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The Human Experience

PhotoPlace Gallery   /   Deadline: 10/05/26

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THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE – CALL FOR ENTRIES – JUROR: Meredith Fleischer
Image: Leigh Ann Edmond


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What does it mean to be human?

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.

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.
We are honored to have Meredith Fleischer as juror for The Human Experience. She will select up to 35 images for exhibition in our Middlebury, Vermont gallery and another 40 images for our Online Gallery. All 75 images will be reproduced in the exhibition catalog and remain permanently on our website and be promoted on social media with links to photographer's URL.
Selected works will receive Juror's Award, Director's Award, and Honorable Mention distinctions. All selected images will be published in the exhibition catalog and featured permanently in the PhotoPlace Gallery online exhibition.

JUROR: MEREDITH FLEISCHER

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 New York photography market, where she managed legacy portfolios of internationally recognized photographers including Deborah Turbeville, Miles Aldridge, and Gilles Bensimon.
https://www.themfgallery.com/

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.



ENTRY GUIDELINES:
Fee: $39 for up to 5 images, $6 for each additional image

• File format: JPG or JPEG only
• Size: Up to 5MB closed file size
• Resolution: ~2100 pixels on the longest side, 300ppi recommended
• Color space: sRGB recommended for both B&W and color
• Compression: 7–8 quality setting in Photoshop or equivalent
• All entries must be uploaded via the online form through our website

TIMELINE:
• Deadline: October 5, 2026
• Notification of Acceptance: October 20, 2026
• Print Deadline: November 20, 2026
• Exhibition: December 4-26, 2026

COPYRIGHT & USAGE:
Photographers retain full copyright and all rights to their submitted images. Selection for a PhotoPlace Gallery exhibition does not in any way transfer ownership or copyright to PhotoPlace Gallery.
If one or more of your images are selected by the juror for exhibition, you grant PhotoPlace Gallery a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use the selected image(s) solely for the following purposes:
• Reproduction in the printed and/or digital exhibition catalog
• Display on the PhotoPlace Gallery website and exhibition pages
• Promotion of the current and future exhibitions via social media, email newsletters, and other gallery-related marketing, with credit to the photographer wherever feasible
This license is limited to promotion and documentation of the exhibit and does not permit any commercial sale, licensing, or use beyond these purposes without your explicit written permission.

GALLERY DETAILS:
ADDRESS: PhotoPlace Gallery, 3 Park Street, Middlebury VT
WEBSITE: Photoplacegallery.com
EMAIL: photos@photoplacegallery.com
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/photoplacegallery
INSTAGRAM: Instagram.com/photoplacegallery


ABOUT US:
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.

For more information about this call for entries, please visit the Photoplacegallery.com

Location

PhotoPlace Gallery3 Park Street, Middlebury VT

Fees

$39 for 5 images, $6 for each additional image

Eligibility

Open to all photographers 18 and up. See website for submissions guidelines.

Awards

Selected works will receive Juror's Award, Director's Award, and Honorable Mention distinctions. All selected images will be published in the exhibition catalog and featured permanently in the PhotoPlace Gallery online exhibition

Evaluation Criteria

Juror: Meredith Fleischer

Contact Information

Zach Hoffman
PhotoPlace Gallery 3 Park Street
Middlebury , VT 05753

E: photos@photoplacegallery.com