I received an email from a representative of the New York State Museum about an upcoming exhibit they’re hosting of landscape photos of New York State asking if I’d help spread the word. The text of the presser is copied below. My only caveat would be; if you want to, to verify what rights you may be signing away by submitting images. There’s a Terms of Use on the submission link but you may want to check that there is nothing additional that you may be granting them.
State Education Department/University of the State of New York/Office of Cultural Education
New York State Museum News
MADISON AVENUE, ALBANY, NY 12230
FAX: 518/486-3696
Contact:
Joanne Guilmette
518/474-8730
Jguilmet@mail.nysed.gov
NYS MUSEUM INVITES PHOTO SUBMISSIONS FOR UPCOMING EXHIBIT
ALBANY, NY — The New York State Museum is inviting the public to submit their digital photographs of scenic New York State landscapes, the best of which will be showcased in an upcoming Museum exhibition and displayed on the Museum website and Flickr page.
Scenic landscapes exist in every corner of New York State and are often found on picture perfect postcards that read “wish you were here.” The State Museum’s exhibition, Wish You Were Here! New York State Photographed by You will open in the State Museum’s West Hall Corridor on September 3, featuring a selection of the best landscape photographs submitted by the public. These can be photographs of a beloved vacation spot or even the backyard, neighborhood street or other favorite place. Images chosen for the exhibition, as well as others that are submitted, will also appear on the Museum’s website. Photographs will still be accepted after September 3, since new ones will continually be added to both the gallery and website.
Wish You Were Here will complement another exhibition in the Museum’s adjacent West
Gallery — Not Just Another Pretty Place: The Landscape of New York. Also opening on September 3, this will be the first exhibition of landscape art to be culled from the Museum’s vast collections.
Those wishing to submit photos for Wish You Were Here will find further information at
www.nysm.nysed.gov/wishyouwerehere.
The New York State Museum is a program of the New York State Education Department’s Office of Cultural Education. Founded in 1836, the museum has the longest continuously operating state natural history research and collection survey in the U.S. Located on Madison Avenue in Albany, the Museum is open daily from 9:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. except on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. Further information can be obtained by calling (518) 474-5877 or visiting the museum website at www.nysm.nysed.gov.
