Are you a graduate? Self-taught? Graduated a really long time ago? Are you under 30? Over 30? Emerging? Emerged? Not sure what emerging means..?
If you’re a photographer looking for a way to get more eyes on your work, we’d like to introduce you to YEARBOOK.
A group show, promoted to people working within the photography industry, with the chance to be selected for a printed publication going out to industry specialists and agencies. This is for you.
With most of the graduate shows cancelled this year and uncertainty about when events of that size and nature will be able to go ahead, we started thinking about what these shows mean for those involved, and what they’re missing by not having them. In many ways they echo the ethos of Shutter Hub exhibitions – group shows of work by many varied photographers, promoted to the photography world, attended by industry experts, other photographers’ networks and potential employers.
At Shutter Hub we’re always trying to find ways to create opportunities for as many people as possible, so we came up with an idea that could have a positive impact for everyone, and not just for graduates…
We’re asking for entries from anyone who could do with a bit of promotional boost, no matter your background or education. There’s no theme, but we’d encourage you to think of it like a graduate show – an opportunity to promote a ‘major project’. It can be an actual project or series, or the ‘project’ can be your portfolio. Keep in mind that due to the scale of this project we won’t be able to include full series’ of images from all entrants, but there will be a link from your name to your website or social media (you’ll decide), so viewers will be able to link through to see more of your work.
The main exhibition will be online, so it can be easily shared and accessed, in a similar style to our recent EVERYDAY DELIGHT (Stay at Home Edition) exhibitions. The show will be on our website, which reaches over 20,000 people per month and we’ll promote the show through our newsletter of around 6000 subscribers, social media with a combined audience of over 12,000 and everyone we know who wants to see new photography! All valid entries will have at least one image included per person.
100 images will be selected by a panel of judges to be included in a printed publication that will be sent out to 100 industry specialists and agencies. The publication will also be available to buy if you’d like to send it to your own contacts, or for others to buy just to enjoy!
YEARBOOK Awards 2020
We’re really pleased to announce that there will be four YEARBOOK Awards from our partners BenQ, Exposure Photography Festival, Fujifilm and Newspaper Club. Read our announcement about the Awards here for all the details.
- BenQ YEARBOOK AWARD 2020 – One photographer will be selected by Tallie Wright, representing BenQ, to receive a BenQ PhotoVue SW240 professional monitor with shading hood.
- Exposure Photography Festival YEARBOOK AWARD 2020 – One photographer will be selected by Beth Kane from Exposure Photography Festival to receive a Mentorship package which will also include a full portfolio review.
- Fujifilm Original Photo Paper YEARBOOK AWARD 2020 – One photographer will be selected by Judith van Linden from Fujifilm Original Photo Paper to receive their portfolio printed as a book with Original Photo Paper by Fujifilm.
- Newspaper Club YEARBOOK AWARD 2020 – One photographer will be selected by Sarah Belfort from Newspaper Club to receive a £250 printing voucher for Newspaper Club.
There are no set entry fees for YEARBOOK, we’re asking you to ‘pay what you can’. If you’re graduating this year we know you would have spent hundreds of pounds on your show, but we’re not asking for that, we’re just asking you to pay what you can so that we can make this happen for everyone. If you’re lucky enough to be in employment, or getting financial support, we hope you’ll help us support those who aren’t.
We’re making this opportunity affordable for all photographers, but it isn’t cheap to produce. Please help support us by sharing what we do. We receive no external grants or funding, but we’re determined to do what we can to keep photography open to all.
You don’t have to be a Shutter Hub member to take part, but if you’d like to find out about all the benefits of being a Shutter Hub member you can do so here.
This is your graduate show, whether you’ve just graduated, never graduated, or can’t even remember that far back!
Deadline for entries: 18 June 2020 (5pm BST)
YEARBOOK 2020 is supported by: Newspaper Club.
Got any questions? Email us at info@shutterhub.org.uk
THE BRIEF
We’re asking for entries from anyone who could do with a bit of promotional boost, no matter your background or education. There’s no theme, but we’d encourage you to think of it like a graduate show – an opportunity to promote a ‘major project’. It can be an actual project or series, or the ‘project’ can be your portfolio. Keep in mind that due to the scale of YEARBOOK we won’t be able to include full series’ of images from all entrants, but there will be a link from your name to your website, so viewers will be able to link through to see more of your work.
HOW TO ENTER
All submitted files must be named with photographers name and title of work. Files that are not labelled correctly may not be accepted.
Please read the specification information below.
Deadline for entries: 18 June 2020 (5pm BST)
Please do not leave your entry until the last minute, we cannot accept any late entries.
FEES & ENTRY
There are no entry fees for YEARBOOK 2020, we’re asking you to ‘pay what you can’. If you’re lucky enough to be in employment, or getting financial support, we hope you’ll help us support those who aren’t.
Once you’ve entered there are no further fees to take part – we’ll arrange, promote and deliver both the online exhibition and the publication for you. These conditions of entry allow exhibitors to save on print, framing and courier fees which we hope encourages wider participation in our exhibitions.
There is no limit to the number of images you can enter. Images can be from a series or individual images.
If you’re not a Shutter Hub member but would like to benefit from lower entry fees on future exhibitions, as well as all the other lovely stuff we offer, you can join here for just £80 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: david_hasselhoff_best_photograph_ever
- Images can be landscape or portrait format
- Submitted images must be jpegs, 2000 pixels wide 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 14 days of the deadline. We always get in touch, so, if for any reason you don’t hear from us, please email.
SALE OF WORK
Work will not be for sale during the exhibition.
Any enquiries from viewers will be noted and passed directly to the exhibitors.
EXHIBITION 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 exhibition and its promotion and publicity. Copyright remains with the originator and each exhibitor 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. If relevant, insurance of the artist’s work is the responsibility of the artist. Shutter Hub and the venue reserve the right to refuse work that they deem to be inappropriate, offensive or explicit. Neither Shutter Hub nor the venue can be held responsible for the damage or loss of any of the work entered or exhibited.
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