Compete The Human Experience
Opportunity Description
International Deadline: October 5, 2026 – PhotoPlace Gallery invites photographers to submit work for The Human Experience, a juried exhibition exploring the richness, complexity, and diversity of human life.
From portraits, street photography, and documentary work to current affairs, family, labor, culture, identity, community, and the places we inhabit, we welcome a broad interpretation of what it means to be human.
What does it mean to be human?
EXHIBITION VENUES
Exhibitions: December 4-26, 2026. 35 images for exhibition in our Middlebury, Vermont gallery and another 40 images for our Online Gallery.
ELIGIBILITY
All photographic styles and processes are encouraged. Whether your work is traditional or experimental, personal or universal, this exhibition is an opportunity to showcase where your photography is today.
We seek photographs that engage with the ordinary and extraordinary, the personal and collective, and the joyful, difficult, and complex realities of our lives. Work may be documentary or conceptual, quiet or dramatic, focused directly on people or on the places, events, and traces of human presence that tell our stories.
JUROR
Meredith Fleischer is the founder of The MF Gallery in Royal Oak, Michigan, and serves as Director of The Detroit 15, an archival photography institution. She holds an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art, and her career is rooted in the high-intensity New York photography market, where she managed the legacy portfolios of internationally recognized photographers including Deborah Turbeville, Miles Aldridge, and Gilles Bensimon.
Her work centers on the primacy of the original photographic print, the integrity of authorship, and independent literary publishing. In May 2026, she published The Orbit: A Study of Presence and Power, a forensic nonfiction novella released as a first edition of 100 signed and numbered copies.
In addition to her curatorial and publishing work, Fleischer offers portfolio reviews for photographers at critical stages in their artistic practice.
BEBEITS & AWARDS
Juror Meredith Fleischer will select up to 35 images for exhibition in our Middlebury, Vermont gallery and another 40 images for our Online Gallery.
All selected artists receive:
- Inclusion in the exhibition catalog
- Permanent placement on the PhotoPlace Gallery website
- Promotion through PhotoPlace Gallery’s social media channels with links to photographers’ websites
- Eligibility for exhibition awards
- Online Gallery selections receive the same catalog inclusion, permanent website archive, and promotional opportunities as Exhibition Gallery selections.
ENTRY FEE
$39 for 5 images, $6 each additional.
Notification of Acceptance: October 20, 2026
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
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