Photography Competitions

I've had a couple of hectic days getting ready to submit gelatin silver prints into various art auctions and competitions.  I finally got in to the KVIE Art Auction this year and submitted White House, Canyon de Chelly.  The last couple of years I didn't find out about this event soon enough.  Just made the deadline on this one.  It will now be juried to see if it makes it into the live auction or the silent auction.  That event isn't until September and I need to deliver my framed image before July 1st.

Then my photographer friend Jim happened to mention on Thursday that the deadline for the Placer Arts League deadline for their open juried art show was Friday.  I had received an email for that event, but got so wrapped up in the State Fair competition I totally blew it off.  I picked two gelatin silver prints I had printed last year from my Gladding McBean series and turned those in yesterday.

Thursday night my granddaughter and I went to the Auburn Art Walk.  That was pretty exciting.  First of all we went to City Hall where the Mountain Quarries RR Bridge photography show was.  There were quite a few entries.  My images did not receive any recognition!  Then we headed down to Lincoln Street and I ran into several of my fellow High Hand Gallery artists.  One of them was showing at the Club Car and he had already sold three paintings!!  Good for him.  The showing at the Placer Arts Building was "Under 30" and there were many great pieces of art work.  Young people are so imaginable and ingenious!  Loved it.

On Thursday morning I did cut those mats for the four gelatin silver prints I'm taking to the High Hand Gallery next week and framed them.   I'm completely out of white 4-ply mat board and will need to purchase more.  But right now, I am so done! ; )

"It is so much harder to make a good black and white photograph than a color one."