If you like to go out of bounds with a board or two and a camera, it’s time to bring your images in-bounds to Whistler Arts Council’s 4th Annual Out of Bounds: Tales from the Backcountry exhibition!
Presented in partnership with Coast Range Heliskiing, Out of Bounds is a popular photo contest and exhibition for both amateur and professional photographers. This year, Coast Range Heliskiing will again sponsor a People's Choice Award for Best of Show. One photographer and one member of the voting public will win a free heliskiing trip with Coast Range Heliskiing. Additional prizes will be given out at the opening reception, as well as to the runner-up. Winners will be announced at the end of February 2008.
The juried exhibition features photographers from the Sea to Sky Corridor and throughout B.C. with images of skiing and snowboarding in B.C.’s beautiful backcountry, whether accessed by foot, snowmobile, helicopter, watercraft or dogsled. The 2007 exhibiting photographers were Chris Christie, Bonny Mackerewicz, Don Cole Harvey, Greg Eymundson, Toshi Kawano, Dave Humphreys, Dagan Beach, Duncan MacKenzie, Andrew Bradley, Andre Munck, Alex Wigley and two-time Out of Bounds winner, Blake Jorgenson.
Eligible entrants include amateur and professional photographers living in the Sea to Sky Corridor and throughout B.C. An impartial jury will select the photographers who will be showcased and eligible to win. Submissions will be judged on artistic merit, composition, technical skill and adherence to show theme Out of Bounds: Tales from the Backcountry (no chairlifts please!).
Images that have been computer manipulated and/or developed into artwork will also be eligible in a separate category. These images will be exhibited separately and are not eligible for the Heliskiing prize. Please contact the Whistler Arts Council for details.
Images will be exhibited throughout the month of February 2008 at Millennium Place. The exhibition kicks off with another packed-house opening reception on the first weekend of February. The evening includes draw prizes, a DJ and appetizers.
Submission deadline is Friday, Jan. 4, 2008.
