GEOMETRIC ABSTRACTION - INTERNATIONAL ABSTRACT PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
ACCEPTING ENTRIES THROUGH MARCH 10
EXHIBITION DATES - APRIL 3 - 20, 2026
Open to all photographers internationally.
Throughout the elements of design approached with the photographic eye, we focus our cameras while exploring the visual elements of line, shape, texture, space, light and shadow. Discover interesting ways of looking at objects, places, and subjects to simply find abstraction in details and overview scenes. Finding similarities, repetition, continuation, proximity, closure and figure/ground relationships help us create compositions that are visually balanced. Purely looking through our cameras with a graphic visual eye to capture various design elements of what is in front of us, not having to think too critically but purely visually to convey innovative aesthetics. Let's look at exciting and interesting ways seeing design through the photographs presented in the Geometric Abstraction exhibition.
Each photograph will be considered based upon the merit of individual images submitted by each artist. Series based entries are not necessary, and a range of different images are preferred. Selected artists will have their work featured in the exhibition and online.
GEOMETRIC
ABSTRACTION
FLATLAND
FEATURE
CALL FOR ENTRIES
HUMAN DEPICTION
INTERNATIONAL PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
ENTRY DEADLINE - APRIL 1
EXHIBITION DATES - MAY 1 - 25, 2026
Open to all photographers internationally.
The act of capturing a moment through taking a photograph of the essence of someone what we strive to capture in a timeless portrait photograph. Documenting the intrinsic nature of the human form through depicting an image of a person as we seek out interesting visual forms and indispensable characteristics of a person. A range of emotional gestures and pure visual expressions are desired to show the range of personalities of the various people represented for this exhibition. The Human Depiction exhibition will feature various forms of photography, wishing to feature individualistic visual qualities, images of a broad range of takes on the portrait photography genre.
Each photograph will be considered based upon the merit of individual images submitted by each artist. Series based entries are not necessary, and a range of different images are preferred. Selected artists will have their work featured in the exhibition and online.
CALL FOR PORTFOLIO SUBMISSIONS
PORTFOLIO PLATFORM - SPRING 2026
ENTRY DEADLINE - MARCH 15
FEATURE DATES - APRIL - JUNE, 2026
Open to all photographers internationally.
The Portfolio Platform provides the focus of a more streamlined online presence. The Portfolio Platform provides the opportunity for photographers to showcase a portfolio of photographic work prominently online. The portfolios are available for patrons of the gallery to go online and view, learn about the photographers and their work through the images and biographies and artist statements, and have the opportunity to purchase photographs. Each portfolio consists of 10 - 20 images.
Selected photographers work will be featured for a period of three months.
BLOSSOM - INTERNATIONAL FLORAL PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
ENTRY DEADLINE - APRIL 1
EXHIBITION DATES - JUNE 5 - 22, 2026
Open to all photographers internationally.
Flowers in full bloom, new plant life growth, or the simple emergence of blossoming petals, is a renewal for the senses after the long winter. During this season of new growth the Blossom exhibition will celebrate photographs of flowers and plants in all their forms. Photographs of floral and plant imagery captured through the exploration of nature photography, the still-life genre or through various photographic approaches are the types of images that we are seeking to feature for this exhibition. All photographic interpretations are desired; images of flowers and plants from subtle to bold, Blossom will represent images from a wide spectrum of blossoming plant varieties that are grown and appreciated in our lives.
Each photograph will be considered based upon the merit of individual images submitted by each artist. Series based entries are not necessary, and a range of different images are preferred. Selected artists will have their work featured in the exhibition and online.
TRAVERSING TERRAIN
INTERNATIONAL LANDSCAPE & CITYSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
ENTRY DEADLINE - APRIL 1
EXHIBITION DATES - JULY 11 - 27, 2026
Open to all photographers internationally.
Through a range of photographic interpretations of various topographical regions, the Traversing Terrain exhibition will encompass various ways of describing and documenting the natural and man-made landscape. Images of the physical land and various interpreted aspects of the environment can be found where the city meets the country in our towns and out on the plains. Through the act of observing the landscape and cityscape we seek to capture the visual qualities of the physical terrain and intimate details of nature. Photographing to find one's connection to a particular environment, to experience various scenes of landscape and cityscape, and to simply explore while traversing and embracing the terrain. The works presented in this exhibition will represent what it means to examine the natural, the urban, and suburban landscape through the medium of photography.
Each photograph will be considered based upon the merit of individual images submitted by each artist. Series based entries are not necessary, and a range of different images are preferred. Selected artists will have their work featured in the exhibition and online.
PORTFOLIO
PLATFORM
HUMAN
DEPICTION
BLOSSOM
TRAVERSING
TERRAIN
CALL FOR PHOTOGRAPHY SUBMISSIONS
FLATLAND FEATURE - ISSUE 2
ENTRY DEADLINE - MAY 1
FEATURE DATES - JULY - SEPTEMBER, 2026
Open to all photographers internationally.
