Rhinebeck Call for Photos:
A Place for People & Nature

UPDATE: Thank you to the 38 folks who submitted photos! The Call for Photos is now closed.

Rhinebeckers are proud of the beauty of our town and village, our Hudson River waterfront, lakes and kills, wildlife, our open spaces and clusters of historic homes. Our Natural Resources Inventory is a project that gathers data to present these resources in the form of 25 maps. Riding alongside the maps, we have a report interpreting them. In this narrative, we have space to conjure the interesting aspects of this place with historical images and contemporary photography.

The Village is also in the process of updating its Comprehensive Plan. Part of that process is seeing what you see, in terms how we as a community interact—our human ecology in this place. Since these are public documents—for the people—why not also make it by the people?

Please take part in our Call for Photos and submit your best photography of Rhinebeck! Deadline: April 1, 2022

 

  • We encourage photography that shows people interacting with the natural and built landscape in Rhinebeck.

    (i.e. kayakers, hiking up Burger Hill, strolling under Village street trees, fishing in Landsman Kill, etc)

    Some ideas: wildlife, the waterfront, views, parks, historic sites, native trees & plants/invasive trees & plants, agriculture, ponds/lakes/streams, slopes, craggy ledge outcroppings, climate change impacts/storms.

    Feel free to dig through previously taken photos. Submissions don’t need to have been shot specifically for the contest.

    You may submit color or black and white photography.

    Vertical or horizontal, no limits on aspect ratios.

    Digital photos at least 300 dpi.

  • You must be the copyright owner of the image you submit.

    By submitting a photo, you agree to let the Town/Village print you photo (with credit) in the NRI, on accompanying materials promoting the public awareness of the NRI, and in our Comprehensive Plan (limited to these not-for-profit-uses).

    (Under 18 category with permission of their parent/guardian)

  • You may submit up to 10 photos.

    We’re accepting digital photos through a special email address. Email your photo in with the required info:

    Your name/Credit

    Year taken

    Short description

    Your age

    File name

 

Oblong Books has curated a collection of books for us to give as tokens of gratitude to participants whose photography makes the greatest impact to the Natural Resources Inventory.