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WATER: ELEMENT OF CHANGE

PhotoPlace Gallery   /   Deadline: 03/09/26

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WATER: ELEMENT OF CHANGE – CALL FOR ENTRIES – JUROR: LEE ANNE WHITE

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Water is a powerful and ever-present element, shaping landscapes, reflecting light, and carrying movement, memory, and emotion. It appears in countless forms—from oceans, rivers, and rain to ice, fog, reflections, and more abstract expressions.
For this exhibition, we invite photographers to submit work that explores water in all its variations. Submissions may be literal or interpretive, representational or abstract, quiet or dynamic. All photographic approaches are welcome, including landscape, documentary, conceptual, and experimental work.
We are honored to have Lee Anne White as juror for Water: Element of Change. 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.

JUROR: LEE ANNE WHITE

"I create intimate portraits of place—the terrain, what grows there, the history of the land and our relationship to place."
Lee Anne White is a fine art and documentary photographer who works in the field, in the garden and in the studio. She has exhibited her work both locally and abroad, and is the recipient of three Julia Margaret Cameron Awards. A workshop instructor for 25 years, Lee Anne has taught at Maine Media Workshops, Santa Fe Workshops, Chicago Botanic Garden and Madeline Island School of the Arts, as well as online.
She has photographed and authored numerous books on landscape architecture and garden design, is the former editor-in-chief of Fine Gardening magazine, and has contributed to magazines such as Garden Design, Better Homes and Gardens, Landscape Architecture, and Sunset. Lee Anne earned a master's degree in creative studies at the State University of New York/Buffalo State and a bachelor's degree in journalism and commercial art at Brenau University.
https://www.leeannewhite.com




AWARDS:
Juror's Award $300, Director's Award $200, 3 Honorable Mentions $50
All selected photographers will have work published in printed catalog available for purchase and be featured on our website and social media.



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: MARCH 9TH, 2026
• Notification of Acceptance: MARCH 24TH, 2026
• Exhibition: MAY 1-30, 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 Gallery
3 Park Street, Middlebury VT

Fees

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

Eligibility

Open to all photographers 18 and up

Awards

Juror's Award $300, Director's Award $200, 3 Honorable Mentions $50

Evaluation Criteria

Juried

Contact Information

Zach Hoffman
PhotoPlace Gallery
Middlebury,

E: photos@photoplacegallery.com