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photo contest

2nd Annual Smith College
International Photo Contest & Exhibition

The International Photo Contest and Exhibition will recognize Smith students who have studied, interned, worked, volunteered, and researched abroad between September 2008 through August 2009. Share your international experiences with the Smith community and reveal your journey in pictures!

Deadline for submissions: September 11, 2009

Submission Guidelines:

Each student may submit 2 photos, but each must be in a different category.

The categories are:

     People
     Architecture
     Landscapes/ Nature
     Artist’s appraisal of Culture/ Place

Each photo must be submitted in print AND digitally. Print photos will be displayed and judged; submit high quality prints.

4”x6” print: write your name and graduation year in pencil on the back of the photo and bring (or mail) to:

Smith College
Office for International Study
Neilson Neon Archway
Northampton, MA 01063

Digital files: Save photos with a file name in this format: Country_Lastname_Firstname_class year.jpg (Kenya_Jones_Ann_10.jpg) and email high resolution digital photo files to studyabroad@smith.edu

In the text of your email, include your name, class year, a brief description of the photo, including where it was taken, and this sentence:
"I ____(type your full name here)___ give permission for Smith College Office for International Study to use my photographs for promotional purposes in print and web materials."

Exhibition and Reception
All entries will be displayed in the Nolan Lounge at the Campus Center, in late October. The exhibition will be judged by Dick Fish, Photographer, Smith College Art Department. Prizes will be given for Best in Show and 1st in each category.

A reception to honor all entrants will be held October 28 in the Campus Center. Refreshments will be served, and Dick Fish will discuss the qualities of the winning photographs.

Dick Fish has been the staff photographer at Smith during two ‘tours of duty’, totaling some 37 years. His work has been included in LIFE MAGAZINE, THE NEW YORK TIMES, and a score of publications of lesser import. He has served as a juror for independent school arts festivals, and public school regional drama competitions. He is married, and their son, his wife, and their four small grandchildren living with them in a 100+ year-old Victorian house. He states, “We’re old but very busy.”

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