CALL for ENTRIES: Flora

Posted on August 1, 2017August 2, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

EAT me

How many of you have a potted rosemary bush? Mine is blooming a gorgeous array of little lavender flowers. Did you know the flowers are edible? If you love the taste of rosemary but find the texture & taste a little to strong for delicate foods like fish, try using the flowers instead. They are softer in both mouth feel & potency and even make a beautiful garnish when flash fried. This next call is looking for flora, and it doesn’t have to be edible. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Don’t Take Pictures (online & print) for Flora. This publication offers print, monthly columns & quarterly online exhibits. This online opportunity has no entry fee. Don’t miss this one…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Flora from
Don’t Take Pictures

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“Botanical art has a long history as subject matter for photographers. Using photography to preserve the ephemeral qualities of plant life can allows viewers to wonder at the natural world. Beyond the garden, florals have been used as props, rendered in patterns in décor and apparel, and photographed in various states of decay.” –from donttakepictures.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to photography –go beyond the traditional portrayal of florals

DEADLINE: August 20, 2017

PUBLICATION: August 23 — November 21, 2017

ENTRY FEE: None

AWARDS: Inclusion in the online quarterly exhibition

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Certain Places

Posted on July 26, 2017July 25, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

so SWEET

Sugar is sugar, right? I don’t think so. Fried sugar takes me to morning doughnuts in the office. Melting powdered sugar transports me to Saturday afternoon elephant ears at the flea market. And spun sugar, spun sugar sends me straight to the state fair standing in line on hard-packed earth waiting for my turn on the Alpine racer. Each smell is distinct, truly, and each conjures a certain place I hold dear to my heart. Where is your certain place? This next Call wants to know. Explore the possibilities…

Check out this Call for Entries from L.A. Photo Curator (online) for the Certain Places exhibit. $20 entry, no shipping, plus art publication for ALL entrants. This juror has a spectacular landscape portfolio. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Certain Places from
L.A. Photo Curator

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“All of us have a connection to certain places. These places can be a part of our everyday life, or places from our past. We use our selective memory when we see the places we are most connected to. Please share images of the places you feel most connected to—interior and exterior landscapes, real and imagined.” –from Karen Klinedinst via laphotocurator.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Photography

DEADLINE: August 9, 2017 (Midnight PST)

NOTIFICATION: September 29, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $20 for up to 3. 20% of artist fees go to 2 charities –½ to the curator’s choice of charity & ½ goes to the 1st place winner’s chosen charity. Karen Klinedinst has chosen Sierra Club.

CURATOR: Karen Klinedinst is a landscape photographer based in Baltimore, MD and a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). Her landscape photography has been exhibited widely, including: Massoni Art Gallery, Soho Photo Gallery, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Griffin Museum of Photography, and the Biggs Museum of American Art. Her work is in the collection of the National Park Service. She was a 2006 National Park Service artist-in-residence at Acadia National Park in Maine; and in 2015, was awarded an Individual Artist Award from the Maryland State Arts Council.

AWARDS: The curator chooses 1st place, 2nd place & 3 honorable mentions. The 1st place winner will receive a review by one or more curators including a Q&A about the photographer’s work. In addition, their image will be on the home page for a month. 2nd place & honorable mentions will have their image shown along with their bio, artist statement, C.V. and a link back to their website.

SALES: All sales are conducted between the artist & buyer. There is no commission.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Nothing Special

Posted on June 22, 2017June 23, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

FEED me

I am trying to lose weight. Yes, again. I don’t really care about my size. I am trying to get off some meds to make me less tied to doctors & pharmacists, less tied to one place, more able to travel. Regular readers won’t be surprised to hear I’m jones-ing for goat cheese & olives right now. What ordinary item do you take for granted? Is it the bacon on your BLT? Or is it actually the mayo? Is it the peanut butter on your PBJ? Or is it actually the drizzle of honey? What I have learned is that I don’t often miss the star of the show. I miss the little extra bits that keep meals from being plain or dry or ordinary. This next Call wants to know about the ordinary bits that mean the world to you. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from L.A. Photo Curator (online) for the Nothing Special exhibit. $20 entry, no shipping, plus art publication for ALL entrants. What do you have to say about the ordinary, the overlooked? I appreciate the possibilities offered by this curatorial theme…

