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Expand and Contract 2025

: AI and Alternative Processes

Los Angeles Center of Photography   /   Deadline: 04/17/25

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This call invites submissions that consider AI technologies as the most recent addition to the world of alternative processes, and works that explore the connections between AI, camerawork, analogue technologies and visual storytelling, whether while capturing images or printing them. The selected works will be featured in a virtual exhibition on LACP's website, and selected works will be featured in an in-person exhibition that will open at our DTLA gallery on June 11, 2025.

Technological developments hasten pronouncements regarding the death of photography every few decades, with the most recent trigger being digital innovations, such as digital cameras and image editing software. And yet, photography persists. In fact, it continues to re-define how we engage with one another, imagine ourselves and our position in the world. Most recently, AI caused an uproar among visual practitioners, as machines have been trained to create images using images produced by humans who were not paid for services unknowingly provided. Moreover, AI seems to pose a threat to human agency.

From a creative standpoint, this exhibition considers such conflicts and wonders whether AI is another tool that will expand alternative means to create images, or another step toward the end of photographic creativity as we know it.

Location

Virtual. Winners and up to three select honorable mentions' work will be invited to show via an in-person curated exhibition at LACP's Downtown LA home, in addition to being featured online on the LACP website.

Fees

$25 for 1 image ($12.50 for LACP Members)

Eligibility

The exhibition is open internationally to all levels. The juror will select works based on creativity, originality, and quality. LACP invites artists working in all mediums and styles with a relationship to photography to take part in the exhibition.

When you submit, please remember this call is meant for both virtual and in-person exhibitions. The in-person exhibition at LACP will include works by the top prize winners and up to three select honorable mentions, in addition to artists curated by the juror. We highly encourage to consider the size of the work you choose to submit and its logistical needs, including shipping and handling.

The deadline to send digital files for consideration is Thursday, April 17, 12:00 midnight, 2025.

Requirements

There is no limit to the amount of images which can be submitted. If submitting more than 35 images, please repeat the payment process as necessary.
Size each image 1200 pixels on the long side at 72 dpi DO NOT HAVE YOUR FIRST OR LAST NAME IN THE FILENAME. You are welcome to name the files anything you like, or to keep the original file number.
NOTE: Please DO NOT watermark your images when submitting. Thank you.

Awards

1st Place winner will receive $1,000; 2nd Place winner will receive a $500 LACP gift card; 3rd Place winner will receive $250 LACP gift card. Top 3 Winners will also be invited to show their work in our in-person show!
Honorable Mentions: Other artists will receive honorable mentions and have their work shown in our online gallery + up to 3 will be invited to show their work in our in-person show!

Evaluation Criteria

The selection process will be blind. Once the juror has made selections, all entrants will receive an email from LACP with a list of images and artists selected for the show. The selected images and artists' names will be posted on LACP's website.

LACP is not responsible for connecting the selected artists with the juror. In addition, LACP reserves the right not to use a particular selected image(s) for promotional purposes if the image(s) is deemed inappropriate for use on LACP's social media, newsletter feed, and/or on in any other marketing material.

Contact Information

Janis McGavin
252 S. Los Angeles Street
Los Angeles,

P: 3234640909
W: https://losangelescenterofphotography.submittable.com/submit/323145/expand-and-contract-2025-ai-and-
E: info@lacphoto.org