Vision: Black and White

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, its important tradition of luminous, well-crafted and thoughtfully composed imagery, and how contemporary photographers engage with this history while bringing their own modern voice, visions and aesthetics.

Juror Todd Johnson is the founder and director of Black Box Gallery, with an MFA in Photography from the San Francisco Art Institute. He has served as a 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 in Portland and has been a college photography instructor for 15 years.

Entry deadline: July 10, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. MDT. Entry fee: $35. Submissions must include 1-5 images. Exhibition dates: August 1-20, 2020. Black Box Gallery will be open by appointment only during August due to COVID-19. 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. Selected photographers must provide high resolution Tiff or JPEG files. Prints are made 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. 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 will occur without prior consent.