photography prize 2013 telluride portraits

photography prize 2013

The Ah Haa School for the Arts is excited to announce
its first annual juried Ah Haa Photography Prize.

The subject of the 2013 Prize is Telluride Portraits. The entry deadline is June 14, 2013. Portraits will be chosen for an exhibition that will open in the Daniel Tucker Gallery at the Depot on Aug. 1, and remain on display through September 2013.

The inspiration for this show is “Capturing the essence of Telluride through portraits of its people.” Participating photographers may be local residents, visitors, kids, students, amateurs and professionals alike. The portrait subjects may be anyone—locals or visitors—as long as the setting is a location within an hour’s drive of Telluride. Photographs must also have been taken within the past five years.

A jury will select up to 20 of the submitted portraits for the exhibition. Cash prizes will be awarded to the first, second and third place photographers; $1,000, $500 and $250 respectively. The first place winner’s portrait will be printed, framed and auctioned off during the annual Ah Haa Art Auction, Friday, July 19, 2013. All proceeds from that sale will go to the Ah Haa School and its programs. Prints of the winning portrait will be sold during the Photography Prize exhibition.

At its own expense, the Ah Haa School will print and frame each portrait selected for the exhibition, and all Photography Prize photographers will receive a framed copy of their entry. The exhibition will open August 1, 2013, and will close September 2013, following the Telluride Film Festival. Ah Haa will split the proceeds from each sale of artwork with the photographer.

Read more and listen to an interview with part-time Telluride local and long time photography buff Simon Perutz at Telluride Inside… and Out.

Sponsored by Shot Images

Submissions are now closed. We’ll announce the finalists soon!

photo credit: Ben Knight

Entry Criteria & Application Process:

  • Up to three entries per photographer
  • Portraits may be black & white or color
  • For initial judging, entries must be digital and submitted in JPG format, scaled to under 1MB. Please note the actual file size with each entry. For the show, Ah Haa would like to print in large format (up to 24” x 36”). Thus, upon selection, we will ask the photographers to submit substantially larger files.
  • Judging criteria will include originality, composition and image quality.
  • Each photograph must have accompanying text (up to 150 words) describing the story behind the portrait. Photographers should also submit a brief biography.
  • There is a $25 entry fee per photographer.

The deadline for entries is June 14, 2013. Photographs will be selected by June 25, 2013.

 For specific questions, contact Judy Kohin at judy@ahhaa.org.