CORDEN | POTTS - The Tipping Point

Winners will be announced in August 2025

Left: Judy Walgren, Right: Steve Raskin


Definition: A tipping point is the point at which a series of small changes or incidents becomes significant enough to cause a larger, more important change.

As is plainly clear in today’s news, small, seemingly innocuous events can form institutions and can even lead to a reality TV star mutating into a world leader. And the reverse can be also true: Through the same incremental steps institutions can be leveled or transformed - brick by brick, step by step.

The expression of what this means is complicated. We're looking forward to seeing your photographic interpretations embodying this idea!

PRIZES: Winner's work will be exhibited at Corden Potts Gallery in San Francisco from July 12 to August 25. Best of Show - $500 cash prize and 4 Honorable mention juror awards; the winners plus a selection of 10 additional images will be featured/published on the All-About-Photo website in a special article and in a merit gallery on their website.

CORDEN | POTTS - The Tipping Point

ENTRY GUIDELINES

Entry Fee (non-refundable): $30/up to 3 images. $5/additional image up to 10 images

In the image title and description fields, please enter the following info:

  • Title / Year Taken (example: Westward #1, 2017)
  • Print Type (Chromogenic Print)
  • Image Size & Frame Size (16x16" | 22x22" frame)

Any work deemed misrepresented by its digital file will be declined

NOTIFICATION

Notification of juried results will be mailed or emailed on May 24, 2018.

SUBMISSION OF ACCEPTED WORK

Accepted artists will be invited to send or deliver actual work. All work must be framed or mounted with a wire affixed and ready to hang. NO SAW TOOTH HANGERS. Entries are handled with great care, however, Corden Potts assumes no liability for work on its premises. All selected works must be for sale. Corden Potts retains 50% commission on all photographs sold, so price accordingly. Selected images may be used for promotion of the exhibition.

ELIGIBILITY

All work must be original. Works previously shown at Corden Potts are not eligible. Artists must be 18 or older to enter.

EXHBITION & ARTWORK DELIVERY/RETURN SCHEDULE

  • May 14 2018 Deadline for submissions. Late submissions will not be reviewed.
  • May 24, 2018 Notification sent
  • July 1, 2018 Deadline for receipt of works (late submissions or substitute images will not be hung)
  • July 12-Aug 25 Exhibition on view
  • July 12, 2018 Opening reception at Corden Potts, 5:30-7:30pm
  • Sept 8, 2018 Pick-up hand-delivered work
  • October 1, 2018 Works shipped by

JURORS

Ann Jastrab is the former Gallery Director at RayKo Photo Center where she curated a decade’s worth of exhibitions in their galleries. Ann regularly participates as a juror and reviewer for a multitude of organizations such as Fotofest, Photolucida, Review Santa Fe, Review LA, PhotoAlliance, Palm Springs Photo Festival, SPE, Filter, Medium, the Seoul International Photo Festival, GuatePhoto,the Center for Fine Art Photography, the San Francisco Arts Commission, the Academy of Art in SF, Artspan, SFAI, Click646, and Critical Mass. She is currently working at Scott Nichols Gallery in San Francisco as well as being an independent curator. Ann is also a writer and editor for All-About-Photo.com.

Judy Walgren is an Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer, photo editor, teacher, visual artist and writer. She came to San Francisco to lead the visuals team at the San Francisco Chronicle in 2010, during which time, she received her MFA in Visual Art from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. After leaving the Chronicle in 2015, she worked as an editorial director creating authentic branded content and began her exploration into the disruption of historic visual archives. Besides teaching, she is presently developing a social practice project working with indigenous people near the sites of the 21 California missions to create historical records from their perspective. Walgren lives in San Francisco with her son, Theo.

Entry deadline

Sun, 13 May 2018 05:00:00 PM PDT

Entry fee

Entry Fee (non-refundable): $30/up to 3 images. $5/additional image, up to 10 images.