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by May 22, 2025

Photographers' Journey 2025

 

Exhibition dates August 5 to August 31, 2025

 

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Image City Photography Gallery in partnership with our sponsors,  Lumiere Photo, Adobe, and Archival Methods, are excited to introduce a major event at Image City Photography Gallery. It is called Photographers' Journey 2025.

We invite photographers' participation and submissions to this juried competition that will be judged by two distiguished, independent judges. 

A few details:      

• Each entry submitted has four images on a CD, DVD, Jump Drive or is uploaded online. Note: You may enter more than once with additional submissions.

• Final Date for submission of entry forms is May 22.

• The charge will be $40 for each entry of four photographs, with an unlimited number of entries.

• Image City will select the top 8 photographs in each category, all of which will be displayed and offered for sale at the August 5 - August 31 show.

• From the top photographs selected in each category, our independent judges will select the best single photograph in each category.  From these top photographs an overall Grand Prize and two runners-up will be selected as winners.

• Prizes totaling a value of $3,500 will be given to the winners, generously offered by our sponsors and the Gallery.

• We will publish a catalog displaying all of the winners in each category. The category winners will receive a copy. The catalog will be on sale at the gallery.

• For selected photographs, Lumiere Photo is offering a 20% discount on printing orders, from June 16 to July 12. Note the shop will be closed July 4 - 9.

• The distinguished judges for the exhibition are Olivia Kim, an artist and sculptor based in Rochester, NY,  and Andrea Zuchegno of National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), serving as the Department Chair of Visual Communications Studies.

The Winners in each of the eight categories will receive:

• A limited-edition copy of the exhibition catalog

• A $25 gift card by Lumiere Photo, valid for printing and custom framing.

The Grand Prize Winner, announced at the August 8 Opening Reception, will receive:

• A gift card for $200 from Lumiere Photo valid for printing and custom framing.

• An award certificate for $300 from Archival Methods

• 1 year certificate - Adobe Creative Cloud All Apps Plan, Get 20+ Creative Cloud apps including Lightroom, Photoshop, Illustrator, lnDesign, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Acrobat Pro, and more with 100GB of cloud storage, Adobe Portfolio, Adobe Fonts, and access to the latest features and updates as soon as they're released. (Check, $64.79/mo or $777 value)

• $300 cash from Image City Photography Gallery

The 2 Runner-Up Winners, announced at the August 8 Opening Reception, will receive:

• A gift card for $100 from Lumiere Photo good for printing and custom framing.

• An award certificate for $100 from Archival Methods

• $100 cash from Image City Photography Gallery

Gift Certificates from local businesses in the Neighborhood of the Arts Business Association will also be awarded.

If you have questions please email 

Steve.Levinson@ImageCityPhotographyGallery.com

 

Judges' Biographies

Olivia Kim is a talented artist and sculptor based in Rochester, NY, known for her captivating works that explore human movement and the essence of the human experience.

Olivia was born in the Philippines and came to Rochester when she was a child.  Her travels to countries in Europe, Southeast Asia, Central and South America and study of world art and culture have helped her start to see the universal roots of humanity.  She draws, paints, and primarily sculpts the human figure.  She specializes in clay, bronze and glass materials, as they reflect different qualities of existence.  She is best known for having made numerous public statues of Frederick Douglass in Rochester, NY.  Her work has received national and international awards, including Prize for Best Sculpture at the Florence Academy of Art, a Chairman's Extraordinary Action Award from the National Endowment for the Arts as a part of the Building and Rebuilding Monuments to American Heroes executive order (bronze Frederick Douglass at the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport) and Structural Award of the Year from the National Public Works Association (bronze Douglass and Lincoln shaking hands for the Riverwall Improvement Project on Exchange St, Rochester, NY).  Plans are being made for her to make a statue of Susan B Anthony for the Susan B Anthony House, children to go with the Frederick Douglass Airport bronze and other public works. 

Andrea Zuchegno is an Associate Professor and Department Chair in the Visual Communications Studies Department at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, one of the colleges of the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). A Rochester native, Andrea grew up immersed in the visual culture of her hometown—known as “The World’s Image Center.” Her passion for photography began early, influenced by a family legacy at Eastman Kodak and the constant presence of cameras at family gatherings. She went on to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Photographic Communications and Master of Science degrees in both Graphic Media Publishing and Secondary Education of Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, all from RIT. 

With a teaching career spanning over two decades, Andrea is dedicated to fostering visual literacy and creativity in her students. Her photographic interests include macro, micro, and travel photography. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including in Athens, Greece, and featured in publications such as FEEL magazine.