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Show your best print photos in NPC's annual exhibit. Entries begin Aug. 1

Here's your chance to display your top-quality print photos and electronic images at the 20th annual members' photo exhibit in the National Press Club's main lobby.

The photo team will accept your submissions from Aug. 1 to Aug. 16,. You may submit up to two print photos and four electronic images for display.

The annual exhibit is a celebration of visual storytelling by Club members. The exhibit runs from Aug. 30 to Sept. 27. It's not a contest. No judging takes place nor are prizes awarded.

In the print exhibit, each photo is hung with Velcro on fabric display panels. All entries must be securely mounted; no loose photos are accepted. The maximum size of each mounted photo, including mat (if used) can be 11 by 14 inches. No glass, frames, or canvas prints are permitted. Most photos in the print exhibit are mounted on either lightweight paperboard or foam-core.

Paperboard is a thin stiff piece of cardboard, with the photo held in place by a mat, a paperboard window placed over the picture. A mat also provides space for title, description, and signature. This video shows how to mount and mat a print photo. Dry mounting on foam-core can also be done yourself, with a little help from your friends, as seen in this video. If using foam-core, leave a little extra space for title, description, and signature.

Some members prefer to use commercial services to mount their prints. Here's a list of DC-area photo printing services from Exposed-DC, a Washington photography web site.

The annual members' exhibit also features a display of electronic images, with up to four entries accepted as well from Aug. 1 to Aug.16. And starting this year, exhibit participants can tell more about their photos and images in an online exhibit catalog. Full rules, instructions, and schedules for print and electronic entries, and the online catalog, can be downloaded from the Club Photography Committee's web page.

Send your questions to Photo Committee co-chair Alan Kotok, photo@technewslit.com.

Photo Exhibit Rules Now Online. Entries Begin Aug. 1.

National Press Club members can now download rules and guidelines for the twentieth annual members' photo exhibit. The exhibit showcases Club members' best print photos and electronic images, and for the first time lets participants tell the stories behind their photos and images in an online exhibit catalog.

Members can find the exhibit rules and guidelines on the Club Photography Committee's web page As before, participants can enter up to six pictures for the show, two print photos and four electronic images. The event is an exhibit, NOT a contest. There are no judges nor juries. But we ask members to enter their best high-quality work, displaying special people, moments, events, or places, not entered in previous exhibits.

Print photos will be mounted on display panels in the Club's main lobby from Aug. 30 to Sept. 27, 2019, along with large monitors showing electronic images in continuous slideshows. The Club has a new display panel this year with space to hold more print photos. As before, members can submit up to two print photos fixed on sturdy, lightweight materials, which will be attached to the panels with velcro. The rules and guidelines provide detailed specifications for the print photos, as well as the delivery process.

And as before, members can send in up to four electronic images for the exhibit. We have a new procedure this year for entering electronic images, using online forms and uploads instead of e-mail. The online forms are hosted by digital publishing company Technology News and Literature, which will collect the electronic images and prepare the slideshows.

Both electronic images and print photos will be accepted from Thursday, Aug. 1, to Friday, Aug. 16, with links given in the rules and guidelines. You can display some or all of your print photos as electronic images.

Also new this year, members can tell more about their print photos and electronic images in an online exhibit catalog. The electronic image entry forms have added fields to capture this information. And members can provide links to galleries, news stories, podcasts, or videos related to the entered photos or images. Print participants can also tell about their photos in the catalog on a separate online form; the rules and guidelines explain how.

Participation in the online catalog is optional. If you just want to enter your print photos or electronic images, that's fine. Technology News and Literature is also preparing the online exhibit catalog.

In addition, the rules document provides the key dates and deadlines for the exhibit. One of those key dates is the exhibit's opening gala, on Friday, Sept. 6, celebrating the 20th year of members' photographic story-telling.

Questions? Contact Photo Committee co-chair Alan Kotok at photo@technewslit.com.