Get cracking, photogs!

'Everybody', by Paul LeGrand,
from the 2007 Plainfield Public Library Photo Contest.

The Plainfield Public Library's 3rd annual 'Documenting Plainfield' photography contest is under way.

This year's theme is storefronts and shopping scenes.

Amateur and professional photographers are welcome to submit up to five photographs of contemporary images of the shopping experience anywhere in Plainfield (photos need not be only of downtown or South Avenue).

Complete submission rules and instructions can be found on the Library's website (here) or picked up at the Library, Park Avenue and West 8th Street. Entries must be received at the Library or postmarked no later than October 3, 2008.

In addition to cash prizes for winners in various categories, entries become part of the Library's permanent collection of Plainfield photographs.

The contest is made possible through the support of the Plainfield Cultural and Heritage Commission and the Friends of the Plainfield Public Library.

For more information, contact Jessica Myers, head of the Local History Department at (908) 757-1111 x 136 or visit the Library's website.

-- Dan Damon

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