Call for Entries: Best of Nature Photography Show

Theresa Stone

The Ordover Gallery at the San Diego Natural History Museum announced a Call for Entries for the “Best of Nature Photography Show.” Entrees may be submitted between January 15 and March 15, 2009. The international juried show of outstanding nature photography will be on view between June 27 and September 13, 2009, in The Ordover Gallery at the San Diego Natural History Museum.
Amateur as well as professional photographers are invited to submit nature-photography for the jurying process. Landscape, wildlife, and nature-based abstract/impressionistic images will be considered. Traditional, digital, and alternative-process photographic works will be reviewed. If the image has been altered, a statement of how the image was altered must be included. Altered work will be considered. The entry fee is $25 for the first three photos submitted. Each entry after that is $10, with a limit of 10 entries total.Submission and payment are due by March 15, 2009. Complete entry instructions are on line at www.ordovergallery.com.
The first round of judging will be carried out by the staff of the San Diego Natural History Museum. Abe Ordover, owner of The Ordover Galleries, will complete the final round of judging.
Prizes will be awarded for top-placing images: Grand Prize: $1,000; First Place: $500; Second Place: $250; Third Place: $150; Six Honorable Mentions: $100 each; People’s Choice Award: $100.
All artwork in The Ordover Gallery at the San Diego Natural History Museum is for sale; the photographer will set the price for his/her work. 50% of each sale goes to the photographer and a portion of proceeds will benefit the Museum.
The opening reception will be on Saturday, June 27 from 11 AM–1 PM. For further details and a show prospectus, please contact The Ordover Gallery at 858.720.1121 or visit www.ordovergallery.com.