Thresholds 2025: The Bold Edition
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Call for Entries -
Open Call: for digital Projection Exhibition and In-Person Opening Event
Juried by: Kara Felt,Ph.D., is the Lawrence S. Friedman Curator of Photographic Arts at The San Diego Museum of Art
Deadline for Submission: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at Midnight PST
Notice of Acceptance: Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Opening Reception + Panel Discussion: Thursday, May 1, 2025 6:30pm @ Helms Bakery District in Culver City, CA.
Exhibition Run Dates: May 1 – May 31, 2025 - Hosted on the LACP website and projected at The Helms Bakery.
About
This call invites submissions for works by international street photographers who are looking at our changing world with fresh eyes, capturing the colors, shapes, stories and attitudes that will define public spaces in the weeks and months to come.
Whether it’s urban architecture, unexpected portraits, surprising encounters or sensorial compositions, whether you’re seeking vivid verité or mute vintage aesthetics, we want to see your bright and daring outlook on the world around you. The question at the heart of this exhibition is about transition, and our ability to capture a single public moment that will tell a daring story about the shifts and pivots that define life.
Offering an expanded view of the world and street photography as a practice, this juried annual open call will bring together sights and visions for a virtual exhibition and a month-long projection-based exhibition at the Helms Bakery District in Culver City, CA, to be held every night during May 2025.
Prizes
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 our online gallery.
The Juror
Kara Felt is the Lawrence S. Friedman Curator of Photography at The San Diego Museum of Art. She joins the Museum from the Denver Botanic Gardens where she curated multiple exhibitions including Tanya Marcuse: Laws of Nature and Ansel Adams: Early Works. In 2023 she curated This Is Britain: Photographs from the 1970s and 1980s at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., where she served as the Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow in the Department of Photographs from 2017 to 2021. Felt has held curatorial roles in several major photography departments, including at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the New York Public Library, and has taught at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and Metropolitan State University of Denver. She received her Ph.D. from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.
Eligibility and Guidelines
The exhibition is open internationally to photographers of all levels. The juror will select works based on creativity, originality, and quality. LACP invites photographers working in all mediums and styles to take part in the exhibition.
LACP Members are eligible for a discounted submission rate. Not an LACP Member? To become a Member, click HERE
The deadline to submit digital files through Submittable for consideration in this call is Tuesday, March 4th, 2025 at Midnight PST. No exceptions.
Acceptance Notice
The selection process will be blind. Once the juror has made selections, all entrants will be notified. Those selected 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.
Entry Details & Fee
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. Please put your image title on your .jpg. ( Example: The title of my image is Bright Sunny Day. Before uploading I re-title my .jpg to: Bright_Sunny_Day.jpg )
NOTE: Please DO NOT watermark your images when submitting. Thank you.
$25 for 1 image ($18.75 for LACP Members)
$50 for 2-5 images ($37.50 for LACP Members)
$75 for 6-10 images ($56.25 for LACP Members)
$100 for 11-15 images ($75.00 for LACP Members)
$125 for 16-20 images ($93.75 for LACP Members)
$150 for 21-25 images ($112.50 for LACP Members)
$175 for 26-30 images ($131.25 for LACP Members)
$200 for 31-35 images ($150.00 for LACP Members)
LACP Members are eligible for a discounted submission rate. NOT A MEMBER? CLICK HERE TO BECOME A MEMBER!
Liability & Agreement
Each photographer retains all copyrights to his or her images. Photographers whose submissions are chosen for the exhibition grant the Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP) the right to use their images for display on LACP’s website and for the purpose of promoting exhibitions, promoting LACP’s programs, and promoting the artist. Promotions and images may also be placed on social networks for LACP with artist credit. Artists grant the use of their image(s) as stated without further contact from LACP. The artist understands that LACP will not be held responsible for loss, theft or other damage, whether caused by the negligence of its officers, members, or others. Photographers are welcome to sell their photos during the online exhibit, with 50 percent commission to LACP. Submission of application will constitute an agreement to all these terms and conditions.
Questions?
Email: info@lacphoto.org