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Animalia
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Juror's Statement
I often say that animals make me human. I am eternally captivated and inspired by the beauty, honesty and intelligence found in all corners of the animal kingdom. Unfortunately, as we humans become a bigger, louder and more pervasive animal, many other species are suffering in countless ways. However even as our planet and the animals that inhabit it are perhaps at the peak of crisis, I also believe that as a society, we are at an apex of collective consciousness and compassion.
I was heartened to see so many submissions examining and exploring the relationships we have with animals, celebrating their amazing adaptations and abilities as well as in some cases, their pure and visceral “animal-ness”. My selections for Animalia are images that evoke curiosity, sadness, discomfort, wonder, humor and awe, all of which are emotions that I regularly feel when contemplating the beauty and fragility of the animals that we share our planet with.
- Traer Scott
About the Juror
Traer Scott is an award-winning fine art and commercial photographer and author of six books, including Nocturne: Creatures of the Night (Princeton Architectural Press, 2014) and her newest release, Finding Home: Shelter Dogs and Their Stories (Princeton Architectural Press, Fall 2015). Her work is exhibited around the world and has been featured in National Geographic, Life, Vogue, People, O, on the NY Times Lens Blog, Behold, and dozens of other national and international print and online publications.
Her first solo museum show “Natural History” is at the University of Maine Museum of Art through 2015.
Traer was the recipient of the 2010 Rhode Island State Council for the Arts Photography Fellowship Grant and the 2008 Helen Woodward Humane Award for animal welfare activism.
She lives in Providence, Rhode Island with her husband, daughter and adopted dogs: a pit bull and a baby basset hound. Learn more about Traer's work on her website.
Call for Entries
Reveal the essence of a member of the animal kingdom: its intrinsic nature, its motion, its vulnerability, its power, or the way it relates to humans. All capture methods and processes are welcome.