A Biennial exhibit of Night Photography
The Nocturnes.com invites all interested artists to enter our third biennial
online Night Photography Exhibition, The Nocturnes
2006. This is an especially festive event this time 'round
- as it marks the 15th anniversary of the original exibit, "The
Nocturnes" (1991) and the 10th anniversary of the critically
accclaimed Web site (1996) of the same name!
This competition is open to all Night Photographers (NPs), all photo media
- and digital cameras are OK, too! We ask only that your final outcome
would normally be a fine photographic print - b/w, color, alternative,
whatever - presenting mysterious, riveting nocturnal imagery.
Stuck on the idea of what constitutes a "biennial nocturne?" Have a look
at the online exhibit area of The Nocturnes Web site, specifically the
immediate predecessor to this exhibit, The
Nocturnes 2004 - http://www.thenocturnes.com/exhibits/2004.html
- or our latest offering, Town and Country
- http://www.thenocturnes.com/exhibits/tc.html
- for an idea of what we might be looking for. Also have a look at some
of the Gallery pages of The Nocturnes Web site, especially http://www.thenocturnes.com/gallery/pankov.html
(Philip Pankov's page), Troy Paiva's rather colorful page: http://www.thenocturnes.com/gallery/troyp.html,
or http://www.thenocturnes.com/gallery/jenks.html
(Stu Jenks' page) for inspiration.
Entry Fee and Deadline
There is no limit to the number of pieces submitted per artist.
Entry Fee: $25 for up to 3 entries; each additional entry is $5. Postmarked
dates for entries are NOT acceptable for this competition - we will need
to RECEIVE your 'hard copy' of entry form and fee by June 30, 2006! Please
NOTE: Entries from outside the U.S. should be sent well in advance of
the June 30, 2006 deadline, as international mail deliveries are often
delayed up to a week or two.
Exhibition Dates:
Exhibition runs from July 15, 2006 through August 30, 2006. Accepted work
will then reside in a developing archive of nocturnal imagery on The Nocturnes
Web site (NEWLY re-designed!) after the exhibition closes - available
to NPs and those interested in Night Photography, worldwide.
What to send:
Send jpeg files at 72 dpi named appropriately for the Web: 8 letters-dot-3
letter extension (e.g.- niteshot.jpg) all lowercase letters. The size
should be no greater than 600 pixels in any one dimension. Square medium
format film images are optimal at 600x600 pixels; and scanned 35mm film
images should be approximately 400x600 pixels.
If you send images via snail mail, the files should be small enough (see
above) to fit on a floppy (use lots of protective cardboard for shipping
disk) - we will accept CDs of your images, also. An even better alternative
is to send us the URL of images that are already on a web page, and we
can 'retrieve' those images. As you might have gathered, we are trying
to avoid a flood of emails and haphazard, ineffective attachments being
sent to the site.
Awards:
Two (2) Awards will be awarded at the discretion of the Awards Juror,
Lance Keimig of TheNightSkye.com
- a Best of Show and an Honorable Mention. This final jurying will be
done from a preliminary selection of works by members of The Nocturnes.
Lance has been a valuable part of The Nocturnes, almost from "Day
1", and we're happy to have him involved with this and other events
we're co-producing, in this our Anniversary
Year!
Sales:
Sales will be encouraged - No Commission taken for any of our online exhibits
- and direct links to artist sites or emails will be provided. Artwork
remains Copyright of the participating artists. Pages on the Web site
are Copyright, The Nocturnes, and Pacific Media Arts. The exhibit, The
Nocturnes 2006 is Copyright Pacific Media Arts and The
Nocturnes Web site.
Please print all pages of this form, fill them out (keeping a copy
for your records)
and mail with appropriate fee (to be RECEIVED by June 30, 2006) to:
The Nocturnes 2006 Exhibition
TheNocturnes.com / Pacific Media Arts
PO Box 29074
Presidio of San Francisco, CA 94129
707-644-4073 fax
(print, fill out and forward with entry fee to Pacific Media Arts)
Name:
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Company:
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Address:
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City/State/Country/Postal Code:
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Phone:
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Fax:
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email:
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URL: (where artwork is to be found)
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File #1 - Filename: (e.g.- niteshot.jpg)
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File #1 - Title of artwork/Year created: (e.g.- "Desert Nocturne #2")
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File #1 - Photo Medium/Print Dimensions/Price:
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File #2 - Filename:
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File #2 - Title of artwork:
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File #2 - Photo Medium/Print Dimensions/Price:
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File #3 - Filename:
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File #3 - Title of artwork:
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File #3 - Photo Medium/Print Dimensions/Price:
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File #4 - Filename:
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File #4 - Title of artwork:
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File #4 - Photo Medium/Print Dimensions/Price:
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File #5 - Filename:
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File #5 - Title of artwork:
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Include nonrefundable Entry Fee: $25 (US Dollars) for up to 3 entries;
additional entries are $5 each
Check#: ______ Payable to Pacific Media Arts
Credit Card: Visa _____ Mastercard _____ Amount: ________________
Credit Card Number: ________________________________________
Expiration: _____ / _____ Name on Card: _______________________
Zip Code corresponding to Credit Card: _________________________
Authorized Signature: _______________________________________
Number of disks ______
enclosed. Disks will NOT be returned.
Photographic Experience /
Interest in Night
Photography:
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How did you learn about this online exhibition? Previous
show? Specify by name if Craigslist.org, Artist Resource Web site,
Artweek or other publication, The Nocturnes Web site, a poster in
retail outlet, or other. When did you first discover The
Nocturnes?
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Would you be interested if this (or another) show were presented in a
more traditional "bricks and white walls' venue (probably in the San
Francisco Bay area).
Any suggestions?
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Receipt of this completed, signed entry form or any materials,
files, etc. constitutes your agreement with the conditions set forth in
this prospectus.
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