PhotoPlace Gallery offers monthly, juried photographic exhibitions to photographers worldwide, each with a new topic and internationally recognized juror. Juror gallery selections are exhibited in our physical gallery in Middlebury, Vermont, and all juror selections are permanently displayed on this website.
We are steadfast supporters of photography and photographers. Photographers retain all rights and ownership of their images. More information here.
Since our founding in 2009, we have gained a reputation for exhibiting photography of a high level of excellence, while promoting photographers and providing them with tools to further promote their own work. To that end, we encourage photographers to provide their social media and website addresses when enrolling.
To help defray expenses for distant photographers, we provide free matting and framing of accepted photographs for the duration of our exhibitions, providing they are sized to fit our pre-cut mats. By offering this service, we are able to support the goals of a greater number of photographers.
Zach Hoffman is a photographer, educator, and advocate for the arts, deeply committed to fostering Vermont’s creative community—a place he proudly calls home.
He graduated from Montana State University in 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts in Film and Photography, followed by a Master’s degree in Photographic Arts from Lesley University in 2014. Since then, Zach has devoted his career to practicing and teaching analog photography, bridging artistic expression with education.
In 2015, he served as an adjunct professor at Montana State University, where he mentored aspiring photographers. He also founded and operated a thriving community darkroom in Bozeman, Montana, creating a space for collaboration and hands-on learning until his move to Vermont in 2020.
That same year, Zach joined PhotoPlace Gallery, quickly becoming an integral part of its mission to elevate photographic arts. In 2025, he took on a leadership role by purchasing the gallery, ensuring its continued dedication to showcasing exceptional photography and supporting artists at all stages of their careers.
For Zach, Vermont is more than just a place to live—it is a creative home and an extended family. Through his work at PhotoPlace Gallery, he remains deeply committed to strengthening the local arts scene, fostering meaningful connections, and championing photographers both regionally and globally.
James Barker has been involved in photography in one way or another for over 50 years. He studied fine art and photography at the School of Visual Arts in New York in the early 1970s, and has done all manner of editorial and commercial photography, both in and out of the studio. He has served as a Photolucida Critical Mass juror for the past four years, and was the owner and director of PhotoPlace Gallery from 2015 through 2024. He is now the dedicated printer for the gallery offering fine art photographic printing services for our exhibitors and clients.
Susan Hong has worked with and admired fine photography her entire professional life as an art director and graphic designer. She is pleased to be able to contribute to the effective display of such diverse, accomplished, and interesting work encountered at PhotoPlace Gallery.