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Call to Artists “Flyover Country” October 2018, in conjunction with FotoFocus Cincinnati

www.fotofocuscincinnati.org

Local Eyes, a group of five Cincinnati photographers (Helen Adams, Jymi Bolden, Melvin Grier, Samantha Grier and Ann Segal) who have curated exhibits of local photography for Fotofocus since 2012, is seeking images for “Flyover Country,” an exhibit sponsored by Fotofocus 2018.

    Air passengers flying coast to coast at 30,000 feet are often oblivious to the diverse yet unsung populations of this “Flyover Country” – the urban areas, small towns and villages they are passing over. In many ways, the daily lives of people in these flyover regions are not so different from those in big coastal cities; however there are many opportunities to capture   scenes not found on either coast.

    The cultural, social, political and economic vitality of these flyover regions rivals that of either coast or the intellectual and artistic aspirations are as stimulating as any. The intent of our exhibit is to illuminate the often deliberate, sometimes perceived anonymity of subjects forgotten, overlooked or neglected. These subjects could be social, cultural or geographic demographics between two coastal regions or ideological extremes.

You are invited to submit up to 5 photographs that interpret the “Flyover Country” theme of the exhibit.

Please send your jpeg files to localeyes513@gmail.com for consideration.

Please name your files as follows:

Artist’s last name, first initial and title of the work ie: SmithB-flyovercountry.01jpeg.

Include a word document containing: the artist’s full name, mailing address, phone number, email address, and title of the image. If you are able to submit a brief biography at the same time we encourage you to do so.

Submissions are due Tuesday, May 15, 2018. If you prefer to submit a printed piece please contact a member of the committee to make arrangements.

Selections for the exhibition will be made by Friday, June 15, 2018. All prints will be framed by the committee.

We look forward to seeing your work!

LocalEyes committee

Helen Adams

Jymi Bolden

Samantha Grier

Melvin Grier

Ann Segal