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Annual Photography Exhibit

19th Annual CMES Photography Exhibit:
Footsteps of Water

Opening Day:
Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Reception:
Thursday September 24, 2009
4.00PM to 6.30PM at CMES

(Marshall Building Room 470, 845 North Park Avenue)

 






 

 


"Serenity" by Tarik El-Azzouzi
Taken at the Alhambra Palace, Granada, Spain, 2009

Come to celebrate the beginning of the CMES Photography Exhibit gracing the walls of the CMES office space during the 2009-2010 academic year. The imagery embodies the significance of water in the Middle East. As a natural resource, it is scarce; in culture and rituals, it is fundamental; and in politics, it can be divisive. Water is also a source of beauty and, in fountains and by the seaside, of calming sounds. Photos reflect the many natural, cultural, and historical dimensions of the footsteps of water in the Middle East. .

For the past eighteen years, the UA Center for Middle Eastern Studies has organized and hosted an annual photography exhibit featuring images by CMES friends, faculty, students and colleagues. Selected photos are enlarged, mounted and displayed in the Center’s annual photography exhibit and remain on exhibit throughout the academic year. Photos may also be published on our website and selected for CMES advertising and promotional purposes.

 

Submission Guidelines for the 2009-2010 CMES Photography Exhibit

1. All entries must include the completed 2009-2010 Submission Form. Download the form here or come by the Center to pick one up. You can also call CMES to ask for one to be mailed to you: (520)621-5450.

2. The submission limit is ten (10) images: slides, prints with negatives, and/or digital files (see file requirements, no. 4 below) per person. Photos of submitter’s original artwork are also accepted. Slides, prints and negatives will be returned by mid-September. CDs are not returned.

3. Please be sure to label each photo with your name and corresponding number (1-10) given to it on page two of the submission form, under “Photo Identification.”

4. Digital file requirements: a) 300+ dpi resolution; b) RGB color or grayscale; c) in tiff or jpeg format; and d) saved on a CD or flashdrive labeled with your full name. CDs will not be returned.

5. Images chosen for the photo exhibition are enlarged, mounted, and displayed for a full academic year at the Center. At the close of the exhibit you may pick up the enlargement or you can indicate that you would like CMES to keep it to sell for future fundraising.

6. All submissions must be received on or before the June 24, 2009 deadline.

Questions? Email the center or call us at (520) 621-5450.

 

The Most Recent Exhibit (2006-2007):
Arts and Artisans

The images in this collection focussed upon the theme of Arts and Artisans in a wide range of Middle Eastern settings. Included in the exhibition were works of art, both ancient and modern, artists and craftsmen engaged in their production, and other imagery reflecting the theme. The fifty pieces in the collection consisted of the work of twenty-two photographers, all students, faculty and the wider public from among the CMES community. The exhibition was on display throughout the 2006-2007 academic year during CMES opening hours.

 

Other CMES Photography Exhibits:

The CMES annual photography exhibits, which are free and open to the
public, feature approximately forty-five photographs each year on a wide
variety of topics. Photographs are submitted by CMES friends, affiliated
faculty and members, students, and colleagues. Recent exhibits have had
the following themes: In Motion, Sounds and Silences, Celebrations: Sacred
and Secular, Architecture in the Middle East, and Water as Resource in the Middle East.


All proceeds benefit the CMES Undergraduate Scholarship fund.

Selected images from past exhibits:



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