Compete PhotoPlace Gallery: Cut. Paste. Transform.
Opportunity Description
International Deadline: January 5, 2026 – PhotoPlace Gallery welcomes submissions from all artists working with photo-based collage in any form—digital, analog, sculptural, time-based, or hybrid. Show us work that engages with identity, history, narrative, aesthetics, or social and political issues, or that pushes the boundaries of photography and collage in unexpected ways. Handmade or digital, traditional or experimental—if it’s photo-collage, we want to see it.
Since the nineteenth century, artists have been cutting, clipping, layering, and reassembling photographs and found materials to create collages. Over time, photo-collage has continually reinvented itself—from Cubist experiments that challenged traditional ways of seeing to contemporary artists who use collage as a powerful medium for social, political, cultural, and aesthetic expression.
Today, photo-collage thrives as an accessible, versatile, and deeply resonant form. Sustained by movements in sustainability, nostalgia, archival practices, digital manipulation, and community connection, collage bridges online creative communities and appears in major museums, galleries, publications, and art fairs.
Exhibition: March 6 – March 28, 2026.
ELIGIBILITY
Open to photographers worldwide. All genres, capture methods, editing processes, and printing styles are welcome.
JUROR
Francine Weiss, Ph.D. is an art advisor, independent curator, and artist based in Rhode Island. With more than 20 years of experience, she has held curatorial roles at the National Gallery of Art, Harvard Art Museums, deCordova Sculpture Park; Museum, Fitchburg Art Museum, and the Photographic Resource Center, where she also revitalized Loupe Journal, publishing three issues annually that featured leading contemporary photographers. From 2016–2024, she served as Director of Curatorial Affairs & Chief Curator at the Newport Art Museum, organizing exhibitions such as Social Fabric, Renee Cox: Revolution/Revelation, Annu Palakunnathu Matthew: ReVision, Hair Stories, The Shapes of Birds, and Andy Warhol: Big Shot.
Weiss has taught at Wellesley College, Simmons University, Boston University, and New England College’s MFA in photography program. She holds a Ph.D. in American art and the history of photography from Boston University and a B.A. in English from Wellesley College… see more
AWARDS
Juror’s Award, Director’s Award, 3 Honorable Mentions All selected photographers will have work published in printed catalog available for purchase and be featured on our website and social media.
ENTRY FEE
$39 for 5 images, $6 each additional.
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About:
At PhotoPlace Gallery, we are passionate about photography and the artists who create it. Each month, we curate juried exhibitions that invite photographers from around the world to share their work based on unique themes. Our exhibitions are judged by internationally recognized jurors, with selected works displayed in our Middlebury, Vermont gallery and all juror selections showcased permanently on our website.
Since 2009, we have been dedicated to providing photographers with meaningful opportunities for exposure, recognition, and professional growth. We ensure that artists retain full rights to their work while benefiting from expertly curated exhibitions, professional promotion, and an engaged audience of collectors and enthusiasts.
PhotoPlace Gallery
3 Park Street
Middlebury VT 05753
