JOSEPHINE HERRICK DAY IS MARCH 30th
In honor of JOSEPHINE HERRICK DAY and the 75th Anniversary of JHProject, we proudly announce the Josephine Herrick Photography Award. One photographer each year will be selected as winner by demonstrating with images and an artist statement their combination of photography and social justice.
About JHP:
Josephine Herrick Project is a 75-year old arts organization that offers photography programs to diverse communities throughout New York.
About Josephine Herrick:
Josephine Herrick (1897 – 1972) became passionate about photography as a youth when she discovered that darkroom work soothed an eye ailment. After college she studied at the Clarence H. White School of photography in New York City and through the 1920s and 30s Herrick ran a portrait studio on East 63rd street, photographing debutantes and children. With the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Herrick organized 35 photographers at the NYC canteens to take portraits of young men going to war. These portraits were sent to the men’s families with a hand-written note in an effort to keep families connected. Soon wounded soldiers were filling the VA Hospitals and Dr. Howard Rusk, father of rehabilitation medicine, invited Herrick to provide in house photography programs. This was the beginning of the nonprofit we now know as Josephine Herrick Project. Since then, the organization has enhanced the lives of over 100,000 Americans impacted by poverty and disability through the art of photography.
Contest Details:
Deadline: March 15, 2016
Qualifications: We are looking for compelling photographs that embody the ideas of public service and social justice as defined by the photographer.
Submission Guidelines: Photographers are asked to submit 1) a resume or bio 2) up to five photos and 3) a one paragraph artist statement that represent their passion for combining photography and social justice.
How to Submit: Photos and artist statement should be submitted through WeTransfer.com to afiya@jhproject.org. Maximum submission size is 2.0 GB.
Judging Process: Judges will review submissions anonymously and only the submitted photographs and artist statement will be considered in choosing a winner.
Judges: Miriam Leuchter is Editor of American Photography and Popular Photography Magazines and Vice President of the Board of Trustees at JHP; Nina Berman is a documentary photographer, author and educator, whose photographs and videos have been exhibited at more than 100 international venues and she is an associate professor at Columbia University and is a member of the Amsterdam based NOOR photo collective; Deborah Willis is a contemporary African-American artist, photographer, curator of photography, photographic historian, author, and educator. Among other awards and honors she has received, she was a 2000 MacArthur Fellow.
Winner: The winner will be announced on March 30th, Josephine Herrick Day. Winning photographs will be featured in Photoville 2016* and/or another New York City exhibition. Winning work will also feature on our social media and community newsletter.
*Pending our acceptance into the Photoville 2016 exhibit.
To learn more about us, check out @Jhproject on social media and jhproject.org.