CALL FOR ENTRIES
GEOMETRIC ABSTRACTION - INTERNATIONAL ABSTRACT PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
ENTRY DEADLINE - JANUARY 1
EXHIBITION DATES - APRIL 3 - 24, 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.
HUMAN DEPICTION
INTERNATIONAL PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
ENTRY DEADLINE - FEBRUARY 1
EXHIBITION DATES - MAY 1 - 29, 2026
Open to all photographers internationally.
Documenting the intrinsic nature of the human form through capturing the personal essence of a person is the aim for achieving an outstanding portrait photograph. We tend to seek out to photograph a person purely because we find interesting visual forms and indispensable characteristics of a person, wishing to feature their individualistic visual essence. The act of capturing a moment through taking a photograph of someone in time is an important document of life. A range of emotional gestures and pure visual expressions are desired to show the range of personalities of the various people represented for their personal essence. The Human Depiction exhibition will feature various forms of photography, 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.
DREAMS - INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
ENTRY DEADLINE - DECEMBER 1
EXHIBITION DATES - FEBRUARY 6 - 27, 2026
Open to all photographers internationally.
Our current state of awareness is deeply influenced by our experiences, interpretations and memories of the past. These experiences and our imagination shape our dreams, bringing our subconscious to an active state. Riding that fine line between sleeping and being awake, we can enter into a lucid dream state, able to gain various degrees of control over the dream narrative, simultaneously tapping into our creative mind. Whether our dreams present an uncanny similarity to our active daily lives and memories, are peaceful and pleasant experiences, or possibly our dreams are more of a nightmarish experience, we are most often perplexed by the recognition of this creative brain activity referred to as the dream state. Dreams will be an exhibition portraying the multitude of interesting ways that we take photographs that elicit or display the recollection of a dream state. Whether a photograph is produced to recreate the concept of a dream or if it is to represent what we have in our minds eye of our dreams for our future, we are looking to view your photographic work of your dream interpretations.
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 ENTRIES
YELLOW - INTERNATIONAL COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
ENTRY DEADLINE - DECEMBER 1
EXHIBITION DATES - JANUARY 10 - 30, 2026
Open to all photographers internationally.
The primary color of yellow can be approached photographically in a straight forward manner in all of its tints, tones and shades. Yellow can be used as the actual subject matter when a composition is predominantly comprised of the color or used in juxtaposition to other hues. Sunshine, lemon, gold, and blonde represent the hue. Yellow can be approached as a tertiary color lying on the color spectrum as yellow-green such as chartreuse and olive or yellow-orange such as saffron and amber. Many phases using the color yellow can be found in popular culture: we call it mellow yellow, the yellow brick road, yellow submarine. To be timid, faint-hearted, having a yellow streak, or a golden opportunity, even the twilight of life in our golden years all can be used to portray the psychological implications of the hue. The yellow leaves of fall beckon as the vibrant green of new growth fades. Yellow being one of the brightest hues shining on the color wheel, yellow is a highlight, it draws attention. Yellow as a subject matter can be photographed from a variety of viewpoints, capturing images of yellow literally or conceiving photographs of yellow conceptually. Among all of the various approaches to the concept of yellow, the photographs featured in the Yellow exhibition will encompass a wide range of images of the interpretation of the color of yellow.
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 - DECEMBER 1
FEATURE DATES - MARCH - MAY, 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.
2026 MIDWEST CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY JURIED EXHIBITION
EARLY ENTRY DEADLINE - DECEMBER 1
EXHIBITION DATES - MARCH 6 - 27, 2026
Open to all photographers internationally.
The Midwest Center for Photography Juried Exhibition is an annual subject-matter based exhibition for photographers to focus on getting out their best photographs from the various genres and compete for the awards.
The Midwest Center for Photography Juried Exhibition gives $500 in Director's Choice Awards, $100 for each of the five categories:
ARCHITECTURE • CLOSE-UP • LANDSCAPE • PORTRAIT • STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
Along with the $500 in Director's Choice Awards, there will be several People's Choice Honorable Mentions designated for each category, selections take place during the opening reception.
Each photograph will be considered based upon the merit of individual images submitted by each photographer. Theme based entries are not necessary and a range of different images from the various categories are preferred. Selected artists will have their work featured in the exhibition and online.
BLOSSOM - INTERNATIONAL FLORAL PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
ENTRY DEADLINE - MARCH 1
EXHIBITION DATES - JUNE 5 - 26, 2026
Open to all photographers internationally.
Petals of blossoming flowers and the simple emergence of leaves from the new growth of the season are welcoming visuals for the eyes after the long winter slumber. During this spring season of growth the Blossom exhibition will celebrate photographs of flowers and plants in all their forms. Photographs captured through the exploration of nature photography, still-life genres or through approaches of people interacting with floral and plant imagery are the types of images that we are seeking to feature. This exhibition will represent images from a wide spectrum of blooms and foliage from 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 - 21, 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 landscape. Images of the physical land and various interpreted aspects of the earth can be found where the city meets the country in our towns and out on the plains. We photograph through the act of observing the landscape to capture the visual qualities of the physical terrain and intimate details of nature, to find one's connection to a particular environment, experience various scenes of landscape and cityscape and simply explore, traverse and embrace 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.
YELLOW
DREAMS
PORTFOLIO
PLATFORM
GEOMETRIC
ABSTRACTION
HUMAN
DEPICTION
BLOSSOM
TRAVERSING
TERRAIN