i’ve just come across a competition which looks very us! it’s called ‘crossing the threshold’ and is a photography competition in bristol.
it “asks photographers to reflect upon the experience of entering environments that potentially hold trepidation.
•All images submitted to ‘crossing the threshold’ will be included in an exhibition DVD and shown in the windows of Broadwalk Arts on a series of TV monitors*. 15 of these images will be selected, exhibited and sold at Retro Collectables**.
•One photograph will be selected to receive a prize of £50.
•£5 entitles you to submit up to 3 images for this exhibition.
Themes & Starting Points
Boundaries, shops and window-shopping, cultures and community, being an outsider, looking out looking in, anticipation, discoveries and transformation, openings or barriers.
*Broadwalk Arts reserves the right not to include images of an offensive or inappropriate nature
**Printing will be by Photographique. All images selected will be sold as an edition of 25 with a 60/40 percentage split between the photographer and Retro Collectables.“
see www.bristolcreatives.co.uk/node/3558 and www.retrocollectables.com/wordpress/?p=230 for more info.
is this something we could enter as threshold? we might well want to submit photos from our session in june: http://www.flickr.com/photos/39289669@N08/.
or may be we should have another photography session for the march reflective?
the deadline is 9th april.
jenny
10 March, 2010 at 8:25 pm
after discussion with lindsey we think this will make a good side order, so go to the side order page for updates
5 April, 2010 at 9:20 pm
We may not be able to enter as a group rather than individuals. The ornate house gate was me, the spikey river gate was Phil and the cafe sign was Richard. It’s a great idea, sorry Phil and I haven’t had time to contribute to the discussion.
5 April, 2010 at 9:21 pm
We may not be able to enter as a group rather than individuals. The ornate house gate was me, the spikey river gate was Phil and the cafe sign was Richard. It’s a great idea, sorry Phil and I haven’t had time to contribute to the discussion.
5 April, 2010 at 9:50 pm
Hullo. Very happy to give permission for the river gate photo to be submitted. Sorry, as Bea says, that we’ve not had time to contribute before now.
6 April, 2010 at 2:17 pm
Ditto permission.
Ditto apologies.
Richard
6 April, 2010 at 5:46 pm
great! I’m going to try to enter the photos as ‘thresholdbristol’ if this is OK with everyone? I think this is more useful in terms of providing publicity for the group, but I understand if anyone wants to have named credit. as Bea says, they may not allow this (in which case I’ll let them know our names). I’ve sent a quick email to check.
12 April, 2010 at 2:06 pm
Hmmmm. A couple of observations:
1. No one need apologise for not contributing, this is a side order after all! Who ever organises a side order cannot expect everyone to engage and should not be offended if no one does.
2. Voting (see related post on please vote on crossing the threshold entries, but I will comment here so as not to comment twice) is democratic, not consensual. We operate by consensus not majority rule! I have turned a blind eye to this by assuming we have all consented to any of the photos being entered (by way of giving permission) so the vote is just for preferences and no one would dissent to any combination being entered. But I wouldn’t want this to set a precedent.
12 April, 2010 at 2:25 pm
does anyone know of consensus online tools?! i did think of the consensus/democracy thing with the poll but it seemed to be an easy way to get people’s views (i didn’t expect the competition itself to be controversial). perhaps we could vote to dissent/consent next time?
btw for anyone who doesn’t know lindsey, she’s written this tongue-in-cheek and isn’t really that pinickity about rules! don’t be put off giving threshold a go…
we have the consent guideline as a way of avoiding heavy shepherding or people feeling that their voice isn’t being heard. this generally works and although it takes a bit longer we think it’s worth it to prevent people getting hurt.