Photography Contest
SE Center: Days of Summer
Deadline |
04/19/26Theme |
SummerTerritory |
WorldwideEligibility |
Open to allEntry Fees |
$35/5 imagesPrizes |
ExhibitionThoughts of Summer days, that time of year for family, friends, fun and food. The time for vacations, the beach and the mountains. Share your best images that celebrate summer.
Color or monochrome, all subjects, digital or antique processes, analog and digital manipulation— all forms are welcome. Photographers of all skill levels and locations are invited to participate.
Entering Your Images
You can enter your images online at Smarter Entry. For best results, make sure your image is 1200 pixels @72 dpi on the longest side. Images should be in JPEG format, sRGB color space. Please name your files: Summer.Last Name.First Initial_Image#.jpg (Examples: Summer.Smith.J_Image1.jpg, Summer.Jones.R_Image3.jpg). If you need help entering your images or are unable to, please contact info@sec4p.com or call 864.214.6114. No exceptions will be made for late submissions. Please allow ample time to complete your entry.
Eligibility
Submissions are welcome from anyone who makes photographs. This program is inclusive, and work will not be chosen based on the status of the photographer. It is the imagery that counts. Photographers of all locations, ages, and skill levels are eligible. Images previously selected for exhibition at the SE Center for Photography within the past two years are not eligible.
Fees
$35 for up to 5 images, $6 for each additional image up to 25.
Members: $28 for up to 5 images, $5 for each additional image up to 25.
No refunds for images not selected for inclusion.
Jurors
Our jurors for Thoughts of Summer are Lisa Woodward and Mia Dalglish, the Co-Curators at Pictura. Motivated by a desire to create meaningful experiences with photographic art, they collaboratively produce the gallery’s year-round programming. They work to generate thoughtful and nuanced exhibitions, showcasing projects with strong formal sensibilities and depth of content.
They serve as portfolio reviewers for conferences and festivals such as FotoFest, Review Santa Fe, Photolucida, and Les Rencontres d’Arles, as well as jurors for photographic competitions and guest critics for university classrooms.
Lisa and Mia have been known to finish each other’s sentences. Mia would like to thank Lisa for always having an emergency supply of snacks on hand. While usually a fan of brevity and economy, Lisa asserts that in this instance, two curators are better than one.
Exhibition Details
35–40 selected images will be presented in the Virtual Gallery space for approximately one month. In addition, selected images will be featured on SE Center social media accounts (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter), in an archived online slideshow, and in a video walkthrough of the exhibition, which will also be archived.
Color or monochrome, all subjects, digital or antique processes, analog and digital manipulation— all forms are welcome. Photographers of all skill levels and locations are invited to participate.
Entering Your Images
You can enter your images online at Smarter Entry. For best results, make sure your image is 1200 pixels @72 dpi on the longest side. Images should be in JPEG format, sRGB color space. Please name your files: Summer.Last Name.First Initial_Image#.jpg (Examples: Summer.Smith.J_Image1.jpg, Summer.Jones.R_Image3.jpg). If you need help entering your images or are unable to, please contact info@sec4p.com or call 864.214.6114. No exceptions will be made for late submissions. Please allow ample time to complete your entry.
Eligibility
Submissions are welcome from anyone who makes photographs. This program is inclusive, and work will not be chosen based on the status of the photographer. It is the imagery that counts. Photographers of all locations, ages, and skill levels are eligible. Images previously selected for exhibition at the SE Center for Photography within the past two years are not eligible.
Fees
$35 for up to 5 images, $6 for each additional image up to 25.
Members: $28 for up to 5 images, $5 for each additional image up to 25.
No refunds for images not selected for inclusion.
Jurors
Our jurors for Thoughts of Summer are Lisa Woodward and Mia Dalglish, the Co-Curators at Pictura. Motivated by a desire to create meaningful experiences with photographic art, they collaboratively produce the gallery’s year-round programming. They work to generate thoughtful and nuanced exhibitions, showcasing projects with strong formal sensibilities and depth of content.
They serve as portfolio reviewers for conferences and festivals such as FotoFest, Review Santa Fe, Photolucida, and Les Rencontres d’Arles, as well as jurors for photographic competitions and guest critics for university classrooms.
Lisa and Mia have been known to finish each other’s sentences. Mia would like to thank Lisa for always having an emergency supply of snacks on hand. While usually a fan of brevity and economy, Lisa asserts that in this instance, two curators are better than one.
Exhibition Details
35–40 selected images will be presented in the Virtual Gallery space for approximately one month. In addition, selected images will be featured on SE Center social media accounts (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter), in an archived online slideshow, and in a video walkthrough of the exhibition, which will also be archived.
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