Art of the Danforth Photo Mosaics

Hi – in case you’re interested in submitting any photos to the Art of the Danforth photo mosaics, here’s a little information on what we’re up to...

About the display: photographers Steve Caissie and Mark Gilligan invite local photographers - amateur and pro - to contribute pictures of the neighborhood or of any aspect of their lives. These images will be cropped to 4" x 4" tiles and mounted together to create large photomosaics. The final mosaics will go on display in one of Greenwood, Coxwell or Woodbine subway stations during the Art of the Danforth.

Want to participate? Here's what to do!

First: let us know you're participating by emailing Mark & Steve at info@artofthedanforth.com
Second: take 30 photo broken up into the following categories:

• 5 Red photos, 5 Green photos, 5 Blue photos, 5 Yellow Photos, 5 photos that illustrate something interesting about your neighborhood and 5 photos of things that make you happy.
• If you want to take less, that’s ok by us – but please make sure they fit into one or another category above. Photos that previously taken are fine if they fit the guidelines above and so long as you have the rights to share them.
• If you are taking pictures of individuals, please make sure you have their permission to use their image. Use this photo release form if you are submitting pictures of individuals.
• By submitting photos for this project, you are declaring that you have the rights and permissions to authorize their usage.

Third: Upload your photos to Art of the Danforth before or by the deadline of 5pm, April 4, 2010, by:

• EMAIL – email photos to photos@artofthedanforth.com.
• For emails over 4mg, please use FTP (you can use http://www.filemail.com/ )
• We also have an Art of the Danforth Flickr group - http://www.flickr.com/groups/artofthedanforth – if you are a Flickr fan who can help us set this up for sharing shots for use in the mosaics, please come forward!

Fourth: (optional) sign up to help Steve & Mark sort & assemble photos in AprilFifth: Tell everyone you know to come look for your work in the subway stations April 23 – May 2nd!

FAQs

• What format should I send pictures in? JPEGs preferable, 300 dpi printable at 4” x 6” We will be cropping images to 4” x 4”, so if you want to do the cropping yourself, go ahead – but please note that we will be printing them on 4” x 6” paper first and THEN cropping.
• Can I submit on CD? Sure, but you’ll have to arrange getting the CD to us – email us and we’ll work it out.
• How about photo credits and copyright?

Acknowledgement: We will acknowledge all photographers (unless you prefer to remain anonymous) in a list of contributors beside photo mosaics – at the display site and online. We will not be matching individuals with specific images within the mosaic. When you submit your images, please indicate how you would like to be acknowledged, including a website or email for the website if desired.

Copyright: You retain rights to use of your images. In submitting your work for inclusion in the Art of the Danforth project, you are also giving Art of the Danforth to use the image of the entire photo mosaic as a whole for our promotional and marketing purposes. Interested parties in specific photos will be directed to the original photographers.

For more info, write us at info@artofthedanforth.com