Learn more about the Nothing Special exhibit from LA Photo Curator! — *Image above by* *Logan Bellew*

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Nothing Special from
L.A. Photo Curator

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“How do you make something compelling out of nothing special? This question has become compounded as the ubiquity of image-making and image-sharing has reached at an all-time peak and is steadily growing through various social media outlets. In a time when we are sharing, “liking,” and viewing more images than ever, how are you seeing & capturing the world around you? This call is looking for well-seen images of the everyday – the benign, the boring, the overlooked.” –from Bree Lamb via laphotocurator.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Photography

DEADLINE: July 8, 2017 (Midnight PST)

NOTIFICATION: July 28, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $20 for up to 3. 20% of artist fees go to 2 charities –½ to the curator’s choice of charity & ½ goes to the 1st place winner’s chosen charity. Bree Lamb has chosen Union of Concerned Scientists.

CURATOR: Bree Lamb is a working artist, editor, and educator based in New Mexico. She is the Asst. Editor at Fraction Magazine, Project Manager for Fraction Editions & Part-Time Faculty at NM State University. Lamb received her MFA in Photography from the University of NM. She is a Beaumont Newhall/Van Derek Coke Fellow and is represented by Gallery 19 in Chicago. She regularly exhibits her work & is represented by Gallery 19 (Chicago). Lamb has previously worked for Wildenstein & Company, The Center for Photography at Woodstock, Fovea Exhibitions & photo technique Magazine.

AWARDS: The curator chooses one 1st place winner, one 2nd place winner & 3 honorable mentions. The 1st place winner will receive a review by one or more curators including a Q&A about the photographer’s work. In addition, their image will be on the home page for a month. 2nd place & honorable mentions will have their image shown along with their bio, artist statement, C.V. and a link back to their website.

SALES: All sales are conducted between the artist & buyer. There is no commission.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: 2017 Juried Photo

Posted on June 16, 2017June 21, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

SEASIDE treasure

Virginia is famous for ham and peanuts and even maple syrup, but I always think of crabs & oysters. My grandmother was born & reared in Virginia, and even after she moved away in her twenties, she made sure we vacationed regularly near the Chesapeake Bay to dine on the blue crab & oysters —Virginia treasures. Among the many treasures of the Cavalier State, you’ll find the arts organization sponsoring our next call. Investigate…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Academy Center of the Arts (Lynchburg, VA) for the 2017 National Juried Photography Exhibition. This is a great arts organization and an excellent show opportunity. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
2017 Nat’l Juried Photo
from Academy Center
of the Arts

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists, 18+ residing in U.S.

MEDIA: Open to photography.

DEADLINE: June 30, 2017

NOTIFICATION: July 24, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to 3

JUROR: Carolyn Russo, a professional photographer and author, is a museum specialist & photographer with the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. since 1988 where she creates original photography projects, curates art exhibitions & acquires art for the museum. She has lectured internationally & was an invited participant with the U.S. Embassy in Finland. In 2016, she was an artist in residence at NES in Skagaströnd, Iceland. Russo has a B.F.A. in photography and studied at the Massachusetts College of Art (Boston), The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond College & Heatherly School of Fine Arts (London) & the Studio Arts Center Int’l (Florence).

AWARDS: Cash awards given at the discretion of the juror. Best of Show $1000

SALES: The Academy Center of the Arts retains 35% commission

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: The Art of Timelessness

Posted on May 28, 2017May 29, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

the CLASSICS

I drove from Tennessee through Arkansas to Texas in two days this week, then immediately got on a plane from Dallas to Atlanta and then on to Charlotte. Yes, I AM road weary. All that traveling means a lot of restaurant and convenience foods. I was also traveling with a teenager in tow, so the food choices weren’t always the healthiest. By day three I was in full-on vegetable withdrawal when I tripped across a new restaurant, modern & sleek, somewhere in Arkansas whose specialty was salads. Not deconstructed, not a self-serve buffet, not odd combinations or fusion cuisine. Just salads –Cobb, Caesar, caprese & more. Just the classics, timelessly delicious. This next Call is all about timelessness. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from L.A. Photo Curator (online) for the The Art of Timelessness exhibit. $20 entry, no shipping, plus art publication for ALL entrants. Take the sensory challenge presented to help you stretch your creative muscles. Explore…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
The Art of Timelessness from
L.A. Photo Curator

