Here is yet another great Holga show to check out if you are in the Chicago area!
Friday, October 12, 2012 to Sunday, October 28, 2012
The
Chicago Photography Center proudly presents Chicago Does Holga
exhibition, a collection of outstanding images created by nationally
renowned photographers, including Chicago Holga Artist Jerry Cargill,
who use the Holga camera as their artistic outlet.
I loved Chicago when I visited there briefly, and so did my Holga. Some of my favorite shots ever were taken there:
Also, as part of the Holga 30th Anniversary celebration, I have a brief cameo in this video - I am excited to be included, and a part of such a great community - Long live Holga!
If you are in New York or San Francisco, be sure to catch the Holga 30th Anniversary Exhibition! I would love to be there of course, but they are both just a bit too far away from me. NY would be possible but the timing doesn't work for me. You may see me make a video appearance though! :)
2nd Annual International Call for Entry Photography Competition
Deadline August 17, 2012
Juror: Michael Kenna
Our 2nd Annual Holga Out of the Box call for entry is now under way with renowned photographer Michael Kenna as the juror. Show us your best Holga image. Out of the box refers to creativity - not modifications. It is open to amateur and professional photographers around the globe that use a Holga camera or an element of it. Holga Out of the Box opens October 5 and continues through November 30, 2012 here at TCC PHOTO |GALLERY located at 207 N. Center St., Longview, TX 75601. Michael Kenna said this about the Holga, “It has been liberating to snap away with plastic Holgas - they are fun and whimsical - perfect antidotes to ponderous, previsualization! I have used sturdy, predictable and professional Hasselblad cameras for almost three decades now - but, they don't fit into pockets easily. I often take along Holgas as more easy going companions. In our current, instant gratification digital world, they keep us guessing, which seems to me to be a good thing. I heartily recommend occasionally leaving behind your usual equipment of choice - have a date with Holga - you just never know what you'll discover together.” Mr. T. M. Lee invented the Holga 30 years ago this October. Did you know they now sell at least 200,000 Holgas around the world each year, but it did not start out that way. Luckily for Holga some Austrian photographers got a hold of a couple of Holgas and held an exhibition. Everyone fell in love with the images the plastic camera produced. I'd love to know who those photographers are. Read more about Holga's 30th Celebration here: http://www.hktdc.com/info/mi/a/hkti/en/1X07WR6L/1/Hong-Kong-Trader-International-Edition/Vintage-View.htm I am thrilled that the Holga Out of the Box exhibition coincides with Holgaʼs 30th Anniversary celebration.
Deadline Deadline for Holga Out of the Box call for entry is August 17, 2012. Entry Fees The entry fee of $35 for up to 5 images. Photographers may enter up to 10 images only at $5 each additional. Prizes Holga Out of the Box exhibit will consist of 25 prints in the physical gallery with an additional 25 images included in the online gallery, totaling 50 images selected. Best of Show - $500 plus a Holga TLR 2nd Place -" $250 plus a Holga N 3rd Place -" $150 plus a Holga N About TCC PHOTO | GALLERY We are the only fine art photography gallery in North East Texas, specifically in Longview, TX. TCC was first a commercial studio, then in 2006 we opened the gallery with the inaugural exhibit of Muhammad Ali, photographs by Sonia Katchian. We were the first US gallery to host the Holga Inspire exhibit in 2009. We have also shown, Dan Burkholder, Dennis Fagan, O. Rufus Lovett, Scott C. Campbell, Blue Earth Alliance photographers, Polly Chandler, Mary Ann Lynch, Laura Pickett Calfee, Pat Brown, Danea Males, TCC, Orville Robertson, John Wrather, Tami Bone, Texas Photographic Society and Susan Burnstine.
LightBox is pleased to announce the call for submissions for the
third annual Plastic Fantastic Show. We wish to stay true to pure film
photography using plastic, pinhole, box or homemade cameras. No digital
photography will be considered. LightBox appreciates photographic images
made with plastic “toy” cameras and established this show to celebrate
the gallery’s anniversary every year!
LightBox is very honored to have Susan Burnstine
as juror once again for the Plastic Fantastic Show. Susan is an award
winning professional fine art photographer based in Los Angeles who
builds homemade cameras and lenses primarily made out of plastic,
vintage camera parts and random household objects. Susan is represented
in galleries across the world, her images are mesmerizing and
dreamlike, using film with the purity of the process as a vital element,
without relying on digital processing.
This is our 4th annual Curious Camera competition, and we thought we
would add to our event. In addition to pinhole and plastic cameras, we
have added vintage, instant and phone photography. The idea behind
Curious Camera is that it's a photographic playground for us all. Let's
have some fun.
