Compete What Would You Save? Conservation: Nature, Human, Architecture
Opportunity Description
International Deadline: October 23, 2026 – What would you save? Conservation is an open call for photographs of the land, buildings, species, and traditions you most want to still be here in the future.
The preservation of land, plants, wildlife, historic structures, our traditions, and our very humanity is more threatened than ever. Cottonwoods along the U.S.-Mexico border have stood for over two hundred years. Thousands of acres of the Amazon, gone. Plants and animals lost daily, most of them never photographed. Buildings torn down faster than anyone can record them. People threatened with destruction.
Sometimes we are powerless against the erosion of time, the force of nature, or the will of other people. What we are not powerless against is the record. A photograph outlasts what it points at. It is the one form of keeping available to almost anyone.
Show us what you would not survive losing.
Exhibition: November 3 – November 28, 2026.
ELIGIBILITY
Photographers worldwide. As long as the work is original and belongs to you, or was made under your direction
Black Eyes Gallery cannot accept submissions or provide services where doing so would violate applicable United States sanctions, export, payment-processing, or compliance restrictions.
EXHIBITION
- 25 images will be selected for Conservation and will be printed, professionally matted, and framed for exhibition from November 3rd – 28th.
- Images will be included in a permanent Online archive of Black Eyes Gallery exhibitions, with the artist’s name, image title, and social link.
- Promotion through the Black Eyes Gallery socials, email list, and website
- A feature on the Black Eyes Instagram page.
JUROR
Douglas Fur is a nationally exhibited artist and photographer based in Tucson Arizona with fifteen years worth of photography experience. He graduated with his BFA from Cornish College of the Arts in 2006.
For the past two years he has worked for Decode Gallery in Tucson’s Barrio Viejo neighborhood, and is the current Artist Liaison and Gallery Manager for Tucson Erotica. Douglas is passionate about helping artists connect with other artists, buyers, and industry professionals… see more
ENTRY FEE
$40 for up to five images, or $50 for up to ten. Entry fees cover the administrative, promotional, and production costs of the exhibition — including printing, matting, and framing every selected image at gallery expense.
A reduced fee of $20 is available to a limited number of artists per call, on a first-come, first-served basis. Reach out to us before submitting, and we’ll send you the reduced fee form.
Any entry that does not result in a selected image will qualify for $5 off their next entry.
SALES
Black Eyes Gallery retains 50% on gallery sales.
About:
Black Eyes Gallery is a submission-based photography & fine-art gallery in the heart of Tucson’s art scene. We also curate artist shows, sell work by local makers, and host community events. Our mission is to provide a space for artists where your art can be seen and engaged with, in an experience that is both accessible and elevated.
Black Eyes Gallery
485 S. Stone
Tucson, Arizona 85701
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