L.A. PHOTO CURATOR RESULTS 'The Shape of the Father'
First Place: Never Edit/ Untitled 1
Honorable Mentions:
Lynn Buchanan/ Memories of Childhood Vacations
Kip Harris/ Father and Son, Jodphur
Jane Gottlieb/ Curtain Call
Prescott Moore Lassman/ Contrail
Best Series: Beth Galton/ Memory of Absence
The first-place photographer, Never Edit, receives a solo online exhibition AND will also be invited to join Laurie Freitag as a co-juror for a future L.A. Photo Curator competition.
A NOTE FROM JUROR:
Thank you so much for submitting your work to The Shape of the Father.
I know that work about fathers can come from many different places—love, loss, memory, distance, admiration, difficulty, or something much harder to define. I appreciate your willingness to share something that may be deeply personal. Thank you for trusting me with your photographs and for being part of this exhibition.
-Laurie Freitag
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5% of artist entry fees goes to the No Kid Hungry.
https://www.nokidhungry.org/
Another 5% will go to the first place winner's choice. Never Edit has chosen No Kid Hungry.
THE CALL: For The Shape of a Father, I invite photographers to explore the many forms fatherhood can take. Fathers are seldom the subject of photographs. Mothers often occupy the frame and our collective memory, while fathers can remain at the edges—present, absent, remembered, or misunderstood. This call invites photographers to consider the many ways fathers shape our lives and the traces they leave behind.
A father may be present or absent, biological or chosen. He may leave behind memories, traditions, objects, lessons, or unanswered questions.
When reviewing submissions, I will be looking for photographs that move beyond traditional portraits and familiar narratives. A father may be a source of love, protection, guidance, expectation, distance, loss, mystery, or memory. He may be present or absent. He may be a biological parent, stepfather, grandfather, mentor, teacher, or someone who shaped a life in unexpected ways.
I am interested in work that explores the complexity of fatherhood and its lasting impact. Images may be documentary, conceptual, autobiographical, archival, or symbolic. A father does not need to appear in the photograph.
Consider what fathers leave behind: stories, habits, objects, landscapes, traditions, beliefs, dreams, wounds, or gifts. What traces remain? How does a father continue to influence who we become?
I welcome diverse interpretations of this theme and encourage photographers to approach it with honesty, imagination, and personal vision.
First Place: Never Edit/ Untitled 1
Honorable Mentions:
Lynn Buchanan/ Memories of Childhood Vacations
Kip Harris/ Father and Son, Jodphur
Jane Gottlieb/ Curtain Call
Prescott Moore Lassman/ Contrail
Best Series: Beth Galton/ Memory of Absence
The first-place photographer, Never Edit, receives a solo online exhibition AND will also be invited to join Laurie Freitag as a co-juror for a future L.A. Photo Curator competition.
A NOTE FROM JUROR:
Thank you so much for submitting your work to The Shape of the Father.
I know that work about fathers can come from many different places—love, loss, memory, distance, admiration, difficulty, or something much harder to define. I appreciate your willingness to share something that may be deeply personal. Thank you for trusting me with your photographs and for being part of this exhibition.
-Laurie Freitag
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5% of artist entry fees goes to the No Kid Hungry.
https://www.nokidhungry.org/
Another 5% will go to the first place winner's choice. Never Edit has chosen No Kid Hungry.
THE CALL: For The Shape of a Father, I invite photographers to explore the many forms fatherhood can take. Fathers are seldom the subject of photographs. Mothers often occupy the frame and our collective memory, while fathers can remain at the edges—present, absent, remembered, or misunderstood. This call invites photographers to consider the many ways fathers shape our lives and the traces they leave behind.
A father may be present or absent, biological or chosen. He may leave behind memories, traditions, objects, lessons, or unanswered questions.
When reviewing submissions, I will be looking for photographs that move beyond traditional portraits and familiar narratives. A father may be a source of love, protection, guidance, expectation, distance, loss, mystery, or memory. He may be present or absent. He may be a biological parent, stepfather, grandfather, mentor, teacher, or someone who shaped a life in unexpected ways.
I am interested in work that explores the complexity of fatherhood and its lasting impact. Images may be documentary, conceptual, autobiographical, archival, or symbolic. A father does not need to appear in the photograph.
Consider what fathers leave behind: stories, habits, objects, landscapes, traditions, beliefs, dreams, wounds, or gifts. What traces remain? How does a father continue to influence who we become?
I welcome diverse interpretations of this theme and encourage photographers to approach it with honesty, imagination, and personal vision.
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