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“We feel deeply about the people we photograph, because
our subject matter is our own flesh and blood.”
Walter Rosenblumour subject matter is our own flesh and blood.”
Photo League photographer
- How can you capture the essence of your community in a photograph?
- What story does your photograph tell about your neighborhood and the people who live there?
In conjunction with the exhibition, The Radical Camera: New York's Photo League, 1936-1951, the Education Department invites high school students to submit original photographs which document the people, places and stories that represent and distinguish their communities, both inside and out of New York City.
Contest Guidelines
Submissions
Submit up to 2 photographs. Email submissions to teenprograms@thejm.org, with the subject heading: Teen Photo Contest: New York Stories. Photographs should be in jpg format with a maximum file size of 2MB. In the body of your email, please include your full name, age, school, home address, email, and phone.
For information about submitting printed photographs, please call 212.423.3254.
Eligibility
This contest is open to any teen between the ages of 13 and 19 in the United States. Entries must be received by Friday, January 20, 2012.
Prizes
Winning photographers will receive gift certificates to photography retail stores. Winning photographs will be exhibited on The Jewish Museum’s website.
Image: Arthur Leipzig (American, b. 1918)
Chalk Games, Prospect Place, Brooklyn, 1950, printed later
Gelatin silver print
14 x 17 3/4 in. (35.6 x 45.1 cm)
The Jewish Museum, New York
Purchase: Rictavia Schiff Bequest, 1993-116
© Arthur Leipzig
Winners of past Teen Photo Contests include:
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