© Carol Watson

Submission Deadline - June 27, 2009 (Midnight PST)

About the Theme - Fantastic Plastic

“To hold, point and shoot a (plastic) Diana camera implies a conscious decision to relinquish control. To concentrate your creative powers on capturing the moment and telling a story - rather than fiddling with a bunch of knobs and levers.” This quote from the Society of Lomography sums up the goal of this exhibition. Fantastic Plastic will feature the work of selected avant-garde artists who challenge themselves to create compelling images with plastic cameras and other “lo-fi” cameras such as Holga, Lomo, pin-hole, Lensbabies lenses, cell-phone cameras, home-made cameras, TtV with vintage cameras, etc.

Watson Studio Gallery in partnership with the Texas Photographic Society invites and encourages all photographers and digital illustrators working in all media, to participate in this exhibition.

Eligibility:
The exhibition is open to all domestic and international photographers working with digital or traditional photography, digital/photo illustration or combinations of these media as long as a plastic or lo-fi camera/lens was involved in the process.

Exhibition and Awards:
As a benefit of being selected for this exhibition, artists and their work will be seen by an audience of artists and collectors who appreciate photographic and digital art forms.

- Winning images will be exhibited and available for sale at Watson Studio Gallery in Johnson City, Texas from July 25 to September 19, 2009.

- Winners will also be prominently featured on the Watson Studio Gallery website and be included in news releases to various local and web publications.

- A public reception for the artists will take place on Saturday, July 25th from 4pm to 8pm.

Cash Awards:
- Juror’s Selection award: $300
- Director’s Choice award: $200
- Visitor’s Choice award: $100

Jurors:

© Susan Burnstine

Susan Burnstine is an award winning professional fine art and commercial photographer based in Los Angeles who builds homemade cameras and lenses primarily made out of plastic, vintage camera parts and random household objects. Represented in galleries across the country and widely published throughout the world, she has also written for several photography magazines, including a monthly column for Black & White Photography (UK). Susan was nominated for the 2009 Santa Fe Prize for Photography and was winner of B&W Magazine’s 2008 Portfolio Spotlight award. More information about Susan and her work can be found on her website: http://susanburnstine.com

Carol Watson is the Director of the Watson Studio Gallery and an award-winning photographer in her own right. Carol’s work has been displayed throughout the US and the world. Her work has appeared in various books and magazines including World’s Greatest Black and White Photography and National Geographic Traveler. Carol was awarded the Lucie Award for New Discovery of the Year in 2005 by the International Photography Awards and has been selected to appear in two IPA Best of Show traveling exhibitions.

Entry Fees
- The entry fee for this exhibition is $10 USD per image or 3 images for $25 USD.

- There is no limit to the number of images that may be submitted.

For further information, view the detailed prospectus here:

After registering and paying your entry fee, upload your images to the gallery dropbox here:
http://dropbox.yousendit.com/WatsonGallery