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1650
Gallery presents:
Juried
Photography
Exhibition:
I'll Fly Away
The Nature of Birds
CALL
FOR ENTRIES
Entry
Deadline: Thursday, July 19,
2012
OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION:
SATURDAY, August 4, 2012
7:30 - 10:30pm
Ah, the birds. Uniquely beautiful, ceaselessly fascinating; borne of
dinosaur DNA! Elusive and unreachable, except by the camera lens, if
ever there was a creature that inspired mankind's collective "compare
and despair" mentality, the bird would have to be it. Greek mythology
speaks of Icarus and Daedalus, who yearned to fly free of of the earth;
Edgar Allen Poe wrote of that pesky raven tap, tap, tapping at his
window, and even Jesus asked us to consider the sparrow, who neither
sows nor reaps, yet still gets along. Heavy.
What is it then about the bird that affects us so? Are they everything
we want to be; beautiful, carefree and literally above it all?
Do we envy their freedom? Do we project on to them our desire to take
wing from the grave cares and pedestrian repetitions of our human-ness,
to a far place both wild and beautiful, and a life lived literally "on
the fly"? Would that we, like birds, could rise to our potential
without care, without responsibility! Unbound by the relic of
reponsibility, or memory of those left behind? Oh! Fickle feathered
fastidious freeloader of heaven and earth, thy name is bird! For the
rest of us, wingless, bored and earthbound, photographs of you must
suffice!
Approximately fifty works will be chosen from submitted photographs to
be included in the I'LL FLY AWAY exhibition at 1650
Gallery in the Echo
Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. Additional works may also be selected
for an online gallery exhibition page.
There is an entry fee of $25 for up to 5 images. Additional entries may
be submitted for $5 each.
All accepted entries must submit a high res jpeg (300-360 dpi , minimum
size 5x7") to be included in the printed SHOW CATALOG.
We offer free matting and framing for accepted photographs that fit our
pre-cut mat sizes for the duration of the exhibition. We have a variety
of frames and mats to choose from.
We will also print your photo for a nominal fee if you are accepted
into the show and would prefer not to mail a print.
Juror: Andrew Overtoom. Andrew Overtoom is
an award winning filmmaker and photographer living in Los Angeles. He
publishes THE UNDEAD NEG photography blog and is currently launching a
quarterly fine art photography journal. He is also the owner/curator of
1650 Gallery in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Selected artists may choose to offer their work for sale. The gallery
retains 50% of the sale price, as well as 8.75% California sales tax.
We offer free matting and framing for accepted photographs that fit our
pre-cut mat sizes for the duration of the exhibition.
Questions? Please email us at 1650gallery@gmail.com
Good luck and hope to see you at the opening reception!
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