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Into Your Eyes: Photographic Portraiture in the Digital Era

Los Angeles Center of Photography   /   Deadline: 10/21/25

This juried open call invites submissions of photographic portraits, to be shown in a virtual exhibition organized by LACP.

The term portrait is used here broadly, referencing images of groups, single humans and non-human beings. The image could be an expression of an emotion, a conceptual meditation on loved experience, or a documentarian effort.

As we collectively experience the alienation, isolation and loneliness brought about by our current digital era, portraits seem more pressing and relevant than ever. To look at one's eyes in an image feels like an immediate invitation to connect, to explore, to be curious about others, to wonder about what the image reveals and what it could never disclose. It's an ongoing call for empathy, for a relationship with those we will probably never meet, whose lives we, the viewers, will never experience.

Emanuel Levinas wrote about the ethical values we reveal in the world by encountering one's face. Roland Barthes was fascinated by portraits from the past, and the idea that he is looking at eyes that looked at the world's greats, or that he is looking at a person no longer living. Photographic portraits shorten the distance between the past and present, between us and those around us, and might help us see beyond ourselves, beyond our time, beyond our experience in the world.

Location

Los Angeles Center of Photography

Fees

$25 for 1 image ($12.50 for LACP Members) $50 for 2-5 images ($25.00 for LACP Members) $75 for 6-10 images ($37.50 for LACP Members) $100 for 11-15 images ($50.00 for LACP Members) $125 for 16-20 images ($62.50 for LACP Members) $150 for 21-25 images ($75.00 for LACP Members) $175 for 26-30 images ($87.50 for LACP Members) $200 for 31-35 images ($100.00 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.

If AI was used to generate any components of the submitted image(s) that should be indicated in the description of the concept and/or the format.

The deadline to send digital files for consideration is Tuesday, October 7, 12:00 midnight, 2025.

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. Honorable Mentions: Other artists will receive honorable mentions and have their work shown with the winners in a in-person exhibition at LACP Headquarters opening on August 21st, 2025.

Evaluation Criteria

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.

Contact Information

Janis McGavin
252 S Los Angeles Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012

P: 323-464-0909
W: lacphoto.org
E: info@lacphoto.org