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A testimony to the continuous rooting and resurgent evolutions of 21st C. photographic arts in analogue and historical media, FotoFilmic’s underlying vision aims to spur new contemporary understandings of film-based photography and its rich lineage of physical craft and recording methods in the context of global digital culture, and doing so to also invite further critical questioning of the increasingly instantaneous image consumption, discard and image making purposes behind the technology and its transformative social power.
Description
FOTOFILMIC17 is the 5th edition of the FotoFilmic International Traveling Exhibition Competition, world’s only global scale call for contemporary material photography presenting a unique and challenging worldview of 21st C. photographic arts rooted in analog, historical and film-based practices. FotoFilmic exhibitions all bring into sharp focus the ever-evolving relationship photographers negotiate today with reality’s finite time-space experience through material acts of photography, and how such grounding of their vision critically impacts their inspiration, meaning construction and overall interpretive discourse. As the collective weaving of these singular, emerging voices, the FotoFilmic17 Exhibition will signal yet again the central artistic importance and role of a world material practice of photography in the digital age.FOTOFILMIC17 CALL
For the next 6 months photographers of all nations aged 18+ are invited to submit their best work, and this year also photo book to the 3 FotoFilmic17 WINTER, SPRING & SUMMER SHORTLIST Calls each selecting & publishing 30 photographers every two months (Jan-Feb, March-April, May-June, 2017).
All photographs and books submitted must have been shot either on film in any format or captured analogically. This is an open theme call and submitters can enter up to 10 images (individual images or series) and 1 Photo Book per entry.
Submitters have the choice between 2 different entry types:
- “EXHIBITION CALL” ENTRY: submit up to 10 photographs for consideration to be shortlisted for any ongoing SHORTLIST Call (WINTER, SPRING or SUMMER)
- “EXHIBITION + BOOK CALL” ENTRY: same as “EXHIBITION ENTRY” + list 1 photo book to be automatically distributed at FotoFilmic//PULP Gallery and online as part of the FotoFilmic FotoBooks Collection. (all book submissions are directly accepted & published on a monthly basis)
FOTOFILMIC17 TRAVELING EXHIBITION New York//Vancouver//Paris//Thessaloniki
The FotoFilmic17 Traveling Exhibition’s roll-back-in-time itinerary will take the work of its 30 winners all the way to the origins across 4 world cities and as many nations: for this first time since its 2012 debut and following milestone presentations in Asia (Seoul, South Korea, FotoFilmic’15) and Australia (Melbourne, FotoFilmic’16), FotoFilmic will take its 30 final juried exhibitors across a longer 4-city itinerary spanning both the New World and the Old Continent rolling back in time from the west coast shores of Vancouver, Canada to New England’s Empire City New York, then across the Atlantic to the City of Lights Paris, France, and deep to the historical heart of Europe to Thessaloniki, Greece.
Jury
Larry Fink
is a professional photographer and teacher of over 55 years. He has been awarded two Guggenheim Fellowships and two National Endowment for the Arts. He has had one-man shows in the United States at the Museum of Modern Art, LACMA, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art and internationally at the Musée de l’Elysée in Switzerland, the Musée de la Photographie à Charleroi in France, the Andalusian Centre of Photography in Spain, and most recently the Musee de Arte Contemporaneo in Panama.
is a professional photographer and teacher of over 55 years. He has been awarded two Guggenheim Fellowships and two National Endowment for the Arts. He has had one-man shows in the United States at the Museum of Modern Art, LACMA, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art and internationally at the Musée de l’Elysée in Switzerland, the Musée de la Photographie à Charleroi in France, the Andalusian Centre of Photography in Spain, and most recently the Musee de Arte Contemporaneo in Panama.
Roger Ballen
is one of the most important photographers of his generation. He was born in New York in 1950 but has been living and working in South Africa for over 30 years. Over the past thirty years his distinctive style of photography has evolved using a simple square format in stark and beautiful black and white. In his earlier works his connection to the tradition of documentary photography is clear but through the 1990s he developed a style he describes as ‘ballenesque’.
is one of the most important photographers of his generation. He was born in New York in 1950 but has been living and working in South Africa for over 30 years. Over the past thirty years his distinctive style of photography has evolved using a simple square format in stark and beautiful black and white. In his earlier works his connection to the tradition of documentary photography is clear but through the 1990s he developed a style he describes as ‘ballenesque’.
Raymond Meeks
(Ohio, 1963) has been recognized for his books and pictures centered on family and place. In November 2014, a mid-career retrospective of his books was organized by Light Work in Syracuse, NY. The exhibition featured more than twenty books, including self-published works and numerous volumes from a variety of publishers.
