Photo Show Entry Info

Call For Entries, 2022 Los Alamos Photo Show

April 29 to May 26, 2022

The Los Alamos Photo Club (LAPC) announces their annual photo show, Friday, April 29 to Thursday, May 26, in the Step Up Gallery (https://stepupgallery.org/) on the upper level of the Mesa Public Library.

Entries will be accepted from anyone who lives or works in Los Alamos County or the surrounding area. There is generally no limit to the number of entries you may submit. If the available display space will not accommodate all entries, entries from Photo Club members will have preference. Nevertheless, each entrant will be able to display at least one photo. Space availability has not been an issue in the past.

There are several changes in arrangements for this year's Photo Show. Please read this carefully, including the Supplemental Information below. For clarification of any information that is unclear to you, send an email to laphotoclubshow@yahoo.com.

How to Enter

Send entry information by Friday, April 22 to laphotoclubshow@yahoo.com with the subject line: "Description of entries for 2022 LAPC show by [name of photographer]".

For each photo you wish to enter, include the following on separate lines.

· Your Name (Required): e.g. Jane Doe

· Title (Required): e.g. Red Rocks of Los Alamos

· Brief Description (Optional): e.g. Shot with Canon 20D, ISO 100, f/8 on December 25, 2008

· Sale Price or NFS (if you do not list a sale price, we will assume Not For Sale)

· Your web site (Optional):

· Your contact e-mail (Optional):

· Priority for hanging (Required): e.g. 1, 2, 3, …

· Frame Size (Required): e.g. 12 by 16 inches

· Any special hanging request for your photos

We will make a display label using some or all of this information.

You do not need to specify an insurance value for your photos. There will be no insurance coverage for photos in the gallery. This is actually not a change from previous shows, although insurance was mentioned in Calls for Entries for previous years' Photo Shows.

After you submit your entry information, you should receive a confirmation e-mail within a few days, or at least by Wednesday, April 27.

Entrants can add information about their photos which would not fit on the display label. You can create your own placard or note sheet up to approximately 8.25" wide by 5" tall to place below the picture.

Supplemental Information. Entrants can provide a location in the Gallery they prefer to have their photos hung in. Requests will be honored if possible. A map of the Gallery is part of the Supplemental Information below. Entrants can also have a bio/artist statement printed to accompany their photos. Details of this are also in the Supplemental Information.

All photos should be framed or mounted on a stiff backing surface and have a fixture or wire on the back suitable for hanging. On the back of each picture make your own label with your name, phone number, email address and the title. Please include your ranking of #1, #2, #3, etc. This ranking will help us if we need to limit the number of photo entries.

Schedule and Details

Friday, April 22. Submit entry information

Entry information (as described above) is due, unless prior arrangements are made. Send any request for a late entry to laphotoclubshow@yahoo.com with the subject line: “Request for late entry”

Tuesday, April 26 and Wednesday, April 27. Drop-off Days.

Bring your photos to the Step Up Gallery on the upper level of Mesa Public Library on Tuesday, April 26, between 1 PM and 7 PM, or Wednesday, April 27, between 10 AM and noon. Gallery Manager Diane Stoffel and an LAPC representative will be there. You will be able to preview your photo labels and make corrections or changes if needed.

A significant change for this Photo Show is that Gallery Manager Diane Stoffel will hang our photos. She will take account of any special hanging request you provide, if possible.

If you will not be able to bring your photos to the Gallery during the drop-off times, you may ask for help. Send an email to: laphotoclubshow@yahoo.com by Tuesday, April 19, with the subject line: “Need help getting photos to the gallery”. If you have special hanging instructions, please include them in your e-mail.

Photo Show Book. As in recent years, we expect to publish a book of photos from the show. If you are unfamiliar with the book, an example may be available for viewing during the drop-off times. An online copy of the book from the 2014 Photo Show is here. Submitting your photos for publication in the book is a separate process and entrants will receive a separate email about this; see below also.

Occupancy limit in the gallery. At the present (March 12), there is no limit on how many people can be in the gallery at once, Los Alamos County may impose a limit, possibly at short notice. And, although you are not required to wear a face mask in the gallery, it may be prudent for you, especially if you are a vulnerable person.

Friday, April 29. Show opens. Monday, May 2. Opening reception

Exhibit opens for viewing. We will have an opening reception on Monday, May 2, between 5:30 and 7:00 PM. LAPC will provide entrants and club members with more details.

Tuesday, May 17. Guided Tour.

We will have an in-person guided tour of the show between 5:45 and 7:45 PM. Entrants are invited to attend and describe their photos. The public may also be able to attend.

Friday, May 20. Submit photos for book.

Submit your photo files for publication in the photo show book. Details will be provided by email to entrants.

Friday, May 27 and Saturday, May 28. Pick-up days.

The show closes on Thursday, May 26. Please pick up your photos on May 27, between noon and 5 PM or May 28, between 10 AM and 4 PM. If you will not be able to pick up your photos on those days, please make arrangements for alternate storage/pick up well in advance.

Village Arts offers a 15% discount on full framing of photos for the show as well as a 10% discount for mattes alone. For them to have time to fulfill your order, please bring it to Village Arts by April 8. Village Arts is located at 216 DP Road, Los Alamos. Their phone number is 505-661-2526.

Supplemental Information

Preferred photo location. Entrants can provide a location in the Gallery they prefer to have their photos hung in. Requests will be honored to the extent possible. Below is a map of the Gallery. It is oriented with approximate North down on the map. Note the few locations that are not available for hanging photos. If you want to ask for a particular location for your photos, please specify it in reference to this map. For example, "On the window side of column 3" would request your photos to be hung on the South side of the column numbered 3. Alternatively, you can print the map and mark it with the location you prefer for your photos (bring it in with your photos). And, if you can provide a judgement about how important it is for your photos to be in a particular location (e.g. "essential" or "it would be nice") you can help the Gallery Manager accommodate all the location requests.

Bio/Artist Statement. A new opportunity for this year's Photo Show is to have a Bio/Artist Statement printed to accompany your photos. The Bio/Artist Statement would be hung with your photos. This is a completely optional opportunity for you to publicize your photographic background and skills.

If you would like to have this, please submit a single page biography in plain

text form, and your picture as a jpeg file to Diane Stoffel by Wednesday,

April 27. Submit by email to: manager@stepupgallery.org. Please include

that the email is for the Bio/Artist Statement for the 2022 LAPC Photo Show.

On the right is an example of what the Bio/Artist Statements might look like.

Please consider submitting your photos to the 2022 Photo Show; we look

forward to seeing them!

[updated March 24, 2022 by Leigh]