When we first decided to announce this year's Curator's Choice Awards we thought long and hard about what this would mean for all our contending photographers. What it does mean is there are yet another pair of discerning and experienced eyes reviewing your work. And, it's a chance for you to learn a bit more about a few of our affiliate organizations—and why we love them. And, it's another chance at a bit more exposure, constructive critique...and prizes!
So, we are extremely excited to announce that Darius Himes, a founding editor of Radius Books and also a HHS! panelist, will be the guest curator for the first month of competition! Radius Books is a non-profit art book publishing company based out of Santa Fe, New Mexico. But, beyond producing an exquisite collection of books, Radius also encourages an ongoing and challenging dialogue in the arts.
All submissions made before April 22nd, 2010 are automatically eligible to win a generous gift bag from Radius, including these three outstanding monographs:
Those three books were all selected by members on the Hey, Hot Shot! team ('cause they're near and dear to us) and we're thrilled that Radius is enabling us to offer them as a prize. The photographer Darius selects will be notified by email and featured here on the blog and in the newsletter in late April, so stay tuned, and make sure to get your submissions in!