SOUTHEAST CATEGORY

First Place - "Reverend H.D. Dennis Overcome by Heat, MS" by Bruce West of Springfield, MO

Second Place - "Bad Moon Rising" by Gary Gruby of Senoia, GA

Third Place - "Wall/Portrait, 2005" by Laura Noel of Atlanta, GA

Honorable Mention - "Abandoned Pool" by Vanessa Sanborn of New Orleans, LA

Honorable Mention - "Natchez Trace" by Jerry Atnip of Nashville, TN

Honorable Mention - "Sandman Shot His Dog" by Mary Shannon Johnstone of Cary, NC

Honorable Mention - "Shuck Beans" by M.J. Sharp of Durham, NC

Honorable Mention - "Stilson Farm 10" by M.A. Battilana of Spingfield, GA

WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA CATEGORY

First Place - "Pointing the Way" by Paul Conlan of Newnan, GA

Second Place - "Gay Georgia Cotton Picking Fair" by John Sumner of Atlanta, GA

Third Place - "A Pair" by Brenda Fayard of Meansville, GA

PEOPLES' CHOICE AWARD

"Pop. 106" by Matt Bower

SLOWEXPOSURES GENERAL INFORMATION

Though the 2008 SlowExposures Call for Entries deadline is past, you can still download a copy by clicking on the following link (Adobe 480 kb .pdf file).

SlowExposures 2008 Call for Entries

Celebrating Photography of the Rural South
September 19 - 28, 2008
Pike County, Georgia

"Savvy Exposures" - The SlowExposures photo-exhibition has become anything but slow as it already has passed its toddler years and stands tall at 5 years old. Organized by a savvy group of sourthern dolls to put preservation of cultural style and life back on the map when Google-Earth promotes another message about being "close to home". The competition is strengthened by a mix of amateur and professional photographers whose visions of southern life show diversity of interest that range from sweet smelling landscapes to mysterious deserted architectural gems; home life is often outdoor life and captures individual charachters' faces and gestures of Southern charm or depict the latest family feud. SlowExposures is an opportunity that presents photographing the South can be more than "makin' perty pictures" but a quest of discovering who and what we really are, and sometimes what we were.

Celina Lunsford, Jury Member 2005
Frankfurt, Germany
February 2007

SlowExposures, the nationally recognized photography exhibition that underscores the diversity, contradictions and complexity of the rural South, opens Friday, September 19, 2008, for two weekends in the picturesque town of Concord, Georgia. The sixth anniversary of the photography showcase will be held in the historic 1887 R.F. Strickland Building, a late nineteenth century mercantile store listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Pike County, fifty miles south of Atlanta.

SlowExposures opens on Friday, September 19, followed by a benefit gala dinner/dance/auction on September 20. The six-day exhibit continues on September 21, 26, 27 and 28, with a BBQ picnic on Saturday, September 27, hosted by the Pike County Arts Council. The second weekend of SlowExposures recognizes “Kids with Cameras” with a children's exhibit and reception and salutes young people’s interest in photography.

Read the History of the SlowExposures Show (Adobe .pdf File)

Located one hour south of the Atlanta metropolitan airport, SlowExposures attracts over one thousand visitors each year who mark the last two weeks of September on their calendars to visit Pike County and be among the first to view and purchase original and innovative works from over forty photographers from all over the United States.

“Annually, scores of photographers submit their art for jury selection,” says Christine Curry, Chair of the annual event. “Over three hundred images are usually submitted, most from the southeast,” reports Curry. “All total, nine states representing thirty-four cities and towns presented their works for jury selection last year, with a sizable contingent from Pike County. The prize money totals over $2,000 including first, second, third in two categories. We offer over $1,000 to purchase several of the photographs in the show adding to our public collection."

SlowExposures is the annual fundraiser of Pike Historic Preservation and is dedicated to supporting the history and cultural heritage of the rural south through contemporary photography. All proceeds from SlowExposures go to the preservation of historic buildings and landscapes. The Whiskey Bonding Barn in Molena is this year's beneficiary.

Read More About the Whiskey Bonding Barn (Adobe .pdf File)

For more information, please see the other sections of this website or contact “Slow Exposures,” PO Box 489, Zebulon, GA, 30295, (770) 567-3600.