Jon Kral 2017 Miami Series Winner
The Miami Photo Series is a MSPF competition that celebrates its home city of Miami.
Open to all levels of photography, the contest calls for your best images dedicated to documenting life in Miami.
Participants are required to submit a series of images exploring a theme inspired by the Magic City.
A team of award winning photographers, will select the top three series,
which will be displayed at HistoryMiami including during Art Basel Week.
The winner will be announced at the Festival.
MIAMI PHOTO SERIES CONTEST
PRIZES
FIRST PLACE
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A cash prize of U.S. $1,000.
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Exhibition at HistoryMiami Museum
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Series published on the MSPF website gallery for one year
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An invitation to become part of HistoryMiami’s permanent photography collection
SECOND AND THIRD PLACE
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Exhibition at HistoryMiami Museum
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Series published on the MSPF website gallery for one year
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An invitation to become part of HistoryMiami’s permanent photography collection
Requirements
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It is required that you submit between 3-7 images per series of images exploring a theme inspired by the city of Miami and surrounding areas. Images must have been taken in the Miami and surrounding areas
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There is no limit on the number of series you may submit.
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There are no restrictions on subject matter but images must fall under the category of street photography, documentary photography or photojournalism.
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The photo series should tell a story or explore a theme inspired by life in the Miami area.
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Images must be .jpg/jpeg files, no bigger than 10mb. Image size: 2000 pixels on the long edge at 72 dpi.
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Do not include borders, watermarks or signatures
ENTRY FEES
$60 for each series of 3-7 images
NEW DEADLINE October 23rd
JUDGES
RICK MCCAWLEY
Rick McCawley is a Photographer, Design Thinker and Senior Professor of Graphic Design and Photography at Broward College, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida for the last 21 years. In 13 years as a staff photographer for the Miami Herald (1980-1993), he was shot at during riots, dove to capture the first photos of the rediscovered treasure ship Nuestra Señora de Atocha with Mel Fischer the day it was rediscovered, and lived in a trailer photographing the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew (part of the public service Pulitzer Prize team). Other favorite assignments include shooting the Miami Dolphins, the first space shuttle launch, and four Presidents and the Pope.
His photos have appeared in Time, NY Times and countless other publications. Rick is a publisher of over 28 books on Graphic Design, Photography, and Fine Art, his latest books include an Underwater Photography Guide book he is publishing through a Kick Starter Project. His consulting firm Digital Renaissance specializes in training and creating digital arts curriculum for Universities in the Southeast U.S. Rick is one of the founding members of The Miami Street Photography Festival, and frequent lecturer at the events. Rick has an MA in photography from Barry University and an MFA in Graphic Design from Florida Atlantic University.
J. TOMAS LOPEZ
J. Tomas Lopez is Professor and Chair of The department of Art and Art History at the University of Miami.
Professor Lopez has degrees in Psychology and Philosophy from Fordham University, a Master of Media in Film and Video from the University of South Carolina and a Master of Fine Arts in Photography and Modernist Theory from the University of South Florida.
Professor Lopez has been showcased nationally and internationally in over three hundred fifty group exhibitions and forty solo exhibitions. His work is included in many prestigious permanent collections: The Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American Art, the Library of Congress, La Biblioteque Nationale de France, Paris; The International Museum of Photography, The Museum of Modern Art in New York and many other public and private collections including the Lowe Art Museum.
His work has been exhibited across the United States, South America, Europe, China, and Japan as well as featured in numerous publications. He is known for his large-scale digital prints ranging from underwater photographs of the nude figure, a series documenting the riders on the subways of London, Rome, Paris, Madrid and New York and his most recent project of studio portraits in the style of 19th century artists.
He is the recipient of the Florida Artist Grant, the Cintas Foundation Fellowship, and the National Endowment for the Arts Award in the Visual Arts as well as other national and international fellowships. In 2013, he was honored with the Provost Award for Scholarly Activity and in 2014 was named a Cooper Fellow in the College of Arts and Sciences.
He has been with the University of Miami since 1994 where he lives and works with his wife Carol and their cat ‘Leo’.