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We are pleased to announce a call for artists for a Special Issue dedicated to toy cameras photography.
All you need to do is select your best 10 images and write something about the camera you used. The images should be at least 1000×1000 px @ 72 dpi JPEG.
Archive the lot and send as attachments to contribute@squaremag.org before FEB 15 2013. The artists selected will be published in March.

Comments (14)

14 Responses to “Special Issue SP03: Toy cameras”

• matteo said at 5:49pm on December 28th, 2012:

  hello! do you consider polaroid (sx70 as it is square!) as a toycamera?
  thanks!
  matteo rosso

• Alex B said at 7:42pm on December 28th, 2012:

  Est-ce qu’il faut un thème d’ensemble ?

• Christophe Dillinger said at 7:59pm on December 28th, 2012:

  @Alex B, No, pas vraiment, simplement vos meilleures images.

• Christophe Dillinger said at 8:00pm on December 28th, 2012:

  @matteo, ooooh, I don’t really think so, but I’ll ask the others. I mean, a toy camera for me is a box made out of plastic wit a couple of button and working on film. Polaroids are a breed apart I would say, a kind of special type of cameras.

• Nadine said at 11:45am on January 5th, 2013:

  Hi, bonjour,

  What about instagram or other cellphone images? I would assume the answer is also no but wanted to verify.

  Merci.

  Christophe Dillinger said on January 5th, 2013 -

  I think we are going to go the analogue route on this one. As is te case with for Polaroid, I feel that cellphone photography is a genre in its own right. We’ll probably do a square phone images issue at some point. You could also submit your work to the regular issue you know.

• Marie B. said at 7:41pm on January 30th, 2013:

  Bonsoir !

  Et un Holga 120 N ?
  Cette petite chose en plastique est un jouet non ?
  Juste un bouton “nuage” et “soleil” pour régler l’ouverture, et la mise au point se fait toujours avec de petits icônes …
  Ca marche ?

• Christophe Dillinger said at 7:43pm on January 30th, 2013:

  @Marie B., Ah ben oui, ca marche!

• Diane K said at 3:45am on January 31st, 2013:

  When we write something about the camera we used….just a couple words to identify the camera used in each image? Or an official statement about the camera(s) we used for all 10 of them, and why, or other info about using them?
  Is it OK to use more than one camera in the 10?

  Christophe Dillinger said on January 31st, 2013 -

  @Diane K, A couple of words, or maybe a few more. Maybe the film too. Or an introduction to the series. It’s up to you, as long as it is no longer than 300 words. And yes, you can use more than just one toy camera, as long as all the images are square. Hope that helps.

• Cathleen said at 11:40am on February 14th, 2013:

  Hey Christophe,

  How many artist will be selected and did i understand it right? The “prize” is the publication of the photographs in a special squaremag issue in march?

  Thanks.
  Cathleen

  Christophe Dillinger said on February 14th, 2013 -

  Hello Cathleen. We do not know how many artists will be selected yet. As for the prize, there isn’t really any. It is not a competition, but rather a call to artists and yes, the selected people will be published in a special Toy issue.

• scarlett coten said at 11:20am on February 15th, 2013:

  Hi Christophe,
  can we submit different series of 10 pictures?
  Thanks,
  scarlett

  Christophe Dillinger said on February 15th, 2013 -

  @scarlett coten, sure :0