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The HCP Annual Fellowship Awards

Open Call

Houston Center for Photography   /   Deadline: 07/20/25

Each year, Houston Center for Photography selects an expert writer, critic, or curator to identify two artists from hundreds of submissions.

The Carol Crow Fellowship seeks to award photographers who are engaged in advocating for the environment and celebrating our natural landscapes. Selected artists exemplify excellence and innovation in their approach to image making. The Carol Crow Fellowship Award aims to highlight and offer artists the platform and support to continue developing their practice. This award is open to photographers from anywhere on the globe.

The HCP Fellowship is awarded to a photographer who highlights and provides insight into current themes, technologies, and practices in photography. There is no theme assigned to the HCP Fellowship.

The two selected artists will each be awarded $3,000 and a solo-exhibition at HCP in Winter of 2025/2026. The competition is open to all photographic, film, video, and lens-based installation work.

This year will be juried by Gregory J. Harris, the High Museum of Art's Donald and Marilyn Keough Family Curator of Photography. He is a specialist in contemporary photography with a particular interest in documentary practice.

Location

Houston, TX

Fees

$35

Eligibility

All entrants must be, or become, HCP members at the time of submission.

Requirements

Carefully edit a group of no more than 10 jpg. images or videos that describe your current photographic work.

Each of your images should be reformatted using the following specifications:

JPEG (.jpg) filetype

72 DPI

2000 pixels (px) on the LONGEST side

sRGB Color Profile

Rename your files using the following specifications; "First Name_Last Name_Title" (ex. Deana_Lawson_Trap Car)

You will also need to have the following information available:

Artist Bio

Artist Statement

CV

• Medium of finished work (archival inkjet print, Polaroid, chromogenic print, sumi ink on inkjet print, etc.)

**Uploading a CV is optional.

Awards

The two selected artists will each be awarded $3,000 and a solo-exhibition at HCP in Winter of 2025/2026.

Evaluation Criteria

The competition is open to all photographic, film, video, and lens-based installation work.

The Carol Crow Fellowship seeks to award photographers who are engaged in advocating for the environment and celebrating our natural landscapes.

There is no theme assigned to the HCP Fellowship.

Contact Information

Areli Navarro Magallón
1441 W Alabama St 1441 W Alabama St
Houston, TX 77006

P: 7135294755 x 106
W: https://www.edu.hcponline.org/hcp-annual-fellowship-awards
E: areli.magallon@hcponline.org