Opening RECEPTION
THE PHOTO REVIEW BEST OF SHOW 2023
9201 Germantown Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19118
215.247.0476 www.woodmereartmuseum.org
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
1PM TO 3PM
SAT SEPT 9, 1-3PM
The piece by Marcolina, in the show, is Activated with Augmented Reality on the viewers phone.
About the Exhibition
This exhibition presents the work of the fifteen prizewinners of the 2023 International Photography Competition, organized annually by Photo Review, a critical journal of national scope and international readership. The prizewinners were chosen by juror Deborah Willis from more than 1,300 entries. Willis’s selections range from classical subjects such as architecture, landscape, and portraiture, to conceptual images and even AI-prompted photographs. Black life, women, beauty, and LGBTQ+ subjects are also well represented.
About the Photo Review
Since its founding in 1976, Photo Review has highlighted the work of women, artists of color, and young and emerging artists in particular, and has promoted photography to a wide and culturally diverse audience. Its annual competition, first held in 1985, attracts submissions from established and aspiring photographers. Prizewinning works have been acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Haverford College. In addition, since 2002, prizewinners’ images have been exhibited at important venues including Philadelphia’s University of the Arts and the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center (now TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image).
My work in limited edition prints cards and books will be available in the museum store
About Dan Marcolina
An included artist in the show and this emails creator
Although I have been a tradition photographer for 45 years I believe, a new styles of my personal expression is emerging through a curated AI workflow.
My process always starts with an original camera image that is carefully composed and sometimes processed to capture my artistic intent. That image is feed into an AI portal, sometimes with the addition of text and or additional image prompts. I curate the best final output option by considering the balance between composition/concept.
