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37th Annual Frederick Camera Clique
 Juried Exhibition

Winners

The Frederick Camera Clique is pleased to announce the 37th Annual Summer Juried Exhibit, which will be on display at the Hodgson Gallery at Frederick Community College in Frederick, MD.  Entries may include the full range of photography including landscape, cityscape, architecture, travel, people, street, sports, macro, abstract, fine art, figure, composites, wildlife from insects to elephants to birds to fish to frogs, and pretty much anything else you can put in front of your lens. There are no exclusions as to the type of photography that may be entered.

WHEN:

Submissions Accepted May 1 – May 31, 2023

The exhibition will be on display at the Hodgson Gallery at Frederick Community College from July 15 through September 6, 2023.

 

 Click here to see last year’s winners

AWARDS:

  • Best in Show $300

  • Best Color Image $200

  • Best Monochrome Image $200

  • Category 1st Place People, Places, Things $150 each

  • Honorable Mention Awards may be made at the juror’s discretion

  • People’s Choice Award $75 – voting occurs at the opening reception

    Winners of all awards and prizes will be highlighted in a special showcase on our website.

Winners of all awards and prizes will be highlighted in a special showcase on our website.

OUR JUROR, Mehves Lelic:

Mehves Lelic is an Istanbul-born, Maryland-based artist, curator and educator. She holds a BA from the University of Chicago and an MFA in Photography from Bard College. She has been awarded the National Geographic Expeditions Council Fellowship, the Faith Flanagan Fellowship, and the American Association of Museum Curators Conference Fellowship. She currently serves as Curator at the Academy Art Museum in Easton, Maryland, where she has curated over 15 exhibitions, including Miro in New York, 1947: Miro, Hayter and Atelier 17; Mary Cassatt: Labor and Leisure; the Movable Image: Video Art by Shala Miller, Rachel Schmidt and Collis/Donadio; Hoesy Corona: Terrestrial Caravan; Antonio McAfee: Legacy; Norma Morgan: Enchanted World; and the upcoming In Praise of Shadows: Modern and Contemporary Art in Dialogue with Jun'ichiro Tanizaki, and Quietude: Giorgio Morandi. Her work has been published and exhibited internationally.

SUBMISSION RULES:

  • Submitted photos must be the original work taken at any time by the photographer identified on the entry.

  • Photos that have been accepted into this show in previous years may not be entered into this competition.

  • Photos will be submitted in digital form but may be digital or film in origin.

  • Images should not be watermarked in order to protect the anonymity of the photographer during the jurying process.

  • No distinction will be made between altered or unaltered photos.  Any in-camera, computer, app, or darkroom-based image manipulation is acceptable.

  • When entering dimensions of the work, please submit only images which, when printed for display, will be no wider than 30”.  Images may be taller than 30”.

  • All decisions by the juror and exhibition management are final and binding.

HOW TO ENTER:

  1. There is a limit of six (6) images per photographer.

  2. Please prepare your images per the guidelines in #4 below prior to starting the application process.

  3. Images should contain no watermarks or copyright information that may identify the photographer on the photo itself.

  4. Images must be submitted in jpg format with a long side dimension of 1200 pixels.  It is recommended that files be at least 300KB but no larger than 1MB in size.  It is also recommended that the files be saved using the sRGB color space. 

  5. When saving files, please name them in this manner:  Last_First_1.jpg, Last_First_2.jpg.  Example:  Miller_Cam_1.jpg, Miller_Cam_2.jpg.

  6. Assistance in resizing files to meet these guidelines is available by emailing cam.miller@comcast.net; she will be happy to help.

  7. All photographs should have a title, which does not need to be part of the filename, but is entered into the title field in the entry system.

  8. All work may be offered for sale.  Please determine a price for the piece, keeping in mind that Frederick Community College will collect a 25% commission if the piece sells.  If you do not want it to be for sale, please state the price as NFS.

  9. The cost per image entered is $6 for Frederick Camera Clique Members, active military, and students, and $10 for non-members.  Payment is collected via the online entry system.

  10. If you'd like to join the Frederick Camera Clique before submitting an entry, you may do so by visiting our membership page and signing up.

  11. Acceptance notices will be sent out via email on or about June 15.

WHAT HAPPENS IF MY WORK IS ACCEPTED?

IIf your work is accepted for the show, you will receive a detailed email about how to prepare your image for display in the show, including how and when to deliver it prior to July 13.

Opening of Show, Reception, and Announcement of Prize Winners

The show will open on Saturday, July 15, with a reception at 5 pm at the Hodgson Gallery on the campus of Frederick Community College.  The juror will make remarks regarding the jury process and image selection, as well as announce the awards.  Winners of all awards and prizes will be contacted via email prior to the reception so that they may make a special effort to attend, and their winning images will be posted after the reception as part of the website showcase.  Award winners who are not present at the reception will receive their checks in the mail.

GET STARTED:

You can submit your entries online with our entry system below. If you have any questions regarding the entry process, please contact info@frederickcameraclique.org