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Monthly Meeting – September 2018
September 19, 2018 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
EIC Theme: People
People are the main subject (e.g., not statues, pictures of people)
Judge: Joe Newman:
Bio:
Joe is the founder of Focus on the Story, a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. that supports and encourages photographers of diverse backgrounds to explore visual storytelling’s critical role in documenting the world around us and its ability to spur social change. During the past three years, he has led five photography workshops in Cuba, published three collaborative photo books financed through Kickstarter campaigns, taken on photography assignments for various NGO clients, and founded the Focus on the Story International Photo Festival. His photography has been exhibited at the Leica Gallery DC, and the annual FotoWeek DC and Exposed DC shows. Prior to launching Focus on the Story, Joe worked as communications director at the Project On Government Oversight and, before that, spent 17 years as an award-winning journalist at various newspapers.
EIC Guidelines:
Please upload up to three images max for the EIC competition to Dropbox, in accordance with the IPS Competition Rules and EIC guidelines. Submission deadline: Saturday preceding the meeting date, by 11:59pm (midnight).
All EIC images need to follow file naming conventions and include the photographer’s name, image name, and competition class (A or B). Images that do not adhere to the competition theme/rules, submitted late, and/or are not labeled properly will be automatically disqualified.
