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Dave miller
3rd May 2009, 04:16 PM
FADU 2009
Rules and Conditions of Entry

You are invited to submit up to six photographs for consideration for inclusion in the FADU 2009 public exhibition to be held in Wellingborough during October 2009.

Prints may be any size from 15cm x10cm to 28cm x 37cm and may be portrait or landscape format. The largest square print format permissible is 28cm x 28 cm. All prints will be displayed in 40cm x 50cm glazed frames and matted using white card. Since a 1 cm gap will be left between the image edge and the matt aperture please ensure a clear 2cm border is left around each print to allow the matt to overlap the print so that it is held flat.

Subject matter is open, however remember that these pictures will be on public display.

Production methods must conform to the ideology of this forum.

Prints should be submitted flat and unmounted, ready for scanning, matting, mounting and framing.

Each entrant should complete an entry form. Each print must carry on the back the entrant’s name and address, and the title of the print as on the entry form.

The entry fee is as stated on the entry form. Entries received without fees will not be considered, or returned. Proof of posting will not be accepted as proof of delivery, if you feel that your entry has a monitory value then please insure it. Whilst every care will be taken of work submitted we cannot accept responsibility for any damage or loss however caused. By entry you are deemed to accept all these conditions. Entries will only be accepted during the period stated in the exhibition timetable:

Entries will be accepted from: 1st August 2009
Closing date for receipt entries: 31st August 2009
Notification of selected photographs via this forum: 26th September 2009
Exhibition Opens: 4pm Thursday 1st October 2009
Exhibition Closes: Noon on Saturday 31st October 2009
Return of prints by the end of November 2009

Prints will be returned to you in your the original packing, please make sure that it is suitable, and can be easily opened and closed. Please complete the return address label on the entry form.

Whilst copyright of your photographs remains with you, the organisers reserve the right to reproduce, without payment, any print in connection with this, or future exhibitions and publications, the photographer will receive credit for any such use. It is our intention to reproduce exhibited pictures in a book, to this end you are required to submit an artists statement of between 100 and 150 words with your entry, this may also be used in the information made available to the public at the exhibition.

By fact of submission you confirm that you own the copyright, and that the work was not commissioned, or paid for by a third party. Portraits of recognisable people must be accompanied by a model release form signed by the subject, entrant and if necessary a parent or guardian of the subject.

Exhibited work will be made available for sale unless you specifically state otherwise on your entry form. Equally if you want to fix a price for your work you must state this on your submission, we will add a sum to cover the galleries commission and the cost of matting and mounting and framing to this sum when advertising your work.

If you have any questions, then please raise them here.

Dave miller
4th May 2009, 09:15 AM
Please note that I have had to increase the entry fee for Friends overseas to take account of the higher return postage costs. The actual fees will be shown on the entry form.

Jon Butler
4th May 2009, 09:54 AM
Dave,
Thanks for the post, it all looks good to me.
I use FB paper as default, will they be dry mounted? if not I will print some
RC versions no problem.
You may think my inquiries are a little early but I am very busy in the next few
months and will print them this week. I do not want to miss out in supporting FADU
and all your efforts.
JON.

mono
4th May 2009, 10:13 AM
Sorry, where is the entry form?
Is it still to come or did I miss it?

Dave miller
4th May 2009, 10:31 AM
Sorry, where is the entry form?
Is it still to come or did I miss it?

No you haven't missed it. I'm preparing a PDF form at the moment.

Dave miller
4th May 2009, 10:33 AM
Dave,
Thanks for the post, it all looks good to me.
I use FB paper as default, will they be dry mounted? if not I will print some
RC versions no problem.
You may think my inquiries are a little early but I am very busy in the next few
months and will print them this week. I do not want to miss out in supporting FADU
and all your efforts.
JON.

The prints will be fixed by corner mounts only with the edge of the paper held down by the overlapping matt. FB or R/C paper will be fine.

Jon Butler
4th May 2009, 10:49 AM
Thanks Dave.

JON.

brianrbird
17th May 2009, 01:33 PM
Hi Dave appear to be unable to download entry form, comes up problem with adobe reader. Accessed it on a friends laptop, so prob my end. Could you possible e-mail me a copy?
Cheers Brian

Fintan
17th May 2009, 04:12 PM
Dave would it be ok to propose to anyone in Ireland entering to pack our prints together which will cut your admin especially for the return leg?

Dave miller
17th May 2009, 04:24 PM
Dave would it be ok to propose to anyone in Ireland entering to pack our prints together which will cut your admin especially for the return leg?

It certainly is OK, good thinking.

Fintan
18th May 2009, 11:13 AM
I met Vincent on the train commute this morning and he will be giving me his so anyone from Ireland can do likewise.

brianrbird
18th May 2009, 11:32 AM
Hi Dave sorted problem, & downloaded entry form.

hugh
20th May 2009, 08:54 AM
I met Vincent on the train commute this morning and he will be giving me his so anyone from Ireland can do likewise.

Fintan .. I hope to get my act together and enter this too so, if I can give you my prints as well that would be great.

Fintan
20th May 2009, 12:37 PM
Good stuff Hugh

Martin Aislabie
28th June 2009, 12:55 PM
Quote - you are required to submit an artists statement of between 100 and 150 words with your entry

What do you normally put in such statements :confused:

Its new territory for me

Martin

Dave miller
28th June 2009, 02:36 PM
Quote - you are required to submit an artists statement of between 100 and 150 words with your entry

What do you normally put in such statements :confused:

Its new territory for me

Martin

You write something about yourself, your work, or both.

