1st Annual Competition
Get your creative juices flowing. It’s all about your visual brain. The photographer with the fastest glass and best
optics isn’t allowed in this competition. This is about using the most basic tools and creating. We want you to
have that feeling-the one that made you feel all warm and fuzzy about photography in the first place.
The Rules
1. The camera must have a plastic lens or a pinhole.
2. See Rule 1.
The Price of Submission and Submission Dates
1. $5 per image. You can submit any number of images.
2. All submissions must be received at ArtsEye / Photographic Works by Friday April 17, 2009
How to Submit
Submissions sent via our website
Submission details coming soon.
Drop it off, mail it or ship it
Send us a print. Prints should be no larger than 11x14. The quality of the print really matters to the judges.
A good print doesn’t mean really expensive.
We do not return the prints. They become part of the Curious Camera permanent collection.
If you really really want your print back check out our website and we’ll tell you what to do.
Judging, Winners, and Prizes
The winners will be announced April 21, 2009 on our website. The winners will be notified via email.
There will be a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winner. As well as a prize for “Most Curious Camera.” See below for prizes.
Curious Camera Gallery Show and Artist Reception
All submissions will be displayed at ArtsEye from April 24th through July 19, 2009. The prints will be
displayed in the gallery and the work sent via our website will be displayed using a digital projector.
The artist reception will be Saturday April 25th 6-9pm at ArtsEye.
Prizes
1st Place
- a very cool 1st place trophy
- a brand new Diana+ Camera
- a framed print of your winning entry,
which will hang in ArtsEye during the
Curious Camera gallery event
2nd Place
- a cool 2nd place trophy
- a brand new “Gold” Holga 120N camera
- a framed print of your winning entry,
which will hang in ArtsEye during the
Curious Camera gallery event
3rd Place
- a brand new Black Holga 120N camera
- a framed print of your winning entry,
which will hang in ArtsEye during the
Curious Camera gallery event
Most Curious Camera
- a cool “Most Curious Camera” trophy
- a brand new Holga 120CFN
camera w/ color wheel
- bragging rights for an entire year
A trophy as a prize? Why?
We decided to give a trophy to our winners because we thought it was
kind of funny. When the idea came up there was some complaining that
in high school, trophies were only given out to jocks. As photographers there
was no memento of our talent and skill. So we, at Curious Camera, decided to
fill that emotional void and will be presenting trophies to all our winners.
Insider Information
The people at the trophy shop - yes there are places that sell just trophies - searched
their catalogs to find a camera trophy. No such luck. We also searched the Internet;
and still nothing. We even had an idea that we might modify a trophy in some way. Okay-
we were going to glue a camera on top. But we thought it was a waste of a perfectly good
camera. In the end we found what we think is a very “smart” trophy, which we will have engraved with the Curious Camera logo and other appropriate information.
Get your creative juices flowing. It’s all about your visual brain. The photographer with the fastest glass and best
optics isn’t allowed in this competition. This is about using the most basic tools and creating. We want you to
have that feeling-the one that made you feel all warm and fuzzy about photography in the first place.
The Rules
1. The camera must have a plastic lens or a pinhole.
2. See Rule 1.
The Price of Submission and Submission Dates
1. $5 per image. You can submit any number of images.
2. All submissions must be received at ArtsEye / Photographic Works by Friday April 17, 2009
How to Submit
Submissions sent via our website
Submission details coming soon.
Drop it off, mail it or ship it
Send us a print. Prints should be no larger than 11x14. The quality of the print really matters to the judges.
A good print doesn’t mean really expensive.
We do not return the prints. They become part of the Curious Camera permanent collection. If you really really want your print back check out our website and we’ll tell you what to do.
Judging, Winners, and Prizes
The winners will be announced April 21, 2009 on our website. The winners will be notified via email.
There will be a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winner. As well as a prize for “Most Curious Camera.” See below for prizes.
Curious Camera Gallery Show and Artist Reception
All submissions will be displayed at ArtsEye from April 24th through July 19, 2009. The prints will be
displayed in the gallery and the work sent via our website will be displayed using a digital projector.
The artist reception will be Saturday April 25th 6-9pm at ArtsEye.
Prizes
1st Place- a very cool 1st place trophy
- a brand new Diana+ Camera
- a framed print of your winning entry,
which will hang in ArtsEye during the
Curious Camera gallery event
2nd Place
- a cool 2nd place trophy
- a brand new “Gold” Holga 120N camera
- a framed print of your winning entry,
which will hang in ArtsEye during the
Curious Camera gallery event
3rd Place
- a brand new Black Holga 120N camera
- a framed print of your winning entry,
which will hang in ArtsEye during the
Curious Camera gallery event
Most Curious Camera
- a cool “Most Curious Camera” trophy
- a brand new Holga 120CFN
camera w/ color wheel
- bragging rights for an entire year
A trophy as a prize? Why?
We decided to give a trophy to our winners because we thought it was
kind of funny. When the idea came up there was some complaining that
in high school, trophies were only given out to jocks. As photographers there
was no memento of our talent and skill. So we, at Curious Camera, decided to
fill that emotional void and will be presenting trophies to all our winners.
Insider Information
The people at the trophy shop - yes there are places that sell just trophies - searched
their catalogs to find a camera trophy. No such luck. We also searched the Internet;
and still nothing. We even had an idea that we might modify a trophy in some way. Okay-
we were going to glue a camera on top. But we thought it was a waste of a perfectly good
camera. In the end we found what we think is a very “smart” trophy, which we will have engraved with the Curious Camera logo and other appropriate information.