Saturday, October 17, 2015

The More The Merrier! An Alberta Photo Open (Open Photo) Suggestion

If you have 40 spots available at the Open Photo Show, why not give it to 40 different photogs? Why do some people have 2 or 3 pictures in the exhibit (Open Photo 2015 had 40 works from 29 folks) and then not include so many others who submitted photographs. This last show submission process was made up of 200 works. Surely in that 200 there were another 11 individual artists who could have been accepted.

These exhibition nights are big deals for newbie photographers or photographers who have never had their work in a gallery before. Getting accepted could lead to a larger commitment on their part and more and more good photography. Why not include more pictures from more people? Two times in past years I have had 2 photos exhibited in the same Photo Open exhibition. Why? One is enough for me, one should be enough for others as well.

Lets give 40 gallery spots to 40 DIFFERENT PHOTOGRAPHERS. Lets help promote photography. Lets reward and encourage a larger number of photographers who submit work.

One is enough!