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Enter today for the opportunity to become a Top 20 Finalist and have your work exhibited at a live Los Angeles pop-up in September!
OUR MISSION
For 30 years, photo l.a. has celebrated and brought together the photography / art community from around the world. It is with this mission that we present FOCUS photo l.a., a biannual competition open to help provide emerging and mid-career artists / photographers a platform to promote their work and expand their career opportunities.
THE COMPETITION
FOCUS photo l.a. is open to artists / photographers working in all themes, types, and genres of photography. Entrants can submit a MAXIMUM of ten (10) photographs for consideration. Top 20 Finalists are determined by a panel of renowned art photography experts who will select the Top 20 photographers from the completed submissions.
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All finalists will have his or her winning photograph professionally printed by our partner The Icon and expertly framed for live exhibition at a special Los Angeles pop-up!
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All finalists will also be invited by our partner Open Show for the chance to present their projects at a special live programming event during the Los Angeles exhibition ~ please note, final shortlist of artist talk presentations will be curated by organizers for scheduling purposes.
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NEW IN 2021 ~ One (1) Grand Prize Winner will be selected from the Top 20 Finalists by the jury to receive a $1000 cash award!
Submit your work early for a chance to be featured on our socials ~
Don't delay to get into FOCUS!
Competition ends Sunday, August 1st at Midnight (PST)!
or by clicking below
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ANNE KELLY Director, photo-eye Gallery
Anne Kelly is the Director of photo-eye Gallery in Santa Fe, NM and has been with the gallery since 2006. Her interest in photography developed at an early age, influenced by her mother's love for the medium. Originally from Colorado, she moved to Santa Fe to further her studies in photography under the direction of David Scheinbaum at the College of Santa Fe, where she received her BFA. Kelly is particularly interested in photographic works that employ the use of alternative processes in contemporary work, magical realism, and images that invoke emotion and stimulate the imagination.
As a Gallery Director, Kelly is a juror for photo-eye's online Photographer's Showcase and Art Photo Index. She has been attending portfolio review events as a reviewer since 2006. photo-eye is a leading contemporary photography gallery and bookstore representing both established and emerging photographers.
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JASON MEADOWS Artist
Jason Meadows is an American contemporary artist exploring formal notions of space, narrative, form and material. His sculptures draw from a wide range of sources including popular culture, photography and the photographic process, art history and literature to manipulate familiar forms and narratives in ways that challenge linear narratives and perceptions of space.
Meadows received a BFA from the School of the Arts Institute of Chicago ('94) and an MFA from the University of California, Los Angeles ('98), where he studied under Charles Ray and Mike Kelley. His work has been exhibited worldwide, including the Tate Modern, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, and Hammer Museum as well as Gagosian Gallery (New York), Marc Foxx (Los Angeles), Tanya Bonakdar Gallery (New York), and Shane Campbell Gallery (Chicago). Meadows is currently represented by Cirrus Gallery in Los Angeles.
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MARK SINK Art Consultant / Curator / Artist / Co-Founder, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver / Founder, Month of Photography Denver
Mark Sink is a curator and photographer that represents and curates local & international cutting-edge fine art photography. He is the founder of MoP (Month of Photography) in Denver and founder/director of The Big Picture Colorado, an international street art exchange wheat pasting event in open air & gallery spaces in 50+ cities worldwide.
Sink co-founded the Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver and his own photography gallery space, The Derby Project Space, as well as Gallery Sink consulting. He is independently curating a wide range of emerging talent, many found from judging and reviewing work, and places them with internationally recognized photographers into various galleries and museum exhibitions.
Always on the search for unique talent for his many ongoing curatorial projects, exhibitions, and collection placements, Sink has exhibited discoveries in the Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver and RedLine Contemporary Art Center among other private galleries during MoP Festival. He is always looking for new work that has craft, completed thought, in series and ready for presentation in a professional gallery or museum setting. https://linktr.ee/marksink
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Have your work seen by renowned experts ~
Exhibit at a live Los Angeles pop-up ~
Be invited to present your project to a live audience ~
Win $1000 cash award ~
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" FOCUS photo l.a. is much more than just a photography competition...
It is an experience! "
- IRVIN RIVERA
Grand Prize Winner, FOCUS photo l.a. Summer 2018
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