Shades of Gray

Black Box Gallery announces a black and white juried group photography exhibition. The show explores the classic, nostalgic, and dynamic qualities of black and white photography, examining its important tradition of luminous, well-crafted, and thoughtfully composed imagery alongside contemporary photographers' modern voices and aesthetics.

Juror Todd Johnson is the founder and director of Black Box Gallery, holding an MFA in Photography from the San Francisco Art Institute. He has served as a photography portfolio reviewer for Photolucida and juried The Drawers Program for Blue Sky Gallery. Johnson has worked as an independent photography curator organizing shows by international photographers and has taught college photography for 15 years in Portland.

Submissions must be black and white photography. Entry fee is $35.00. Applicants may submit 1-5 images. The juror will select 24 photographs for exhibition at the gallery and an additional 30 photographs for the online gallery annex. Exhibition dates are August 1-20, 2017, with an opening reception on Friday, August 4, 6-8:00 pm. 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 using an Epson Stylus Pro archival inkjet printer on Epson Premium Luster Photo paper. Prints are available in 18" x 24" black frames with white mats pre-cut for 12" x 18", 12" x 12", and 12" x 16" prints. Selected photographers must provide high resolution TIFF or JPEG files. Exhibition prints are retained in flat files 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 request that prints not be for sale and be used for exhibition and promotion only. All rights remain with the photographer, and no sale or printing occurs without prior consent.