EXHIBITION: Dress Codes: The Third ICP Triennial of Photography and Video

ARTIST PROFILE: Simen Johan

Simen Johan
Norway
(b. 1973)

Simen Johan uses staging and photo-montage techniques to create a strange, whimsical and often dark world. His work skims between deceptive realism and the altogether unreal. His most recent work with taxidermy animals involves both photography and sculpture.

To view more of Simen Johan's work, visit: www.simenjohan.com

OPPORTUNITY: Hey Hot Shot! 2009 Second Addition Call

DEADLINE: October 23, 2009

Entry Fee: $60

The premier international photography competition, Hey, Hot Shot!, offers photographers at all stages of their careers unrivaled opportunities for exposure and advancement. All entrants have their work reviewed by top-shelf panelists and enjoy the potential to be promoted online (more than sixty were featured on the Hey, Hot Shot! blog last season alone!), selected for 20x200 and exhibited in our New York gallery. Now in its fifth year, the competition has been acclaimed by curators, critics, educators and journalists alike.

A panel of seasoned photography professionals—including founder Jen Bekman, photography book evangelist and publisher Darius Himes, Aperture Foundation publisher Lesley A. Martin, former Creative Director of Colors magazine and photographer Stefan Ruiz, and Chronicle Books chairman and CEO Nion McEvoy—review all the photographs that are entered.

The guidelines are simple: contenders submit three photographs from a single body of work, using an online upload tool, with an entry fee of $60. The 2009 Second Edition will add new features and more benefits for all entrants—among the many reasons why Hey, Hot Shot! remains one of the most desirable photography competitions around. Stay tuned for details!

For more information visit: www.heyhotshot.com

OPPORTUNITY: Photo Levallois 2009 Epson Photography Award

DEADLINE: JULY 31 2009

As part of the Photo Levallois Festival, which takes place from 20th November to 24th December 2009, the city of Levallois, in partnership with Epson France, will be awarding a photography prize to support young international contemporary creation, and discover and promote new talents.

Photographers must present their own new work, which has not been previously published or exhibited. The selection panel will pay particular attention to the consistency of the artistic approach in its form and content. This prize is open to all types of contemporary photography (photojournalism, documentary, portrait, landscape, conceptual photography, etc...) and all still image techniques.

This prize includes the sum of ten thousand euros and the opportunity for the winner to exhibit their work as part of the Photo Levallois Festival.

For more information, visit: www.photo-levallois.org

OPPORTUNITY: 3rd Ward Call to Photographers

Deadline: July 31, 2009

$10/image entry fee

Photography has been reinventing itself since it’s inception. From daguerreotypes to glass negatives, instant Polaroid film to unlimited digital shots, images are our reflections, our fantasies and our teachers. This competition is a search for the best new work from emerging photographers. 

One photographer will be awarded $500 & a 3rd Ward bike and the top 25 photographers will receive:

• A group show at 3rd Ward's gallery
• A feature in 3rd Ward's publication
• A one month membership at 3rd Ward with access to the photography studios

To Learn more or to enter, visit: www.3rdward.com

ARTIST PROFILE: Tierney Gearon

Tierney Gearon

United States (b. 1963)

Tierney Gearon is fine art documentary photographer known for her brutally honest and, at times, psychologically disturbing work.   Her series The Mother Project follows the everyday life of Gearon's eccentric mother.  I first saw this series in the Yossi Milo Gallery in New York, and I left the exhibition feeling both intrigued and a bit embarrassed.  Her photographs, none-the-less, are beautifully executed and never fail to provoke a good conversation.  

To view more of Tierney Gearon's work, visit: www.yossimilo.com

ARTIST PROFILE: Richard Misrach

Desert Fire 153 (Man with a Rifle), 1984 | Outdoor Dining, Bonneville Salts Flats, 1992

Richard Misrach
United States
(b. 1949)

Richard Misrach is a large-format, 8x10 landscape photographer working mostly in California and the American deserts. His work deals with the relationship between humanity and the natural environment, often focusing on abandoned landscapes where the effect of human intervention is evident. The sheer beauty of his images is incredibly seductive, however their content presents the potential problems human impact has on the environment.

To see more of Richard Misrach's work, visit www.artnet.com.