Analog Forever Magazine, is proud to present "ELEMENTAL," a curated online group exhibition for April 2023. This showcase will be expertly curated by a leader in the photographic community and gallery director of The Photographer’s Eye, Donna Cosentino!

To enter, all you need to do is read and respond to the following prompt with your analog photography. The best of these images will be showcased in an online show, beginning April 17th, 2023. Good luck!

Prompt:
A return to the basics, to the most fundamental powers of nature – earth, water, fire, air. Man and beast…all creatures that survive on this planet…require one or more of these essentials to exist.

As photographers how do we respond to these forces of nature? Some of us revel in the evanescence of water, lingering over scenes of rivers and oceans and their constant swirling movement. Some of us lose ourselves in primal forests, observing and photographing gnarled roots that have dug into the earth for thousands of years. 

This perhaps suggests grand examples but our response to these primal fundamentals can be more intimate. I for one, can sit for long minutes and simply take in rain drops on a fern leaf or a lizard’s footprint in a sand dune. For me, these too are ‘elemental’. 

Using a different paradigm, you may, for instance, envision LOVE or LIGHT as elemental to our existence.

Our personal and photographic connections to these basics and the way we express them are our own. As can be your interpretation of our theme, ELEMENTAL.

Deadline for Submissions is March 31st, 2023!

About the Curator

In a life dedicated to photography since 1971, Donna Cosentino has been a news photographer, museum docent, curator, educator, lecturer and leader in the photographic community. After thirty years of teaching photography at the college level, Donna retired and opened The Photographer’s Eye in Escondido, CA, a gallery whose mission is to enlighten and educate the community on the history and art of photography through exhibitions and classes. The gallery is now in its fifth year and has proudly shown work by well-known as well as emerging local, national, and international photographers. 

A practicing photographer, she works primarily in black and white film with her Rolleiflex and is passionate about alternative photographic processes. She treasures her SX70s and her Instagram is always and only iPhone images using Snapseed to edit. 

Connect with Donna on the The Photographer’s Eye Website and on Instagram!

Submission Guidelines: 

Image Specifications:
1) Only .jpg files will be accepted.
2) Images must be 1500px on the shortest side at 72dpi.
3) No photo-shopped borders or watermarks. 
4) Only one image may be submitted.
5) Image must be named in the following format: “FirstNameLastName1.jpg”, etc.

Email Specifications:
1) The subject line of your email should state: "Submission: ELEMENTAL”
2) Please ATTACH your images to the email NOT INSIDE the email. Do not embed them. Do not attach a google drive or dropbox link. 
3) Include your information in the format requested (see below).
4) Format Request: “Title” by Your Name | Camera + Film, Process - Your URL

Send your submission to submissions@analogforevermagazine.com by March 31st, 2023.

Note: Due to the large number of submissions we receive, you may not receive a response. Though we try our best to respond to everyone, we do not guarantee a response. Thank you for understanding.

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