Call Description

Entries will be juried by Jorge Daniel Torres de Veneciano by July 15 2025 (his bio is below). The deadline is July 1, 2025. Artists will be notified by July 18 of their inclusion in the digital exhibition via e-mail. Winners work is displayed on screen or in print at the National Stereoscopic Association Conference in Minneapolis, MN. Winners of awards are announced at the Annual NSA conference in early August.  Entrants do not need to attend to submit work, all entries will receive free registration to the 3-D Con Conference August 3-11, 2025 (entrants should register in person at the event and bring student ID). Three works will be eligible for one of the following awards [$300, $200 and $100].  Conference website: https://www.3d-con.com/, NSA website: https://stereoworld.org/

Link to HOW-TO sheet for stereo photography: https://tinyurl.com/mr2nkf64

ABOUT THE JUROR Jorge Daniel Torres de Veneciano:

Jorge Daniel Torres de Veneciano, PhD
Veneciano has had a 30-year career as a museum professional, literary scholar, professor, and arts critic. He has served as Director of El Museo del Barrio in New York City, Director of the Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and as a Senior Curator at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles, as well as The Studio Museum in Harlem.

ABOUT THE NSA - NATIONAL STEREOSCOPIC ASSOCIATION

https://stereoworld.org/about/

WE ARE A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION

• Founded in 1974
• With over 1000 members

OUR BIG EVENTS

• Annual 3D Convention
• Annual Trade Fair

STEREO WORLD MAGAZINE

• A magazine for 3D collectors and 3D photographers.
• In print since 1974
• Exclusive to NSA members
• 6 issues published annually

OUR GOALS

• to promote the research, collection, and use of vintage and contemporary stereoviews, stereo cameras, equipment, and related materials 
   
• to promote the practice of stereo photography 
   
• to encourage the use of stereoscopy in the fields of visual arts and technology
   
• to foster the appreciation of the stereograph as a visual historical record

CHAIRS OF STUDENT AWARDS:

Prof. Christopher Schneberger

Rebecca Hackemann, PhD

Application Requirements

Please download this how-to fact sheet containing different methods of 3-D as a guide. If you would like to have an online workshop at your school, please send an email to me@rebeccahackemann.com with the subject "NSA Student Competition Workshop".

Entries are judged on the three standard criteria: 

Aesthetics, Conceptual, Technical.

Link to HOW-TO sheet for stereo photography: https://tinyurl.com/mr2nkf64

INSTRUCTIONS:

Image uploads should be side by side stereo images or anaglyphs, please follow the cafe instructions and use the how-to sheet.  (see worksheet below or request a workshop! https://tinyurl.com/mr2nkf64). We will convert them for display at the conference. If you already know how to make anaglyphs you may submit those as is as well. If you have technical problems,  please email me@rebeccahackemann.com and or contact Cafe for entry. 

Eligibility Criteria

Any student in any country may apply (no age limit). Students can be part time or full time, there is no credit requirement and no degree seeking requirement.