Monday, May 16, 2011

Call for Entry

Photography Book Now

International Juried Competition presented by Blurb.
How it works: All entries are reviewed by our panel of expert judges, who select a Grand Prize winner, the top winners in each category, first- and second-runners up in each category, and honorable mentions.

And once the judges have made the first cut, you – the people – get to vote for your own favorites to win the PBN People’s Choice Award.

$25,000 Grand Prize

Lead Judge: Darius Himes
Assistant Director, Fraenkel Gallery
Co-Founder, Radius Books
Darius Himes is Assistant Director of Fraenkel Gallery, based in San Francisco. He is a co-founder of Radius Books, a non-profit publisher of books on photography and the visual arts, where he serves on the Board and continues to consult on project acquisitions. He was founding editor of photo-eye Booklist, a quarterly magazine devoted to photography books, which ran from 2002–2007. A lecturer, educator, and writer, he has contributed to Aperture, Blind Spot, Bookforum, BOMB, PDN, and American Photo. In 2008, he was named by PDN as one of the 15 most influential people in photo book publishing. His most recent book, Publish Your Photography Book, co-authored with Mary Virginia Swanson, was released by Princeton Architectural Press in the Spring of 2011.

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