Nevada Camera Club, a non-profit photographic membership organization supporting the art and technology of photography, announces Nevada Camera Club 2007 Print Competition & Exhibition.

• Purpose
  • Raise the community level of awareness of photography as an art form.
  • Motivate photographers to create quality images.
  • Provide photographers with an opportunity to show their work and receive recognition for artistic and technical achievement.
  • Reward photographers for photographic achievement.

• Eligibility
  • Open to anyone of any age.
  • Entries must have been photographed by the entrant.
  • Prints that have won a first place ribbon in a previous Nevada Camera Club Annual Print Competition are not eligible.

• Media
  • Accepted media is monochromatic prints and color prints.

• Awards
  • The Best of Show winners in each of the two Divisions (monochromatic prints and color prints) will be awarded a $50.00 cash prize and a Best of Show ribbon.
  • First place winners in each category will be awarded a ribbon.
  • Second place, third place and honorable mention winners in each category will be awarded ribbons.

• Divisions
  • There are two (2) divisions.
    • Monochromatic Prints and Color Prints.

• Categories
  • There are fourteen (14) categories in each of the two (2) Divisions for a total of twenty-eight (28) categories.
    • Abstract, Animal/Pets, Commercial, Creative, Documentary, Nature, People, Pictorial, Photojournalism, Portraiture, Still Life, Travel, Unclassified, Wildlife.
  • NOTE: No specific category is defined by technique. Subject matter must be the defining parameter. Care must be taken in the Documentary, Nature, Photojournalism, Travel, and Wildlife categories. Normal photographic processes may be used to enhance the image quality in these five reality based categories but must not be used to alter the truth of the photographic statement. This means not altering the factual representation.

• Print Specifications
  • The long side of the print must be at least 8". Slimlines are allowed. Exceptions to this rule are allowed for contact prints (must be at least 4"x5") and Polaroid transfer prints (no minimum size).
  • Maximum print size is 16"x20".
  • Prints must be mounted on RIGID stock (e.g., mount board or foamcore). Heavy materials such as Masonite or Lucite are not acceptable. No loose prints will be accepted. Minimum mount size is 8"x10". Maximum mount size is 16"x20". Window matt(s) are optional.
  • No glass or plastic covering or frames are allowed.
  • Prints not in accordance with the above will be disqualified.

• Fees
  • The entry fee is $2.00 per print.
  • Each entrant may submit a total of eight (8) prints.
  • Prints which do not comply with the required print specifications will be disqualified and will not be judged. No refund will be made for disqualified prints.

• Entry Procedure, Date & Location
  • Use the entry forms included in the NCC 2007 Print Competition Rules & Entry Form PDF file which is linked below.
  • Prints, entry forms and entry fees must be submitted together.
  • Entries will be accepted at the following locations:
     
        Friday, November 16, 2007 from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
        Nevada Camera Club Meeting [see location map]
        Sunrise Hospital Auditorium
        3186 S. Maryland Parkway
        Las Vegas, NV 89109-2317
     
        Saturday, November 17, 2007 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
        Sunrise Hospital Rendezvous Room [see location map]
        3186 S. Maryland Parkway
        Las Vegas, NV 89109-2317

• Judging
  • Images will be judged by a panel of three photographic judges.
  • Judges have the right to re-categorize prints.
  • The decision of the judges is final.

• Exhibition
  • Prints will be exhibited at the Lloyd D. George United States Courthouse beginning December 10, 2007.
  • The public is invited and admission is free.
  • The exhibition continues through January 10, 2008.
     
        Lloyd D. George United States Courthouse
        333 S. Las Vegas Blvd.
        Las Vegas, NV 89101

• Return of Prints
  • Prints must be picked up at the January 25, 2007 Nevada Camera Club meeting between 6:00 PM and 7:00 PM or by previous arrangement. Prints not picked up within 90 days become the property of Nevada Camera Club. Under no circumstances may prints be removed from the exhibit during the exhibition.
  • For time and location of Nevada Camera Club meetings, please see the Nevada Camera Club web site Invitation page.

The complete rules and official entry form are available for download in Adobe PDF format. The PDF document may be viewed and/or printed after downloading by using Adobe Acrobat Reader. The current version of Acrobat Reader is available free-of-charge from the Adobe web site.