Portraiture: Photography Now

Black Box Gallery is hosting a juried group photography exhibition on contemporary portraiture. The exhibition explores diverse approaches to portraiture including pose and gesture, image and identity, documentary and street photography, travel, constructed narrative, self-portrait, environmental, vernacular and snapshot, family narrative, fashion and nude photography.

Juror Todd Johnson is the founder and director of Black Box Gallery. He holds an MFA in Photography from the San Francisco Art Institute and has served as a portfolio reviewer for Photolucida and juror for The Drawers Program at Blue Sky Gallery. Johnson has worked as an independent photography curator in Portland and has been a college photography instructor for 15 years. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally.

Submissions must include 1-5 images. Entry fee is $35. The deadline is April 10, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. MDT. Exhibition dates are May 1-20, 2020. The juror will select 24 photographs for exhibition at the gallery and an additional 30 photographs for the online gallery annex. All 54 photographs will be included in a catalog available for purchase on Blurb Books.

Black Box Gallery provides free printing, matting, and framing for all exhibitions. Prints are produced on an Epson Stylus Pro archival inkjet printer on Epson Premium Luster Photo paper in a color-calibrated environment. Exhibition prints will be kept in a flat file after the show for future sale and promotion. Black Box Gallery takes a 50% commission on all sales, with 50% going to the photographer. All rights remain with the photographer, and no sale or printing of files will occur without prior consent and agreement. Artists may choose for their print to be for exhibition and promotion only, without being offered for sale.