flat File. Flat File artwork is available for viewing, may be exhibited again, donated to another organization or sold to benefit the SE Center. If sold, the SE Center retains all profits of the sale. Flat File art is destroyed after two years of close of original exhibition.
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