The Photographic Society at Blue Ridge Arts Center is excited to announce that our National Photography Exhibition is now accepting entries. The exhibition will be held at Blue Ridge Arts Center, 111 E. South 2nd Street, Seneca, South Carolina, Friday, March 21 through Friday, April 25, 2025.
2025 JUROR: PETER ESSICK
Peter Essick is a photographer, teacher, and editor with 30 years of experience working with National Geographic Magazine. He specializes in nature and environmental themes. Named one of the forty most influential nature photographers in the world by Outdoor Photography Magazine UK, Essick has been influenced by many noted American landscape photographers from Carleton Watkins to Robert Adams. His goal is to make photographs that move beyond documentation to reveal in careful compositions the human impact of development as well as the enduring power of the land.
Essick is the author of four books of his photographs, The Ansel Adams Wilderness, Our Beautiful, Fragile World, Fernbank Forest and Work in Progress. He has photographed stories for National Geographic on many environmental issues including climate change, high-tech trash, nuclear waste and freshwater. After 30 years travelling the world as an editorial photographer, Essick decided to focus his work on a more personal documentation of the environmental and cultural changes in his hometown of Atlanta.
Essick’s photographs are in the permanent collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, the Booth Western Art Museum and many other private collections. He is represented by Spalding Nix Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia.
EXHIBITION DETAILS
ELIGIBILITY & HOW TO ENTER
This exhibition is open to all artists residing in the United States. All artwork should be original, created by the submitting artist within the last three years and not previously shown at Blue Ridge Arts Center. Photographic processes include non-traditional materials, mixed media, or digital photography.
Submit up to 3 works online by click the button below.
$30 entry fee for Blue Ridge Arts Center members, $40 fee for non-members. Entry fees are non-refundable.
AWARDS
- Best in Show: $750
- 2nd Place: $500
- 3rd Place: $250
- Merit Awards (5): $100
SALES
Artists may choose to offer their work for sale. Blue Ridge Arts Center will retain a 35% sales commission on all work sold. All work must remain for the duration of the show.
QUESTIONS
- Susan Stamey (864-710-0328)
- Larry Bennett (561-889-9215)
EXHIBITION TIMELINE
SUBMISSION TIMELINE
- Submissions Deadline:
- Saturday, February 22 (midnight)
- Click Here to Submit Entry
- Notifications Sent via Email
- Saturday, March 1
- All artists (accepted and not accepted) will be notified via email and a list of accepted artworks will be posted online
- Delivery of Accepted Artwork:
- Hand-Deliver:
- March 14 (1-4pm)
- March 15 (10am-1pm)
- Shipped Work, must arrive by:
- March 14
- Hand-Deliver:
EXHIBITION ON VIEW
- OPENING RECEPTION:
- March 21 (5:30-7:00 pm)
- ON VIEW: March 21 – April 25
- Wednesday-Friday: 1:00-4:00pm
- Saturday: 10:00am-1:00pm
- CLOSING RECEPTION:
- Friday, April 25 (5:30-7:00 pm)
ARTWORK PICKUP
- Friday, April 25: 7:00-7:15pm
- Saturday, April 26: 10:00am-1:00pm
DELIVERY/SHIPPING/PRINTING/RETRIEVAL
All accepted entries must be ready for installation with wire hanger attached. Maximum size should not exceed 30”x40”.
Shipped artwork must be received by Friday, March 14 in a sturdy reusable container. Shipped work will be returned by UPS and will be insured for the stated value of the piece(s) unless specified otherwise. Shipped artwork must include return shipping fees or the artwork will not be returned.
Contact Larry Bennett at 561-889-9215 to discuss local printing and framing of your artwork.
Blue Ridge Arts Center cannot be held responsible for any damage or loss to artwork that has been left for longer than 30 days following the posted deadlines for pick-up. Artwork left longer than 30 days becomes the property of Blue Ridge Arts Center.