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“As artists, one nurtures & comes to possess a visually attuned intuition. For some gaining this 2nd sight takes a lifetime of hunting and searching. Others seem to be born with this keen sense of knowing. Most of us have experienced these timeless yet eternal essences. Like a memory lodged deep inside our psyche- these transitory moments are illusive and appear quick as lightning. . . the fleeting second of light, composition & memory.” –from Lisa Gizara via laphotocurator.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Photography

DEADLINE: June 7, 2017 (Midnight PST)

NOTIFICATION: June 27, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $20 for up to 3. 20% of artist fees go to 2 charities –½ to the curator’s choice of charity & ½ goes to the 1st place winner’s chosen charity. Lisa Gizara has chosen the ASPCA.

CURATOR: Lisa Gizara has been both a photographer & painter for over thirty years. Educated at the University at Massachusetts, she feels she had no choice but to be an artist. Gizara has extensive exhibition experience including the upcoming exhibit at The SFO Museum from May 18th – September 7th of this year. Gizara’s infrared photographic series “Surreal Escapes” was shown at the Annenberg Space for Photography’s Iris Night Series with a solo show at the G2 Gallery in Venice. A limited edition portfolio of Gizara’s work was placed in the Oscar Nominee Gift Bags, and Jennifer Lawrence and Bruce Dern added Gizara’s work to their private collections.

AWARDS: The curator chooses one 1st place winner, one 2nd place winner & 3 honorable mentions. The 1st place winner will receive a review by one or more curators including a Q&A about the photographer’s work. In addition, their image will be on our home page for a month. 2nd place & honorable mentions will have their image shown along with their bio, artist statement, C.V. and a link back to their website.

SALES: All sales are conducted between the artist & buyer. There is no commission.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Street Photography

Posted on April 23, 2017April 24, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

CURRY from a cart

There are glorious benefits to living rurally, including quiet solitude and night-time darkness. But, I’ve always admitted that there are detractions, many of them food related, from the long haul to the grocer and a lack of food diversity. Currently, I really miss street food or living in a city where wanting a snack just means I have have to walk a few yards or a block from my front door to whichever vendor is occupying the corner today. I miss it. This next Call wants to see your best street impressions. Don’t miss this chance…

Check out this Call for Entries from The Passporte for the Henri Cartier-Bresson Passporte Prize in Street Photography. $25 entry & cash awards. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Passporte Prize in
Street Photography
from The Passporte

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Photography

THEME: Street Photography – Images of street photography can depict the atmosphere of a space & the soul of its inhabitants by opening a window onto life in the locality. Its occupants inhabit & modify the space with their acts of physical & economic survival, attempts at entertainment & spiritual elevation, and mutual interactions as they embrace their humanity.

DEADLINE: May 15, 2017 (midnight MCT)

NOTIFICATION: May 30, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $25 for up to 3

JUROR: Stephanie Heimann is the Photo Director for the New Republic. She is the recipient of the prestigious 2017 Magazine Picture Editor of the Year from the National Press Photographers Assoc. She is the founder of the non-profit Fovea Exhibitions, where in a volunteer capacity she oversees photojournalism exhibits on topical & social issues. A veteran photo editor, she has worked on many int’l & domestic magazines and books, including Newsweek, Fortune Small Business, Scientific American & New York Magazine. She was the photo editor for Al Gore on his book Our Choice, the sequel to Inconvenient Truth.

