Calling for submissions for 2nd PhotoMalaysia.com Photo Exhibition 2009

[ted]

Calling for submissions for PhotoMalaysia.com 2nd Annual Photo Exhibition 2009.

OUR VANISHING HERITAGE

The theme for PhotoMalaysia 2009 Exhibition is Our Vanishing Heritage. This is a catch all theme that could include many aspects of our heritage that is rapidly vanishing as Malaysia progresses and prospers. It can include Vanishing Trades, Vanishing Landmarks, Vanishing cultural practices, Vanishing Traditional Dresses, Vanishing Tribes, Vanishing Landscapes, Vanishing Animals, and in fact it can encompass anything a photographer feel should be recognized, remembered, resurrected and even rejuvenated. It will be PhotoMalaysia Members photographic statement of those aspects of our culture that needs to be recorded, preserved, documented or remembered.

If it so happens that you have images of people/places/things thats already _not_ around (i.e. vanished), you're MOST welcome to contribute your work as well.

That being said, the theme is on subject matter located in Malaysia only. That bit is final.

In a nutshell, people will think of the obvious, namely:

1. People : remember the Mayban ad featuring a turbaned Sikh security guard fellow? How about barbers under trees or the one in sidelanes? Your 'Roti'man on a bicycle? The guy who roasted coffee on the back of a bicycle in the kampungs?

2. Places : The Bok house has been torn down, The old Bukit Bintang Girl School has been demolished and in it's current place now stand IMHO an ugly shopping mall, old cinemas has been replaced by cineplexes in malls etc

3. Things : the tiffin of old has been replaced by the obiquitious styrofoam. The marbles children used to play has been relaced by PSP, PS and other electronic devices and such.

But why let the title of the exhibition stifle your imagination? Let it roams free. As such, I'm going to introduce a category (for lack of better word) to get your grey matter going.

4. Conceptual : make your own interpretation of what is 'heritage' meant to you.

You're allowed to stage your photo. You can recreate a scene. You can recreate a photo and added some twist (I'm leaving it to your imagination)

You can send in a series of images (diptych or triptych).

You can send in submission as big as A3 size, or as small as 5R sized.

You can submit your work in colour.

You can submit it in B&W be it in analogue or digital format.

Heck, you can even send in a video installation (replete with projections if the tv set and VCR, ooops, who uses VCR anymore rite? Hey! That falls under the 'Thing' category isn't it *wink*?) if you have the means to do it.

A panel of curators (not members of PhotoMalaysia.com for impartiality) will evaluate the submissions. As such, regarding submission mechanics, please send in your work in soft copy format to lightingdewd@gmail.com . Please use '2nd PhotoMalaysia Annual Exhibition submission' as your title header.

Your submission, in whatever size (5"x7", 8"x10", 11"x14") can be in jpeg format @ 300 dpi and save it @ 'Image Quality' set as '8'. Why such large size?

So we can print it big to asses it's quality. If it's good we even framed it up for you at cost.

You MUST put a caption for your work(s).

You can write a short write up of your work in one paragraph. We may or may not use it.

For hardcopy submissions in the Klang Valley area only, give me a tinkle @ 012 231 5654 to arrange pick-ups and such.

Just in case you're wondering, when you submit your high resolution work, you still retained your rights to the work. In plain language, it's your photo(s) we exhibit it for you..

A section of the exhibition space is being reserved for Crossing Bridges V participants. More details on this later.

Submission of your work will end on the 7th December 2008.

In regards to exhibition space, the venue will still be the same as last year, which is the Annexe Gallery, Central Market. For this exhibition, we are RENTING it RM3,000.00 (RM1,500.00/week for 2 weeks) starting from 12th of January 2009 until the 24th of January 2009. I understand the Chinese Lunar New Year falls on the 25th and 26th of January so some of you will be busy with the celebrations preparing and such.

Have no worry, we're going to have volunteers helping preparing the exhibit and when it ends, dismantling it as well.

We already secured RM1,500.00 for the rental from Shashinki.com and from a PMer who wished to remain anonymous. We still short of RM1,500.00 of which we planned to raised from the members whose work is being selected for the exhibition.

For presentation purpose, selected submissions shall follow a standard Black framing and cream coloured mounting board style. Sample will be posted up soon.

For those who wished to volunteer their time and gaining experience organising and running a photo exhibition, pm me for details.

We planned to launch the exhibition on the 15th of January 2009.

Don't worry about your work 'not being exhibition standards'. Just send in your submissions to the above e-mail address. If you don't try, you definitely will never know

If you have any questions regarding the exhibition, please, post it here. If you're shy, please feel free to pm me.

