The UNO Division of International Education Announces the Fifth Annual UNO International Photo Contest and Exhibition
Deadline for submissions: 4:00 pm on October 30, 2009.
This is a juried photo contest exhibited during International Education Week in UNO's Flambeau Room
- Theme: International Education
- Exhibition and Awards Ceremony
- View submissions and finalists for 2009
- View finalists from 2008
- View finalists from 2007
- View finalists from 2006
- How to enter
- More contest information
- Who are the jurors?
- Download the information packet (you will need to have the Adobe Reader software to open this document)
- Who are our Sponsors?
The theme of the photo competition is international education. All current UNO students are invited to submit up to three photographs documenting a significant personal experience during a time studying, living or working abroad. This includes American expatriate experiences as well as those of international students studying at UNO (Please note that photos of international students at UNO should depict an experience or impression of the US, not the home country). Photos must have been taken within the past two years and cannot have been submitted to previous international photo contests at UNO.
Photographers may submit up to three low-resolution, web-quality scans or digital images (preferably in jpeg format) of works in any photographic media. Originals may not be larger than 8 x 10. Images may be submitted on CD-ROM or e-mailed to isep@uno.edu . All images and discs must be appropriately labeled. Images must correspond to titles of works listed on the entry form.
Submissions must be accompanied by a completed online entry form. Image submissions will be accepted via email, in person or by mail at the following location:
Mary Hicks
Division of International Education
Education Building 128
Tel: (504) 280-63888
isep@uno.eduThe deadline for submissions is 4:00pm October 30, 2009. Incomplete submissions will not be accepted. A complete submission includes:
- A completed entry form submitted online or as a hard copy
- Digital images in .jpeg format on CD-ROM or e-mailed to isep@uno.edu
Submissions will be reviewed by a panel of judges. Notices of acceptance or rejection of submissions will be sent out by November 4th.
All accepted entries must then be received on a CD-ROM, sized to 8x10, in jpeg or tif format, with a 200 dpi resolution by November 6th. Entries must be no larger than 8” x 10” in landscape or portrait format.
The show will be open from November 16-20, 2009 in the Flambeau Room.
Prizes will be contributed from various organizations and businesses around the city. Prize categories will include 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes.
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- The jurors are UNO and local New Orleans dignitaries
- The jurors will select photos for display from all submissions for exhibition
- Winning photos will be chosen from the displayed works
- Winners will be published on this website and in the "Driftwood"
- Prizes will be awarded in an award ceremony in the Flambeau Room
- Prizes include donations from:
- Lakeside Camera & Imaging
- Provosty & Gankendorf, LLC
The Exhibition and Awards Ceremony:
The exhibition will hang in UNO’s Flambeau Room during International Education Week. It will include a reception and award ceremony on Thursday, November 19th at 3:00 pm.
- Fill out our online entry form (only until October 30, 2009).
- Submit up to three low-resolution web quality scans or digital images of original works in any photographic media by October 30, 2009.
- Submissions may be e-mailed to isep@uno.edu, or delivered in person to Mary Hicks in ED 128.
- Images must correspond to titles of works listed on online entry form.
- Photo must have an international theme or depict an international experience/ impression.
NOTE: Employees of the UNO Division of International Education, or any of the contest sponsors may not enter the contest.
Ariya Martin is Instructor of Photography at the University of New Orleans and has recently taught at the UNO Prague Summer Seminars. A decade ago Ariya Martin picked up her grandfather's camera, and since then photography has continually helped her make sense of herself and the world. In 2005 she completed her Masters of Fine Arts in Imaging Arts-Fine Art Photography.
Tracie Schaefer is an award winning photographer, whose work has been featured in local and national magazines, newspapers and publications. In 1993, she received her Bachelor of Arts at Louisiana State University. Soon after Schaefer mastered the art of darkroom printing, helping her to emerge as a local photographer and travel throughout the U.S. and internationally, to meet clients needs. She published work with such clients as the Houston Chronicle, Discovery Channel, New Orleans City Business and Gambit Weekly establishing Schaefer as a respected and reliable journalist. Schaefer's work covers a wide variety of content with a strong documentary style. She is currently residing and working in her proudly rebuilt home in New Orleans with her husband and two children.
Dan Rule is currently an Assistant Professor of Art at the University of New Orleans, where he teaches Printmaking, Photography and Digital media. Dan has exhibited nationally and in Japan, Canada and Europe. Most recently Dan has had solo shows at Jonathan Ferrara Gallery in New Orleans and the H&M Gallery at the University of Georgia at Athens and been part of numerous group shows including ones at the National Institute and Museum in Bitola, Macedonia, the Contemporary Art Center of New Orleans and the Soap Factory in Minneapolis, MN. Dan currently resides in New Orleans with his wife Kaori and son Sean.
Michael Democker is a staff photographer for the New Orleans Times-Picayune. He worked as an underwater photographer in the Caribbean and Central America before being dragged off the beach to New Orleans in the early 90's by his wife, Dr. Lisa Verner, who teaches in UNO’s English Department. He has been a photographer for the Times-Picayune since 1996 where his work has won many awards. He has photographed the aftermath of 9/11 in New York City, was embedded for combat patrols in Baghdad during the second Gulf War, and was in the eye of Hurricane Katrina as it struck Gulfport, Mississippi. He was part of the coverage team which won the Pulitzer Prize for Katrina reporting and his 2005 travel article for the paper on the dark side of Paris won a silver Lowell Thomas Award from the Society of American Travel Writers, the industry's highest achievement. He was a finalist for this year’s Pulitzer Prize for 2008’s “Homicide 37” story. He lives in Uptown with his wife, son Charlie, and two dogs of various size and intelligence.
- Provosty and Gankendorf, LLC
- Lakeside Camera & Imaging
- UNO Division of International Education
- UNO Bachelor of Arts in International Studies
