A Scholarship Opportunity for Aspiring Photographers

的 太阳城集团官方网址导航 基金会, in partnership with the 威廉G. Ericson基金会, sponsors photographic art competitions at PCC and public high schools in the 帕萨迪纳市 Area 社区 College District to meritorius participants.

的 awards are in the form of scholarships for students of photographic art. 

的 Inaugural Competition featured more than 500 entries from 98 PCC students, with 46 students selected to exhibit their work in the Boone Fine Arts Gallery and compete 奖学金最高可达7000美元.  

Read the scholarship details and FAQ's below - and contact us if you have any questions 太阳城集团官方网址导航比赛和奖学金.

到底什么是威廉G. 埃里克森摄影比赛及奖学金?

威廉G号. Ericson基金会, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation 成立于2017年. Its purpose is to further photographic art education.  的 Ericson基金会 partnered with the 太阳城集团官方网址导航 基金会 in 2022 and created the competition and scholarship program to honor the life work of "Bill" Ericson.

威廉G. Ericson (August 13, 1944 - August 5, 2017) was raised in a publishing family 他一辈子都在做生意. 然而，他真正的激情和职业是 摄影. 他认为自己首先是一名摄影师. 他上课 从父母那里学到社区的意义.

After graduating from 南帕萨迪纳市 High School, Ericson earned an A. A. 来自帕萨迪纳市 城市学院. 他以B的成绩毕业. A. 加州大学摄影专业， 伯克利. He went on to become a professional photographer who created iconic images 用于电影和广告行业. 他和家人一起拥有并出版书籍 the 南帕萨迪纳市 Review, a weekly community newspaper, and 的 Quarterly Magazine, an upscale lifestyle magazine in the San Gabriel Valley featuring his photographs.

的re are two divisions:  High School and 社区 College.  高中分部 is for graduating seniors from 合格高中  See the FAQ section below for 合格高中.  的 社区 College Division is limited to 帕萨迪纳市 Cicty 大学生. 

Here's how you can enter the competition and qualify for scholarship funds:

  • 高中生 - speak with your counselor, 摄影 instructor, or yearbook/newspaper advisor 开始吧.  您可以访问您的在线应用程序 在这里.  
      
  • 太阳城集团官方网址导航学生 - connect with 摄影 faculty through the division of Visual Arts and Media 研究.  您可以访问在线申请 在这里.
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  • 熟悉比赛规则和 类别.
  • Photo submissions may be by analog or digital camera, black and white or color, CMYK 300dpi.  All photos must fit within an 11 x 14 format (horizontal or vertical).
  • 的 student must take the photo and each student is allowed to enter only one photo 在一类中.  不允许集体作业.  不允许系列.
  • Students must also write a 100-word maximum statement on how the scholarship funds 对他们的摄影教育有帮助吗.
  • All submitted photos become the property of the PCC foundation and the 威廉G. Ericson基金会. 的 foundations reserve the right to display the photos and publish 照片宣传和宣传比赛. 

In order to qualify you should meet the following criteria:

你是:
合格的PACCD高中的高年级学生
OR
A current, enrolled student at 太阳城集团官方网址导航

(Participants may not be currently or previously working as a professional photographer.)

的 following PACCD high schools are invited to participate:

  • 世外桃源
  • 阿罗约
  • 布莱尔
  • Gabrielino
  • 约翰·缪尔
  • La加拿大
  • 马歇尔基本
  • 帕萨迪纳市
  • 中国菜
  • 圣马力诺
  • 南帕萨迪纳市
  • 天普市

While it certainly is advantageous to have taken 摄影 课程 before entering the contest, you do not have to be a photo major at PCC or have taken specific 摄影 课程.  However - you do need to be interested in studying 摄影 at some point -这是获得奖学金的必要条件.

Think of it as a "Beginner" Division and an "Advanced" Division.  大多数学生 at PCC who are participating will have taken 摄影 课程 on the collegiate level prior to entering - offering two divisions allows for competition between students 经历相对平等.

  • 所有学生可以在2024年1月17日开始申请.  申请人应小心 为条目使用正确的链接.
    高中学生申请
    PCC学生申请
  • Both division applications will close at April 1, 2024 at 10pm.
  • First-Level Judging will take place the week of April 8, 2024
  • Applicants will be notified of their status on or around April 17, 2024
  • Finalists' photos will be printed, dry mounted, and prepared for the Gallery Exhibition, 它将于2024年5月15日开放
  • 的 Final Judging and 奖 Ceremony will be on Saturday, May 18 in the Boone Family Art Gallery and the Westerbeck Auditorium on the 太阳城集团官方网址导航 campus
我们有一个很棒的 突显出卷 that will give you a sense  of how it felt to be part of the 2023 Competition and 奖.  

我们很高兴你问了!  您可以找到完整的指南文档 高中比赛 在这里; 但这里只是一些亮点:

  • High School students will submit digital files only. 模拟照片必须扫描 并以数字文件的形式提交. Finalist photos will be printed as they are submitted with no adjustments to the original file before they are printed and dry-mounted by 太阳城集团官方网址导航.
  • 的 submitted photo must be a digital file, CMYK, 300 dpi, and fit within an 11” x 14英寸格式(垂直或水平). 提交的材料必须符合这些具体要求 成为竞争的一部分. 没有例外. 只提交符合这些规范的文件 才有资格参赛.
  • Minimal manipulation of digital images to accurately render the subject is 可接受的 e.g.: small adjustments to brightness, color, color balance, and/or sharpness, are 可接受的.

 PCC部门指南可在此找到 在这里.  

有问题?
联系 the 太阳城集团官方网址导航 基金会 at x7065 or email pccfoundation@brucebabcock.net.