Founder Returns To Revamp Bucks Co. Photo Show

The founder of a Bucks County photography exhibition has returned to help run the event.

Spencer Saunders has been named to the board of directors of the Phillips' Mill Community Association, which is dedicated to the promotion and preservation of the arts in Bucks County.

Saunders previously served on the board from 1992-2013 and founded the group's annual photographic exhibition. A photographer himself, Saunders, of New Hope, is returning to help repackage and rebrand the event in the digital realm.

"We’re ramping up to ensure our entirely new way of receiving, jurying and presenting the artwork is seamless," Saunders said.

In its 27-year history, the juried photography exhibition has donated more than $100,000 in awards, college scholarships and proceeds to Phillips’ Mill.

Digital submissions for this year’s show will be accepted online. Print submissions can be dropped off at Phillips’ Mill Community Association on Feb. 28, from 4-6 p.m. and Feb. 29 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

The show will begin on April 5 and will continue through April 23. New for 2020, a week-long volunteer appreciation photography show will follow on April 25 featuring the artwork of Phillips’ Mill members and volunteers.

The exhibition’s perennial theme is "Photography as Art" and "Photographer as Artist."

Images may be in any photographic medium, from historic to alternative or digital and should be created within the last five years. Each year, jurors review submissions and select between 135 and 150 images to be displayed during the exhibition.

Photographers are encouraged to submit a body of work created within the past five years to keep the work as fresh and current as possible.

The exhibition is held at the repurposed 1756 grist mill located at 2619 River Rd., just outside of New Hope. Phillips’ Mill is the birthplace of the arts movement in the Delaware Valley 90 years ago. To get involved and be a part of the photo show, you may email photoshow@phillipsmill.org.