Our 24th Online Exhibition of Night Photography!

"All along the Lee Shore . . ."

In this, our 20th Anniversary year, we would like to invite all interested artists to enter our 24th online Night Photography Exhibition, "All along the Lee Shore . . ." This competition is open to all Night Photographers (NPrs), all photo media - and film cameras are OK, too! We ask only that your final outcome would normally be a fine photographic print - b/w, color, alternative, fuzzy focus, whatever - presenting mysterious, riveting nocturnal imagery with a maritime theme.

"Drifting" listlessly on the idea of the lee shore? Have a look at this Wiki page for an explanation. Finding yourself "in the doldrums" regarding what connections are to be made between an enticing lee shore, night photography, and the concept of music as muse? First off, there's the obvous: images of shorelines, the sea, bodies of water. the distant lights of home and shelter across the water. There is also the nautical theme of maritime endeavors, great and small. commercial and for pleasure. For inspiration, we suggest you first go no farther than the David Crosby song "Lee Shore" - from which the title of this show comes from (see a great 1970 performance here). This song - a long time fave of ours - is a beautiful, quiet piece evoking imagery of the sea, sailing, and the universality of all living things - and for us, here at The Nocturnes, continues our study of music as muse.

Have a look at the online exhibit area of The Nocturnes Web site, specifically the immediate predecessor to this exhibit, The Nocturnes 20/Ten - http://www.thenocturnes.com/exhibits/2010.html - or one of our other, more theme-driven offerings, Blue Nocturne - http://www.thenocturnes.com/exhibits/blue.html or Auto-Nocturne- http://www.thenocturnes.com/exhibits/auto.html for an idea of what we might be looking for. Also have a look at some of the Gallery pages of The Nocturnes Web site, especially http://www.tompaiva.com (featuring the maritime work of Nocturne Tom Paiva), and Mark Jaremko's quiet seascapes: http://www.markjaremko.com

And, of course, we have some musical connections:
"Lee Shore" by David Crosby (lyrics here; performance listed above)
“Wooden Ships" also by Crosby, with Paul Kantner, Steven Stills
"Farewell To Tarwathie" by Judy Collins
"The Humpback Whale" by Harry Robertson; sung by Richard Shindell
Almost any Jimmy Buffett song
"Southern Cross" by CSN
"Water Song" by Hot Tuna
"Sloop John B." by the Beach Boys
Gordon Lightfoot’s "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald"
"Che Guevara T-Shirt" by Richard Shindell
"Critical Mass/Wind On The Water" by David Crosby and Graham Nash
- feel free to Google away!

With all this in mind, let's see what we can come up with for "All along the Lee Shore . . .", shall we? Again, much like our California Nocturne and New York Nocturne shows, maybe your images don't need to be so-o-o literal - perhaps it can refer subliminally to the idea of the lee shore - something to think about, no?

Entry Fee and Deadline
There is no limit to the number of pieces submitted per artist. Entry Fee: $30 for up to 3 entries; each additional entry is $5. Postmarked dates for entries are NOT acceptable for this competition - we will need to RECEIVE your 'hard copy' of entry form and fee by July 30, 2011! Please NOTE: Entries from outside the U.S. should be sent well in advance of the July30 deadline, as international mail deliveries are often delayed up to a week or two.

Exhibition Dates:
Exhibition runs from August 15 through September 30, 2010. Accepted work will then reside in an ever-expanding archive of nocturnal imagery on The Nocturnes Web site after the exhibition closes - available to NPrs and those interested in Night Photography (NPy), worldwide.

What to send:
Send jpeg files at 72 dpi named appropriately for the Web: 8 letters-dot-3 letter extension (e.g.- niteshot.jpg) all lowercase letters. The size should be no greater than 800 pixels in any one dimension. Square medium format film images are optimal at 800x800 pixels; and scanned 35mm film images should be approximately 800 pixels on the longest side.

If you send images via snail mail, use lots of protective cardboard for shipping disk - we accept CDs of your images ONLY, sent via USPS. An even better alternative is to send us the URL of images that are already on a web page (a Flickr account, while not ideal, would work also), and we can 'retrieve' those images; then you can easily FAX (or snail-mail) in your entryform with payment information. As you might have gathered, we are trying to avoid a flood of emails and haphazard, ineffective attachments being sent to the site.

Awards:
Two (2) Awards will be awarded at the discretion of the Awards Juror (TBA) - a Best of Show and an Honorable Mention; and the amount of prize money awarded is dependent on the number of entries received and selected for exhibition. The final jurying will be done from a preliminary selection of works by members of The Nocturnes.

Sales:
Sales will be encouraged - No Commission taken for any of our online exhibits - and direct links to artist sites or emails will be provided. Artwork remains Copyright of the participating artists. Pages on the Web site are Copyright, The Nocturnes, and Pacific Media Arts. The exhibit, Auto-Nocturne is Copyright Pacific Media Arts and The Nocturnes Web site.


Please print all pages of the form below, fill them out (keeping a copy for your records)
and mail with appropriate fee (to be RECEIVED by July 30, 2011) to:

"All along the Lee Shore . . . " - an Exhibit
TheNocturnes.com / Pacific Media Arts
PO Box 29074
Presidio of San Francisco, CA 94129
707-644-4073 fax

ENTRY FORM: "All along the Lee Shore . . ."
(print, fill out and forward with entry fee to Pacific Media Arts)

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File #1 - Filename: (e.g.- niteshot.jpg)
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Include nonrefundable Entry Fee: $30 (US Dollars) for up to 3 entries; additional entries are $5 each

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NOTE: "Pacific Media Arts" will appear as the payee on your Credit Card statement.

Also NOTE: If you are emailing in your entryform and wish to pay via PayPal, please contact us - studio [at] thenocturnes [dot] com for transaction email address and instructions.

Number of disks ______ enclosed. Disks will NOT be returned.

Photographic Experience / Interest in Night Photography:

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How did you learn about this online exhibition? Previous show?
Specify by name if Craigslist.org, Artist Resource Web site, Artweek or other publication,
The Nocturnes Web site, a poster in retail outlet, or other.
When did you first discover The Nocturnes?

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Would you be interested if this (or another) show were presented in a more traditional
"bricks and white walls' venue (probably in the San Francisco Bay area).
Any suggestions?

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Receipt of this completed, signed entry form or any materials, files, etc.
constitutes your agreement with the conditions set forth in this prospectus.

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