“unique: alternative processes”
Photography started as a chemical experiment. However, the acknowledged inventor of the process, Thomas Wedgwood, was the son and grandson of famous English potters. His entire life he was surrounded by artists, creators. Wedgwoods pals were William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. So, it is not unusual or unexpected that creative folks have taken his work and run with it. For many photographers it’s about the camera, for others it’s about what can be birthed once it leaves the thing and for others it is the possibility of making images that are miraculous orphans.
Any unique handmade prints are eligible. Eligible prints include but are not limited to cyanotype, lumens, Van Dyke, salt, chemigram, tintype, bromoil, gum bichromate, platinum/palladium, photogravure, albumen, liquid emulsion, ziatype, image transfers, kallitypes, lith prints, silver gelatin prints, encaustic and mordoncage. Unique prints made from digital negatives are eligible. The camera used for capture is immaterial. Creativity is encouraged….
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ASG has partnered with Creek Road Homestead in Dripping Springs, Texas to exhibit the “unique: alternative process” exhibition. The exhibition will be hanging at Creek Road Homestead from April 25 to May 31, 2025. There will be a reception on May 17 during the Dripping Springs Art League’s studio tour.
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JURORS | Amanda Smith and Kevin Tully, ASG directors along with DorRae Stevens of Creek Road Homestead will be the jurors for “unique: alternative processes”.
Amanda Smith has a thirty year background as a photographer. She was an active board member of the Texas Photographic Society for fifteen years. Her work is in institutional and private collections across the country. She has been a juror for numerous exhibitions including All About Photo, High and Dry, Analogue Forever, Dodho magazine, Lamar University Alumni Art Exhibition, Texas Photographic Society and Critical Mass. Her body of work “LuLu’s Dreams” recently received a Julia Margaret Cameron honorable mention in the storytelling category.
Kevin Tully is a photographer, designer and artist. He has over thirty-five years of experience as a landscape designer, furniture designer, fine art painter and photographer. Kevin has been a juror for numerous local exhibitions as well as international exhibitions including All About Photo, High and Dry, Analogue Forever, Dodho magazine and Lamar University Alumni Art Exhibition.
DorRae Stevens photographic journey began as a portrait photographer. Her interest has now turned to many Antiquarian processes including wet plate collodion, encaustic, cyanotype and lumen printing. She and her husband, Bobby, have converted the old horse barn on their homestead into Creek Road Homestead, a place for other creatives to work, rest and rejuvenate.
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SUBMISSION | Guidelines: Digital images should be up to 1800 pixels on the longest side saved in JPEG format at 72 ppi. Each image should be labeled with consecutive numbers followed by your name, i.e. 1FirstName_LastName.jpg. The number should correspond with the number on the application form. Please do not watermark your images. If you need help sizing your images, please follow this link https://convert.town/image-dpi
SUBMISSION | Online: Fill out our online application to apply, send images, and make payment with Paypal. You will receive an email confirmation upon receiving the submission and payment. You can also fill and submit the online application, print out your confirmation email, and mail it with a check for your fees to the address below. Please note that gallery emails often end up in shttps://asmithgallery.com/application/pam folders. Please check your spam if you did not receive a confirmation email.
SUBMISSION | Entry Fee: $40 for the first 5 images, $5 per each additional image. There is no limit to the number of images you may submit. Submission fees are not refundable.
SUBMISSION | Entry Reviews: Photographers submitting 13 or more images are entitled to receive a complimentary review by the gallery directors. Photographers that enter less than 13 images, can receive a review for an additional $20. All reviews will be 30 minutes and typically scheduled a week after the exhibition results are announced. Reviews can be either live at Creek Road Homestead on May 17 or via Zoom on March 18 and 19. (Other dates for the Zoom reviews can be arranged if there are scheduling conflicts.)
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ELIGIBILITY | The competition is open to all photographers both professional and amateur working in all photographic mediums and styles. International entries are welcomed. Work that has been previously exhibited in an A Smith Gallery competition is not eligible. We prefer not to accept images created with Artificial Intelligence at the present time due to the lack of clarity concerning copyright issues and the ongoing litigation associated with them.
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ONLINE EXHIBITION and CATALOGUE | Jurors will be selecting up to 47 images in total. All artist included will receive the following:
1. The gallery will be featuring each of the images on both Facebook and Instagram over the span of the exhibition.
2. Gallery Directors will be hosting a GalleryTalk and will discuss all images. The GalleryTalk will be posted in the blog section of the website.
3. The gallery online store will include all images listed for sale.
4. An exhibition catalogue including all images will be published and available for purchase.
5. The online exhibition as well as the GalleryTalk will be permanently archived after the end of the exhibition period.
EXHIBITION AT CREEK ROAD HOMESTEAD | The physical exhibition of images at Creek Road Homestead will be from April 25 to May 31, 2025 with a reception on May 17 (time to be determined).
“THE 27” HARDBOUND EXHIBITION BOOK | 27 images from the total images selected will be included in “The 27”, a hardbound fine art book of the exhibition. “The 27” will be available for purchase. Both the Juror and Director Award recipients will receive the hardbound exhibition book.
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NOTIFICATIONS | All photographers who have submitted an entry will receive an email notification of the juror’s selection as well as confirmation of your entry being received. Confirmation emails are sent directly from the gallery directors and may take a few hours to be sent. Please note that gallery emails often end up in spam folders. Please check your spam if you did not receive a confirmation email. If concerned, please email amanda@asmithgallery.com.
AWARDS | The awards are as follows:
Jurors Award – an online solo exhibition, “The 27” exhibition book and feature story on the gallery blog
Directors Award – “The 27” exhibition book and a feature story on the gallery blog
Visitors Award (most Instagram likes) – $100
The solo exhibition awarded as the Juror and Director Awards will be scheduled at a mutually agreed time for the duration of a month.
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SALES | The gallery has an online store and will include all images from the exhibition. The gallery will retain 30% of the sales price. When a print sells, there are two options. First, the artist may ship a signed print directly to the buyer. Or the gallery will print the image for the artist. Please see Printing Services for details.
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USE RIGHTS | Photographers retain full rights to their own images. The gallery will use the photographer’s images for publicity purposes as well as on line gallery, online store, exhibition catalogue and “The 27” exhibition book.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION | amanda@asmithgallery.com