HOMECALL FOR ENTRIESNational Competition for Photographs and Photo-Based ArtworkAt Umbrella Arts, New York City
Conceived and juried by Harvey Stein, Director of Photography, Umbrella Arts; photographer, 
educator, authorThe exhibit HOME continues curator Harvey Stein’s investigation of themes that explore the basic yet complex and necessary needs and desires of the human condition.  Former exhibits in this series, all using photography as the medium of choice include BED, BED 2, and DINNER, each conceived and juried by Mr. Stein and presented within the last three years at the Umbrella Arts Gallery in Manhattan’s East Village. 

These themes throw the spotlight on our daily experiences that are omnipresent, totally necessary, but are mostly overlooked or when acknowledged are usually taken for granted. Nothing is more basic, necessary and involuntary than sleep, food, and shelter. Through this ongoing exploration, surprising and creative images have made our needs more conscious and allow the artist and viewer to be more connected to the richness of every day life, experience and surroundings.  HOME is family, HOME is universal, Home is unique, HOME is comfort, HOME is sleep, HOME is personal, HOME is a place to go after work, HOME is sacred, HOME is where we can be sad, angry, sick, private, HOME is where we learn and grow, HOME is where we work—and play. HOME is safety,HOME is private, HOME is often where we want to be, HOME is what everyone needs but not what everyone has.

“The ache for home lives in all of us.  The safe place where we can go as we are and not to be questioned.”---Maya Angelou

“People usually are the happiest at home.”---William Shakespeare

DETAILS

ENTRY DEADLINE: March 19, 2012SHOW DATES:  May 2-May 26, 2012LOCATION: Umbrella Arts, 317 East 9th Street, New York, NY 10003
                             www.umbrellaarts.com 212.505.7196ELIGIBILITY:  The exhibition is open to all photographers, any format, any camera, black & white or color, any style acceptable.  All types of photography-based work may be entered, including digital, alternative processes, photo collage and montage.  Maximum finished print size is 16”x20”. Maximum frame size is 20”x24”. BOOK PUBLICATION:  A book based on the selected and exhibited images for HOME will be published by the gallery and will be for sale during the exhibition. All rights remain with the photographer.  

Home ©Harvey Stein 2011JUROR:  HARVEY STEINis a professional photographer, educator, lecturer, curator and author of five photography books: Coney Island 40 Years (2011), Movimento: Glimpses of Italian Street Life (2007), Coney Island (1998), Artists Observed (1986), and Parallels: A Look at Twins (1978). Stein’s photographs have been published in dozens of magazines such as The New Yorker, Time, Life, Esquire, and Smithsonian as well as all the major photo magazines. He has had 73 one-person exhibits in the U.S. and Europe, and his photographs are in more than 50 public and private collections around the world. The Bruce Silverstein Gallery, Throckmorton Fine Art and June Bateman Fine Art represent his work. He is a faculty member of the International Center of Photography and conducts his own workshops in Asia, South America and Europe as well as the U.S. He was appointed Director of Photography at Umbrella Arts in 2009. Some of his photography can be seen at www.harveysteinphoto.com and www.coneyisland40years.com PROCEDURE TO ENTER:∑ Visit www.umbrellaarts.com/entries/home-exhibition

∑ Click on the PROCEDURE link.

∑ Create a user name and password to submit your work to HOME

∑ Follow the online upload directions

Recommended image requirements:     

∑ High quality jpegs 72 resolution 

∑ RGB or sRGB color profile  (for both B&W and Color)

∑ Sized 1000 pixels on the longest dimension
Eliminate watermarks is a MUST 

FEE:   $40.00 submission fee for 5 images.  $5.00 per each additional image up to 10 images will be accepted, payable to Umbrella Arts once online registration is completed. Payment can be made by 
PayPal, check or money order. 

NOTIFICATION: Artists will be notified by March 31, 2012.  Approximately 40 images will be selected for exhibition.  Notification will be sent by e-mail.

ACCEPTED WORK:  A framed, ready to hang, (plexi-glass only) exhibition quality print must be delivered to Umbrella Arts, 317 East 9th Street, New York, New York 10003. 
Maximum finished print size is 16”x20”. Maximum frame size is 20”x24”.

No substitutes of accepted work will be allowed.  Exhibited work must be for sale. 

DELIVERY:  Can be made in person or by mail. By Mail --no later than Saturday, April 28th. By Hand -- delivered work can be dropped off at Umbrella Arts on Thursday April 26, Friday April 27 and Saturday April 28, from 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM.  Please include a current resume to be included in the gallery exhibition guide.

UMBRELLA ARTS: Mary Ann Fahey and Margaret Bodell have joined forces to create the Umbrella Arts gallery and project space, located in the heart of the East Village.  Mary Ann Fahey and Margaret Bodell have introduced many new artists to the New York art world, and worked to expand the traditional notion of an art exhibition by using it as a vehicle for creating community and promoting social change. 

RECEPTION:  A reception for photographers, friends and press, hosted by 
Umbrella Arts will be held on Wednesday May 9th. Time:  6:00 PM to 8:00 PM.  

COMMISSION:  Umbrella Arts will handle all sales for photographers. Photographers will retain 50% of sales price, and Umbrella Arts will retain 50% of total sale.  The price indicated on the entry form will be considered the retail price of each image. Once the final exhibition print has been dropped off at the gallery, Umbrella Arts will be happy to consult with artists on pricing considerations.  

