Our 19th Online Exhibition of Night Photography!

The Nocturnes 2008

A Biennial exhibit of Night Photography

The Nocturnes.com invites all interested artists to enter our third biennial online Night Photography Exhibition, The Nocturnes 2008. 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 2006 - http://www.thenocturnes.com/exhibits/2006.html - or one of our other, more theme-driven offerings, 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 May 30, 2008! Please NOTE: Entries from outside the U.S. should be sent well in advance of the May 30, 2008 deadline, as international mail deliveries are often delayed up to a week or two.

Exhibition Dates:
Exhibition runs from June 10, 2008 through July 30, 2008. 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, TBA - 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.

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 2008 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 May 30, 2008) to:


The Nocturnes 2008 Exhibition
TheNocturnes.com / Pacific Media Arts
PO Box 29074
Presidio of San Francisco, CA 94129
707-644-4073 fax


ENTRY FORM: The Nocturnes 2008
(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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Phone:
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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 #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 #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: ________________

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Expiration: _____ / _____ Name on Card: _______________________

Zip Code corresponding to Credit Card: _________________________

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Note that "Pacific Media Arts" will appear as the payee on your Credit Card statement.

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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