PhotoSpiva 2013 national photographic competition and exhibition

2013 Juror

Natasha Egan

Director of Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College Chicago

Hosted annually by Spiva Center for the Arts, the competition is open to all amateur and professional U. S. photographers.

Established in 1977, PhotoSpiva is now the longest-running competition of its kind.

The 2013 competition is sponsored by Freeman Health System.

Next competition begins near the end of this year

Competition starts

End of the year

Fee

$40

$40 for five photos, extra photos $10 each.

Awards

Place Value
1st $750
2nd $500
3rd $300
Merit award (3) $100
Honorable mention (3) $50

Eligibility

PhotoSpiva is open to any amateur or professional photographer in the United States or its territories. Submitted images must be the photographer’s own work, and it is the sole responsibility of the photographer to obtain written releases from any recognizable person(s) depicted. Two-dimensional work derived from any photographic process — traditional, digital, or photo-based mixed media — is eligible as long as the work is original and has never been exhibited at George A. Spiva Center for the Arts. Three–dimensional work is not eligible for this competition and exhibition.


2013 competition results

1st place award

Gloria Feinstein

Kansas City, MO

  • Beauty Salon

    Beauty Salon

    digital

    14 x 20

  • Maybelline Model

    Maybelline Model

    digital

    16 x 16

  • Three Grandmothers

    Three Grandmothers

    digital

    14 x 20

2nd place award

Richard Aardsma

Grandville, MI

  • Diner

    Diner

    Archival Digital Print

    15 x 25

  • Train Station

    Train Station

    Archival Digital Print

    18 x 27

3rd place award

Samantha VanDeman

Villa Park, IL

  • Zebra Print, Hotel Adler, Sharon Springs, NY

    Zebra Print, Hotel Adler, Sharon Springs, NY

    Digital C-Print

    16 x 22

  • Red Chair, Hotel Adler, Sharon Springs, NY

    Red Chair, Hotel Adler, Sharon Springs, NY

    Digital C-Print

    16 x 22

Merit award

Hyounsang Yoo

Chicago, IL

  • Photography

    Photography

    Multiful exposure within a film

    11x x 14

Merit award

Tim Buchanan

Nixa, Mo

  • Welmon Sharlhorne

    Welmon Sharlhorne

    Digital

    16 x 20

Merit award

Emma Kisiel

Lawrence, KS

  • Coyote

    Coyote

    Inkjet print

    16 x 20

Honorable mention

Rachel Cox

Albuquerque, NM

  • Mind Meld

    Mind Meld

    Archival Inkjet Print

    24 x 30

Honorable mention

John Van Beekum

Miami Shores, FL

  • Men and Women in Confusion

    Men and Women in Confusion

    Archival digital print from scanned original bw negative

    36 x 24

Honorable mention

Esmeralda Ruiz

Richmond, CA

  • Precariousness

    Precariousness

    Color Negative Film

    16 x 16