Artist Choice

The TPPA “Artist’s Choice” Juried Photographic Exhibition
Entry Submission Now Open.

Sponsored by:

SUBJECT MATTER
This is an open theme with the opportunity for the photographer to submit their best images for consideration. The choice of subject is up to the photographer. The iHeart Photography Conference and Expo is open to all age groups, so entries deemed inappropriate for display will not be accepted.

ELIGIBILITY

• The exhibition is open to amateur and professional photographers.
• Entrants warrant that they have the copyright to all submitted work.
• Entrants do not have to register for the iHeart Photography Conference to participate in the contest.

AWARDS
First Place – $200 PLUS $150 Gift Card to Arlington Camera
Second Place – $125 PLUS $100 Gift Card to Arlington Camera
Third Place – $75 PLUS $50 Gift Card to Arlington Camera
People’s Choice – $100 Gift Card to Arlington Camera

In addition to the above prizes, we will also have giveaways from Bay Photo.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS (All times Central)– Artist’s Choice 2024
August 30, 5PM – Submission deadline 
September 6 – Notice sent to photographers
October 4, 9AM-12PM – Prints due at the Grapevine Convention Center
October 5, 10AM – Exhibit Opens in the iHeart Photography Expo at the Grapevine Convention Center
October 6, Noon – Winners Announced
October 6, 3PM – Exhibit closes
October 6, 3PM-4PM – Pick up prints

FEES
Photographers may submit up to 6 images at $6 each for a non-refundable fee of up to $36.

HOW TO ENTER DIGITAL FILES
1. Register your entries on the Official Registration Form Online
2. Files should be in JPEG format (2-5 MB). Images should be labeled as: First Name-Last Name-Title of Image.jpg
3. The entrant’s name shall not appear anywhere in or on the face of the entry.
4. Upload the file on the Official Registration Form.
5. Pay for your entries on the Official Registration Form.

SPECIFICATIONS
This competition is for photography. Color and black & white photographs are eligible. Composite images are allowed, however, all aspects of the image must have been captured by the entrant. Artificial Intelligence (AI) images are not allowed.  

REPRODUCTION
The Texas Professional Photographers Association (TPPA) will have the right to display, project, and reproduce selected work for exhibition, marketing, and promotional purposes only. Photographers retain copyrights to their individual works.

LIABILITY
The Texas Professional Photographers Association (TPPA) will exercise due care in handling the prints, but will not be responsible for loss, damage, or replacement during selection, exhibit, or shipping.

NOTIFICATION
Notification will be emailed to you immediately following the juror’s decision. It will be your official notification of the juror’s selection and this decision is final.

EXHIBITION GALLERY

1. If your work is accepted, you will need to send one exhibition-quality print for each accepted image to qualify for any awards. Prints must be mounted and/or matted on a ridged backing (artboard, foam core, sintra board, etc.) with the outside dimensions of at least 14″ and no more than 20” on the longest side.
2. Any work which, upon receipt, is deemed to have been misrepresented by the digital image, or to be of poor technical quality, may be omitted by the juror or the TPPA.
3. Include a check payable to the Texas Professional Photographers Assn to cover return shipping or include a prepaid shipping label for return postage at the conclusion of the exhibit unless you plan to pick up your work.
4. Prints will be returned in the container in which they were received. Prints WITHOUT postage will not be returned.

EXHIBITION HOURS
The Exhibition Gallery is open to the public, and friends and family are welcome to attend.
Saturday, October 5 from 10AM – 4PM
Sunday, October 6 from 11AM – 3PM

If your image(s) are selected, you must send prints to:
Texas Professional Photographers
c/o Steve Kozak
5323 Fig Tree Ln
Grand Prairie, TX 75052
*Shipped Images must arrive at the above address by 5PM Central, October 2

Or

Hand Deliver Only
Friday, October 4, from 9AM – Noon Central
Grapevine Convention Center
1209 S. Main
Grapevine, TX

Questions: Steve Kozak, TPPA Executive Director
steve@tppa.org or (972) 601-9070

JUROR – David Valdez

David Valdez is a former director of the White House Photo Office serving President George Bush. During this administration, he traveled to 75 countries and all 50 states with the President. In 1997, he published George Herbert Walker Bush: A Photographic Profile.