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Send your best project to Ed Kashi ans WIN A Solo Exhibition this December!
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Life

Close on January 18, 2021
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Territory: Worldwide
Theme: Light
Eligibility: Submissions are open to all photographers both professional and amateur working in all photographic mediums and styles. International entries are welcomed. Work that has been previously exhibited at A Smith Gallery is not eligible.
Entry Fees: $38/5 images
Prize: Exhibition
JUROR: Alyssa Coppelman will be the juror for “life”. Alyssa, based in Austin, Texas, is an independent photo editor and picture researcher. She is the art researcher for Harper’s Magazine and the Oxford American magazine, which has thrice been nominated for the National Magazine Award for General Excellence since 2016. She has juried contests and exhibitions for Center for Fine Art Photography, Critical Mass, Flash Forward, and A Smith Gallery, and has reviewed portfolios at Photolucida, Fotofest Houston, PhotoNOLA, Medium Photo Festival, Atlanta Celebrates Photography, and Filter Photo Festival. She has written for Slate’s Behold blog, Feature Shoot, Adobe’s Create blog, and WIRED Photo.
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