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There are numerous opportunities for photographers to have their work viewed by specialists in the field. Below is a sampling of organizations that offer
everything from on-site reviews to juried exhibitions to
competitions.
Center ( formerly the Santa Fe Center for Photography ), Santa Fe, New Mexico , ( www.sfcp.org ) hosts the annual Review
Santa Fe, a three-day conference where up to 100 photographers
are selected to participate in two days of reviews with curators,
editors, art directors, publishers, gallery and agency reps,
and alternative market professionals. SFCP also organizes
three award levels: the Santa Fe Prize, Project Competition,
and Singular Image.
The Center for Documentary
Studies at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina,
( http://cds.aas.duke.edu ) awards the Dorothea Lange–Paul
Taylor documentary prize. The $20,000 annual award seeks
to encourage collaboration between documentary writers and
photographers in the tradition of the acclaimed photographer
Dorothea Lange and writer and social scientist Paul Taylor.
CDS also seeks submissions for its 25 UNDER 25 competition.
Every five years, CDS publishes a collection of work showcasing
the talent of twenty-five of America’s most promising
photographers, age twenty-five and younger.
Photographers can have their work reviewed during the Month of Photography, Bratislava, Slovakia ( www.sedf.sk ), organized by Central European House of Photography.
The staff of the Center
for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, New York, (www.cpw.org ) offers
portfolio reviews to its members. CPW also welcomes submissions
throughout the year for its five group exhibitions, including
guest and in-house curated shows, its annual members show,
Photography Now, and five solo exhibitions. Work is sought
from artists who use photography, digital imagery, multimedia,
and/or installations that incorporate photography. In addition,
CPW annually offers fellowships to New York photographers.
FiftyCrows, San Francisco, ( www.fiftycrows.org ) hosts the annual International Fund for Documentary Photography,
which supports the work of emerging documentary photographers.
Portfolio reviews are a key component of
the biannual FotoFest, Houston
( www.fotofest.org ).
Four times a year Jen Bekman runs Hey, Hot Shot (www.heyhotshot.com), a competition for emerging photographers. The jury includes representatives from a number of prominent galleries and publications in the photography world. Ten winners are shown in a seasonal showcase at the Jan Bekman gallery in New York City and published in the Hey, Hot Shot annual.
The Kiyosato Museum
of Photographic Arts,
Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan,
( www.kmopa.com ) seeks submissions for its Young Portfolios
program. Professional and amateur photographers, 35 years
old and younger, from around the world are invited to submit
their published or unpublished works as potential additions
to the museum’s permanent collection.
Founded in the spring of 2004, the Magenta
Foundation, Toronto,
( www.magentafoundation.org ) is the first nonprofit arts
publishing house in Canada. Magenta seeks entries from photographers
age thirty-four and younger from Canada, the United States,
and the United Kingdom for its Emerging Artists Exchange
program. Selected photographers have their work published
in a hardcover book and exhibited.
The Photo Review, Philadelphia, ( http://photoreview.org ) holds an annual International Photography Competition to
give photographers the chance to have their work reviewed
by an expert in the field. Prize-winners have their work
published in the magazine, Photo Review, and exhibited in
the photography gallery of the University of the Arts, Philadelphia.
Spain’s annual photography festival—PhotoEspaña—is
held throughout Madrid
( www.phedigital.com ). Among the festival’s highlights
is the portfolio review, Descubrimientos PHE, which brings
together international experts with photographers. In addition
to receiving professional advice, photographers have an opportunity
to win the Descubrimientos Prize for the Best Portfolio.
The Photographic Portrait Prize administered by the National Portrait Gallery, London, ( http://www.npg.org.uk/photoprize/application/pppappform.asp ) rewards excellence in portrait photography by photographers of all ages, including students, amateurs, and professionals. Prize winners receive cash prizes and are included in a full-color book and a touring exhibition.
The Photographic Resource
Center at Boston University ( www.bu.edu/prc ) offers monthly portfolio reviews
and reviews by guest curators. PRC also invites artists to
submit their work for consideration for its annual curated
and juried exhibitions.
Every other spring members of the photography
community gather in Portland, Oregon, for Photolucida ( www.photolucida.org ). At the heart of the week-long biannual gathering are the
in-person portfolio reviews. In addition, Photolucida also
offers an annual juried competition, Critical Mass.
Rhubarb-Rhubarb, Birmingham, England, ( www.rhubarb-rhubarb.net ) is an annual international photography
festival where the main focus is portfolio reviews. Each
year nearly 60 reviewers from around the world gather for
the three-day festival to conduct portfolio sessions.
Silver Eye Center
for Photography, Pittsburgh,
( www.silvereye.org ) organizes two annual competitions:
the Fellowship Competition for Award and Exhibition in the
Main Gallery and the Competition for Exhibition in the Members’ Gallery & Members’ Gallery
Online.
Portfolio review opportunities are available during the national conference of the Society for Photographic Education, Oxford, Ohio,
( www.spenational.org ) held each year since the 1960s.
The Artshow website offers an ongoing list of competitions and shows around the country, including several focusing on photography: (http://www.artshow.com/juriedshows/index.html).
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