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Open Call 2: The Peoples City

To celebrate the start of LOOK/17: Cities of Exchange Liverpool/Hong Kong we are launching a digital open call. For this open call LOOK is seeking photographs made in responses to our exhibition programme.
Whether you are a professional photographer or just a keen snapper, based in Liverpool or anywhere in the world, we’re looking for single, digital images. These can relate to the broader themes of China or Urbanism or made in direct response to our programmed exhibitions. LOOK is delighted to be working with Open Eye Gallery curator Thomas Dukes who will be curating submitted images into digital screens public realm exhibitions in Liverpool.
The deadline for submissions is midnight on the 23rd of April 2017
To submit your image please send one photograph (please resize each image to 3000 pixels along the longest edge) along with your name, image title, image credit, email address and country of residence to: [email protected] please include The Peoples City in the subject line of the email.

Terms and Conditions

  1. All images must be deemed to be publicly acceptable for non-censored display, in line with the law
  2. No more than three images may be entered by each applicant. If more are submitted only the first three will be entered
  3. Entries will be accepted online via the [email protected] address
  4. Prints or entries via e-mail or disc will not be accepted
  5. All photos entered must be submitted with the requested information. Without this, entries will not be put in to the competition. If LOOK try to contact you without success, your work will not go into the call
  6. Any photograph that has won a prize in another major photographic competition will be ineligible for entry into the competition
  7. Photos from any world location may be submitted as long as they refer to the brief
  8. It is the entrant’s responsibility to ensure that all necessary permissions are obtained from any person featured in a photograph
  9. It is the entrant’s responsibility to ensure that all necessary permissions are obtained from creator of the image. Work submitted with full supporting details will be considered to have been given full permission for use. By submitting images you confirm that you are the copyright holder and creator of the image and you will be responsible for any claims made by any third party
  10. Copyright will remain with the photographer. However by entering this competition the photographer/entrant agrees that LOOK, or our LOOK/17 festival partners may use the images for exhibition, publication or promotional use in relation to LOOK work.
  11. Closing date for entries is midnight 23rd April 2017.
  12. LOOK reserves the right not to use work if, in their opinion, the entries fail to meet the required standard (either subjectively or in terms of resolution)
  13. If there is any doubt, LOOK will decide whether or not a photograph fulfils particular criteria. If it does not, it will be withdrawn. LOOK’s decision is final
  14. In entering the LOOK/17 open call, you understand that information relating to your entry will be passed to carefully selected third parties for processing purposes only, and you will receive information from LOOK, relating to LOOK activities, events, products, services and fundraising. LOOK is committed to controlling costs to ensure that we maximise income to support our not-for-profit purposes and as such would ask you to agree that wherever practical our preferred method of communication will be email
  15. LOOK respects your privacy and will not sell your personal data to any third party. Please refer to our privacy policy on the website.

Open Call Artists Announced

LOOK/17 is pleased to announce our selection of artists for the Fringe Programme. We will be showcasing the work of 21 photographers who entered the recent open call.

We had a large number of entries relating to China and Urbanism and the selection process was very difficult. Over the next few weeks, we will be working with the artists to help realise their shows. We will be looking to have photographers in a range of venues and will look to have single artists as well as groups shows. We are also working with the fringe artists to share series of events such as artists talks as well as panel debates and workshop activities.

LOOK is committed to providing opportunities for photographers to get involved with the festival and are very excited by being able to offer this open call as part of our programme.

Fringe artists: Adrian Davies, Carlton Douglas Watt, Chris Lee, James H Bollen, Bertha Wang, Alec Aarons, Shira Gutgold, Jon Wyatt, Gemma Thorpe, Jasmin Chong, Kate Peters, Marc Provins, Michael Kirkham, Peter Mearns, Clement Chan, Michael Walls, Geoff Brokate, Daniel Wallis, Robert Battersby, Tristan Poyser and Benjamin McDonnell.

 

Image credit: Gemma Thorpe, Mrs Cheng at home in Sharrow, Sheffield, 2016

Open call

LOOK/17 is seeking applications from UK based artists. We are seeking photographic work that relates to the themes of China and or Urbanism. As well as opportunities to exhibit, we would anticipate that selected artists participate in hosting related events, such as talks or workshops.

The LOOK/17 team will make a selection of artists for inclusion in exhibitions at various secured venues across the city. Successful artists will be responsible for coordinating the installation of their work in conversation with the LOOK/17 team. All artists selected for exhibition will be featured on the festival blog and promoted via social media.

If you have a project that relates to these themes we would love to hear from you. The deadline for submissions is 22 February 2017.

To apply, please send us three images (please resize each image to 3000 pixels along the longest edge), a short text describing your work (no more than 100 words) including an indication of display requirements, i.e. print, screen based, and scale. Please send with your name, email address, mobile number and web address to: [email protected]