Ann Arbor Area Crappy Camera Club

Here is the first announcement for CS II, open only to participating members of the A3C3. Please Read Thoroughly.

Ann Arbor Area Crappy Camera Club - ReArt Gallery Show

Cheap Shots II -- Reuse/Reload -- January 4-31, 2010 at the ReArt Gallery at Recycle Ann Arbor, 2420 South Industrial Hwy.

Premise:
The A3C3 will be exhibiting over 2 dozen images taken by its members with cameras purchased from thrift shops,the recycle/reuse center, and saved from a landfill. Part of the A3C3's credo is the use of plastic and "crappy" cameras, though in the spirit of this show, many photographs were taken with decidedly un-crappy cameras that were purchased second-hand. The photos on exhibit will also be shown in recycled frames/glass that were obtained in the same way as the cameras.

The show will be open to A3C3 members that are active locally (i.e., no internet-only participants).

Please submit jpgs of the images you wish to submit for the show. Maximum size 800 pixels on the longest side. Send no more than 3 images to me at mfobrien@gmail.com by November 15. You will be notified by December 5, as to what images have been accepted for the exhibit.

Please indicate the type of camera used to take the photograph, and how you obtained it.

Display Requirements:
1. Image may be any size from 2.25" square to a maximum of 11x14"
2. Image may be a silver print, C-print, or ink-jet, or any alternative process such as cyanotype or polaroid.
3. Image MUST be mounted in a recycled frame - not one that you purchased new and are reusing, but a frame that was purchased used at a thrift shop, Kiwanis, RAA, or similar place.
4. Frames may be any size from 5x7" to 16x20", and they may be black, white, chrome, or natural wood color. Frame material may be wood or metal. Feel free to repaint used frames.
5. Overmat should be white or off-white, or black, and should compliment the image and frame.

Exhibitor Information:
I will need the following to accompany each image selected for exhibition --
Exhibitor name, address, phone number, web site, and email address.
Image title, final image size, frame size, display medium, camera used, and price, if for sale.

And...
There is no particular theme for the images -- I will leave it to the exhibitors to send me the usual excellent results that you obtain from the cameras. Variety is good, and this will be an excellent opportunity to show your work in a completely different venue than the usual art gallery/coffeehouse/museum setting. In the spirit of recycling and reusing, I also ask that you consider the price that you wish to sell your image for. This will be a different setting, exposing many people to photography that might never have gone to a gallery before. My rule of thumb is... what would YOU really pay? I'd like to keep the works below $75, in the $35 - $75 range. Also, I would like submission of images that have not already been shown in previous A3C3 shows.

Fees
Our only cost for the exhibit is $15. Any images sold will stay on the wall until the end of the exhibit, and a 20% commission will be given to Recycle Ann Arbor. RAA will handle the transactions.

JUDGING: Submitted jpegs will be assembled into an online gallery where A3C3 members can rate them on a scale from 1-5. Highest ranking images will get first choice for show, and so forth, until we have enough images for the space available. Obviously, I want good work from you people!

Thanks,

Mark

Flickr discussion thread here.