Thursday, October 16, 2025

Call for Entry

 


Photographers are invited to submit up to five (5) photographic images in JPEG format which have been created within the past five years. We are not accepting AI images for this call. Work previously shown at Perspective Gallery cannot be submitted.
 
Applicants should complete their entry and upload their images at: 
CaFÉ. By submitting work, applicants agree to permit Perspective Gallery to use their images in publicity with attribution; photographers retain copyright to their work. File names should be the title of the work, but not include the artist’s name.
 
You will find the prospectus with complete details on how to enter the exhibit either on our 
website or by download.
 
Deadline for Entries: January 7, 2026 (11:59 P.M. CST)
To create an entry on CaFÉ, Click Here.
Perspective Gallery is proud that our Juror for LENS 2026 is Ann M. Jastrab. Ann is the Executive Director at the Center for Photographic Art (CPA) in Carmel, California. CPA strives to advance photography through education, exhibition and publication. Before CPA, Ann worked as the gallery director at RayKo Photo Center and the gallery manager at Scott Nichols Gallery, both in San Francisco, California. Besides being a curator and an educator, Ann is a writer and editor, and a fine art photographer who still carries around a wooden view camera…and a metal one too.
 
ENTRY FEE: There is a $40 (U.S) non-refundable fee for submitting up to five (5) images. Early Bird Submission ends on Oct. 31, $35 - code EARLYBIRD
 
INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS: To help exhibiting international artists, Perspective Gallery will print their work with the cost paid for by the artist. For details, email us at lensexhibition@gmail.com.
 
AWARDS: Juror’s Award: $300 | 1st Runner-up: $200 | 2nd Runner-up: $150
 
MPORTANT DATES AND DEADLINES
Entries due: Wednesday, January 7, 2026 (11:59 p.m. CST)
Notification of acceptance: January 24, 2026
Delivery of work to the gallery due: February 27, 2026
Show opens: March 5, 2026
Opening reception and awards: March 7, 2026, 5 - 7 p.m.

If you have any questions, email us at -
lensexhibition@gmail.com.

Perspective Gallery
1310 - 1/2B Chicago Avenue
Evanston, IL 60201

 

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