THE ARTISTS FORUM ANNOUNCES NEW PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION SERIES
- NEW YORK, NY (Oct. 18, 2011) THE ARTISTS FORUM invites all emerging and established artists to participate in its second annual photography competition: THE ARTISTS FORUM INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION. The competion is open to artists worldwide and seeks to:
- Engage artists by challenging them to present their best work for juried selection.
- Provide much needed exposure for under-served artists by showcasing their work to the public.
- Enhance artist communications and business contacts.
The AF-IPC offers artists a chance to have their work critiqued by some of the art world’s most influential professionals, win valuable prizes by KATA, an exclusive one-to-one consultation with celebrity photographer Lou Manna, and get published!
- THEME: “PASSION” (see entry form for full details)
- JURORS: MICHAEL GRECCO, LOU MANNA, and MICHAEL ZIDE
- SPONSORS: KATA BAGS, INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY
This year’s task is to challenge artists to show interpretations for the word “passion“. The word “passion” (and its derivatives) can be illustrated as a noun – be it physically, socially, politically, or sexually.
Winning entries will be promoted to industry personnel and the public-at-large via an array of media avenues. Winning artists will also be eligible to receive private mentoring sessions from industry leaders and included in a special AF published annual. Look for MORE AF Juried Competitions in music, film/video, and other disciplines in 2012!
2011 COMPETITION WINNERS:
FIRST PLACE: DANIEL MASONITE
ENTRY: Violently Calm Ocean
SECOND PLACE: MISSY LOVECRAFT
ENTRY: The Cyclist
THIRD PLACE: JAMIE LYNCHNESS
ENTRY: Desolate Lovers in Paradise
HONORABLE MENTION:
JAMIE LYNCHNESS
ENTRY: Desolate Lovers in Paradise
HONORABLE MENTION:
JAMIE LYNCHNESS
ENTRY: Desolate Lovers in Paradise
HONORABLE MENTION:
JAMIE LYNCHNESS
ENTRY: Desolate Lovers in Paradise
Judges
Stefanie Alleyne
Hendryx is known for her work as a solo artist as well as for being one-third of the trio Labelle, who had a hit with Lady Marmalade . Her music has ranged from soul, funk, and R&B to hard rock, new wave, and new-age. She state that her family’s last name was originally spelled with an ‘i’ and that she is a distant cousin of guitarist Jimi Hendrix.
Stefanie Alleyne
Hendryx is known for her work as a solo artist as well as for being one-third of the trio Labelle, who had a hit with Lady Marmalade . Her music has ranged from soul, funk, and R&B to hard rock, new wave, and new-age. She state that her family’s last name was originally spelled with an ‘i’ and that she is a distant cousin of guitarist Jimi Hendrix.
Stefanie Alleyne
Hendryx is known for her work as a solo artist as well as for being one-third of the trio Labelle, who had a hit with Lady Marmalade . Her music has ranged from soul, funk, and R&B to hard rock, new wave, and new-age. She state that her family’s last name was originally spelled with an ‘i’ and that she is a distant cousin of guitarist Jimi Hendrix.
Stefanie Alleyne
Hendryx is known for her work as a solo artist as well as for being one-third of the trio Labelle, who had a hit with Lady Marmalade . Her music has ranged from soul, funk, and R&B to hard rock, new wave, and new-age. She state that her family’s last name was originally spelled with an ‘i’ and that she is a distant cousin of guitarist Jimi Hendrix.
Stefanie Alleyne
Hendryx is known for her work as a solo artist as well as for being one-third of the trio Labelle, who had a hit with Lady Marmalade . Her music has ranged from soul, funk, and R&B to hard rock, new wave, and new-age. She state that her family’s last name was originally spelled with an ‘i’ and that she is a distant cousin of guitarist Jimi Hendrix.
Stefanie Alleyne
Hendryx is known for her work as a solo artist as well as for being one-third of the trio Labelle, who had a hit with Lady Marmalade . Her music has ranged from soul, funk, and R&B to hard rock, new wave, and new-age. She state that her family’s last name was originally spelled with an ‘i’ and that she is a distant cousin of guitarist Jimi Hendrix.
