Special Recognition will be provided to all 12 winnners by Arthur Ollman, with the images being exhibited on Aarize's web platform and our Instagram. Top awards will be given to the 1st Place, 2nd Place, 3rd Place and 4th Place winners. And for the 12 finalists, direct feedback from Mr. Ollman will be posted on your preferred social media account!

Exhibition hosted by Aarize
This topic is vast in its potential interpretations. One could think in societal, physical, political, or environmental terms. It could be a compositional or conceptual framework. We do not seek a literal illustration of the words, but rather an idea of a broader consideration of the shape we are in.

Arthur Ollman has been a photographer for 55 years. He has had more than 25 one-person exhibitions in museums and galleries world­wide. His work is held in many museum collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard, Cambridge, Mass. Between 1977 and 1983 he was Chairman of the Board of San Francisco Camerawork. In 1983, Ollman became the founding Director of the Museum of Photographic Arts, in San Diego, serving there for 23 years, and curating more than 100 exhibitions. He built a museum collection of more than 6,000 objects and a library of 25,000 books. He coordinated two capital expansion campaigns. He has written all or parts of 25 books and museum catalogs, and numerous articles for journals and periodicals.From 2006­‐2011 he directed The School of Art and Design at San Diego State University. In 2020 he was named Professor Emeritus at that institution. Ollman was Chairman of the Board of The Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography based in Lausanne, Paris and Minneapolis from 2013-2019.Ollman continues to photograph, curate exhibitions, and write. His recent traveling exhibitions include Vik Muniz, with the accompanying book published by DelMonico Prestel, and Hard Truths: Five Photojournalists from the New York Times. Ollman lectures and teaches workshops, including The Ansel Adams Yosemite Workshop in 1980-1983, and more recently in Bhutan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Portugal, India, Mozambique and Los Angeles.https://www.arthurollman.comCover Image (above): "UNTITLED, San Francisco" by Arthur Ollman

"The Shape We’re In" Curated by Arthur Ollman

Special Recognition will be provided to all 12 finalists by the Curator, with the images being exhibited on Aarize's social media and web platform! And, direct feedback from the Curator about each winning image will be posted on your Instagram account!

Show me your dreamscapes, I want to see what's in your mind's eye!

Any form of digital art is acceptable, including overt manipulation of photo images. Image File Formats: JPG or PNG
 Price for 1st entry: Free
 Price for additional entries: $10 each

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3rd Prize

4th Prize

Honorable Mention

"The Mind's Eye" Digital Art Contest

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12 photographs will be selected as finalists, images which highlight our integral connection to the surrounding environment and the changing aspects of our landscape. This exhibit aims to present a diverse selection of engaging scenes, ranging from urban settings to idyllic naturescapes. Submit your best images! This is the followup of Mr. Churchill's curated exhibition "Contemporary Landscape Photography" at the Oceanside Museum of Art. This new Vol.2 exhibition will be presented exclusively at Aarize!
Image File Formats: JPG or PNG
 Price for 1st entry: Free
 Price for additional entries: $10 each
Cover Image Credit:
Marek Glaser - “Small Town”
"Captured from a hovering helicopter, 'Small Town' depicts a suburb of Salt Lake City, Utah. From this vantage point I am only privy to the superficial aspects of this community, but the pristine nature of each cookie-cutter house contradicts what I imagine to be the reality of their dysfunctional lives."

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