Oh, almost forgot. I'm a Moderator with username banning powers, just in case anyone wishes to create uneasy feeling by posting silly caustics remarks and such.

But of course you're not going to do that, don't you? *grins*

[Brian]

Did you forget to mention the rule that it must be "Malaysian heritage" or has that rule been dropped since the location is being rented? (If I remember correctly, that was a "preemptive rule" because you thought you could get a location to agree to the show if you said that there would be no international submissions...a logic I didn't quite understand.)

[ted]

That being said, the theme is on subject matter located in Malaysia only. That bit is final.

So folks, send your submission to lightingdewd@gmail.com lah

[maxby]

Submitted.

[ted]

Thanks maxby, and also eugene, jason, teck tan and megat arizal for your submissions.

Hurry hurry up folks, January 2009 is only a mere blink of an eye only

[alwizbme]

Originally Posted by ted ... SNIP .. Submission of your work will end on the 7th December 2009. ... SNIP ..

-> 7th December 2009 ??

I am sorry if it's out of cue... but..

I think this forum need to be installed with vbulletin plugin (e.g AddThis) to each post or at least, for example, this thread first post.

Digg.. facebook.. del.icio.us and the many bookmark available today.. maybe it can be easily promoted this way among netters...



If the post were put on Digg it might look something like this :

http://digg.com/arts_culture/PhotoMa...xhibition_2009




Maybe this link is one of the possible plugin :

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=142622

And maybe whoever is good with graphics can make buttons.. for the purpose of promoting people to submit or even for the event itself..

[sisterofheaven]

whoah XD
7th December ...
need to be quick
wanna try my luck

[ted]

Hello people,

If you would like to volunteer your time PM me for details.

We're going to have a production meeting sometime next week, after office hours, of course, most probably @ Amcorp Mall, PJ. Near LRT station and ample parking space if you're keen to wade thru heavy evening traffick

[nel]

Originally Posted by ted Hello people, If you would like to volunteer your time PM me for details. We're going to have a production meeting sometime next week, after office hours, of course, most probably @ Amcorp Mall, PJ. Near LRT station and ample parking space if you're keen to wade thru heavy evening traffick

... sound ok with me ... can help out here again ... ...

[ted]

Originally Posted by nel ... sound ok with me ... can help out here again ... ...

Thanks Nel

[sisterofheaven]

geez... feel like helping out too :|
no transport to go there lah XD

[maxby]

Come on guys.....send in your submissions......

[abu_muadz]

Ok, submitted..

[hazmy]

I'm sorry if this is a stupid question as I've never submitted for an exhibition before.

Do we need to watermark our submission? Also..

"So we can print it big to asses it's quality. If it's good we even framed it up for you at cost"

If the submission is accepted, does this mean that we do not have to do anything else (printing, framing..etc...)?? And what would the extra cost to the submitter be roughly like??

Just hoping Mr Ted can shed some light to me and maybe other newbies wanting to attempt this..

Thank a bunch..

[nel]

Originally Posted by ted Thanks Nel

... sorry mr. ted ... i won't be able to help out here because my relative will be in town for year end holidays ... my sincere apology again on this matter ... ...

[HanCw]

Originally Posted by nel ... sorry mr. ted ... i won't be able to help out here because my relative will be in town for year end holidays ... my sincere apology again on this matter ... ...

oi... main ah..... hahahaha

[ted]

Originally Posted by hazmy I'm sorry if this is a stupid question as I've never submitted for an exhibition before. Do we need to watermark our submission? Also.. "So we can print it big to asses it's quality. If it's good we even framed it up for you at cost" If the submission is accepted, does this mean that we do not have to do anything else (printing, framing..etc...)?? And what would the extra cost to the submitter be roughly like?? Just hoping Mr Ted can shed some light to me and maybe other newbies wanting to attempt this.. Thank a bunch..

Please submit your work without any watermark as the watermark will be a distracting element in the picture.

The idea is that if the work is selected, we will save you the hassle of printing and framing. Of course, there's some cost involved but we assure you that the cost incurred is reasonable (will be determined later) and the framed prints will be yours after the exhibition end.

God willing, if you managed to sell your work the proceed of the sale is yours to keep. If not, you have a nicely framed print to hang in your home/office. After all, a picture look good in print rather than on a computer monitor and such, no?

So what are you waiting for? send your submissions to the above mentioned e-mail address lah.

If you need any further clarifications, let us know

[hazmy]

Thanks for the clarification Mr Ted.

Submitted for consideration.

[ted]

Hurry up in submitting your work folks, time is running short.

[adr]

Submitted & good luck to all.