AWARDS: Juror’s Award $300 USD, Director’s Award $200 USD & Honorable Mentions

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Knox Photo 2017

Posted on March 26, 2017March 27, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

green PROMISE

My papaya won’t ripen; it has been in my kitchen window for a week. Ahhhh. I try to eat mostly locally sourced/grown food; however, I am not going to commit myself to a lifetime of no bananas or papaya or mango because I live in the wrong grow zone. As a result, some of the tropical fruits I buy are vastly under-ripe. I usually just gross my fingers and hope for the best. But when you know how fantastic something will the be, the anticipation can be a overwhelming. This next Call is for a show I anticipate every year, both as a participant and a viewer. Don’t miss this chance…

Check out this Call for Entries from Arts & Culture Alliance (Knoxville, TN) for the Knox Photo 2017. I have shown here. I have juried here. I teach here. I would love to see your contribution here. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Knox Photo 2017
from Arts & Culture Alliance

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ELIGIBILITY: Artists 18+ living in the US

MEDIA: Photography

CATEGORIES: The Human Experience (street/land scapes, enviro/human portraiture), Our Earth (nature), Still Life (other inanimate objects), Travel (away from home) & Digital Imagination (digitally enhanced)

DEADLINE: April 23, 2017

NOTIFICATION: May 23, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $30 for up to 3, $5 ea. add’l. Members $20/$4.

JUROR: Baldwin Lee received his undergraduate degree from the M.I.T. & his graduate degree from the Yale School of Art. Lee’s work has been shown widely including venues such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York. His work has been recognized by the award of a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation & 2 fellowships from the N.E.A. Lee teaches photography at UT & his efforts in the classroom have been honored with the University’s two highest teaching distinctions: the UT National Alumni Association Outstanding Teaching Award and the Chancellor’s Excellence in Teaching Award.

AWARDS: $500 Best in Show, (5) $100 Best of Category & an award for best work by a member

SALES: 25% commission (20% for check/cash)

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Human Relationship to Water

Posted on March 25, 2017March 25, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

drip drip DRIP

Do you take water for granted? Despite the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the ongoing reality of Flint, Michigan, and the horror of #NoDAPL protest conditions, among a hundred other examples, I am guilty of taking for granted that when I turn the handle, the water will be clean and abundant. Until the wildfires. It only took a week of boil conditions to make me realize how precious water is. While we were under boil orders, I second guessed every utensil, every plate. Did this get washed with boiled water? Will this spoon make me sick? Every meal. Every snack. Every day. How would living without clean water affect your life? I’m not the only one asking. Take a look at this next Call questioning your relationship to water. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from L.A. Photo Curator for the Human Relationship to Water exhibit. $20 entry, no shipping, plus art publication for ALL entrants & an opportunity to support a great cause WITHOUT donating work. For those who struggle justifying entry to online opportunities, I always suggest you start with the juror. Explore…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Human Relationship to Water from
L.A. Photo Curator

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“. . .man’s relationship with water has become estranged. As ports closed and moved outside of the city, as planes and cars took over the role of the seas, and as the individual came to expect their cargo at their doorstep, so too did human interconnectivity lose its relationship to water and the natural elements.” –from Adriaan Van Der Plas via laphotocurator.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Photography

DEADLINE: April 5, 2017 (Midnight PST)

NOTIFICATION: (and opening date) April 25, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $20 for up to 3. 15% of artist fees go to 2 charities per competition. 7.5% to the curator’s choice of charity and 7.5% to the first place winner’s chosen charity. Adriaan Van Der Plas has chosen the charity Clean Water Action.

CURATOR: Founder Adriaan Van Der Plas was once himself an outsider, having left his hometown of Vienna, Austria in 1973 to immigrate to New York City. Around this time, artist Konstantin Bokov was preparing to make the same transition. Inspired by the works of Van Gogh and unable to show his art in the political climate of the USSR, he decided to leave the Ukraine for New York city. The two became acquainted in 1993, when Bokov approached Adriaan at his former art pushcart concept in the South Street Seaport district, “Art a la carte”.

Adriaan became an avid collector of his work, recognizing the sincerity by which the work was able to portray New York’s spirit and materiality. With the opening of the Van Der Plas gallery on 156 Orchard Street, Adriaan made it the gallerys mission to bring contemporary outsiders into the public eye.

