Best Portfolio 2018

Description

Best Portfolio 2018

Calling for submissions

Deadline: Sunday May 27, 2018

Blank Wall Gallery organizes an international portfolio contest for 2018 in order to discover and promote one photographer. The award of the best photographer will be a two-week solo exhibition at the new premises of Blank Wall Gallery.

The gallery will produce and finance 36 prints (40x50cm and 50x70cm) for the exhibition as well as everything needed for its realization, even if you cannot attend it. The artist will gain international recognition and promotion from our web page.
(A prize worth over €2,000)

The best portfolio will be exhibited totally free for 2 weeks in Blank Wall Gallery
The artist will be able to present up to 36 photographs.

• 1. The exhibition will be presented on the Blank Wall Gallery web page as is the case with all the solo exhibitions.
• 2. Blank Wall Gallery will produce the prints the artist will choose for the exhibition, with a maximum of 36 photographs, in our printing labs, completely free of charge.
• 3. Newsletter and invitations for the opening night will be sent to all the contacts of the gallery.
• 4. Personalised Press Release will be sent to magazines so that the exhibition gains exposure.
• 5. The winner will be awarded a Certificate of achievement by Blank Wall Gallery.
• 6. A free submission for the next Best Porfolio competition will also be given to the winner.
• 7. At the end of the exhibition Blank Wall Gallery will create a detailed folder with publications, photographic material from the exhibition, posters and any other material and will send it to the artist.

Two portfolios will receive a certificate of honorable mention and they will be entitled to submit 10 photographs in one of the following group contests of Blank Wall Gallery.

All participants to the Best Portfolio 2018 Contest will have a 25% discount for future prints that will be made at the Blank Wall Gallery lab until the end of 2018.

Entry Fees

• The fee for one portfolio is 50 euros.
• The fee for two portfolios is 90 euros.
• The fee for three portfolios is 120 euros.

Files Preparation

We only accept digital submissions. You can make your submission using email, WeTransfer, Dropbox etc.
Each image file should be RGB, JPG Format, 1.200 pixels (the longer side) on 72 dpi.

The file names should be as follows:

lastname-firstname1.jpg,…same way for the rest of the photographs… lastname-firstname2.jpg… etc.