Selected to participate in the exhibition 3rd-30th October physical and online exhibition

This was my first competition/physical exhibition success. I’d submitted the maximum of 8 images and had one chosen. The call was for emerging and established photographers, UK and international.

Unlike other submissions they asked for little information on the work simply: Niki South, British, living in Wales. The work is from my series ‘What lies Within’ found on my website: https://nikisouth.myportfolio.com .

From this I gather the image chosen was strength of the image.

A screenshot from the physical gallery (my image top right)

A screenshot from the online gallery (my image top left)

I was not able to get to the exhibition and they don’t post all exhibited photographs on their website, but I did receive a certificate of my participation in the exhibition.

SUBMISSION PROCESS

The Glasgow Gallery of Photography’s Green exhibition. Deadline: 24th May 2024

SUBMISSION INFORMATION: The Glasgow Gallery of Photography is running a month long exhibition in October called Green, the first part of their secondary colour series, in which they ask photographers to submit images that focus on one of the secondary colours. For this exhibition the focus will be on the colour Green. They want to see images that really showcase the colour green in your photography, whether that is in nature or an urban setting, in a portrait or still life, any style/genre of photography is welcome as long as it fits the theme of Green.

Green is an open call for photographers to submit up to 8 images for an exhibition with the theme of the colour Green.

Photographers who are selected will have their work displayed in a month long exhibition in the gallery, with their work also appearing online in an online gallery on the website.

All participants that are selected to take part in the exhibition will receive a digital certificate of participation and will also be put forward for a chance to be named Photographer of the Month.

We want to see work from both emerging and established photographers. You do not need to be a professional photographer to participate they believe that photography is for everyone.

Both Scottish and International photographers are welcome.

How to participate: Submission are FREE.  If your work is selected there will be a participation fee of £48.00. This fee covers the cost of everything, printing, installation and un-installing the work the gallery space. * the frames used belong to the gallery*. Unless otherwise stated images will either be printed 18″x12, 16″x12″, or 12″x12″ in size depending on the image.

Submission rules:

1. Choose up to 8 images that are 300ppi and 3000 Pixels minimum on the shortest side.

Work will be displayed various sizes depending on the image selected. (You will be asked to resubmit if you do not follow these guidelines)

2.  Name your image files with your name e,g Firstname-Surname1, Firstname-Surname2, etc. If you do not name your files correctly, it could result in your files getting lost or misplaced. Please only use your name, do not include image titles or any other information, this can be added elsewhere in you submission.

3. Make sure your images are JPEG files. We can only accept jpegs as this is what the printing company that we use requires.

4. Send your 1 – 8 files using either Wetransfer or Dropbox (which are free to use) to our submission email address submissions@glasgowgalleryofphotography.com. Please do not send image via email as this tends to compress your files. Also please send all your images at the same time, and not one image at a time.

5. Please remember to tell us your name, nationality and/or where you reside (these will be displayed along with your selected images) which exhibition you are submitting to e.g Green.

If you are selected to participate or on the reserve list, you will be notified by email. Those not selected will not be notified. If you have been selected and you wish to participate, this is when you can supply us with addition information such as titles of works, or the series it comes from, website links and social media handles. This information will be added to the online gallery for this exhibition.

Good Luck!

https://www.glasgowgalleryofphotography.com/green-2024

My submission of 8 images was accompanied by the following information:

Niki South, British, living in Wales. The work is from my series ‘What lies Within’ found on my website: https://nikisouth.myportfolio.com 

WeTransfer receipt: https://we.tl/t-JX6W1fqKUu   22.5.24   8 files 114.7 Mbs

This was another variation and learning curve on the technical submission front, but I reacquainted my self with we transfer and all was well.

To my delight and surprise, I received an acceptance email on 27.5.24

Re: https://www.glasgowgalleryofphotography.com/green-2024 Green exhibition

Hello,

Thank you for your submission to the Green Exhibition (3rd – 30th October 2024).  

I am pleased to confirm that you have been selected to participate in this exhibition.

We now ask that you pay the participation fee of £48, so that your work will be part of this exhibition. Your work will not be printed for exhibition until the participation fee is paid.

I have attached a screenshot of the work selected to be part of the exhibition, please do not share which image has been selected before the exhibition starts.

To pay the fee, visit our website here: https://www.glasgowgalleryofphotography.com/green-2024  click on the “Pay Here” button near the bottom of the page.

Fees need to be paid by 5pm (UK Time) 12th June 2024. If the fee is not paid by this date your work will not be part of this exhibition and the opportunity will be given to someone on the reserve list.

If you no longer wish to participate in the exhibition please let us know at the earliest opportunity so that we can offer the space to someone else.

If you would like us to share your social media link or website please let us know before the start of the exhibition.

For more information about taking part, selling (including a pricing guideline) or collecting your work please read our website’s Information for Participants page here: https://www.glasgowgalleryofphotography.com/q-a

If you wish to do any of the above please let us know at least one week before the start of the exhibition.

https://www.glasgowgalleryofphotography.com/print-collection

Also please make sure that you are signed up to our mailing list on our website as this will be the best way to keep up to date with what is happening at the gallery.

If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact us.

Thanks

Elaine Springall

Exhibition Coordinator

The Glasgow Gallery of Photography CIC

279-281 High Street, Glasgow G4 0QS

57 Glassford Street, Glasgow, G1 1UG

Registered Company Number SC684079

http://www.glasgowgalleryofphotography.com

I obviously duly paid my participation fee and sent them further details they requested see below and their reply:

On Sat, 8 Jun 2024 at 16:30, Nicola South <niki.south@hotmail.com> wrote:

Hello Elaine

 Thank you for letting me know that I have an image in the exhibition. I have made the £48 payment via the link that you sent, my card holder name for the payment is Nicola South, see email conformation of payment attached.

Details you have requested:

•            The image is titled: What Lies Beneath: Community. At the time of originally submitting to you I named it ‘What Lies Within’. If the change of name to ‘What lies Beneath’ is a problem, then do stick with the name that I labelled the work with at the time of submission.

•            The title of the series that the image that has been chosen comes from is: ‘What Lies Beneath’,

•            My website: https://nikisouth.myportfolio.com&nbsp;

•            My Instagram: nikiks_photography

Please could both links be included with my work.

At the end of the exhibition, I would like my print to be available for sale and promotion for 3 months, however I am happy to donate my print to the gallery to sell and use the proceeds towards the running of the gallery. I trust that works as an option, if not please let me know.

Many thanks

 Niki South

9.6.24

Hi,

That’s great, thanks for letting me know. I have made a note of all your details and the title change is fine. If you have any other questions please let me know.

All the best,

Elaine Springall

Exhibition Coordinator

I will post the good news on Instagram soon and wait to see the online exhibition in October.