LIABILITY: Liability of artwork is the responsibility of the participating artist/photographer.  Umbrella Arts, their employees or any agents thereof cannot be held responsible for any liability of the artist.

BOOK PUBLICATION: A book based on the selected and exhibited images for HOME will be published by the gallery and will be for sale during the exhibition. All rights remain with the photographer.  
Images selected need to be formatted for publication and made available to the gallery within one week of acceptance to HOME exhibit.  For reproduction purposes, selected image files must meet the required color profile and size:  RGB or sRGB, 300dpi, 2850 x 2225 pixels.

QUESTIONS:  Questions may be directed to us by emailing info@umbrellaarts.com, or by calling Umbrella Arts at:  212.505.7196 during gallery hours: Thurs – Sat, 1-6pm.

Harvey Stein
755 West End Avenue
New York, NY 10025
212-316-9157
hsteinfoto@aol.com
You are invited to view some of my photography at
www.coneyisland40years.com
www.harveysteinphoto.com

Lily McElroy...I throw myself at men and her 'square after roberto lopardo' piece

Lily McElroy is a humerous artist that uses photography and video in her artwork.

I throw myself at Men is being widely shown right now and is interesting as it is humerous:

I grew up in southern Arizona, surrounded by cliché representations of my own experiences. There were cowboys riding bulls and coyotes howling on moonlit nights. There were epic sunsets and there was implied violence. This has been translated into paper mache landscapes and playfully antagonistic videos. My relationship with the place that I am from has partially become a performance for the camera and the new relationships that I am trying to form are headed that direction. It is though these performances that I attempt to develop authentic ties, to give the cliché new and personal meaning. 

The gestures that I enact are simultaneously loving and cruel; they are an attempt to discuss the desire and difficulty involved in making a connection and that desire is the crux of my artwork. The end result is often literal and clumsy, a cross between physical comedy and earnest confessional. 

The photographs, videos, and installations that I produce, while trying to interact, acknowledge the possibility of failure -- that someone might not catch me, that a connection might not be made. It is that possibility that keeps things interesting. In the end, I want to make the viewer laugh, but I want them to understand that there is more at stake, that everyone is implicated – including me.

http://LILLYMCELROY.COM/artwork/347_The_Square_After_Roberto_Lopardo.html

Tony Ousler

I totally love the works of Tony Ousler. Check out his video installations.

and

A conversation with the artist:

Ed Ruscha & John Baldessari

I saw one of these in my thesis class last semester.  It had Ice Cube in it.  He talked about "Gangsta Traffic".  I figured it would be interesting to watch since we talked about both of these guys today.

The immaculate conception of Damien Hirst

Here is the link to the John Yau article over the weekend on Hyperallergenic....
http://hyperallergic.com/45737/the-immaculate-conception-of-damien-hirst/


Hollywood gossip columnist Hedda Hopper as a judge on the TV game show, "What's My Line." (via Facebook fan page)

Its worth a read! He had me in stiches! 

Annie

And now for something completely real....from your friend and mine, Hennessey Youngman....

Behind Photographs

This is a link to an article i found online about a project by Tim Mantoani where he takes famous pictures and then makes a portrait with the photographer holding the picture.
It's actually quite well done and I love the idea of seeing who took pictures that we have all seen so many times.
http://laughingsquid.com/behind-photographs-a-series-of-portraits-of-famous-photographers-posing-with-their-iconic-photos/

The Loving Family

Twenty images are on display at the International Center of Photography in New York City from January 20 through May 6, 2012.

This is an exhibit about this couple, Mildred and Richard Loving, who in the 1960s helped to get rid of the law against interracial marriages in the U.S.  The link I provided gives a little more detail about their story and some images of them and their family.  I thought this was interesting and the images are quite lovely.  I never really gave thought to there being a ban on interracial marriages, and the fact that it was still in effect only 50 years ago is just mind blowing!

http://shine.yahoo.com/love-sex/tender-photos-unearthed-turbulent-time-235100316.html#crsl=

Strobist Photography

OK...so for those that want to know more about on and off camera flash.....here are a set of tutorials by Matt Granger....that I think are really informative.

Check out his first one. He's unpretentious, informative and if you stick with it, you might learn something....like I did!

Happy viewing:

The Stobist series of clips about using flash

This is the first one, and there are plenty....as there is plenty to know and learn about using flash.

Also, my previous blog post is about lighting and the Cowboy Studio website I mentioned today where you can buy reasonably priced gear.

http://photo3a.blogspot.com/2011/10/love-this-crowd-cowboy-studio-and-photo.html

Annie

This is really important: SOPA & PIPA will break the internet, and our ability to share. It is dangerous, and destructive to the American Public.

As artists we need to be aware of this, as it will also hinder us. It is a huge censorship of media, and will affect us if passed. I do not support SOPA or PIPA, & I hope neither do you. If you feel the same as I do, please contact our representatives;

Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D, NJ]
Phone: 202-224-3224
http://lautenberg.senate.gov/contact/index1.cfm

Sen. Robert Menéndez [D, NJ]
Phone: 202-224-4744
http://menendez.senate.gov/contact/

If their phone mail boxes are full, go to their websites' contact. It will take 5mins of your time. These people are elected to represent us, they should know our opinions so they can properly do so.

XVII: An Exhibition of Photography

This is a flyer for a photo show in Philadelphia, that I will be exhibiting a piece in.

It open's on Feburary 8th.

& here's a link to the Facebook event