© Nick Barkworth
The NIGHT MOODS exhibition, curated by Shutter Hub member Justin Carey (as part of our Curate for the Community project) was received with such overwhelming positivity that we’ve invited Justin to collaborate with us on the production of a Shutter Hub Editions publication – NIGHT MOODS, the photobook!
We’re looking for 100 images of the night. Whether you’re interested in seemingly mundane street scenes or evocative nocturnal landscapes, prefer a spot of astrophotography, or maybe just enjoy experimenting with light trails, NIGHT MOODS aims to showcase the range of photographic expression available at night.
The night can be an incredibly suggestive time, with the darkness useful for creating mystery or an unnerving atmosphere. Scenes we overlook during the day often take on a fascinating new appearance at night, or you may simply be inspired by the romance of the colours in the sky in the moments just after sunset to create something beautiful.
Following on from the NIGHT MOODS exhibition, this is a new project, welcoming new image submissions, and open to everyone. If you were part of the exhibition we’d really welcome your entries, and if you missed the first opportunity, now’s your chance to get involved and share your images.
Shutter Hub Editions is the publishing house from Shutter Hub – creating a collection of printed publications, featuring themed and solo books, for people who love photography. Our publications are held in many international collections including the British Library, the V&A, and the Portuguese Center of Photography.
The book will be available to buy worldwide, with several stockists across the UK.
We’re supporting this publication ourselves so that we can offer this opportunity at no cost to the photographers unless they wish to make a contribution. All we ask is that you send us your best work. We intend it to be a showcase for the photographers involved. We will promote it heavily across our networks, make it available to purchase in a variety of locations as well as directly from our online shop, and we will create a page on our website to allow people to connect directly with the photographers that are featured in the publication as we did with EVERYDAY DELIGHT and our other publications.
100 images will be selected for inclusion in the book. You can enter single images or a short series of images, up to 6 images can be entered per photographer.
The publication will be perfect bound, portrait orientation 140gsm matte paper at 148 x 210mm with a 350gsm cover. The design, layout and editorial decisions will be at our discretion.
Deadline: 26 October 2023 (5pm UK time)
Got any questions? Email us at info@shutterhub.org.uk
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THE BRIEF
We’re inviting you to put your images forward for our forthcoming publication, NIGHT MOODS.
Whether you’re interested in seemingly mundane street scenes or evocative nocturnal landscapes, prefer a spot of astrophotography or maybe just enjoy experimenting with light trails, NIGHT MOODS aims to showcase the range of photographic expression available at night.
The night can be an incredibly suggestive time, with the darkness useful for creating mystery or an unnerving atmosphere. Scenes we overlook during the day often take on a fascinating new appearance at night, or you may simply be inspired by the romance of the colours in the sky in the moments just after sunset to create something beautiful.
HOW TO ENTER
All submitted files must be named with the photographer’s name and title of work as described in the specifications. Files that are not labelled correctly may not be accepted.
Please read the specification information below.
Deadline for entries: 26 October 2023 (5pm UK time)
Please do not leave your entry until the last minute, we cannot accept any late entries.
FEES & ENTRY
There are no set entry fees for NIGHT MOODS, but if you would like to make a donation to help us to make this happen you are very welcome to do so as part of your entry.
Once you’ve entered there are no further fees to take part – we’ll design, promote and deliver the publication for you.
We’re making this opportunity affordable for all photographers, but it isn’t cheap to produce and we intend to recoup some of our costs with book sales. We receive no external grants or funding but we’re determined to do what we can to keep photography open to all. Unfortunately, this does mean we won’t be able to pay royalties or supply each entrant with a free copy, but we intend this to be a showcase for photographers and will promote the publication across our networks, make it available to purchase in a variety of locations as well as directly from our online shop, and create a page on our website to allow people to connect directly with the photographers that are featured in the publication as we did with POETRY and ROAD TRIP, and EVERYDAY DELIGHT. Having considered many different possibilities and options we feel this is the fairest approach.
6 images can be entered per photographer.
If you’re not a Shutter Hub member but would like to benefit from all the other lovely stuff we offer, you can join here for just £87 per year.
SPECIFICATIONS FOR ENTRIES
- All submitted files must be named with photographers name and title of work. Files that are not labelled correctly may not be accepted. Correct file naming looks like this: lastname_firstname_imagetitle.jpg
- Images can be landscape or portrait format but keep in mind that the publication itself is portrait orientation.
- Please do not place multiple images together (such as diptychs or triptychs), please submit them as separate images. Please do not include captions or titles as part of the image, unless it is a graphic element of the image itself.
- Submitted images must be 300dpi jpegs, to fit within the A5 size of 148 × 210mm, CMYK colour profile (Coated GRACoL 2006 (ISO 12647-2:2004) and no more than 5MB in size. We will contact successful entrants to request larger files for print if they are required.
- Images must be suitable for a family audience.
- Shutter Hub reserves the right to not display work.
- Please read the Terms and Conditions for further details.
We will be in touch to inform entrants of the outcome whether they have been selected or not within 12 weeks of the deadline. We always get in touch, so, if for any reason you don’t hear from us, please email.
SALE OF WORK
Shutter Hub Edition publications will be for sale by Shutter Hub as open editions, featuring images selected from this call for entries. By entering the photographer agrees that we can publish the image in this publication and in future editions/print runs of this title.
Any enquiries such as for commissions or print sales from readers will be noted and passed directly to the photographer.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Shutter Hub reserves the right to display, reproduce and publish in any media any entry, without payment, for the purpose of the publication and its promotion and publicity. Copyright remains with the originator and each photographer shall be deemed to warrant that they own the entire copyright in the work or that they have permission from the licensee and/or copyright owner/s for the uses and that all necessary model releases and clearances have been obtained. Shutter Hub reserve the right to refuse work that they deem to be inappropriate, offensive or explicit.
Please make sure you read and agree with the above information before you submit your application. By submitting your application you are agreeing to abide by the terms and conditions and the information set out above.
Got any questions? Email us at info@shutterhub.org.uk
ENTRIES ARE NOW CLOSED