Spirit of Place Photo and Video Contest - Call for Artists - Deadline: February 1st, 2013

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Spirit of Place
Photo and Video Contest -
Call for Artists - Deadline: February 1st, 2013


Spirit of Place embodies geography, connections, stories, memories and presence. To celebrate our 40th Anniversary, we honor the spirit of place. From around the globe to Midcoast Maine. We invite all photographers and all video makers of all ages and abilities to submit your visual interpretation. Landscapes, seascapes, people/culture, abstract expression - show us what Spirit of Place means to you.

Prizes

(2) $2,500 cash prizes

Free Tuition to Maine Media Workshops


Gift Certificates to B&H Photo Video Pro Audio


Exhibition of Top Winning Images at Maine Media Gallery


Published eBooks of Winners

Important Dates

Contest Opens: October 1, 2012

Contest Ends: February 1, 2013


Winners Announced: March 2013


Awards Ceremony: June 2013

Jurors for Photo Submission - Adults

Stacey Baker -  Associate Photo Editor at The New York Times Magazine and a graduate of Maine Media College’s Professional Certificate in Photography program.

Edward Earle - Curator of Collections at the International Center of Photography in New York.  He has a degree in History from the University of Notre Dame and an MFA from the Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY.

Jessica May - Curator of Contemporary and Modern Art at the Portland Museum of Art in Portland, Maine. A specialist in documentary photography of the twentieth century, she received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.

Tim B. Wride - The former Photo Curator at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and presently the William and Sarah Ross Soter Curator of Photography at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Jurors for Video Submission - Adults

Patricia Luchsinger - Producer, NBC Today at NBCUniversal, Inc., in New York City.  She is also the winner of 4 Emmys and a Gracie Award.

Ben Fowlie - The founder and director of the Camden International Film Festival (CIFF), a documentary exclusive event in Camden, Maine.  He currently sits on the Industry Advisory Board and Nominating Committee for both features and shorts for the Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking.  

Laura Ozment Schenck -  Currently serves as Maine Public Broadcasting Network’s Executive Producer of Television and Special Projects.  She is an alumnus of the PBS Producers Academy and earned her Bachelors of Arts degree in Journalism and Mass Media from Rutgers

Daniel Stephens
-  A partner in the film production companies goodfocus,llc and General Films, LLC and a member of the faculty at Maine Media Workshops.  He a graduate of Maine Media College’s Professional Certificate in Filmmaking program.

Entry Fees - Photo Submissions for Adults

Portfolio
$75 for each portfolio of 8-10 images

Single Image
Before December 15, 2012: $25 for 3 images, $5 each additional
December 16, 2012 through February 1, 2013:
$35 for 3 images, $5 each additional

Entry Fees - Video Submissions for Adults

Before December 15, 2012:
$25 for one video, $10 each additional
December 16, 2012 through February 1, 2013:
$35 for one video, $10 each additional

Your entry fees will assist others!

Two scholarships for workshops (one photo, one film), for students in financial need, will be funded by a portion of the fees collected.

For More Information:  http://www.mainemedia.edu/contest

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