© Dennis Stein, *Window, Paul’s apartment*, c. 2019, Polaroid- SX-70 film

Analog Forever Magazine is proud to present “Home Sweet Home," an online group exhibition debuting September 2023. This showcase will be expertly curated by photographic artist, independent curator and Creative Director at the Photographic Resource Center, Cambridge, MA, Jessica Burko!

To enter, all you need to do is read and respond to the prompt provided with your film or analog photography. The best of these images will be presented in an online show, launching September 18th, 2023. Good luck!

Prompt: Since the early days of photography, domestic life has been a popular focus. Daguerreotypes and their long exposures limited available subjects to those that were generally immobile. In addition to stiff portraits, budding photographers often focused their lenses on still life arrangements and belongings found in the home. In the second half of the 19th century, when more portable photographic methods enabled cameras to leave the studio, a genre emerged of family groups posing in front of their houses along with prized personal possessions. With the advent of Kodak’s Brownie, vernacular photography burst onto the scene with the simple push of a button. The medium reached people of all ages, often turning the camera to family, and daily surroundings. In the 20th century artists began using cameras to memorialize homelife in a new and more introspective way. Photographers such as Dorothea Lange, Larry Sultan, Tina Barney, Olivia Parker, and Jan Groover, gravitated towards capturing family, household objects, domestic spaces, and symbols emphasizing the everyday. Home Sweet Home is about the photographer’s eye turned towards the domestic. Family, friends, space, objects, the interior of life and what is held close. At some point in a photographer’s journey, whether influenced by nesting, memory, nostalgia, quarantine, or to document, inspiration strikes from within the house.

Deadline for Submissions is August 31st, 2023!

About the Curator

Jessica Burko has been an exhibiting artist since 1985 and has displayed work in solo and group shows throughout the United States. Burko is originally from Philadelphia and currently lives in Boston, Massachusetts. She holds a BFA in Fine Art Photography from Rhode Island School of Design, and an MFA in Imaging Arts and Science from Rochester Institute of Technology.

In addition to being a practicing artist, Burko is the Creative Director at the Photographic Resource Center, Cambridge, MA. She is also an independent curator with more than thirty exhibitions produced since 2000, and her professional background includes the position of Gallery Director at Stonehill College from 2000-06, from 2007-14 she held the position of Executive Director of the artist collective Boston Handmade, and from 2016-19 she was the Marketing Director at Kingston Gallery.

Burko's work in the arts community allows her to foster and strengthen connections between working artrepreneurs. She supports artists in achieving their creative and professional goals through lectures, workshops, and partnerships with organizations such as ArtsWorcester, Worcester, MA, Mass MoCA’s Assets for Artists Program, North Adams, MA, and the South Shore Arts Center, Cohasset, MA.

Connect with Jessica Burko on her Website and Instagram.

Submission Guidelines:

Image Specifications:
1) Only .jpg files will be accepted.
2) Images must be 1500px on the shortest side at 72dpi.
3) No photo-shopped borders or watermarks.
4) Only one image may be submitted.
5) Image must be named in the following format: “FirstNameLastName1.jpg”, etc.

Email Specifications:
1) The subject line of your email should state: "Home Sweet Home”
2) Please ATTACH your images to the email NOT INSIDE the email. Do not embed them. Do not attach a google drive or dropbox link.
3) Include your information in the format requested (see below).
4) Format Request: “Title” by Your Name | Camera + Film, Process - Your URL

Send your submission to submissions@analogforevermagazine.com by August 31st, 2023.

Note: Due to the large number of submissions we receive, you will only be emailed if your work is selected by the juror.

Copyright Information:

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