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Media Contact: Juliana Zipay
Call for Entries: Great Pictures for Hard Times Photo Challenge
Hosted by Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA, in conjunction with the exhibition No Job No Home No Peace No Rest: An Installation by Will Steacy
Submissions Accepted from October 1 - November 2, 2012
PITTSBURGH, Pa., October 1, 2012 - Silver Eye Center for Photography announces a call for entries for a global photography challenge, Great Pictures for Hard Times.
Against the backdrop of the U.S. Presidential election, we invite
individuals to submit images that show how they, their families and
communities have been impacted by or responded to today's economic and
political challenges. Entries will be accepted from Monday, October 1
through Friday, November 2, 2012.
The Photo Challenge and is free and open to all participants, ages 18
or older. The judges are Ellen Fleurov, Executive Director, Silver Eye
Center for Photography, assisted by Juliana Zipay, Marketing &
Marketing Assistant.
Throughout the Photo Challenge period, all entries will be published via Instagram, http://instagram.com
,
from any Apple or Android device. Periodically, the judges will select
notable pictures that will be featured on Silver Eye's Facebook page,
http://www.facebook.com/silvereyecenterforphotography, and Twitter feed,
http://www.twitter.com/silvereyecenter.
Four grand prize winners will be announced at the end of the Photo
Challenge and each will receive a two-year membership to Silver Eye and
an inscribed, autographed copy of Photographs Not Taken, edited by Will Steacy, Silver Eye's current exhibiting artist.
Eligibility
The Photo Challenge is open to individuals living anywhere in the world, 18 years of age or older as of the date of entry.
How and What To Enter
- The contest period is from midnight, Monday, October 1 to midnight, Friday, November 2, 2012.
- You may enter up to five (5) photographs taken between January 1, 2012 and November 2, 2012.
- Upload images via Instagram, http://instagram.com/, from any Apple or Android device.
- Each picture must include a caption with a title, location and date of the image.
- Each picture must include the hashtag "#silvereyecenter" to be eligible for judging.
- Please
make sure that the "photos are private" setting in Instagram is
switched off in order for your photo submissions to be viewed.
- All Photo Challenge submissions can be viewed at http://hashgr.am/silvereyecenter.
Prizes and Notifications
Every
week throughout the Photo Challenge, the judges will select notable
pictures to be featured on Silver Eye's website, Facebook page, and
Twitter feed, and announcements will be mailed to more than 7,000 email
subscribers.
Four (4) grand prize winners will be announced on Monday, November 5, 2012 and will win an autographed copy of Photographs Not Taken,
edited by Will Steacy, Silver Eye's current exhibiting artist, as well
as a two-year gallery membership to Silver Eye Center for Photography.
All notable pictures and grand prize winners will be notified on Instagram via @silvereyecenterforphotography.
Judging
Ellen
Fleurov, Silver Eye's Executive Director, will judge the Photo
Challenge with the assistance of Juliana Zipay, Silver Eye's Membership
& Marketing Assistant. The founding curator of photography at the
High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia, Fleurov has curated over 85
exhibitions for American and international museums, galleries and
photography festivals. She is a frequent lecturer, grants panelist,
exhibition juror, and reviewer for Houston Fotofest; Photo Lucida and
Critical Mass, Portland, OR; Atlanta Celebrates Photography; Society for
Photographic Education; and the Invision Photo Festival, among many
others.
Copyright and Usage
The
photographs must not infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, contract
rights, or any other intellectual property rights of any third person
or entity.
Owner
of copyright retains all copyright on any photo submitted to the Photo
Challenge. By submitting to the Photo Challenge, you grant Silver Eye
Center for Photography the right to use your photograph(s) in current
and future promotional materials and activities.
Deadline
Midnight, Friday, November 2, 2012
Questions?
About No Job No Home No Peace No Rest: An Installation by Will Steacy
Will
Steacy's new installation, on view until December 15, is both a
chronicle and a critique of a nation where a once-attainable "American
Dream" has been replaced by a desperate effort to survive. The
exhibition's centerpiece is Steacy's 170-foot collage, which he dubs
"The Beast." A systematic, often eviscerating dissection of American
policies and politics, the collage is made up of thousands of clippings
from newspapers collected over many years, his own photographs and
writings, and found objects. It is shown at Silver Eye for the first
time in its entirety, along with thirty-two photographs from earlier and
ongoing projects.
The exhibition's title comes from a line in Bruce Springsteen's song, T
he Ghost of Tom Joad, which in turn alludes to John Steinbeck's classic novel,
The Grapes of Wrath.
Influenced by both of these artist-activists, Steacy fiercely
identifies, with those who are disenfranchised, invisible, and suffering
prolonged economic hardship. Springsteen's song can be heard here,
http://youtu.be/xQ5zPs_lX8Y
.
Will
Steacy (b. 1980) comes from five generations of newspaper men and was a
union laborer before turning to photography. It is not surprising,
given his upbringing and work history, that writing is as much a part of
Steacy's DNA as picture-making, and writing often accompanies the
display of his photographs. Steacy received his B.F.A. from New York
University in 2003. He was named one of Photo District News' 30 Emerging Photographers to Watch
in 2011 and is also the recipient of awards such as The Tierney
Fellowship and the Aperture Foundation-Illumination Fund Green Cart
Photography Commission.
Steacy is represented by Michael Mazzeo Projects in New York and Christophe Guye Galerie in Zurich, Switzerland. For more information on the exhibition and artist, please visit
http://silvereye.org/exhibitions.htm
.
About Silver Eye Center for Photography
Silver
Eye Center for Photography is a nationally-recognized, non-collecting
institution exclusively dedicated to contemporary photography. Founded
in 1985, Silver Eye has been at the forefront of celebrating
photography, both as an expressive art form and as a medium that brings
to light the telling details and larger stories that influence and
inform an understanding of ourselves and the world. With our singular
commitment to exhibiting and promoting contemporary photography and
photo-based multimedia, we are unique in Pittsburgh and the region.
Silver
Eye is located at 1015 East Carson Street in Pittsburgh's historic
Southside. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 6 pm.
Admission is free and open to the public.
Silver
Eye Center for Photography is generously supported by our members and
individual donors and by the Allegheny Regional Asset District, A.W.
Mellon Education and Charitable Trust Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation,
The Fine Foundation, The Grable Foundation, The Heinz Endowments, The
Hillman Foundation, The Laurel Foundation, Pennsylvania Council on the
Arts, and Epson America.
For additional information, please contact: Juliana Zipay, Marketing & Membership Assistant, 412.431.1810, ext. 12, jzipay @silvereye.org, www.silvereye.org
Photo Credits: Will Steacy, House, 2006; Liz, Philadelphia, 2007. Courtesy of the artist, Michael Mazzeo Projects, New York, and Christophe Guye Galerie, Zurich.