EXHIBITION OPENS APRIL 4, 2013
Juror: Allen Birnbach
Artists' Reception 4/21/13 5:30PM
The undulating landscape of the human form is one of the most variable in nature.
Exhibit Calendar
(subject to change)
Submissions Close
6-Mar-13 Midnight EST
Juror' Choices Announced
by 13-Mar-13
On-Line Check-in Due
22-Mar-12
Work Receipt Deadline
1-Apr-13
Exhibit Opens
4-Apr-13
Artists Reception
21-Apr-13 5:30PM
Exhibit Closes
28-Apr-2013
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With so many sizes, shapes, textures, and tones, our subject matter is endlessly inspiring. How we see, interpret, re-define, and then represent the figure in our photographic work is as diverse as the individuals we celebrate. Show us the Bodies you’ve portrayed through your photographic eye.
Juror's Statement: My first impression as I did my quick overview was the breadth of styles in the submissions. And the high level of technique brought to bear in the images. The result was several extended editing sessions poring over the concepts and great craft participants exhibited in their work. In the end it was difficult to narrow the field down to a cohesive show, and I felt honored to have been involved in the judging.
Notable was what was not included. Interesting diptychs, tributes to Kertesz, Mondrian and Japanese printmaking, wonderful self-portraits and playful juxtaposition of the figure in unique environments. In the end, many well-conceived images were not included because they fell short in composition or technique but the creative process behind the work was truly impressive.
Congratulations to all who submitted. Allen Birnbach (Allen selected five "Honorable Mention" images, but he didn't feel comfortable choosing a "Juror's Choice" overall. We selected a "Director's Choice" from those five images. Congrats to Peter Bajzek!) |
| Nude no. 20 Honorable Mention  Peter Bajzek Middleton, WI USA | Fallen Honorable Mention  Billy Monday Frederick, MD USA | Joanna Recumbent Honorable Mention  brett henirkson providence, ri USA |
| Queen of Sheba Honorable Mention  Ludwig Desmet Ronse, Belgium | Gray Area_SelfPortraiture Honorable Mention  Paris Carter Clermont, FL USA | small, smaller, smallest People's Choice  Caitlin Jean Burlington, VT USA |
| A Few Small Repairs People's Choice  Melissa T. Hall Lexington, KY USA | Upended Aaron Kennison Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (PA) USA | Nude Aloft Andrew H Miller Fort Myers, FL USA |
Expecting Bert Halstead Belmont, MA USA | Summertime Encounter Bert Halstead Belmont, MA USA | Inspired by the Sculpture of Gaston LaChaise Billy Monday Frederick, MD USA |
Apollo Bob Burkhardt Atlanta, GA USA | Julianne - Gaze brett henirkson providence, ri USA | Enigma Brittney Cathey-Adams San Jose, Ca USA |
The Fringe Brock Bill Jeffersonville, VT USA | Drip Charles Laurier Dufour Belfast, ME USA | untitled Clement Yonkers St. Albans, VT USA |
Ash Cave Dave Levingston Springfield, Ohio USA | Untitled Nude, 2006, #1 Dave Rudin Brooklyn, NY USA | Kamsya Dok Wright Burlington, VT USA |
Sirens' Cave Don McCunn San Francisco, CA USA | Affinity  durga Garcia West Palm Beach, FL USA | sea of sin Eddie Bragard (think tank ART) Koblenz, Germany |
tropic of cancer Elle Hanley Seattle, Washington USA | Wood Nymph Emmy Walden Fox Barnard, VT USA | Untitled from "Life Sciences" series Eran Gilat Rohovot, Israel |
Weston Desk Harper Parson-Grey Houston, USA | Nude #1 Hope Kahn Cherry Hill, NJ USA | Humanscape irina dumitrascu magurean cluj, transylvania romania |
Humanscape irina dumitrascu magurean cluj, transylvania romania | In the Fullness of Time James Atherton Boulder, Colorado USA | Up In Smoke Jason "Devilish" Renek Seattle, WA USA |
Self Reservation Jennifer Bondy New Boston, Michigan USA | Shower Mom Jennifer Edgerton Mount Pleasant, South Carolina USA | Beyond José M. Gómez-Ros Madrid, Madrid Spain |
Restrained desires José M. Gómez-Ros Madrid, Madrid Spain | Back of Mud  Karen Cortes Doral, Florida USA | Chair Ken Beach Chicago, IL USA |
Breastscape In Blue Ken Van Dyne Cincinnati, OH USA | Overlook Hill Ken Van Dyne Cincinnati, OH USA | Homage- Adolph Gottlieb LeAndra LeSeur Lilburn, GA USA |
Joyce Lee Fearnside Luckey, OH USA | just that MAG jerusalem, israel | Reminder Mariana Bartolomeo Tucson, AZ USA |
Woman In Enchanted Forest Mark Mason Ocean Ridge, FL. USA | Lady Victoria Michael Berkowitz Kew Gardens, NY USA | Evie's Tree Michael Pannier Frederick, MD USA |
memories of the old bathroom Nicole Schwartz Medford, New Jersey USA | Lattice_SelfPortraiture Paris Carter Clermont, FL USA | Tulips Pat Berrett Albuquerque, NM USA |
flash Patricia Pastore London, London United Kingdom | Spiral Peter Janecke Seabrook, Tx USA | Geisha Randy Persinger Rancho Palos Verdes, CA USA |
Weighted Flight Rhye Tempest San Francisco, CA USA | UNTITLED RON TESTA Wilmette, illinois USA | A European Vacation Gets Off To A Good Start Sally Canzoneri Washington, DC USA |
Serenity Sandra McMartin-Fiedler Mission, British Columbia Canada | skin in motion Sara Dolley GRANADA HILLS, California USA | Talc scott nichol Allentown, PA USA |
Alice Sharon Harris Laurel Springs, NJ USA | curves Sharon Kain Draper, UT USA | Death to America Ted West Oklahoma City, OK USA |
Jade Ted West Oklahoma City, OK USA | Maternal TinaMarie Jaehnert Poughkeepsie, NY USA |
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Juror: Allen Birnbach Allen Birnbach has worked as a Photographer for over 30 years; from product to non-profit, hospitality to finance and to the performing arts, he has found great success in commercial Photography. His clarity of vision as a professional Photographer flows through his portraiture, lifestyle, landscape and dance portfolios, as well. The breadth of these achievements may be viewed at www.allenbirnbach.com. Birnbach’s body of work represents much more than commercial. Begin by viewing his fine art photography on www.birnbachimages.com, then visit www.birnbachfigureworks.com for extraordinary examples of the fine art nude. There is boundless visual motivation for your own submission to Body, in the galleries on FigureWorks. Birnbach imparts his photographic skills as a lecturer and instructor at The Santa Fe Workshops, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Focus on Nature in Iceland, The Anderson Ranch, and through his own private workshops, NudePhotoWorkshops.com. You’ll find a fantastic blog on his take of photographic education at http://allenbirnbach.squarespace.com/ |
- 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.
