Texas Photographic Society's
24th Annual Members' Only Show
To pay Members' Only Show Exhibition entry fees.
Download and fill out a PDF of Entry Form here.

Amateur and professional photographers are invited to submit digital files of their color and black and white works to the Texas Photographic Society (TPS) by April 12, 2010. The exhibit will open at the Martin Museum of Art at Baylor University June 8, 2010. A color catalogue of the exhibition will be printed and sent to all entrants, select museum curators and photography magazines. Accepted entrants receive three catalogues.

As a special offer from TPS, new members will receive a $10 discount when entering the contest.

Jurors' Statement
When I was younger, I wondered why anyone would feel compelled to write when they could photograph. My stance has softened somewhat over the years but I still appreciate the magical and transcendent work of photographers like Henri Cartier-Bresson, Ernst Haas and Robert Frank, the spontaneous street photography of Helen Levitt and the starkness of a Walker Evans’ landscape.

Dr. Clark Baker
Chair, Department of Jounalism, Baylor University

As an artist I am interested in the broad contemporary discourse that photography provides and as a viewer and juror, I look for images that ask me to participate and to engage in that visual dialogue in a new way. I look for work that touches my senses and tests my understanding; strong, articulate photographs that compel me to seek and consider another’s vision, to be informed by beauty and truth, challenged or transformed. We know the iconic images and I search for a unique vision and inquiry as the practice of photography evolves.

Susan Mullally
Assistant Professor of Art, Baylor University

Thank you Texas Photographic Society, for giving me this opportunity to look at some of the best work being produced in photography today. When I begin the difficult task of narrowing my selection I will look for images that possess the visual power to engage me viscerally, intellectually and/or emotionally.

Susan Dunkerley Maguire
Assistant Professor of Art, Baylor University

About the Jurors

Clark Baker serves as associate professor and chair of the Department of Journalism at Baylor University where he teaches media photography, the history of photography and documentary methods. He holds the MA in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin and the PhD in Mass Communication from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. Documentary photography is his primary focus and he is particularly interested in topics that contain strong spiritual and social content as evidenced by his grant-supported documentary work on the fair trade movement and the social landscape of the American South. His photographic work is featured in Rock Beneath the Sand: Country Churches in Texas published by Texas A&M Press.

Susan Mullally’s work addresses ideas of class, race, value, ownership, cultural identification and faith. Her current work What I Keep, has won awards and recognition in national and international exhibitions. Mullally’s portfolio was recently selected for publication in Portfolio Showcase Vol. #3 by Stella Kramer for the Center for Fine Art Photography and received a top award at the 6th Photographic Image Biennial Exhibition at the Jenkins Fine Art Center, East Carolina University, juried by Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison. This year her work was included in the Kentucky National 2009 Exhibition of Contemporary Art, juried by Mark Masuoka Chief Curator of the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art and The Biennial Bailout at the Golden Belt Gallery, Raleigh, NC, curated by Elin O'Hara Slavik. Her work was also seen in the 2009 Perspective Exhibition, Center for Fine Art Photography. In February 2009, What I Keep was exhibited as a solo exhibition with a panel discussion at Christopher Newport University.
In 2010, What I Keep is scheduled for exhibition at the Louise Jones Brown Gallery at Duke University, the Robeson Gallery at Penn State and the Fine Arts Gallery at Guilford College. Mullally also participated in the national juried review, PhotoAlliance, in SF and looks forward to a three-month residency at The Beijing Studio Center this summer. www.susanmullally.com.

Susan Dunkerley Maguire was born in Galveston, Texas and grew up in Columbia, Missouri. She studied at Pratt Institute (MFA), and at the University of Missouri – Columbia (BFA, BS ed.). Susan lives in Waco, TX where she is an associate professor, teaching in the department of art at Baylor University. Susan Dunkerley Maguire’s photographs have been published and exhibited nationally and in Europe. She is known for her black and white photographs documenting temporary collages and sets she constructs in her studio windows. More recently, Susan has expanded her practice to include mixed media installation and works on sandblasted glass. Dunkerley’s photographs have been recognized with a number of awards, including a Fellowship from Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA, and the Carol Crow Memorial Fellowship Award from the Houston Center for Photography. Her photographs are represented in many private and public collections, including the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Calendar of Events 2010

April 12
Entries due in San Antonio

April 14
Entries sent to Waco

April 29
Entries back from Waco

April 30
Notice of accepted entries posted online and mailed to accepted entrants

May 24
Prints due in San Antonio

June 08
Show opens at Martin Museum of Art at Baylor University

July 10
Show closes at Martin Museum of Art at Baylor University


Prizes

Cash Awards

• First Place $ 750


• Second Place $ 350


• Third Place $ 200


• Honorable Mentions $100 each for up to five.


