Effingham Art Guild

Lake Land College Foundation to host annual photo show

The Lake Land College Foundation will host its 33rd Annual Photography Show sponsored by the General Electric Mattoon Lamp Plant and invites professional, amateur and student photographers to submit their work. Student entries are open to grades seven through 12.
Photographers entering the show will compete for prizes in five categories. The categories are as follows:

•    Category One: any subject with the work done totally by the photographer, film or digital;
•    Category Two: any subject, film or digital, with the photo taken by the photographer but commercially printed;
•    Category Three: any photograph following a theme of “Black and White”, taken by the photographer (note: the theme does not have to be limited to black and white photography, but rather the photographer’s perception of subject matter and how it relates to the theme);
•    Category Four: digital manipulation photography such as electronic manipulation including scanning, cropping and color change;
•    Category Five: student entries open to grades 7-12 only.

Awards for Categories One through Three will be $100 in cash to both the professional and amateur winners.  Category Four will be awarded a single prize of $100 and students in Category Five will each be awarded a prize of $50 in cash. The Best of Show award will be $150 in cash and will be awarded to the best overall entry for the professional and amateur categories. New for 2012 is the Best of Show award of $100 in cash for the student category.

Each photographer may enter two photos per category.  Photographs entered may have been taken anytime, but not previously entered in a Lake Land College Foundation Photography Show.

A $5 fee for each entry is being charged to help defray the cost of insuring photographs while they are on display at the college for professional and amateur entries. The student entry fee is $3 per photo.  The entry fee is due at the time you submit your entry form. Entry forms must be submitted by Friday, Feb. 17.

Photographs entered in the show must be delivered to the Virgil H. Judge Learning Resource Center on the Lake Land College campus either on Wednesday, Feb. 22 between 12 and 6 p.m. or Thursday, Feb. 23 between 12 and 6 p.m.   Due to lack of space, photographs will only be accepted at the Virgil H. Judge Learning Resource Center on these dates.

Presentation of awards and individual critiques for photographers who request one will take place during the reception on Thursday, March 8 at 7 p.m. in the Virgil H. Judge Learning Resource Center.

For further information or to request and entry form, please call the Foundation Office at (217) 234-5363 or Special Events at (217) 234-5445.