Example 1 (http://www.ianleake.com/) Example 2 (http://www.mono-inthedark.co.uk/) Example 3 (http://www.silverandlight.co.uk/aboutme.html)

It's your opportunity to tell the world how wonderful you are; don't hold back.:D

B&W Neil
28th June 2009, 02:37 PM
Something along the lines of what motivated you to make the images, your passion for the subject matter, and the techniques you've used, is where I normally start.

Neil.

Martin Aislabie
28th June 2009, 10:52 PM
Thanks guys :)

Martin

Mike O'Pray
6th August 2009, 10:05 PM
I have decided it is time to look through all the threads on the FADU exhibition and was looking at the examples of artist's statements What did example 3 contain? It says this account has been suspended.

Examples 1 and 2 are quite different from each other but cover the "spectrum" of the kind of thing that might be put in. I suspect example 3 is yet another useful area of the spectrum so can any indication be given of the drift of its content?

This assume of course that "this account has been suspended" isn't a simple internet "blip" which will correct itself

Thanks

Mike

Dave miller
7th August 2009, 06:05 AM
I have decided it is time to look through all the threads on the FADU exhibition and was looking at the examples of artist's statements What did example 3 contain? It says this account has been suspended.

Examples 1 and 2 are quite different from each other but cover the "spectrum" of the kind of thing that might be put in. I suspect example 3 is yet another useful area of the spectrum so can any indication be given of the drift of its content?

This assume of course that "this account has been suspended" isn't a simple internet "blip" which will correct itself

Thanks

Mike

The three links to examples are to external sites of Friends, so I have no control over their maintenance. A google of photographic sites will reveal many such examples, should you require further inspiration.

Mike O'Pray
10th August 2009, 03:44 PM
Not sure whether this is the right thread to place this in but can I ask what print sizes the members are submitting?

The reason for my question is that I have done some measuring and in a 40x50cm frame that we have for a painting on the wall at home, a 16 x21 cm print( allowing for the 2cm border all round) looks so tiny to me.

Unless there were several other prints at the same size, a 16x21cm print will look somewhat dwarfed in my opinion but others who frame regularly and/or have seen such size prints exhibited in such size frames as will be used might know different.

Unfortunately I cannot do bigger, having none of the equipment in terms of trays, easels etc.

Thanks

Mike

Dave miller
10th August 2009, 04:04 PM
Not sure whether this is the right thread to place this in but can I ask what print sizes the members are submitting?

The reason for my question is that I have done some measuring and in a 40x50cm frame that we have for a painting on the wall at home, a 16 x21 cm print( allowing for the 2cm border all round) looks so tiny to me.

Unless there were several other prints at the same size, a 16x21cm print will look somewhat dwarfed in my opinion but others who frame regularly and/or have seen such size prints exhibited in such size frames as will be used might know different.

Unfortunately I cannot do bigger, having none of the equipment in terms of trays, easels etc.

Thanks

Mike

Dwarfed or not the acceptable print sizes are shown in the Rules, the important thing is that they have a minimum 2cm border around the image.

Bob
11th August 2009, 01:48 AM
Some people like to frame small prints in large frames - photographs and paintings. Especially effective if you can group a few together.

332
To scale: 16x21cm prints in 40x50cm frames...

Dave miller
11th August 2009, 06:22 AM
And, I should add, they will all look the same size in the book. :)

Mike O'Pray
11th August 2009, 03:56 PM
Thanks Bob. Your illustrations help and Dave, I must admit I had forgotten about the book

Mike.

Bob
12th August 2009, 10:25 AM
Just for a lark...


334
8x10 portrait format in 40x50cm frame.

333
Max size (28cm x 37cm +2cm borders) in 40x50cm frame.

Akki14
15th August 2009, 04:15 PM
I wish I could enter but my largest image sizes of my current work is 4x5inches (10cm x 12.5cm) although due to my coating method the border would be a little more probably... and actually at the moment I'm working mostly in 6cm x 9cm prints. I just don't contact print any bigger than that these days.

Dave miller
15th August 2009, 04:39 PM
I wish I could enter but my largest image sizes of my current work is 4x5inches (10cm x 12.5cm) although due to my coating method the border would be a little more probably... and actually at the moment I'm working mostly in 6cm x 9cm prints. I just don't contact print any bigger than that these days.

The rules were intended to allow 5x4 as a minimum size as I was anticipating someone would want to enter contact prints.

Akki14
15th August 2009, 04:54 PM
So... Something like this is okay?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fishies_go_pook/3822982261/
Basically 4x5inch negative/image with a bit of sloppy painted edges and it's been squished into an 8x10inch frame for reference.

I can definitely leave at least 1-2cm of white around for overmatting purposes...

Bob
15th August 2009, 05:01 PM
The rules were intended to allow 5x4 as a minimum size as I was anticipating someone would want to enter contact prints.

Ah - a typo in the rules then - I didn't spot that either... Should read 10 x 12.5cm + border then?

Of course, with hand-coated work there is the option to show the edge coating marks.

Dave miller
15th August 2009, 06:10 PM
So... Something like this is okay?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fishies_go_pook/3822982261/
Basically 4x5inch negative/image with a bit of sloppy painted edges and it's been squished into an 8x10inch frame for reference.

I can definitely leave at least 1-2cm of white around for overmatting purposes...

Just like that. :)

Paul Mitchell
26th August 2009, 12:00 PM
I was going to submit some of my Polaroid transfers but they average out at about 75 x 95 mm so fall well below the minimum size. I could always scan them and make a bigger inkjet print?... only joking Dave!

Dave miller
26th August 2009, 12:04 PM
I was going to submit some of my Polaroid transfers but they average out at about 75 x 95 mm so fall well below the minimum size. I could always scan them and make a bigger inkjet print?... only joking Dave!

You’ll never know quite how close you came to meeting a violent end! ;)