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“While there is a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing
more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it
proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see.”
—Dorothea Lange, American photographer, 1895-1965

data limita: 6 iulie 2007

MOVING WALLS 14 (Spring 2008) CALL FOR WORK
The Open Society Institute (OSI) invites photographers and artists to
submit a proposal and completed body of work for consideration in the
Moving Walls 14 group exhibition.
Moving Walls is an annual documentary photography exhibition produced by
OSI, a private operating and grantmaking foundation that works to build
vibrant and tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable to
their citizens. The exhibition series is an artistic interpretation of the
obstacles—such as political oppression, economic instability, and
racism—that society often erects and the struggles to tear those barriers
down. Since its inception in 1998, Moving Walls has featured more than
seventy photographers whose work address a variety of social justice and
human rights issues that coincide with OSI’s mission.
Eligibility:
The Open Society Institute encourages photographers to submit documentary
work of national or international subjects that coincide with the issues
and geographical areas that are principally of concern to OSI. Please
visit the OSI website, www.soros.org, to learn more about OSI’s programs
and to view a selection of photographs from our current and previous
Moving Walls exhibitions. OSI does not discriminate on the basis of
gender, race, religion, ethnicity, disability, or sexual orientation.
Application Process:
Please submit the following materials:
1) a one-page proposal* (600 words maximum) describing the project you
would like to exhibit at OSI;
2) a short narrative bio (250 words maximum) summarizing your previous
work and experience;
3) your curriculum vitae;
4) 15-20 loose, un-mounted, and captioned prints or high quality
photocopies of the work that you would like to exhibit. Work samples
should be 8 x 10 inches (larger prints will not be accepted) and must have
descriptive captions either hand-written or adhered to the back of each
print
5) a CD with items 1-4 mentioned above, that is:
	a) a one-page proposal (Word document, 600 words maximum)
	b) a short narrative bio (Word document, 250 words maximum)
	c) your curriculum vitae (Word document)
	d) 15-20 digital files of the same images (jpegs or tiffs); files should
be titled using the following naming convention: Last name_First name_01,
Last name_First name_02, etc.
	e) a corresponding caption list (Word document)
6) a self-addressed stamped mailer or FedEx or DHL shipping label with
your credit card or account number (if you do not include return postage,
your work samples will not be returned)

*NOTE: The one-page proposal is intended to give the Selection Committee a
better understanding of the project. Non-native English speakers should
describe their projects as accurately as possible, but need not be
concerned with the quality of their English.

Complete submissions, with all 6 items mentioned above, must be received
at OSI-NY by 5pm (Eastern Standard Time) on Friday, July 6, 2007. Please
do not send your work in leather portfolios or in tubes. Applications that
are submitted electronically will not be considered.
Submit Applications To:
Yukiko Yamagata
Exhibition Coordinator
Open Society Institute
400 West 59th Street
New York, NY 10019
Review and Selection Process:
Phase 1
Proposals will be reviewed and selections made by a committee of
professional photographers, curators, and foundation staff. The committee
will select six participants.
Phase 2
The selected photographers/artists will be designated wall space and
encouraged to visit OSI’s offices in order to meet with our curators and
prepare installation plans. Please note that travel to OSI is not part of
Moving Walls payment and is not a requirement. Photographers who are
unable to travel to OSI may correspond with our curators by e-mail or fax
and submit their installation plans electronically.
Time Frame:
Proposals are due by 5pm E.S.T. on Friday, July 6, 2007. To participate,
you must be able to follow the exhibition schedule detailed below. This
show is scheduled to open in March 2008. The approximate duration of the
exhibition in New York is ten months. After the New York exhibition
closes, OSI will select (at its discretion) a portion of the exhibition to
travel to its Washington, D.C. office for an additional ten months.
Payment:
Upon selection, photographers must submit a budget proposal for printing,
drymounting, and other miscellaneous costs. Once the budget is approved,
participants will be responsible for working within this budget and must
use OSI-approved labs. OSI will then pay for standard framing and window
matting. In addition, selected photographers will receive a $1,500 royalty
payment. Please note: When the show comes down, OSI will only cover the
costs of returning unmounted and unframed work. Photographers will be
responsible for covering the expense of returning mounted or framed
photographs.
Exhibition Schedule:
Participating photographers must be able to commit to the following
exhibition schedule:

July 6, 2007 Deadline for submissions.
Late September 2007 Notification of participants begins.
October 2007 Selected photographers meet with curators to plan their shows.
Early November 2007 Deadline for selected photographers to submit detailed
proposals, budgets,
and installation plans.
Mid December 2007 Deadline for submission of artist’s statements and bios.
Deadline for submission of captions and/or wall texts.
Deadline for submission of one 8 x 10 inch print of each image for
record/file purposes.
Deadline for submission of 400 dpi (at 8 x 10 inches) jpeg or tiff files
of each exhibition image for use in exhibition-related publications and
for inclusion on our website.
Mid January 2008 Deadline for photographers to have their completed prints
delivered to the framer.
Photographers are responsible for making these arrangements.
March 2008 Opening reception.
Photographers previously exhibited in Moving Walls:
Abbas
Lynsey Addario
Jon Anderson
Kike Arnal
Don Bartletti
Beggars and Choosers: A Group Show
Jonas Bendiksen
Nina Berman
Mary Berridge
Jodi Bieber
Marcus Bleasdale
Robin Bowman*
Heidi Bradner
Edward Burtynsky*
Hélène Caux
Chien-Chi Chang
Julien Chatelin
Philippe Cheng
Gigi Cohen
John Cohen

Jan Dago
Bruce Davidson
Carl De Keyzer*
Donna DeCesare
Nigel Dickinson
Dwayne Dixon
Thomas Dworzak
Jason Eskenazi
Gary Fabiano
Stephen Ferry
Aleksandr Glyadyelov
Eric Gottesman
Edward Grazda
Lori Grinker
Harlem Horizon Art Studios
Katja Heinemann
Sean Hemmerle
Tim Hetherington
Chester Higgins, Jr.
International Center of Photography/Friends of Island Academy Program*
Olivier Jobard*
Ed Kashi
Brenda Ann Kenneally
Antonin Kratochvil
Teru Kuwayama
Jeffrey Ladd
Mark Leong
Andrew Lichtenstein
Pedro Linger-Gasiglia
Steve Liss
Jon Lowenstein
Steve McCurry
Jonathan Moller
Régina Monfort
James Nubile
Darcy Padilla
Vesna Pavlovic
Gilles Peress
Peru’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Pictures from Home: Representing Guantanamo Detainees & Their Families*
John Ranard
Eugene Richards
Joseph Rodriguez
Bastienne Schmidt
Stephen Shames
Ivan Sigal
Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert
Sara Terry
Larry Towell
John Vachon
Kadir van Lohuizen

Ami Vitale
Tuen Voeten
Beka Vuco
Alex Webb
*Included in forthcoming Moving Walls 13 exhibition
If you have any questions, please contact Yukiko Yamagata at (212)
548-0369 or yyamagata la sorosny.org.

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