Press Release
2010 Call for Photographers
A picture is worth a thousand words – help us tell Whatcom County agriculture’s story
Who: Whatcom Farm Friends is pleased to announce a call for artists – all amateur and professional photographers welcome
What: Harvesting Agriculture’s Aesthetics[1] - A juried photographic exhibition highlighting Whatcom County’s rural people,
crops and product diversity, livestock, ag machinery and rural vistas. It may be tilling, growing, harvesting, daily chores, or
relaxing – something special, somewhere special, someone special – capturing rural farm life.
Theme: “Faces of Ag” - Entry Categories:
- Meet the Farmer [Farm Families]
- Barns with Character
- Farm Families at Work
- Weathered Faces [people, buildings, equipment, landscape…..]
- Farm Animals
- Real Working Machines and Equipment
- 4-H and FFA Youth Agricultural Projects
- Rural Beauty and Uniqueness
When: Deadline for entries is no later than 5:00 p.m. July 30th, 2010 DEADLINE EXTENDED
Why: to celebrate both the creativity of our county’s photographers and to uniquely capture and tell our farming story
Where: Debuts at the Farming For Life! exhibit, August 16-21, 2010 during the Northwest Washington Fair inside
the Mt. Baker Rotary Building. Exhibit continues August 25-October 18, 2010 (Lynden Harvest Festival)
at the Lynden Pioneer Museum.
Download the full Call for Artists Prospectus including application form and instructions.
Questions can be directed to Cheryl DeHaan, Whatcom Farm Friends Community Education Program Manager, 360-354-1337, cdehaan@wcfarmfriends.com
[1] Harvesting means gathering; Agriculture is farming and crop production; Aesthetic means beautiful
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