OPEN CALL: A Celebration of Contemporary Photography

PhotoPlace Gallery invites photographers worldwide to submit work for Open Call: A Celebration of Contemporary Photography, a juried exhibition honoring the creativity, diversity, and evolving practice of photography today.

Presented in celebration of World Photography Day (August 19th), this exhibition is one of PhotoPlace Gallery’s most open and inclusive calls of the year, welcoming all photographic subjects, styles, and processes. From landscape, portraiture, and documentary to conceptual, experimental, and alternative practices, photographers are encouraged to submit their strongest work.

Whether your work is traditional or experimental, personal or universal, this exhibition is an opportunity to showcase where your photography is today.

We are honored to have Paula Tognarelli as juror for After Dark: Night, Sky, and Shadows. She will select up to 35 images for exhibition in our Middlebury, Vermont gallery and another 40 images for our Online Gallery. All 75 images will be reproduced in the exhibition catalog and remain permanently on our website, and are promoted on social media with links to photographers' URLs. 

Submission Fee: $39 for 5 images, $6 for each additional image

Images: KP Madhavan, Gloria Lee, Janet Fine, Lyndsey MacDougall, Marci Lindsay

Find more information about submitting your images here.

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About the Juror

Paula recently retired after a long run as Executive Director of the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, MA. As the executive director she produced approximately 54 exhibitions per year having started as an intern in 2001. She graduated from Boston University’s Masters in Art Administration program in 2003. Prior to a museum career, she spent 25 years in the printing industry contributing greatly to the graphic arts industry’s efforts of moving analog processes to completely digital workflows. 

Paula frequently reviewed at national and local portfolio events and jumpstarted hundreds of photographers’ careers. She has also juried and curated well over 100 exhibitions for other institutions nationally and internationally.