In honor of the celebration of July 4, 2011, A Smith Gallery would like to fill its walls with photographic interpretations of “America”. Forty five to fifty images will be selected for exhibition. A Blurb catalogue of the exhibit with all accepted entries will be available for purchase.

Amer – i – ca : “land of the free”, “home of the brave”, “the greatest nation on earth”, equality, “love it or leave it”, patriot, “land of opportunity”, frontier, “liberty and justice for all”, democracy, “right or wrong”, “leader of the free world”, land of immigrants, flag waving, God’s country, spacious skies, Uncle Sam, “We the People”, land of liberty, “purple mountains majesty”, melting pot, freedom of speech, individualism, self-determination, stars and stripes, American bald eagle, fourth of July, Amerigo Vaspucci, “manifest destiny”, “sea to shining sea”, brotherhood, 9-11, “amber waves of grain”, “liberty and justice for all”, pilgrim, indivisible, “united we stand, divided we fall”, voices, dreams.

The juror for “America” will be D. Clarke Evans, the president and director of the Texas Photographic Society.