ACMP

Projections is a well established national competition and screening event run annually by a volunteer organisation called Trampoline under the umbrella of the ACMP (Australian Commercial and Media Photographers).

Projections provides emerging photographers with the opportunity to gain career-building exposure within the photographic industry and wider creative community.

The competition is designed to encourage excellence across a series of images rather than a single image and to highlight the very best emerging photographers in Australia who are recognised as the future of the Photographic industry.

The competition is open to all Australian based photography students, photographic assistants and photographers and photo artists that have been established for 3 years or less.

Emerging photographers are invited to submit a series or body of work shot in the last 12 months in the categories of Commercial, Documentary or Art.

Six judges from within the photographic and wider creative industries will select 15 finalists from across the three categories. Winners of each category and an overall winner are also selected from the finalists.

PROJECTIONS 2011

 ELIGIBILITY

• To be eligible to enter you must be an Australian resident, aged 18+ years and:

i)        A currently enrolled student of photography; or

          ii)       A working photographer's assistant; or

          iiii)     A practicing photo artist with less than 3 years recognised experience; or

          iv)      A professional photographer with less than 3 years commercial experience.

• The work must have been completed between 1st June 2010 and 30th June 2011.
• All images entered must have been conceptualised, exposed and created by the entrant. 

 HOW TO ENTER

A minimum of 8 and maximum of 15 images of a single series should be submitted for consideration in the chosen category.

 Entries must be uploaded as a single file

1.    Create a new document in Photoshop at 72dpi, 800 pixels high and as long as needed eg 15 000 pixels

2.    Resize all your entry images to 72dpi, 800 pixels high 

3.    Place all images into the new document in the order you would like them viewed with a small space in between each

4.    Flatten the image and save as a jpg at level 8

5.    Name your file in the following format ImageTitle eg TheSkyIsBlueToday.jpg 

 If you are selected as a finalist you must be able to provide files in the following format:

• minumum of 3000 pixels on the longest edge, 300dpi saved as jpg (quality of 12) Adobe RGB (1998)

All submitted files must be exhibition-ready (i.e. cropped, retouched and in the order you wish them to be screened).

 CATEGORIES

Photographers may enter more than one category and each category shall be considered a separate entry with a separate entry fee.

Commercial - commissioned or personal work consisting of stylised, produced images conceptualised for or suited to commercial, advertising and / or editorial uses or commercial portfolio use.  Examples include (but are not limited to) an advertising campaign of any subject matter, fashion / food / still life editorial spreads, themed portrait, architecture and composite images.

Documentary - Predominantly un-manipulated commissioned or personal work that is truthful, objective and candid. The series should be theme or event-based for example documenting human life experiences, social issues or the community.

Art - Conceptualised personal or exhibited works exploring a creative aesthetic vision in any theme or style. This could include still life, landscape, portraits, abstract or composite images. 

 Bio & Artist Statement

Each entrant must provide a detailed photographic biography (max. one A4 page) and an artist's statement about the work (max. 150 words). Do not include your name on the artist statement; it will be linked to your work automatically.

Please email artist statement and bio as separate word docs to admin@acmp.com.au

ENTRY FEES

Entry is $30 per category to all Trampoline/ACMP members and $50 for non-members.

Non-members who sign up for Trampoline/ACMP membership prior to the entry deadline have one entry included and additional entries at the Trampoline member rate.

 * Please download and read the Projections 2011 terms and conditions carefully as entries that do not comply will be automatically excluded from the competition.