The Photograph as an Art Object
16th Tri-ennial Photographic Competition
Monday, January 14 - Thursday, February 7, 2002

Reception and Awards Presentation will be held on Tuesday evening January 22, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Gallery. (Awards will be presented at 7:00 p.m.)

Juror
This year’s juror is award-winning photographer Roger Bean from Morton, Illinois. Mr. Bean received his M.F.A. degree from Illinois State University. After graduation he worked as a freelance illustration photographer until being hired by Caterpillar, Inc. as a multimedia production coordinator and corporate photographer. He has written several articles for nationally circulated trade publications and his illustration photography is represented in over 35 books. He has taught Introduction to Media Production and Digital Photography at Bradley University for the past three years. He has won several awards for his fine art photographs which are in many corporate, university and private collections.

Awards
Merchandise and Purchase Awards will be presented.

Support
We are grateful for the continued support of Camera Land and Art City for providing merchandise awards and the Macomb Area Convention & Visitors Bureau for purchase awards. Additional support for awards is anticipated.

photograph on this page: by Terry Rathje. thumbnail on calendar page: detail of photograph by Jewel Gwaltney