ABOUT
THE WOMEN'S COMMITTEE OF THE PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART is pleased to announce its second
Photography Portfolio Competition. The competition is open to all photographers age 18 or older. A
jury of nationally recognized experts will select one photograph by each of six artists for
inclusion in a 16" x 20" portfolio to be published in an edition of 25 in fall 2012.
Peter Barberie, The Brodsky Curator of Photographs, Alfred Stieglitz Center, Philadelphia Museum
of Art, will select one additional curator's choice entry to be sold as an individual print in a
limited edition. The Museum will exhibit the portfolio and the individual print in fall 2012 and a
In Focus event will be held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on October 11, 2012, to celebrate
the production of the portfolio.
JURORS
Jurors will include photographer Andrea Modica, photography critic Vince Aletti, and Peter
Barberie.
AWARDS
Each winning photographer will be awarded $1,000 and a 2012 Photography Portfolio. The
curator's choice photographer will receive $500 and an individual print. Winning artists will
receive 5 percent from the sale of the portfolios. The curator's choice artist will receive 5
percent from the sale of the individual print. The portfolio and curator's choice photographs will
become part of the permanent collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
PORTFOLIO
The portfolio will be sold through the Women's Committee of the Philadelphia Museum of
Art in a limited edition of twenty-five boxed sets to be produced by Silicon Gallery. Two
additional editions will be printed for the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and for the Women's
Committee. The portfolio will include six photographs and information about each artist. The
curator's choice photograph will be sold as an individual print in a limited edition.
2012 COMPETITION APPLICATION DEADLINE
CLOSED.
