Our 22nd Online
Exhibition of Night Photography!
Auto-Nocturne
"I wish I was the full moon
shining off a Camaro's hood." (Pearl Jam)
The Nocturnes.com invites all interested artists to enter our 22nd online
Night Photography Exhibition, Auto-Nocturne.
This competition is open to all Night Photographers (NPrs), all photo
media - and film cameras are OK, too! We ask only that your final outcome
would normally be a fine photographic print - b/w, color, alternative,
fuzzy focus, whatever - presenting mysterious, riveting nocturnal imagery.
Image Copyright Troy Paiva
"Stalled out" on the idea of what constitutes a "auto-nocturne?"
Need a "jump-start" to get the ball rolling? Well, there's the
obvious connection to be made: vibrant colorful Night Photography of the
late-20th century vehicular transport (CARS!) variety.
Your first stop for inspiration should definitely be the Flckr group of
work done by participants in Jurors Troy Paiva and Joe Reifer's Pearsonville
NPy Workshops - http://www.flickr.com/groups/pearsonvilleworkshop/
- with "unscheduled stops" at Joe's - www.joerefer.com
- and Troy's - www.lostamerica.com
Web sites.
Image ('59 Chevrolet) Copyright Joe Reifer
So what is your interpretation of an Auto-Nocturne
- would it take the form of a ferocious vintage 60s Chrysler Newport -
as pictured above in Troy’s image? Or a sly wink from a '59 Impala (above)?
Maybe yours would be an entirely different “variation on a theme” (wouldn’t
be a Nocturne without the musical reference!) - you might present a nocturnal
image having no vehicular reference point at all, instead recalling the
tenets of Automatism as practiced by the Surrealists, or other ‘automatic’
art practices such as the “cut ups” of William S. Burroughs, or everyday
“readymades.” A night photograph often times will present itself as a
‘gimme’ (a kind of automatism) - so, why not give it a try - submit work
now!
And, some musical connections:
"Thunder Road" by Bruce Springsteen
“Ol’ 55" by Tom Waits
Any car song by the Beach Boys
“Paradise by the dashboard light” by Meatloaf
"Dead Man's Curve" by Jan and Dean
"Little ‘66" by Steve Earle
"Racing in the Streets" by Bruce Springsteen
"Little GTO" by Ronnie & the Daytonas
"Radar Love" by Golden Earring
- feel free to Google away!
More inspiration - a great video featuring a '55 Chevy along with Robert
Plant ("Big Log") which can be seen here
- a song to a desert muse and the open road ("Driving me on / Driving
me down the road . . . "). Witness also, another kind of Auto-Nocturne
(maybe an Auto-Noir?) evident in this video
of Twentynine Palms by Mr. Plant:
"Twentynine Palms,
I feel the heat of your desert heart..
Taking me back down the road
that leads back to you"
With all this in mind, let's see what we can come up with for Auto-Nocturne,
shall we? Again, much like our California Nocturne and New York
Nocturne shows, maybe your images don't need to be so-o-o literal
- perhaps it can refer subliminally to the idea of Auto-Nocturne
- something to think about, no?
"See the U.S.A., in your Chevrolet . . ." (delightful jingle
performed by Dinah
Shore)
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 September 21, 2010!
Please NOTE: Entries from outside the U.S. should be sent well in advance
of the September 21 deadline, as international mail deliveries are often
delayed up to a week or two.
Exhibition Dates:
Exhibition runs from September 30 through November 10, 2010. Accepted
work will then reside in an ever-growing archive of nocturnal imagery
on The Nocturnes Web site after the exhibition closes - available
to NPrs and those interested in Night Photography (NPy), 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 800 pixels in any one dimension. Square medium
format film images are optimal at 800x800 pixels; and scanned 35mm film
images should be approximately 800 pixels on the longest side.
If you send images via snail mail, use lots of protective cardboard for
shipping disk - we accept CDs of your images ONLY via USPS. An even better
alternative is to send us the URL of images that are already on a web
page (a Flickr account, while not ideal, would work also), and we can
'retrieve' those images; then you can easily FAX (or snail-mail) in your
entryform with payment information. 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 Jurors,
Troy Paiva and Joe Reifer- a Best of Show and an Honorable Mention; and
the amount of prize money awarded is dependent on the number of entries
received and selected for exhibition. The 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, Auto-Nocturne
is Copyright Pacific Media Arts and The Nocturnes Web site.
Please print all pages of the form below, fill them out (keeping a
copy for your records)
and mail with appropriate fee (to be RECEIVED by September 21, 2010) to:
Auto-Nocturne - an Exhibit
TheNocturnes.com / Pacific Media Arts
PO Box 29074
Presidio of San Francisco, CA 94129
707-644-4073 fax
ENTRY FORM: Auto-Nocturne
(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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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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Include nonrefundable Entry Fee: $25 (US Dollars) for up to 3 entries;
additional entries are $5 each
Check#: ______ Payable to Pacific Media Arts
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Note that "Pacific Media Arts" will appear as the payee
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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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