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Rochester's 175th Anniversary Event
Written by Ken Sato   
Friday, 03 April 2009

Celebrating Rochester’s 175th Anniversary

Memory of Rochester: Rochester Old Photo Exhibition

We want your old Photos!

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Public Submission

Do you know that this year is the City of Rochester’s 175th Anniversary? Big Picture Rochester would like to celebrate our city's anniversary by displaying old photos of Rochester in our downtown outdoor photo gallery.
Please open your photo albums, find your best pictures, and submit them to us with short histories. This public submission is open for anybody who has old Rochester pictures.

We’re looking for original, old images of you, your family, friends, neighborhood, city and Greater Rochester area. The subjects could be anything that reminds you of an old memory in Rochester. EX: people, crowds, street scenes, buildings, downtown, cityscapes, cars, special events, etc.




The Prizes: Approximately 50 pictures will be selected, enlarged to 40 inches, and displayed in various downtown locations.

YOUR RIGHTS: You will retain all rights to any photograph you submit. By entering the contest, you grant to Big Picture Art LLC, a nonexclusive, royalty-free license for our exhibitions, PR and publications.

 

Deadline May 17th, 2009
Free and unlimited submission

 

 

How to Submit

Three ways to submit:
(A) Via this web form on our website, or (B) Via Flickr, or (C) Via Mail.

(A) Via the web form

1. Register your name and information from this entry form, if you have never registered before.

2. Go to this web form and submit pictures from here.

 

* Please scan by high quality. We recommend scanning at least 3000 pixels on the longest side. For example scan by 600 dpi for the longest side of 5 inch.
*Pictures should be .jpg format.

 

 

(B) Via Flickr

Flickr is an online photo management and sharing application. It is easy to submit large quantity of pictures and to share your pictures with others.

1. Register your name and information from our entry form, if you have never registered before.

2. Log in to your Flickr account. If you don’t have an account, you can sign up for free at http://www.flickr.com .

3. Upload your images to your Flickr account.

3. Join to Big Picture Rochester Group.

4. Click “Organize” on the top and select the images you wish to submit for the second phase.

5. Tag each photo, “175thAnniversary”.

6. Add titles, descriptions, location, time and additional tags to photo. We recommend this.

7. Use “Send to Group” function to add your images to Big Picture Rochester’s photo pool.

• Please scan by high quality. We recommend scanning at 3000 pixels on the longest side. For example scan by 600 dpi for the longest side of 5 inch.
*Pictures should be .jpg format.

•You have to be capable to send the original by our request.

 

 

(C) Via Mail Submission

 

1. Print out the entry form and fill it out and sign it for each photograph submitted.

2. Please do not send original photographs. Make an 8”x10” copy of each photo. Please note we will not be returning any photos submitted.

3. Please put your name on the back of each photo submitted and number of photo if submitting more than one.

4. Please send your entry package to:

Big Picture Rochester
2 State St. Suite 975
Rochester, NY 14614

 

 

 

 
 


 




 

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Downtown Photo Gallery Project 2008
Written by Ken Sato   
Wednesday, 25 March 2009

Big Picture Rochester

Downtown Photo Gallery Project 2008

Photographers: Charles Peterson, Sheridan Vincent, Steve Wendell, Irving Pheterson, Thomas Davis, Michael R. Ross, Sean DeChalais, Paul A. Schwartz, Joe Sotelo, Rick Urwin, Michael Murdoch, City Photo Lab, Ken Sato, Patrick O'Connor, DeeDee DiMarco

Directors: Art for Kenichiro Sato, Business for Gerard D. DiMarco

Supported by City of Rochester, Rochester Plaza Hotel, Rochester Riverside Convention Center, Rochester International Jazz Festival

 


 

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