The new Flatland Feature is here at MWCP. In this region that lacks appreciable topographic relief comes the Flatland Feature providing a widespread opportunity to photographers who are creating work about this region or the multitude of other places, ideas and concepts. Flatland Feature is open to all subject matter and genre.
The Flatland Feature is an online feature that will showcase photographers work in a series format as a virtual gallery experience.
The photographic work will be available at the Midwest Center for Photography website for patrons of the gallery to go online and have the opportunity to purchase photographs. The featured photographers and will have an accompanying artist statement reference the photographic work and a brief biography for viewers to learn about the artists.
Each photographic feature consists of 10 - 20 images. Selected artists have their work featured for a period of three months online.
WHITE
INTERNATIONAL ACROMATIC PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
ENTRY DEADLINE - MAY 1
EXHIBITION DATES - AUGUST 7 - 24, 2026
Open to all photographers internationally.
White being the reflection of all light wavelengths makes it a visual sensation of all colors. White is the absence of color when viewed as a pigment, while it is physically the presence of all colors of light wavelenths. The photographs featured in the White exhibition will encompass images comprised of various chromatic colors with the emphasis being on the lightest end of the color spectrum. Varying degrees of the absence or presence of saturation, white can be approached photographically as a neutral in contrast to dark hues, or as varying shades of color with white being the dominant visual element.
How much of a story can be told with the least amount of color? The challenge of this exhibition will be to limit the use of color and find how little of pigment can be used to convey a striking photograph. The process of photography captures light, and we seek out and determine the intensity and vividness of that light. For this exhibition, we photograph to represent the achromatic color of white.
Aiming our cameras at a snow covered field, clouds in the sky, a snowcone, marshmallows, a flower, seafoam on a hot summer day, cotton, a crisp white shirt, all can be used as subject matter among many others to convey the concept of white. White gives the impression of space, airy and open, white can be seen as warm white or cool white. The nature of color temperature can create feelings and associations psychologically, whether meditative, stark, or dreamy. White implies simplicity, a fresh and clean feel. Among all of the various approaches to the concept of white, the featured photographs will encompass a wide range of interpretations in this neutral themed exhibition.
Each photograph will be considered based upon the merit of individual images submitted by each artist. Series based entries are not necessary, and a range of different images are preferred. Selected artists will have their work featured in the exhibition and online.
WHITE
2026 EMERGE
INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION AND EXHIBITION
ENTRY DEADLINE - JUNE 1
EXHIBITION DATES - SEPTEMBER 4 - 21, 2026
Open to all emerging photographers worldwide. All photographic media is welcome.
EMERGE 2026 will feature 20 photographers in the gallery for competition and exhibition. We are looking to give one $200 EMERGE Fellowship Award and exhibition opportunities to emerging photographers. This fellowship opportunity is geared toward photographers looking to launch their art careers through the exposure of exhibition.
MWCP is seeking emerging photographers creating fresh and exciting new pictures. We feel strongly about providing this exhibition opportunity to emerging photographers. Professionally preparing a series of work, entering to galleries within the stated guidelines of gallery submissions and through subsequently building an exhibition record is a major and essential aspect of building a career in art photography.
Selection will be based upon individual images submitted by each artist. A series of theme based images are preferred but not required. A brief artist statement is optional.
Selected artists will have their work featured in the exhibition and online. One recipient will be awarded the $200 EMERGE Fellowship Award, and receive one year artist representation by MWCP online.
EMERGE
2026 DEVELOPED WORK -
NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY FELLOWSHIP COMEPTITION
ENTRY DEADLINE - JULY 1
EXHIBITION DATES - OCTOBER 2 - 26, 2026
Open to all photographers nationally.
The 2026 NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY FELLOWSHIP COMPETITON - DEVELOPED WORK exhibition features current and relevant work of national photographers that help define the pulse of contemporary photography in the USA. Developed Work has become established as the premier exhibition at MWCP for featuring some of the most important creative photographic work of the year.
Competition for Developed Work is based upon a thematically developed body of work. Selected photographers will demonstrate successful representation of working with a concept and developing it into a solid framework resulting in a thematically developed body of photographic work.
Artists must submit a brief artist statement outlining the intentions of the work. Selection will be considered from the cohesive body of work submitted by each artist rather than solely on individual images.
The competition is open to all photographers nationally, and open to all photographic genre and subject matter.
Selected artists will have their work featured in the exhibition and online. One fellowship recipient will receive the $200 Developed Work Fellowship Award and one year artist representation at MWCP online.
2026
NATIONAL
PHOTOGRAPHY
FELLOWSHIP
COMPETITION
DEVELOPED
WORK