(Ohio, 1963) has been recognized for his books and pictures centered on family and place. In November 2014, a mid-career retrospective of his books was organized by Light Work in Syracuse, NY. The exhibition featured more than twenty books, including self-published works and numerous volumes from a variety of publishers.
Barrie Mowatt
Visionary, Founder and Artistic Director of the Vancouver Biennale, a not-for-profit charitable organization, created in 2004, Barrie Mowatt has a history for initiating public and community projects and has been the recipient of several awards, including Business and Arts, the Friend in Deed Award & the Socially Conscious Entrepeneur of the Year Award. Philanthropist, educator, psychologist, entrepreneur, art collector, and former contemporary art dealer/gallerist, Barrie Mowatt has integrated his passion for education, learning, the Arts and community involvement into the creation of the Vancouver Biennale / the Biennale de Vancouver.
Visionary, Founder and Artistic Director of the Vancouver Biennale, a not-for-profit charitable organization, created in 2004, Barrie Mowatt has a history for initiating public and community projects and has been the recipient of several awards, including Business and Arts, the Friend in Deed Award & the Socially Conscious Entrepeneur of the Year Award. Philanthropist, educator, psychologist, entrepreneur, art collector, and former contemporary art dealer/gallerist, Barrie Mowatt has integrated his passion for education, learning, the Arts and community involvement into the creation of the Vancouver Biennale / the Biennale de Vancouver.
Valerie Cazin
Director Valerie Cazin has managed Galerie Binome since its launch in 2010. Located at the heart of Paris’ famed Marais historic art district just steps away from the Maison européenne de la photographie (MEP), Galerie Binome has quickly grown under Ms. Cazin stewardship into a most notable programming and presentation space of contemporary photography at the forefront of its many evolutions both in France and internationally.
Director Valerie Cazin has managed Galerie Binome since its launch in 2010. Located at the heart of Paris’ famed Marais historic art district just steps away from the Maison européenne de la photographie (MEP), Galerie Binome has quickly grown under Ms. Cazin stewardship into a most notable programming and presentation space of contemporary photography at the forefront of its many evolutions both in France and internationally.
Kosmas Pavlidis
is co-founder and academic director of Stereosis photography school. Stereosis, created at Thessaloniki Greece in 2004, on the education and promotion of contemporary photography. Its graduates include many emerging and awarded photographers internationally. Kosmas has more than 15 years of educative experience in the technical field, theory, history of photography and portfolio building and editing. Moreover ha has curated numerous group and solo exhibitions, projections and publications for emerging lens-based artists. At the same time he remains an active and passionate large format photographer and his photographs are part of several public and private collections.
is co-founder and academic director of Stereosis photography school. Stereosis, created at Thessaloniki Greece in 2004, on the education and promotion of contemporary photography. Its graduates include many emerging and awarded photographers internationally. Kosmas has more than 15 years of educative experience in the technical field, theory, history of photography and portfolio building and editing. Moreover ha has curated numerous group and solo exhibitions, projections and publications for emerging lens-based artists. At the same time he remains an active and passionate large format photographer and his photographs are part of several public and private collections.
Ashlyn Davis
is the Executive Director of Houston Center for Photography, a nonprofit offering year-round exhibitions, workshops, publications, community education programs, lectures, and classes. In her role at HCP, she is focused on balancing work by regional and internationally acclaimed emerging, mid-career, and established artists. Ashlyn is also the editor of SPOT, a bi-annual magazine about photography that includes artist portfolios, exhibition and book reviews, and interviews. In addition to her work at HCP, she is also a published writer and recently co-edited a book of 19th-century photographs, Islands of the Blest, now in its second edition. Ashlyn is interested in a broad range of photography, but is particularly passionate about work that intervenes in cultural or historical narratives in thoughtful ways.
is the Executive Director of Houston Center for Photography, a nonprofit offering year-round exhibitions, workshops, publications, community education programs, lectures, and classes. In her role at HCP, she is focused on balancing work by regional and internationally acclaimed emerging, mid-career, and established artists. Ashlyn is also the editor of SPOT, a bi-annual magazine about photography that includes artist portfolios, exhibition and book reviews, and interviews. In addition to her work at HCP, she is also a published writer and recently co-edited a book of 19th-century photographs, Islands of the Blest, now in its second edition. Ashlyn is interested in a broad range of photography, but is particularly passionate about work that intervenes in cultural or historical narratives in thoughtful ways.
Rewards
1st Place Award
$1 500 + By Buschlen Mowatt Nichol Foundation2nd Place Award
$500 + By BEAU Photo3rd Place
Lomography Camera Kit & ADOX Film Kit Prize4th & 5th Place
Honorable Mentions & ADOX Film Kit PrizesTimeline
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