Humble Arts Foundation launches an open call for self-taught photographers
Every spring, surveys of recent photography grads highlight the ones to watch in a highly competitive and rapidly evolving art market.
While these lists continue to impress us and are a wonderful and expansive curatorial resource, we're dedicating this opportunity to photographers who have pursued their work and craft independent of higher education.
This call is for the self-taught photographers at any stage in their career. Those who learn from online tutorials and other venues outside the traditional framework and the benefits and connections it provides. Those photographers who don’t have a BFA or MFA, and have taken it upon themselves to learn outside the system. Send us your work.
Guidelines:
Submit 5 images from a single series plus a brief artist statement and bio HERE.
(please note, you’ll need a Gmail address to submit this way. If you do not have one, email us at submit@hafny.org and we’ll help you out – but we really encourage you to use Gmail.)
Deadline: August 8th, 2021.
OPTIONAL Submission Fee: Donation (via Venmo) of any amount to the Photographer’s Greenbook ongoing scholarship fund and residency program for creative photo-based research. Donate HERE.
This call is open to all photo-based work from photographers who do not have a degree in photography and are not currently enrolled in a photography program. (If you have a degree in another field or take classes here or there that’s ok.)
Image specifications: 1200 pixels on the longest side @ 72 dpi, sRGB
Please name your image files as follows: First Name_Last Name_Number, i.e. Mary_Jones_1, Mary_Jones_2 etc.
Curators: Roula Seikaly and Jon Feinstein