Stefanie Alleyne
Hendryx is known for her work as a solo artist as well as for being one-third of the trio Labelle, who had a hit with Lady Marmalade . Her music has ranged from soul, funk, and R&B to hard rock, new wave, and new-age. She state that her family’s last name was originally spelled with an ‘i’ and that she is a distant cousin of guitarist Jimi Hendrix.
Stefanie Alleyne
Hendryx is known for her work as a solo artist as well as for being one-third of the trio Labelle, who had a hit with Lady Marmalade . Her music has ranged from soul, funk, and R&B to hard rock, new wave, and new-age. She state that her family’s last name was originally spelled with an ‘i’ and that she is a distant cousin of guitarist Jimi Hendrix.
Stefanie Alleyne
Hendryx is known for her work as a solo artist as well as for being one-third of the trio Labelle, who had a hit with Lady Marmalade . Her music has ranged from soul, funk, and R&B to hard rock, new wave, and new-age. She state that her family’s last name was originally spelled with an ‘i’ and that she is a distant cousin of guitarist Jimi Hendrix.
Stefanie Alleyne
Hendryx is known for her work as a solo artist as well as for being one-third of the trio Labelle, who had a hit with Lady Marmalade . Her music has ranged from soul, funk, and R&B to hard rock, new wave, and new-age. She state that her family’s last name was originally spelled with an ‘i’ and that she is a distant cousin of guitarist Jimi Hendrix.
JUROR BIOS
MICHAEL GRECCO
Michael Grecco is one of the top photographers in the world who has created iconic portraits of the most recognized entertainment stars, recently Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Will Ferrell, Penelope Cruz and Teri Hatcher. His award-winning work is seen in trendsetting magazines such as Esquire, Time, Entertainment Weekly and Maxim. He has also photographed authors and scientists, skateboarders and musicians, and the locals he meets in his travels around the country. He is author of the best-selling photographer’s guide Lighting and the Dramatic Portrait: The Art of Celebrity and Editorial Photography. As one of Canon’s “Explorers of Light,” his lectures on photography are wildly popular and he has been profiled in virtually all key photographic trade journals. He lives and works in Santa Monica, California.
LOU MANNA
Lou Manna is an award winning Olympus Visionary photographer whose work has appeared in national ad campaigns, major magazines, and more than thirty cookbooks. After shooting for the New York Times from 1975 to 1990, he went on to establish his own Fifth Avenue studio, where he works with corporate, advertising and restaurant clients to create photos that can only be described as exquisite. Lou recently authored his first book, DIGITAL FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY, the only book on the art of food photography devoted exclusively to digital technology. The book discusses in detail how to select the best cameras and accessories for your needs, shooting for different clients, principles of composition and lighting; working with factors such as selective focus; texture; and color temperature; digital storage media; and much more. The blog will contain interesting tips and tricks when shooting various foods, behind the scene photos to see how to take that irresistible mouth-watering shot.
WEB: www.loumanna.com
MICHAEL ZIDE
Michael joined Hallmark Institute in 2004 after a successful career in commercial and wedding photography. After graduating from the University of Southern California, Michael moved to New England. On Martha’s Vineyard Island, Michael taught the art of black and white landscape photography while creating a body of work that has been featured in galleries from New York City to Los Angeles. His landscape work from the Vineyard and Western U.S. is in private, corporate, and museum collections. Commercial clients include Polaroid, Sinar Bron, Schneider Lens, Millers Professional Imaging, Graphistudios and Newsweek, to name a few. Recently he was selected to the “Legion of Honor” by the Moab fine art printing paper company. Michael’s landscape work has been widely published in such magazines as Black and White, Silvershotz, Today’s Photographer, and Photo/Design. Now living in Amherst, MA, he continues to freelance commercially and shoots weddings for select clients while sharing his experience with aspiring Hallmark students.
WEB: www.michaelzide.com, hallmark.edu/facultystaff/michaelzide, vineyardlandscapes.com/gallery
