TPS 19: The International Competition Accepted Entries
Click Here to view a Gallery of the Accepted Entries.

Congratulations to the 51 artists whose work was selected for the exhibition. We had 184 photographers submit 1,206 images.

Katherine Ware post-jurying comments:
The Power of Two. I’m never sure if my selection for a juried competition is skewed by the submissions or by my own obsessions. This time, I notice a preponderance of twosomes: girl and iguana, couple on a couch, woman and dog, two ice cream chompers, framed picture and picture window, dual tree huggers, twinned lime shirts, branches and reflection. So in some cases, I also chose two images by some of the photographers in the group. It would have been fun to select the whole show that way, but there are too many good pictures and it was already an agony to have to leave out some of them due to space requirements.

Our world is made up of many duos, such as mother and child, infatuated lovers, aunt and uncle, us and them, you and me. There’s a natural bonding that we do and when we are alone we are wired to seek out another, whether human, animal, or spirit. It helps us survive, it makes us stronger by accepting interdependence, but sometimes it is also exclusionary. The pairs in this show are further doubled by the presence of the photographer (as Ansel Adams would remind us) and the viewer, who widen the circle. We are fortunate to live in a place founded on the power of plurality and differing points of view. It is the special gift of art to convey the diversity of human experience in ways that can touch us all.

~Katherine Ware

Please follow the directions for sending in your prints very carefully or we will not be able to exhibit your work.
If you have any problems or questions, please contact us. We look forward to an outstanding exhibition and will keep all informed about the exhibit. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

Sincerely,
D. Clarke Evans
Amber Gibson

TPS 19: The International Competition Calendar
October 4
Prints due in San Antonio, TX.

October 23
TPS 19: TIC opens at the A Smith Gallery in Johnson City, TX.

October 23
TPS 19: TIC Artist Receptionand Print Swap at the A Smith Gallery.

November 17
TPS 19: TIC closes in Johnson City, TX.

If Your Work is Accepted:

Please follow the directions for sending in your prints very carefully or we will not be able to exhibit your work.

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. Prints WITHOUT Return Postage will not be returned. We will not be accepting FedEx numbers because of reoccuring issues in the past. Prints will be returned in the container in which they were received. Do NOT frame the print.

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

5. When packing your print – Do NOT use Styrofoam peanuts or your box will be thrown away.

6. The print must reach us by October 4, 2010.

Send your print to:

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

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 matt board. 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 Not-For-Sale.

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

To view the accepted images, click here.

Juror's Pre-Jurying Comments:

What does the world look like through your eyes? It’s a tale no one else can tell. A well-crafted print of a compelling image that speaks of your unique perspective on the experience of being human is what will stop me in my tracks. It’s a tremendous accomplishment to strive for, and no easy assignment. Such a picture has the power to cross all sorts of boundaries, transcend intellectual communication, and connect you immediately and viscerally with your viewers. Hit me with your best shot!

Katherine Ware
Curator of Photography
New Mexico Museum of Art

About the Juror:
Katherine Ware, currently the curator of the New Mexico Museum of Art, Katherine began her career at the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. She has worked extensively with the photography collections at the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Oakland Museum in California. Ms. Ware has served as juror for numerous exhibitions in the United States and has published writings on Man Ray, L. Moholy-Nagy, Harry Callahan, Julien Levy, and Bauhaus photography, as well as on contemporary photography. After coming to the Philadelphia Museum of Art (one of the major, encyclopedic art museums in North America) at the end of 1999, she continued the Museum’s commitment to acquiring work by contemporary artists, particularly those working internationally. While exhibitions have been primarily collection-based - Harry Callahan, William Klein, Clarence John Laughlin, The Faceless Figure, Mavericks of Color, The Silver Garden- the Museum also hosted traveling shows and had a gallery dedicated to photography that may offer fresh opportunities.

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