2016 National Alternative Processes Competition

This national photography competition invites submissions using alternative photographic processes. Eligible processes include Albumen, Cyanotype, Van Dyke Brown, Platinum/Palladium, Gum Bichromate, Bromoil, Salt Print, Tintype, Ziatype, Daguerreotype, Image Transfers, Liquid Emulsion, and Photogravure, as well as handmade prints created from digital negatives. Traditional Silver Gelatin Prints, C-Prints, and Digital Prints are not eligible. There is no limitation as to subject matter.

Entrants must submit 5 to 15 images. The entry fee is $40.00, with an additional $5.00 media fee for images beyond the initial submission. The 2016 juror is Miriam Leuchter, Editor-in-Chief of Popular Photography and American Photo magazines. She serves on the board of The Josephine Herrick Project, a nonprofit that enlists photographic community volunteers to educate students in the communicative power of photography. She has juried many international competitions, and her own work has been published and exhibited in magazines, newspapers, and art galleries in the United States and Europe.