The Ordover Gallery at the San Diego Natural History Museum has issued a call for entries for the Best of Nature Photography Show. The entry fee is $25 for the first three photos submitted. Each entry after that is $10, with a limit of 10 entries total. The submission deadline is 27th October. The Best of Nature show will include approximately 70 works, selected by two rounds of judging. For entry instructions, visit the website below.

Website: San Diego Natural History Museum

San Diego Natural History Museum Press Release

Best of Nature International Photography Competition 2011 at the San Diego Natural History Museum

San Diego; October 5, 2011 — The Ordover Gallery at the San Diego Natural History Museum announces a CALL FOR ENTRIES for the Best of Nature Photography Show. Entrees may be submitted through October 27, 2011. The international juried show of outstanding nature photography will be on view between January 9, 2012 and March 17, 2012 in The Ordover Gallery at the San Diego Natural History Museum on the fourth floor. The opening reception will be held on Saturday, January 21, 2012, 11 AM to 2 PM.

Amateur as well as professional photographers are invited to submit nature photography for the jurying process. Landscape, wildlife, and nature abstract/impressionistic images will be considered. The entry fee is $25 for the first three photos submitted. Each entry after that is $10, with a limit of 10 entries total. The Best of Nature show will include approximately 70 works, selected by two rounds of judging. Complete entry instructions are online: http://www.sdnhm.org/exhibits/ordover/bestofnature_entry.php

The first round of judging will be carried out by the staff of the San Diego Natural History Museum. Abe Ordover, owner of The Ordover Galleries, will complete the final round of judging. Prizes will be awarded for top-placing images: Grand Prize: $1000; First Place: $500; Second Place: $250; Third Place: $150; Six Honorable Mentions: $100 each; People’s Choice Award: $100.

All artwork in The Ordover Gallery at the San Diego Natural History Museum is for sale; the photographer will set the price for his/her work. 50% of each sale goes to the photographer and a portion of proceeds will benefit the Museum. For further details and a show prospectus: contact The Ordover Gallery at 858.720.1121 or visit http://www.sdnhm.org/exhibits/ordover/bestofnature.

Abe Ordover established the Ordover Gallery in 2003 in Solana Beach, California. Ordover, a Yale-educated law professor, attorney, and mediator, had changed careers and become a fine-art photographer. The gallery was established with the mission of elevating the photographic-art form to greater prominence among collectors and nature enthusiasts by showcasing the nation’s best nature and wildlife photographers. To date, The Ordover Gallery has featured the contemporary masters of the medium, including Art Wolfe, William Neill, Charles Cramer, Christopher Burkett, Galen Rowell, and more. In 2006, The Ordover Gallery formed a partnership with the San Diego Natural History Museum, which led to the opening of a second gallery on the Museum’s 4th floor. The Ordover Gallery’s imagery and artists’ biographies can be viewed at www.ordovergallery.com.

The San Diego Natural History Museum is celebrating its 137th anniversary this year. Founded by citizen naturalists, it is the second-oldest scientific institution in California and the third oldest west of the Mississippi. The Museum specializes in the study of biodiversity; the results of active research are passed on to the community through its education programs and exhibitions. The Museum is open daily with the exception of Thanksgiving and Christmas; visit www.sdnhm.org for current admission hours and prices.

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