Viewpoint: Landscape and Architecture

Black Box Gallery is hosting a landscape and architecture juried group photo show. The exhibition explores the process and diversity of observation, interpretation and documentation of these two photographic genres, examining how compelling, significant and relevant photographic work engages the aesthetics, craft, tradition and concepts of landscape and architectural 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 photography portfolio reviewer for Photolucida and juror for The Drawers Program at Blue Sky Gallery. Johnson has worked as an independent photography curator organizing shows by international photographers in Portland and has been a college photography instructor for 15 years. His work has been exhibited nationally and regionally at venues including The University of Oregon, Marylhurst University, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Reed College, Linfield College, and galleries in Brooklyn, Washington DC, and San Francisco.

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. Exhibition dates are January 1-20, 2020, with an opening reception on Friday, January 3, 6-8:00 pm. Black Box Gallery provides free printing, matting, and framing for all exhibitions using archival ink jet printing on premium luster photo paper. Selected photographers must submit high resolution TIFF or JPEG files. Exhibition prints will be retained in a 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. 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. Deadline: December 11, 2019 at 11:59 p.m. MST. International eligibility.