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Visions of
Nature in South Florida Photography Challenge
Information
Challenge Grant Entry Form
- MDC Student
W9 - Form - must be attached to photo-
ALL ENTRIES OUTSIDE DIMENSION OF
WINDOW MATTED PHOTO
MUST BE
16" x 20"
Entry form and pieces due Wednesday, March 9,
2011
View winners
of the 2005-2010 Visions of Nature in South Florida Photo Challenge
Turn in your entries by
Wednesday, March 9 at 3 pm to: |
North Campus
Diane Sloan, Room 1354-11
Carola Pedreschi,
Room
2256-22 |
Kendall Campus
CROPS - Room 3224-1
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Homestead Campus
Mark Chiappone,
Room B-119 |
Wolfson Campus
Earth Ethics Institute, Office
3506 |
Medical Center Campus
Carol Petrozella, (Nursing
Department) Room 2324 |
Hialeah Campus
Glenda Phipps, Library, Room 1116
Maria Casado, Library, Room 1116
Ileana Porges-West, Room 1415-25 |
InterAmerican Campus
Miriam Abety, Room 1361
Marisol Varela, Room 1371 |
MDC-West
Steve Kronen - Library |
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Purpose
For the seventh consecutive year, the
Earth Ethics Institute (EEI) at Miami Dade College sponsors this
contest as a way to engage members of the MDC community in observing the natural world
around them here in South Florida and to encourage them to communicate
their feelings, understandings, experiences and questions visually
through photography.
Challenge Categories
o Mounted
prints of color, b&w, infrared, film or digital photographs shot in
any format are acceptable
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Images must
follow the following standards for image manipulation: any post
shutter manipulation is limited to changes in tonal or color
variations (contrast, brightness, sharpness, color and hue). No
forms and shapes in the photograph may be moved, added or
deleted (except by cropping), or otherwise altered.
Challenge Guidelines
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This challenge
is open to all MDC students enrolled in Spring,
2011.
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Students may
each enter up to two photographs in the challenge.
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Photographs
must illustrate Visions of Nature in South Florida.
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All works must
be the original work of the submitting photographer.
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IMPORTANT:
Photographs must be at least 8 inches x 10 inches up to a
maximum of 11 inches x 14 inches and MUST BE MOUNTED AND MATTED.
DIMENSIONS OF THE OUTSIDE BORDER OF THE WINDOW MAT MUST BE 16 x 20
INCHES.
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While the
photographs are the copyright and property of the artist, they
may be used by Miami Dade College for promotional and / or
educational purposes including display of digitized images on
the Earth Ethics Institute website and/or College publications.
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If you are
shooting digitally, shoot at the highest JPEG resolution of your
camera for best publication quality.
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Winners will be
asked to provide a CD-ROM with the digital file of their photo
for publication, no matter what media they used (film or digital
capture) for the original image.
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Photographs are
not insured by Miami Dade College who will take all reasonable
steps to ensure security of the work. Therefore we suggest
artists make a copy of their work before it is submitted.
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Photographs
must be submitted to the Campus’ Earth Ethics Coordinator /
designee listed on the application by Wednesday, March
9,
2011.
Late or incorrectly sized entries will not be accepted.
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All photos can
be picked up from the person you turned them into after April
6, 2010. Regrettably, photos not picked up by Friday, April 24 will
be given away.
Judging
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Photographs
will be judged by the faculty and staff of
Miami Dade College and Earth Ethics Institute and noted Miami
Herald photographer Tim Chapman. Decisions of the judges are
final.
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Photographs
will be evaluated on their technical and artistic qualities as
well as the ability to convey the expression of the challenge
theme: Visions of Nature in South Florida.
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Student Prizes
= $375
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Best of
Show = $150 purchase award and a
copy of Within the Frame by David DuChemin
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First Place
= $100
and a copy of Within the Frame by David DuChemin
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Second Place = $75 and a copy of
Within the Frame by David DuChemin
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Third Place = $50
and a copy of Within the Frame by David DuChemin
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Honorable
Mentions –
exhibited on the EEI website.
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all awarded
photographs will be posted on the EEI website
Online Exhibition
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The award
winning photographs in both categories will be posted on the EEI website
during April, 2011.
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All entries may
be picked from drop-off locations after April
6 and before April
24.
For more information
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Contact the Challenge Facilitator, Professor Chris Migliaccio,
Department of Natural Sciences, Health & Wellness, Wolfson Campus in
Room 1603 or at
chris.migliaccio@mdc.edu
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Visit the website Spending Time with Nature in
South Florida (http://faculty.mdc.edu/cmigliac/LocalNature.html)
for some possible locations to visit, but Nature is all around us!
Be creative!
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Read an article by Dewitt Jones, nature photographer
A Vision
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Visions of
Nature in South Florida Photography Challenge Events 2011
January 4, 2011 – Challenge officially begins; we encourage you to start
shooting now
March 9, 2011
– Entries due
March
25, 2011–
Judging; awarded photographers notified as soon as possible
For
more information
Contact the Contest Facilitator, Professor Chris Migliaccio, Department
of Natural Sciences, Health & Wellness, Wolfson Campus at
chris.migliaccio@mdc.edu
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Ethics Institute •
An Earth Literacy Resource Center Serving MDC Administrators, Faculty,
Staff, and Students, as well as the South Florida Community
Miami Dade College
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