SALES: All sales are conducted between the artist & buyer. There is no commission.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: unknown

Posted on March 9, 2017March 10, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

phenomenal FUNGUS

After dropping my phone a dozen or more times, it finally died. When I downloaded everything from the cloud to my new phone (yeah insurance), I left off the food photos. Now that I’m food photo-less, I’m shamelessly beginning again. This week mushrooms, next week . My husband is graciously eating room temp meals while I patiently get the perfect shot. (It must be love.) This next Call want your cell phone pics, but, per usual, they don’t have to be of food, ha. Submit your best…

Check out this Call for Entries from the hob’art gallery (Hoboken, NJ) for the Photographers Unknown exhibit. Great jurors & no shipping required. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Photographers Unknown
from hob’art Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to cell phone photography. *No selfies, please.

DEADLINE: March 19, 2017

NOTIFICATION: March 23, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $25 for up to 5 images

JURORS: Don Sichler is an award winning photographer & former Vice President of Pictorial Photographers of America.

Miriam Untoria is an art educator & artist, and Ann Kinney is an accomplished photographer & artist.

AWARDS: All photos chosen will be printed by master printer Don Sichler. The “Best in Show” winner will receive a framed image of their submission.

SALES: No commission is retained. However, a 20% donation of sales would be appreciated.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Health & Medicine

Posted on February 24, 2017February 23, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

medical EDIBLE florals

Lavender infused whipped cream is a favorite treat in my house. But at the moment, I am growing lavender in a window sill for my husband’s head. The weather has been so beautiful that I’ve been leaving the doors open without benefit of screen doors, and every night mosquitoes make a meal of Jon’s forehead. Lavender is both a sleep-inducing aromatic and a mosquito repellent. So, homemade lavender-infused coconut oil is my medicinal hope for continuing to enjoy open doors. This next Call wants your perspective on health & medicine, but it doesn’t have to be edible. Plus, free entry…

Check out this Call for Entries from The Passporte for Health & Medicine. No entry fee, but only one entry per artist. This is a timely curatorial theme too. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Health & Medicine
from The Passporte

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Photography

THEME: Health & medicine – themes of physical & mental health, the practice of medicine & the ripples these leave in the lives of the human beings touched by them . . . explore what the eye & technique of individual photographers can reveal that might not otherwise stand out in our day-to-day brushes with concerns of health.

DEADLINE: March 12, 2017 (midnight MCT)

NOTIFICATION: March 31, 2017

ENTRY FEE: None

AWARDS: Photos from eligible submissions will be selected for a group exhibition, displayed on ThePassporte.com & highlighted through social media.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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Tag: Photo Contest

EAT me

CALL for ENTRIES: Flora from Don’t Take Pictures

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

so SWEET

CALL for ENTRIES: Certain Places from L.A. Photo Curator

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

FEED me

CALL for ENTRIES: Nothing Special from L.A. Photo Curator

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

SEASIDE treasure

CALL for ENTRIES: 2017 Nat’l Juried Photo from Academy Center of the Arts

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

the CLASSICS

CALL for ENTRIES: The Art of Timelessness from L.A. Photo Curator

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CURRY from a cart

CALL for ENTRIES: Henri Cartier-Bresson Passporte Prize in Street Photography from The Passporte

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

green PROMISE

CALL for ENTRIES: Knox Photo 2017 from Arts & Culture Alliance

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

drip drip DRIP

CALL for ENTRIES: Human Relationship to Water from L.A. Photo Curator

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

phenomenal FUNGUS

CALL for ENTRIES: Photographers Unknown from hob’art Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

medical EDIBLE florals

CALL for ENTRIES: Health & Medicine from The Passporte

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES:
Flora from
Don’t Take Pictures

CALL for ENTRIES:
Certain Places from
L.A. Photo Curator

CALL for ENTRIES:
Nothing Special from
L.A. Photo Curator

CALL for ENTRIES:
2017 Nat’l Juried Photo
from Academy Center
of the Arts

CALL for ENTRIES:
The Art of Timelessness from
L.A. Photo Curator

CALL for ENTRIES:
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Passporte Prize in
Street Photography
from The Passporte

CALL for ENTRIES:
Knox Photo 2017
from Arts & Culture Alliance

CALL for ENTRIES:
Human Relationship to Water from
L.A. Photo Curator

CALL for ENTRIES:
Photographers Unknown
from hob’art Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
Health & Medicine
from The Passporte