The Buenaventura Art Association brings you the

Top Photog '07

The Ultimate Analog Photography Challenge

sponsored by SAMY's Santa Barbara, the Image Source Ventura, and Schaf Photo

Winners Exhibited October 13 through 20, 2007 at the Ventura Harbor Village Gallery

Awards Reception 6-8pm Saturday October 13

Vision, talent, luck, 3 weeks, and a roll of film.

We'll give you the film, process the film, judge the film, print the film, hang the prints, promote the show, and have a reception...

all you have to do is shoot a photograph good enough to be named TOP PHOTOG!

Let's see what happens when we level the playing field...

No Photoshop. No Hasselblads. No high-speed films. No dodging or burning. No waiting for the perfect sunset. No digital screen to ape at. No cross-processing. No infrared. No sepia toning. No push-processing. No Polaroids. No WIPs. No super-saturated slide films. No sitting in a duck blind for three months waiting for a duck to do something photogenic. No signing away your copyright to be in a show. No theme. No Do-Overs.

We give you a roll of film, you fill it with light, you give it back, and we all see what ends up on the gallery wall.

Film Pick-Up at Samy's Camera Santa Barbara, 614 Chapala St. Santa Barbara, Saturday, September 8, between 1:00 to 5:00pm

And the Buenaventura Gallery at 700 E Santa Clara St. in Downtown Ventura Fri & Sat September 14 & 15 between 11:00 am and 2:00 pm.

Drop-off unprocessed roll of film by mail or at the Buenaventura Gallery 700 E Santa Clara St. in Downtown Ventura, Fri & Sat September 28 & 29, between 12:00 and 5:00 pm.

$30.00 Adult - $20.00 Full time student (with proof)

Entry fee includes one roll of 35mm film (choose black & white or color C-41 film)

(Fee includes: film, processing, judging, blow-ups, mounting and hanging of winners, and gallery reception)

Limit one roll per photographer.

Judges will assign your photographs to categories.

Best of Show. (Top Photog) $300 prize

Best series of photos. 20 or more from one roll. $150

Best Black and White. $100

Best Color. $100

Best Photo Story. $100 (photojournalism)

and other prizes

Judges:

Greg Cooper

Steve Moulton

John Nichols

Melani Petrushkin

The Nitty-Gritty:

The competition is open to residents of Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and Ventura Counties only. Utmost care will be taken in the handling of entries. The Buenaventura Art association cannot be responsible for loss or damage of entries, film or prints. The Buenaventura Art Association takes no The (C-41 Normal) film processing will be done at the Image Source in Ventura, and is included with your entry fee. Film envelopes can be mailed back instead of being dropped off must be received by Friday Sept 28th. The film will be judged by a panel of experts and display prints will be made of the winning entries. Display print sizes will vary at the discretion of the judges. Entrants will receive their negatives back. Only the winning images will be enlarged and displayed at the Harbor Village Gallery. Image copyright is retained by photographers. Photographers agree to allow their winning images used to promote PhotoVentura and the TOP PHOTOG challenge. Any display prints made will also become the property of the photographer after the exhibit ends. Submission of an entry to this competition implies acceptance of all conditions here stated.

The winning images will be displayed at the PhotoVentura 2007 TOP PHOTOG exhibit at the Ventura Harbor Village Gallery, 1591 Spinnaker Drive, Suite 117C, Ventura, CA. and online at the PhotoVentura/Buenaventura Gallery website. Awards Reception Saturday October 13th, 6:00 to 8:00PM, the exhibit will run October 13 through 20, 2007

Top Photog rules: Entries mailed in must arrive by Fed-X or in Saturday's mail September 29th at the Buenaventura Art Association, 700 East Santa Clara Street, Ventura, CA, 93001. Entrants must be residents of Ventura, Santa Barbara, or Los Angeles Counties. Entry fee entitles photographer to only one roll of film. Decisions of the judges are final. Winning prints will be shown in the Harbor Village Gallery for the duration of the exhibit. Winners can pick up their prints after the exhibit at the Harbor Village Gallery, Sunday October 21st. Each entrant agrees to release the Buenaventura Art Association harmless from and against any loss, damage, theft, or injury to their film or prints. Film will be available for pick up by photographer listed on this envelope at the Top Photog reception and after the show at the Harbor Village Gallery. The film will be judged by a panel of experts and display prints will be made of the winning entries. Display print sizes will vary at the discretion of the judges. Only the winning images will be enlarged and displayed at the Harbor Village Gallery. Any display prints made will also become the property of the photographer after the exhibit ends. There will be no gallery commission % taken on prints at the Top Photog exhibition, and no prices listed on winning prints.

The BAA retains the right to display, and reproduce the winning images on the web, and in print for PhotoVentura, Top Photog, and BAA publicity purposes. Individual photographers retain copyright to their individual works. All entries not received at the Buenaventura Gallery by Saturday September 29th will be disqualified.

The (C-41 Normal) film and film processing is included with your entry fee, (processing will be done at the Image Source in Ventura). Submission of an entry to this competition implies acceptance of all conditions here stated.

If you can't get the film to us in time, keep it and try again next time, just consider your entry fee a donation to a great non-profit organization that does great things for at and artists. (There will be only one processing run on Sunday September 30, so all late entries will be disqualified). No refunds will be given once sensitized film is given to entrants.

for info e mail: photoventura@mac.com

The Buenaventura Art Association thanks our sponsors: SAMY's Camera Santa Barbara, the Image Source Ventura, The Museum of Ventura County and Schaf Photo