17th Annual
INFOCUS Juried Exhibition 2013
The Palm Beach Photographic Centre proudly announces its 17th Annual INFOCUS Juried Exhibition, which will take place in our beautiful museum space in our new facility in downtown West Palm Beach. The INFOCUS exhibition will also be showcased in our website.
The exhibition is open to photographers world wide, both amateur and professional. Palm Beach Photographic Centre invites photographers working in all mediums and styles to participate. Experimental and mixed techniques are welcome. Those photographers wishing to exhibit, who are not currently INFOCUS members, must join by indicating their membership level on the entry form.
2013 INFOCUS Juried Exhibition Gallery
The Judge's selections have been made. Entrants who find any of their images in the gallery will be required to print, frame, and label their prints and submit them to PBPC by June 7, 2013 at 5pm.
CLICK HERE for Phase 2 framing requirements and printable labels.
CLICK HERE to see the 2013 selected images
Images are in alphabetic order by last name.
Exhibition Dates: June 19 - August 17, 2013
DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES
Entries for the INFOCUS Juried Exhibition must be submitted no later than April 26, 2013. A maximum of five images may be entered.
FEES
There is a non-refundable entry fee of $20 PER image submitted. A maximum of five images may be entered. Please make sure to include your membership fee if you aren’t a member, or if your membership has expired. Your membership must be active through August 17, 2013.
AWARDS
Best of Show: $950 Cash Award
Two Merit Awards: FREE Tuition for a FOTOfusion Passport or a Master Workshop of your choice.
JUROR
The juror for this year's exhibition: Raymond Gehman
RAYMOND GEHMAN has worked for National Geographic Society since 1986. With three cover photographs and numerous books and articles, he has been on assignment in Yellowstone, Wyoming’s Bighorn Country, Florida’s Sanibel Island Gulf Coast, the Canadian Rockies, the rain forests of Belize, Icelandic glaciers and icebergs, deep, dark Polish forests, and rural China during the People’s Republic 50th anniversary celebration. He has documented grizzly bears, the vanishing prairie dog and wetlands, the ecology of fire, the aftermath of hurricanes, hot pools, and nocturnal Apache ceremonial dancers. Previously, he studied fine arts photography at Northern Virginia Community College and earned a degree in photojournalism from the renowned School of Journalism at the University of Missouri, Columbia. He worked for 11 years as a newspaper photojournalist in Montana and Virginia. Recently he has concentrated on more personal digital artwork, turning the ordinary into the extraordinary by shooting everything from apples to oranges, flowers to flying light domes, and glass globes to transcendent trucks, and transforming these subjects into dazzling impressionistic imagery. In 2010 his work will be exhibited from Virginia to Houston to Colorado.
Important Dates
17th Annual INFOCUS Juried Exhibition CALENDAR
Exhibition Dates: June 19 - August 17, 2013
April 26 • Deadline for entries
May 3 • Notification of Juror's decision
June 7 until 5pm • Deadline for delivery of accepted artwork
June 19 • Exhibition Opening Reception
August 17 • Exhibition closes
August 19 - 23 • Photographers pick-up artwork
Phase 1: Submit Your Entries
NOTE: Nudes will not be accepted.
SUBMIT BY MAIL
Click the link below to download the entry form in Adobe Acrobat format. You may then mail the form to us along with a CD containing your entries. Please use the same file naming convention as for the online entry (see below).
> Mail-in form not available
SUBMIT ONLINE
Submissions can be made online via the instructions below.
Step 1: Please provide the following information in the entry form:
- Provide all the information requested in the entry form and submit payment.
- The entry fee is $20.00 per image submitted, up to 5 images.
- Your INFOCUS Membership MUST be good through August 17, 2013 or you will be required to renew your membership. You may choose to renew your membership while filling out the submission form.
>CLICK HERE to see the different membership options. You may purchase your membership while filling out the entry form here in step 1.
Step 2: Please follow these requirements when preparing your images for submission:
- Image metadata should contain proper Copyright and Title information as these will be used in the online gallery. Photoshop, Lightroom and other imaging applications allow the user to set this information.
- All images must be in JPG format.
- Image resolution 72 ppi and no more than 1200 pixels on the longest side.
- Individual files must not exceed 2000KB (2MB) in size.
- File names must be of the following format:
Your last name followed by the underscore character, first name followed by the underscore character, and the number of your entry to match the image titles you submitted in Step 1, entry form.
e.x.: doe_john_1.jpg doe_john_2.jpg etc. - File names must NOT contain spaces or any other punctuation characters other than dash or underscore: - and _
Any files not confroming to these specifications will not be accepted.
Entries are no longer being accepted.
Phase 2: Notification of Juror's Decision
You will be notified by May 4, 2013 of the juror's decision. If any of your entries are accepted, you will be asked to provide exhibition prints conforming to the specifications below. If none of your images are accepted, then you have nothing more to do.
EXHIBITION PRINTS
All images accepted for exhibition must be matted and framed in accordance with professional standards. The Centre recognizes that some work is non-traditional and incorporates the framing as an integral part of the presentation. To encourage participation by photographers from around the world, optional printing and framing services are available. Additional details will be provided upon request.
Framed matted artwork measuring more than 32" in any direction will not be accepted for exhibition. Framed artwork must not contain glass, only plexiglass or plastic is allowed. Images themselves must be under 28" in any direction. All artwork should be ready to install and be properly identified with the provided label securely attached. The Juror's decision is final. No substitutions will be granted.
Identification labels MUST be attached to your prints. You may download and print the labels below.
CLICK HERE to download INFOCUS Juried Print Labels 
DELIVERY & PICK-UP
Original artwork accepted for exhibition must be delivered no later than 5:00 pm on, June 7, 2013. After the show, artwork may be picked up between August 19-23, 2013 and no later than 5:00 pm, Friday, August 23, 2013.
SHIPPING REQUIREMENTS
Accepted photographers are responsible for all shipping arrangements and expenses. Round-trip shipping expenses must be prepaid. Those entries sent collect will not be accepted. Please allow two weeks for shipment. Artwork must be packed in reusable packing, and all packing material must be sufficient for safe return. Crates must be clearly and properly labeled for return shipment.
Please ship all materials to the following address:
PALM BEACH PHOTOGRAPHIC CENTRE
INFOCUS Juried Exhibition
415 Clematis Street
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
561.253-2600
INSURANCE
While caution will be exercised in the handling of accepted artwork, the Palm Beach Photographic Centre cannot assume liability for loss or damage caused by shipping or hand-delivery of artwork. It is the responsibility of the artist to provide adequate insurance coverage for their artwork.
AGREEMENT
The submission of works to this exhibition will constitute an agreement to all of the conditions in this prospectus. Please read the entire prospectus to familiarize yourself with the terms of agreement and important deadline information.
By entering the competition, the photographer grants the Palm Beach Photographic Centre permission to reproduce their artwork for publicity and/or educational purposes.