© Marisol Mendez
For the past three years Shutter Hub has exhibited at Festival Pil’Ours, in Saint Gilles Croix de Vie, France, ‘Because We Can!’, ‘Time to Think‘ and in 2020 we were unable to travel to deliver a new exhibition, but amazingly ‘Time to Think’ had an encore and was revisited by thousands of people in the area.
Now we’re planning to return with a new exhibition, ‘Your Body Belongs to You’ which will be co-curated by Karen Harvey (Shutter Hub Creative Director) and Marisol Mendez (Shutter Hub member and photographer of MADRE).
Find out more about the story behind the theme here, and get inspired by some of our early entrants’ images here, but this call is very much open to creative interpretation! Take the notion of ‘Your Body Belongs to You’ and run with it, as broadly and as freely as you want to. No boundaries, just your best work, show us your vision of the world, share your view with the audience, put your projects out there to be seen and discussed (the only constraint is it must be suitable for family viewing). If you are a woman or non-binary photographer this exhibition is for you!
The outdoor exhibition site is in the centre of St Gilles Croix de Vie, an area that attracts thousands of visitors day and night throughout the seasons, making the exhibition accessible to all. We’ll be following the same format that we’ve used previously (see here) and will be able to exhibit several hundred images.
The exhibition will run for three months in Spring 2022 (exact dates to be confirmed)
Each entrant can submit up to 12 images. These can be from a series or individual images. There is no upper limit to the amount of images we can exhibit at Festival Pil’Ours.
The deadline for entries has been extended and is now Thursday 23 September 2021 5pm BST
Click Rules above to find out more about entering and submit your entry by clicking Apply above.
Want to know more about what we’ve done with Festival Pil’Ours in previous years?
You can read about our Because We Can exhibition launch in 2018, and feedback from Shutter Hub, the exhibitors and the festival co-director, Josephine Leroux, here.
You can read about Time to Think in 2019 here and the 2020 encore here.
Your Body Belongs to You is for all women and non-binary photographers. Why is this opportunity for women and non-binary photographers? While we pride ourselves on inclusion, Festival Pil’Ours is about women photographers, and we know from past feedback that our male readership and membership fully understand and support projects that highlight this work. If you do have any questions about this please get in touch.
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HOW TO ENTER
All submitted files must adhere to the specifications below. Files that are not correctly sized or labelled may not be accepted.
Please read the specification information below.
Your Body Belongs to You is open for entries from all women (including cis, trans and intersex) and non-binary photographers.
DEADLINE EXTENDED – Entries close: Thursday 23 September 2021 5pm BST
Please do not leave your entry until the last minute, we cannot accept any late entries.
We will be in touch to inform entrants of the outcome whether they have been selected or not within 14 days of the deadline.
FEES & ENTRY
Members £5 per image
Non members £10 per image
Each entrant can submit up to 12 images as 6x4in 300dpi uncompressed jpeg digital files. These can be from a series or individual images. All submitted files must be named with photographers name and title of work.
We’ve subsidised the fee for Shutter Hub members to take part. The conditions of entry allow exhibitors to save on print, framing and courier fees which we hope encourages wider participation in our international exhibitions.
If you’re not a Shutter Hub member but would like to benefit from lower entry fees on this and future exhibitions, as well as all the other lovely stuff we offer, you can join here for just £87 per year (£21.75 per quarter)
SPECIFICATIONS FOR WORK
All submitted files must be named with photographers name and title of work e.g. david_hasselhoff_best_photograph_ever_ever.jpg Files that are not labelled correctly may not be accepted.
Files must be 6x4in 300dpi uncompressed jpeg digital files.
Images must fit 6x4in proportions or be cropped to fit. Images that do not match these proportions may be cropped to fit at our discretion.
Please do not place multiple images together, please submit them as separate images. No multiple image composites, borders or added text can be accepted.
We reserve the right to not display work.
Please read the Terms and Conditions for further details.
Please keep in mind that work entered needs to be suitable for a family audience.
Photographers retain copyright and ownership, as always.
SALE OF WORK
Work will not be for sale. Any enquiries will be sent on directly to the photographers.
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.
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ENTRIES ARE NOW CLOSED