OPEN CALLS
We run a variety of calls for submissions throughout the year.
Exhibitions have always been a core element of the resources available to our community. We’re thrilled to have a number of exciting opportunities lined up and we’re looking forward to seeing your submissions.
“Chemical Imbalance” @ Superfair! DC (November ‘25)
This exhibit will be displayed at Superfair! DC — November 7-9, 2025 and at the Bushwick Community Darkroom Gallery November 11-December 8, 2025 with an artists reception in Brooklyn on Friday November 14 at 6pm.
For the Chemical Imbalance theme, we are seeking images that lean into unrest — the fractures, the unease, the unstable moments that refuse to smooth themselves out. Think about imbalance in the world around you and in the quiet corners of your own life: the way power tilts, the way bodies ache, the way climate and community shift under pressure.
Show us tension. Show us resistance. Show us what doesn’t sit right. This could be a protest in the streets, a storm on the horizon, a portrait that reveals more than it conceals, or a still life where something feels off. We want to see work that pulses with urgency, risk, and rawness — images that reveal imbalance, show the seams, and challenge the idea of what photography should look like.
This exhibition will be presented salon-style: walls filled with framed, ready-to-hang photographs that collectors can take straight home the moment they buy them. No frames larger than 11×14. If you frame it yourself, choose what feels right for your image — variety is part of the point.
Submission Deadline: Friday, October 12, 2025 at 11:59pm EST.
If your work is selected, the exhibition fee will be due by October 17, 2025.
Miami Art Week, December 2025
Info to come October 16, 2025
“World Building” @ Superfine! NYC (April) & Sluice_ Seyðisfjörður (May) 2025
This exhibit will be displayed in 3 different locations this Spring.
Superfine NYC! April 24-27th
BCD Gallery April 29 - May 15th
Sluice_ Seyðisfjörður, Iceland May 22-25th
For the World Building theme, we are seeking images that depict the world you want to build, the world you want to live in, or conversely, the world see in this current moment. What are your visions of the future? Optimistic or dystopian we welcome the juxtaposition. Participants are encouraged to submit analog or digital photographs. For this exhibit, we will accept AI images submissions, but they must be captioned with the prompt and the platform that was used to generate them, as that is an integral part of the piece.
The submission deadline: Friday, April 4, 2025 at 11:59pm. If your work is selected, the exhibition fee will be due before Wednesday, April 9, 2025.
Psychedelics @ SXSW 2025
We’re going to SXSW and we want to bring you! Our friends at Satellite Art Show have secured a 10 acre ranch & have invited us to do an outdoor installation the likes of which we’ve never done before!
For this exhibit images will be printed on 2x5’ sheets of translucent vinyl and stretched over backlit frames such that they’re fully visible after dark and glowing during the day. Each frame will display between 1-10 images per side.
We’re looking for your trippiest photographs. Film, digital, experimental, photograms, if it’s photo based we want to see it. Images must be a result of light being captured on a surface and can not be AI generated. Whether accidental or meticulously planned we want photographs that will enhance our viewers experience and take them on a wild journey through their own minds.
Submission Deadline: February 6, 2025
Exhibition Dates: March 5-10, 2025