Portraiture: Through the Lens

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, 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.

The exhibition will feature 24 photographs selected by the juror for display at the gallery, with an additional 30 photographs selected for exhibition in the online gallery annex. All 54 photographs will be included in a catalog available for purchase on Blurb Books. The exhibition runs May 1-20, 2019, with an opening reception on Friday, May 3, 6-8:00 pm. Black Box Gallery provides free printing, matting, and framing for all selected work. Prints are kept in the gallery's flat file after the show for future promotion and sale. Black Box Gallery takes a 50% commission on all sales, with 50% going to the photographer. Artists may elect for their print to be for exhibition and promotion only, not for sale. All rights remain with the photographer, and no sale or printing will occur without prior consent. Entry fee is $35.00. Submit 1-5 images in high resolution Tiff or JPEG format. International artists are eligible.