• Each entrant will receive a color exhibition catalog.


• Each exhibitor will receive 3 catalogs.

You must be a current member of TPS to enter the show. If you are not a member of TPS, you may still join TPS for an additional $35 and enter the show. Enclose one check to cover the entry fee of $25 plus $5 for each image over five and membership fee if joining TPS. Photographers may
enter up to 10 images.

When emailing digital files:
1. Files should be 1000 pixels in the longest dimension saved in the JPEG format on high quality setting (not maximum). Images should be sampled at 72ppi and saved in the sRGB color space.

2. Label each file with consecutive numbers followed by your name. ie 1SamJones, 2SamJones. Also, from a networking standpoint, do not use spaces in the title of the JPEG (use underscores if needed) and limit to only alpha-numeric characters (do not use :.:’”/?}{()[ ]+-=*&^ %$#@!.).

3. In the body of an email, number each image so that it matches the above numbering system. For each image, provide: the Title, process, image size, and the sale price. Images without a sale price will be considered not-for-sale. Include a Visa or Mastercard number with the expiration date, 3 digit security code, your name. address, city, state, zip code, and telephone number.

4. If you chose, you may send the credit card info from our secure website: www.texasphoto.org.

5. Email files to Shows@texasphoto.org.

When sending digital files on a CD:
1. Files should be 1000 pixels in the longest dimension saved in the JPEG format on high quality setting (not maximum). Images should be sampled at 72ppi and saved in the sRGB color space.

2. Label each file with consecutive numbers followed by your name. ie 1AmyJones, 2AmyJones.

3. Fill out Entry & Membership Form and List of Entries form. Make certain that numbers and titles on forms match those on the CD. Mail payment, CD, entry form, and one SASE for return of CD to the address below. This is due by April 12, 2010.

Send to:
Texas Photographic Society
6338 N. New Braunfels # 174
San Antonio TX 78209

Note: For this competition, we are only accepting digital files for jurying.


Additional Information

Sales
TPS encourages the sale of exhibited photographs. The commission charged will be 50% of the sales price. Print your name, address, telephone numbers (work and home), and sales amount on the back of each print accepted. If your print is Not-For-Sale (NFS) state so, but list a dollar amount for insurance. If you do not list a dollar amount, the art work will be listed as NFS.

Liability
TPS will exercise all due care in handling prints, but will not be responsible for loss or damage or replacement. Please submit duplicate prints.

Reproduction
TPS retains the right to display, project and reproduce work accepted for this exhibition for publicity and promotional purposes only. Individual photographers retain Copyrights to their individual works.

Eligibility
The exhibition is open to all internationally who are members of TPS. You may join TPS and enter the show. Entries must not have been exhibited previously in a TPS show and must have been taken within the last five years. Because of gallery limitations, three-dimensional work cannot be accepted.

If your work is accepted
1. Send one exhibition print for each accepted photograph.

2. Prints must be mounted and overmatted using white matte board 16"x 20" with at least 2" of border showing on all sides of the print. Maximum print size is 12"x16". Smaller prints, 3"x5" for example, are acceptable as long as they are mounted and overmatted to the 16"x20" size.

3. Include return postage for prints to be shipped back to you after the exhibition. Most include a check for $15 which would include shipping and $300 insurance. Prints WITHOUT postage will not be returned. Prints will be returned in the container in which they were received. Do NOT use peanuts when shipping.

4. Send $5 for each print accepted to defray exhibition expense.

5. Do NOT frame the print – TPS frames each print.

6. The print must reach us by May 24, 2010.

Send your print to:
Texas Photographic Society 6338 N. New Braunfels # 174
San Antonio TX 78209
Questions? Call Clarke at 210-824-4123