Announcement: Joint Pratt CCPS, Strand Book Store, and Aperture Foundation Photography Contest Continues

Pratt Institute's Center for Continuing and Professional Studies
(CCPS) is teaming with New York's Strand Book Store and the Aperture
Foundation to host "Eye on the Strand," a contest welcoming amateur and
professional photographers to submit their photographic representations
of the Strand Book Store through February 27, 2009.

Pratt Institute's CCPS will display the contest's three winning entries
and work by 20 finalists as decided by a jury of some of the most
influential names in photography and digital imaging. The most popular
photograph as voted by visitors to the Strand web site will also be
displayed during the month of July 2009.

The contest judges include Cheryl Stockton, adjunct professor, CCPS
Photography and Digital Imaging; Lesley A. Martin, publisher, Aperture
Books program; Charlie Rhyne, photography book buyer for the Strand Book
Store; Paul Amador, co-owner of New York City's Cohen Amador Gallery;
Jeffrey Ladd, photographer and creator of http://5b4.blogspot.com; and
Darren Ching, creative director of Photo District News and co-owner of
Brooklyn's Klompching Gallery.

In addition to their work being displayed at Pratt Institute's CCPS
gallery, the grand-prize winner will receive an afternoon with
internationally-renowned photographer Mary Ellen Mark, including lunch at
New York's famous Balthazar Restaurant and a collection of 50 photography
books published by Aperture.

To submit photos and vote for your favorite photo, visit
www.strandbooks.com/photocontest. To learn more about Pratt Institute's
CCPS, visit prostudies.pratt.edu.

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