A fantastic opportunity to show your photographs to
professionals who publish, exhibit, write and teach.
Get new ideas, make connections, and find opportunities to distribute, publish and exhibit your work.


SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE EXTENDED to Friday FEBRUARY 19th, 2010.

Must be RECEIVED by then.

Please do send us an email letting us know you are applying however, so we can anticipate receiving your application. photo@photoalliance.org

Our Mailing address:

PhotoAlliance
PO Box 29010
San Francisco, California
94129

If you are using Federal Express or UPS and need a STREET ADDRESS use this:

PhotoAlliance
616 Key Boulevard
Richmond, California
94805
415-425-5608



Entry Procedure and Requirements:

• Work:
All two-dimensional works, using any photographic process including digital and/or analog, are eligible for review.

• Registration:
Registration is a TWO-STEP process.
1- An initial review of portfolios submitted by CD with $40.00 non-refundable entry fee.
2- Fifty portfolios will be selected from these submissions for the weekend review. An additional $545.00 payment is then required for final participation if selected.

• Calendar:
Feb. 5th - CD Entry due
Feb 15th - photographers notified
March 12/14- Portfolio Review in San Francisco

• Entry: JPEG images on CD only for application process.
Must be received by February 5th, 2010.
EARLY SUBMISSIONS ENCOURAGED.

See entry checklist on Entry Form.

Send all information to:
PhotoAlliance / Our World Portfolio Review
PO Box 29010
San Francisco, California 94129.

CD’s will be returned only if a self-addressed stamped
envelope of appropriate size and with appropriate postage is submitted with entry.

• Entry Fee and Procedure: A non-refundable entry fee of $40.00
for each 20 images.

• Digital Submission Requirements: Files should
be on a CD in JPEG format. Image size should be no larger than 2Mb or:
Horizontal - 8 inches
Vertical - 8 inches
Resolution 150 pixels/inch.
Files named as follows: Lastname_Firstname_imagenumber.jpg

Optional: submit an accompanying sheet with a list of name, title, date, medium, and dimension of each piece.

• Selection: A panel of jurors will be pre-screening all of the
entries. 50 photographers will be selected for the weekend
portfolio review. An additional fee of $495.00 is then required.

This will be the fourth annual event. The current confirmed reviewers list for 2010 is below- changes may occur due to unforeseen circumstances, and we do anticipate adding to the list by March 12th.
2010 REVIEWERS

David Bayles, Artist, Educator, Author
Chris Bennett, Executive Director, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
Debra Bloomfield, Photographer & Educator
Ed Carey, Director/Owner Gallery 291, San Francisco
Linda Connor, Photographer & Educator, San Francisco Art Institute
Robert Dawson, Photographer & Educator, Stanford & San Jose State University
Luis Delgado, Photographer, San Francisco
Janet Delaney, Artist,Educator, University of California, Berkeley
Patty Felkner, Educator & Viewpoint Photographic Art Center, Sacramento
Taj Forer, Founding Editor, Daylight Magazine
Geoffrey Hiller, Photographer, editor and educator, Portland, Oregon
Jason Houston, Picture Editor, Orion magazine
Rebecca Horne, Photo Editor for Discover Magazine
Ann M. Jastrab, Gallery Director RayKo Photo Center
Whitney Johnson, Associate Picture Editor, The New Yorker
Anne Kelly, Associate Gallery Director, photo-eye Gallery
Eric J. Keller, Director Soulcatcher Studio, Santa Fe, NM
Dennis Kiel, Chief Curator, The Light Factory Contemporary Museum of Photography and Film, Charlotte, NC
Karen Kienzle, Director Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto
Stefan Kirkby, Smith Anderson North Gallery
Joanna Lehan, Associate Editor, Books, Aperture Foundation
Ken Light, Director, Center for Photography, Adjunct Professor UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism,
Co-founder Fotovision
Michael Light, Photographer and Bookmaker
David Maisel, Photographer & Educator
Signe Mayfield, Curator, Palo Alto Art Center
Christopher McCall, Director, Pilara Foundation, San Francisco
Ted Orland, Artist, Educator, Author
Darcy Padilla, Photographer & Educator, San Francisco Art Institute
Doreen Schmid, Editor and Independent Curator
Paul Schiek, Artist, Publisher TBW Books, San Francisco
Thom Sempere, Director, PhotoAlliance
Rebecca Senf, Acting Senior Curator at the Center for Creative Photography and the Phoenix Art Museum
Meg Shiffler, Director, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery
Anne Veh, Art Consultant & Independent Curator
Deirdre Visser, Art Curator, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco
Lewis Watts, Associate Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz
Adam L. Weintraub, Blue Earth Alliance, Seattle