Photo Show 2025
SMAC’s 29th Annual John and Trudy Faber Memorial
Photography Contest and Show
Entry Deadline extended to
Wed April 30, 2025
May 16-18, 2025
Kaleidoscope – The Gathering Place
2500 Hardy Road, Hardy, VA
- Friday, May 16, 6:00 pm – Awards Reception
- Saturday, May 17, 10 am – 4:00 pm.: Public Exhibit open.
- Sunday, May 18, Noon – 3:00 pm: Public Exhibit open.
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Rules and Entry Form
Entry Deadline extended to
Wed April 30, 2025
The contest is open to all photographers – casual, amateur and professional.
Awards
Best in Show: $300
1st in Category: $100
2nd in Category: $50
3rd in Category: $25
Special Recognition: Ribbon
Important 2025 Photo Show Deadlines and Dates
- Wednesday, April 23, 2025: Entry Deadline (forms and fees due).
- Tuesday, May 13, 1:00 – 4:00 pm: Photographs must be delivered to Kaleidoscope.
(Please arrange for drop-off/pick-up of your entries if you are unable to do so at designated times.) - Friday, May 16, 6:00 pm: Awards Reception, Kaleidoscope.
- Saturday, May 17, 10 am – 4:00 pm and Sunday, May 18, Noon – 3:00 pm.: Public Exhibit open.
- Sunday, May 18, 3:00 – 4:00 pm.: Photographs must be picked up from Kaleidoscope.
Meet the Judge - Mary Zompetti
Zompetti’s creative process is driven by curious experimentation in the mediums of photography and light-based installation – not in the quest for the perfect, captured moment, but rather for the possibilities that exist when control is relinquished and chance helps guide both the process and questions being asked by the work. This curiosity excites and drives her to push the medium further, seeing what is possible outside the parameters of traditional photographic processes. She is currently investigating concepts relating to home and place, the impermanence of the physical body, and the impact of human-driven change in the natural environment.
Prior to teaching at Hollins, Zompetti had a 15-year career in non-profit arts administration, working as a community builder, educator and mentor to learners of all ages and abilities. She is passionate about teaching, encouraging her students to find unconventional ways to conceptualize their ideas and experiences through photographic media.
