Projects and Submissions for Exhibitions
As well as the advisors that we have for curating the Festival,
we are also dependent upon the photographic community for the submissions
of ideas, recommended work, projects and exhibitions. We prefer
to show work that has not had significant exposure in the UK before,
or new work that is being prepared in time for the festival.
All suggestions should be work that addresses human social and
cultural issues. We are interested in all genres of photography,
from documentary and photojournalism to conceptual work, and all
technical production methods. We are as interested in submissions
from other countries as from the UK, particularly where the work
addresses cultural issues. The standard of work from both a technical
and creative point of view needs to be very high.
Submissions
Submissions of exhibitions can be either fully worked up or work
in progress. For projects that are not yet started please see the
Projects and Commissions section below. The work should form a complete
set of images on a clear theme, and not be a collation of images
in your particular style - the images need to work as a story or
complete presentation of the subject.
Please send us a statement of the background to the particular
piece of work proposed for exhibition and not less than 5 images,
as either working prints, digital prints or slides. A full CV should
accompany submissions. State the number, final mode and quality
of presentation and size of the images as they are expected to be
exhibited. Please do not send submissions by email with image files
attached as we cannot assess the presentation in that form.
The Submissions Selection Panel meets in February and March each
year for a two stage selection process. You would be notified of
the selection by the end of April. All presentations for those not
selected will be returned complete provided that sufficient postage
and packaging for return is sent with the submission.
Selected exhibitors are expected to arrange for the work to be
prepared to exhibition standard. As we always have to mount and
frame exhibitions from abroad, we prefer not to have to do this
for UK based photographers, but can in some cases use our stocks
of frames for UK photographers.
You will be provided with a venue, exhibition layout, hanging,
text materials and return shipment by the festival. The festival
will arrange all publicity materials and provide copies of the Catalogue
and Opening Reception invitations to the selected photographers.
There are no charges for any of these activities by the festival.
Depending on the levels of sponsorship it may be possible in some
cases for the festival to support the printing and preparation of
work, and this would be the subject of discussions with the Festival
Director prior to any commitments on either side.
The Closing Date for the Submissions for the 2001 Festival is
Wednesday 31st January 2000
Projects and Commissions
We are keen to develop new work and to commission a limited number
of photographers to produce new work to be shown in the Festival.
We are interested in local, regional and national photographers
and also in Project Leaders who would be interested to develop Community
based projects with us.
As a registered arts charity we have access to certain funding
sources for the creation of new work, but this procedure takes longer.
We need to look at projects much earlier than submissions if we
are to assist with working up and funding the project. Photographers
who have started to research a project that covers a subject in
the Festival's area of interest should contact us as soon as possible
- don't wait for the deadlines please.
If you have a project in mind please write to the Festival Director
at the Festival office in the first instance, with an outline of
the idea, information on your background and examples of the type
of work that you have done before. There is a Selection Panel which
looks at proposals to determine those that we will follow up.
We are looking for ideas for projects and commissioned work by
the following deadlines:
2001 Festival November 30th 2000
2002 Festival June 30th 2001
Recommendations
If you are aware of a strong piece of work that has recently been
produced in the UK or another country and would be of interest to
festival audiences,
please let us know as soon as possible, with contact details
if you have them.
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