NCCA-Artsplace 2024 Statewide Photography Competition

NCCA-Artsplace 2024 Statewide Photography Competition

Our goal is to exhibit and acknowledge the finest photographers in the State of Michigan and encourage greater growth and achievement in the photographic community. This is a juried competition. Selected works will be exhibited and among them will be the honor of 1st, 2nd, 3rd place and honorable mentions receiving ribbons and cash awards.

Award winners are:
1st Place – Bob Brown for Tulip – Elegance of Form
2nd Place – Dianne Carroll Burdick for Lotus Flowers
3rd Place – Tim Motley for Boys in the Band
Honorable Mention – Stone Peng for Milkweed Pod
Honorable Mention – Russ Barneveld for The Visitor

Juror: Randy Nyhof
I have been involved in photography for over 50 years. In regards to the technical aspects of photography I am self-taught. I learned the aesthetic values from my art experience, and looking at what was considered good photography. To a great extent my approach to fine art photography has been influenced by my education in college, majoring in studio art. I have been influenced by many artists and photographers too numerous to mention. At first I used 35mm & medium format film cameras, but now all my images are captured with various digital cameras. I owned and operated a photography business for over 40 years engaging in wedding photography, senior portraits, family portraits, underclass school day portraits, yearbook publications and commercial product photography. More recently, I have become involved in producing photographic fine art images. In addition to participating in local art shows and competitions within the last 20 years, I have had images published in Popular Photography Magazine, Canada’s PhotoLife Magazine, B&W Magazine, Focus Magazine, Austria’s Trierenberg Super Circuit Publications, Photographer’s Forum Best of Photography Annuals, Black River Calendar Publishing and local publications. I have also licensed photographs for several book covers, music CD covers, including one for an Australian Blues Band, even a background screen for a British Rock Group. I have also licensed a number of my images to be sold on products at the Hobby Lobby Stores and on fabric with Northcott Silk. Now, in my supposedly retirement, I keep busy with steady fine art photography online sales on several shop sites, and am involved in local art & photography organizations, most notably with Grand Valley Artists.

Entry Guidelines

• Must be Michigan resident, 18 or older, to submit work.
• Work must be framed and ready to display or finished appropriately.
• All photographic processes are accepted.
• NCCA reserves the right to decline artwork for any reason.
• Accepted work may be placed for sale during the exhibit.
• A 30% commission is charged on all sales during exhibit.
• Each eligible photographer may submit up to two photographs.
• Entry labels must be firmly affixed to the back of the entries.
• Please indicate the photographic process in your description. For example, 35 mm, digital, medium format, silver gelatin, sepia tone, etc.
• Do not submit prints that have been previously exhibited at NCCA-Artsplace.
• NCCA will take every precaution to ensure protection of artwork, however, we will not be responsible for any loss, damage or theft.
• Any artwork left after August 3 may become property of NCCA unless other arrangements have been made.
• Send or drop off completed entry form, framed work and include a payment made to NCCA for the non-refundable entry fee of $25 Member or $30 Non-Member, to:
2024 Statewide Photo Competition
Newaygo County Council for the Arts
13 East Main St. Fremont, MI 49412

NCCA Statewide Photography Competition Application