Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
http://www.flickr.com/groups/streetorstudio/
They're doing it again, asking for submissions to be included in their photobook for the 'Street or Studio' portrait exhibition that is running from 22nd May til 31st August.
If you want to submit up to 2 photos, you can join the flickr group and upload them (they ask for you to map where they were taken first), by the 27th July. 100 people will be picked to be in the book.
From the group:
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Street & Studio: A History of Urban Photography at (Tate Modern 22 May – 31 August 2008) presents a history of photographic portraiture: taken on the street or in the photographer’s studio.
It contrasts carefully orchestrated studio shots with images captured in the changing and uncontrollable street, highlighting the crossovers between the genres and their influence on each other.
SUBMITTING YOUR PHOTOGRAPH
To submit a photograph to the exhibition, simply join this group and contribute your photograph anytime until 27 July 2008.
You can add up to 2 photos to the group.
How do I submit my photograph?
Submissions to the group are moderated, so it may take up to a day for your photograph to appear in the group.
BEFORE YOU ADD YOUR PHOTOGRAPH
• Your photograph must be an urban portrait, so it must contain at least one figure.
• It can be a posed 'studio' portrait or a snatched 'street' snapshot (or of course a posed shot on the street, or a studio shot made to look spontaneous etc - you get the idea).
We encourage you to also mark the location that your photograph was taken using Flickr’s 'Place this photo on a map' feature.
DISPLAY ONLINE AND AT TATE MODERN
This group's photographs will be displayed on a screen at Tate Modern. The photographs will also be on the exhibition website on Tate Online.
STREET OR STUDIO: THE USER-GENERATED PHOTOBOOK
In the final weeks of the exhibition, 100 photographs will be chosen to form a book – Street or Studio.
A panel of curators, artists, photographers and others will select the 100 photographs. These 100 photographs will then be a slideshow on the screen in the gallery, and also be archived on Tate Online as part of the exhibition's website. The book will be produced by Blurb, and if your photograph is selected for inclusion, you will receive a copy of the book. Once it is produced, further copies of the book will be available through the Blurb bookstore.
I like things like this. Some people say it's laziness, getting content from a bunch of onliners etc. But it's supplemental to the rest of the exhibition, and I think it's important to recognise the changes in photography and how it is practised these days. Love it or loathe it, you can't ignore the immense presence flickr (and others of its ilk) have, and the consequenses for the way people photograph and who looks at photography. Including a band of amateurs who take their photography more seriously than the average home user snapping family pics, but who don't have the same status (and often skill and talent) as professional artists puts the phenomenon on record – which is essential to map how photography develops over time.
Blah blah blah. Anyway, let us see your photos if you submit any
They're doing it again, asking for submissions to be included in their photobook for the 'Street or Studio' portrait exhibition that is running from 22nd May til 31st August.
If you want to submit up to 2 photos, you can join the flickr group and upload them (they ask for you to map where they were taken first), by the 27th July. 100 people will be picked to be in the book.
From the group:
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Street & Studio: A History of Urban Photography at (Tate Modern 22 May – 31 August 2008) presents a history of photographic portraiture: taken on the street or in the photographer’s studio.
It contrasts carefully orchestrated studio shots with images captured in the changing and uncontrollable street, highlighting the crossovers between the genres and their influence on each other.
SUBMITTING YOUR PHOTOGRAPH
To submit a photograph to the exhibition, simply join this group and contribute your photograph anytime until 27 July 2008.
You can add up to 2 photos to the group.
How do I submit my photograph?
Submissions to the group are moderated, so it may take up to a day for your photograph to appear in the group.
BEFORE YOU ADD YOUR PHOTOGRAPH
• Your photograph must be an urban portrait, so it must contain at least one figure.
• It can be a posed 'studio' portrait or a snatched 'street' snapshot (or of course a posed shot on the street, or a studio shot made to look spontaneous etc - you get the idea).
We encourage you to also mark the location that your photograph was taken using Flickr’s 'Place this photo on a map' feature.
DISPLAY ONLINE AND AT TATE MODERN
This group's photographs will be displayed on a screen at Tate Modern. The photographs will also be on the exhibition website on Tate Online.
STREET OR STUDIO: THE USER-GENERATED PHOTOBOOK
In the final weeks of the exhibition, 100 photographs will be chosen to form a book – Street or Studio.
A panel of curators, artists, photographers and others will select the 100 photographs. These 100 photographs will then be a slideshow on the screen in the gallery, and also be archived on Tate Online as part of the exhibition's website. The book will be produced by Blurb, and if your photograph is selected for inclusion, you will receive a copy of the book. Once it is produced, further copies of the book will be available through the Blurb bookstore.
I like things like this. Some people say it's laziness, getting content from a bunch of onliners etc. But it's supplemental to the rest of the exhibition, and I think it's important to recognise the changes in photography and how it is practised these days. Love it or loathe it, you can't ignore the immense presence flickr (and others of its ilk) have, and the consequenses for the way people photograph and who looks at photography. Including a band of amateurs who take their photography more seriously than the average home user snapping family pics, but who don't have the same status (and often skill and talent) as professional artists puts the phenomenon on record – which is essential to map how photography develops over time.
Blah blah blah. Anyway, let us see your photos if you submit any
Yep, it's a nice idea, and in the big scheme of things it's an interesting project etc, but I can fully understand why some might feel a little short changed.
