CLOSED | Call for Entry: Online Group Exhibition - "Expressing the Internal: The Self beyond the Selfie” July 2022
“Portrait of Myself in my Sunday Suit” by Max Kellenberger
We are excited to announce that our July 2022 online group exhibition, “Expressing the Internal: The Self beyond the Selfie,” is being curated by writer and curator for Analog Forever Magazine, Niniane Kelley! The deadline for submissions is June 30th, 2022. To enter, all you need to do is read and respond to the following prompt with your analog photography. The best of these images will be showcased in an online show, beginning July 18th, 2022. Good luck!
Prompt: Take a peek into most anyone's cell phone camera roll and you're likely to find dozens, if not hundreds, of images that person has made of themselves. This urge to document one's self is certainly not a new one, technological changes have simply made it easier than ever to document every aspect of our lives, from fleeting moments to monumental occasions. We have an impulse to provide evidence of our individual experience, to declare “I am me and I was here.”
502 years before some Australian guys coined the term “selfie,” Albrecht Durer painted a compelling portrait with a penetrating gaze, one of the earliest examples of self-portraiture in the canon of Western Art. Durer's “Self Portrait at 28” is more than just a depiction of his face, there is something psychologically intriguing about the way he stares back at us from darkness of the canvas. From this point in the early Renaissance we see artists turning towards the self, allowing the individual ego to express inner thoughts and feelings through the vehicle of their external likeness. From Rembrandt to Frida Kahlo to Cindy Sherman, there is a rich and varied history of the use of self-portraiture as a vehicle for expression of the inner self.
How do you use self-representation as a mode of personal expression? How can you portray your intangible thoughts and feelings in a representative medium? Is it possible to make a self-portrait without the bodily self? I look forward to hearing your answers.
Deadline for Submissions is June 30th, 2022
About the Curator
Niniane Kelley is a fine art photographer living and working in San Francisco and Lake County, California. A native of the Bay Area, she is a San Jose State University graduate, earning a BFA in Photography in 2008.
Drawn to photography for both the immediacy of the image making process and the intrinsic alchemy of the darkroom ritual, she crafts the majority of her imagery using traditional 19th century processes which give each piece its own unique character.
She teaches workshops in the Bay Area and surrounding environs. She most recently worked as a photographer and manager at San Francisco’s tintype portrait studio, Photobooth.
Connect with Niniane Kelley on her Website and on Instagram!
Submission Guidelines:
Image Specifications:
1) Only .jpg files will be accepted.
2) Images must be 1500px on the shortest side at 72dpi.
3) No photo-shopped borders or watermarks.
4) Only one image may be submitted.
5) Image must be named in the following format: “FirstNameLastName1.jpg”, etc.
Email Specifications:
1) The subject line of your email should state: "Submission: Expressing the Internal”
2) Please ATTACH your images to the email NOT INSIDE the email. Do not embed them. Do not attach a google drive or dropbox link.
3) Include your information in the format requested (see below).
4) Format Request: “Title” by Your Name | Camera + Film, Process - Your URL
Send your submission to submissions@analogforevermagazine.com by June 30th, 2022.
Note: Due to the large number of submissions we receive, you may not receive a response. Though we try our best to respond to everyone, we do not guarantee a response. Thank you for understanding.
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