All winning photographs and selected finalists will be exhibited at The Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Road at Embarcadero. Invite only reception, TBD.
CONTEST RULES
1. The contest is open to anyone who lives, works or attends school in Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, Stanford, Woodside, Portola Valley, Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and East Palo Alto. Palo Alto Weekly employees, sponsors and their employees, relatives and freelancers are not eligible.
2. A $15 entry fee must accompany each photo. Youth entry fee is $5 (17 years and under) Limit of one entry per category. Previous winning photos from this contest not eligible. Photo must have been taken within the past 5 years. Checks payable to Palo Alto Weekly.
3. Signed entry form must be attached to the upper right-hand corner of each entry. Names and titles should not appear on the front of photograph.
4. Entries must be matted or mounted on white 11 x 14 or 16 x 20 inch board only; photograph itself may be any size. Entries must be protected in clear acetate/mylar (available at University Art) so that the signed entry form on the back and photo on the front are clearly visible. No exceptions.
5. All manipulated images must be entered in the Manipulated Images category. Any adjustments beyond basic color correction constitutes a manipulated image. Please indicate changes made to the image in the space provided.
6. All WINNERS must have a 5x7 exact reprint of winning image or have the image on a CD or zip disk.
Images published in the Weekly (TBD) may be subjected to photo cropping due to space limitations. Images will also be published on Palo Alto Online.
JUDGES
NORBERT VON DER GROEBEN (Web site) Norbert von der Groeben joined the staff of the Palo Alto Weekly as Chief Photographer in July 2003. Prior to working at the Weekly, Norbert spent 17 years as a staff photographer at a daily newspaper, the Contra Costa Times. Norbert earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Long Beach State University and majored in visual communications. In addition to his photos being published by the Palo Alto Weekly and the Contra Costa Times in the last two decades, his pictures also have appeared in such magazines as People, Business Week and Vanity Fair. Norbert has also published a children’s book, “Fire Station Number 4.” Author Mary T. Fortney wrote the text and Norbert provided the photos.
DAVID HIBBARD (Web site) David Hibbard, a Menlo Park resident, has photographed natural landscapes and wild places most of his life. He is represented by Modernbook Gallery in Palo Alto. His first monograph, Natural Gestures, will be published later this year.
BRIGITTE CARNOCHAN (Web site) Brigitte Carnochan’s painted gelatin silver photographs have been exhibited at galleries and museums nationally and internationally. A book of her images, Bella Figura: Painted Photographs by Brigitte Carnochan, was published by Modernbook Editions in July 2006. Her next show at Modernbook will be in November 2008. She regularly teaches a sequence of photography classes through the Stanford Continuing Studies program.
ANGELA BUENNING FILO (Web site) Angela Buenning Filo photographs landscapes in transition, most recently focusing on Silicon Valley and Bangalore, India. Her photographs have been been exhibited at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the San Jose Museum of Art. She teaches at Eastside College Preparatory School in East Palo Alto
