UPCOMING CALL FOR ENTRIES
PETALS AND LEAVES -
INTERNATIONAL BOTANICAL PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
ENTRY DEADLINE - APRIL 1
EXHIBITION DATES - JUNE 6 - 27, 2025
Open to all photographers internationally.
Flowers in full bloom, or the simple emergence of a blossoming plant is a renewal for the senses after the long winter. The Petals and Leaves exhibition celebrates photographs of plant life in all its forms during this spring season of growth. Photographs are featured that are captured through the exploration of nature photography, still-life genres or through approaches of people interacting with floral and plant imagery. This exhibition represents images from a wide spectrum of petals and leaves from plant varieties that are grown and appreciated in our lives.
Each photograph will be considered based upon the merit of individual images submitted by each artist. Series based entries are not necessary, and a range of different images are preferred.
Selected artists will have their work featured in the exhibition and online.
2025 MWCP JURIED EXHIBITION -
EXHIBITION DATES - MARCH 7 - 28, 2025
The Midwest Center for Photography Juried Exhibition is an annual subject-matter based exhibition for photographers to focus on getting out their best photographs from the various genres and compete for the awards.
The MWCP Juried Exhibition gives $500 in Director's Choice Awards, $100 for each of the five categories:
ARCHITECTURE
CLOSE-UP
LANDSCAPE
PORTRAIT
STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
Selected artists will have their work featured in the exhibition and online.
CALL FOR ENTRIES
MIDWEST PHOTO EMERGE - 2025
ENTRY DEADLINE - FEBRUARY 15
EXHIBITION DATES - APRIL 4 - 25, 2025
Open to all photographers internationally.
MWCP is seeking emerging photographers creating fresh and exciting new pictures. We feel strongly about providing this exhibition opportunity to emerging photographers. Professionally preparing a series of work, entering to galleries within the stated guidelines of gallery submissions and through subsequently building an exhibition record is a major and essential aspect of building a career in art photography.
In the year of 2025 we will be featuring 25 photographers for the EMERGE competition. We are looking to give one $200 EMERGE Fellowship Award and exhibition opportunities to emerging photographers. This fellowship opportunity is geared toward photographers looking to launch their art careers through the exposure of exhibition.
Open to all emerging photographers worldwide. All photographic media is welcome.
Selection will be based upon individual images submitted by each artist. A series of theme based images are preferred but not required. A brief artist statement is optional.
Selected artists will have their work featured in the exhibition and online. One recipient will be awarded the $200 EMERGE Fellowship Award, and receive one year artist representation by MWCP online.
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PORTFOLIO PLATFORM - 2024/2025
FEATURE DATES - MAY - OCTOBER, 2024
The Portfolio Platform provides the focus of a more streamlined online presence. The Portfolio Platform provides the opportunity for photographers to showcase a portfolio of photographic work prominently online. The portfolios are available for patrons of the gallery to go online and view, learn about the photographers and their work through the images and biographies and artist statments, and have the opportunity to purchase photographs. Each portfolio consists of 12 - 20 images.
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2024
2024 DEVELOPED WORK
GREEN
PLANT LIFE
2022
2021
OUT THERE - INTO THE WIDE OPEN
2020
PORTFOLIO PLATFORM SPRING 2020
2019
WOMEN'S STORIES (UNTOLD) - TEXT AND IMAGE
7TH ANNUAL MIDWEST PHOTO EMERGE
2018
6TH ANNUAL MIDWEST PHOTO EMERGE
5TH ANNUAL MIDWEST PHOTO EMERGE
2016
TEN X TEN
2016 DEVELOPED WORK
MWCP BENEFIT AUCTION
2016 HOT NEW PICS SHOW
LAND
SUMMER PRINT SALE
CAMERA CULTURE
4TH ANNUAL MIDWEST PHOTO EMERGE
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PORTFOLIO PLATFORM - 2025
SUBMISSION DEADLINE - MARCH 1
FEATURE DATES - APRIL - SEPTEMBER, 2025
Open to all photographers internationally.
The Portfolio Platform provides the focus of a more streamlined online presence. The Portfolio Platform provides the opportunity for photographers to showcase a portfolio of photographic work prominently online. The portfolios are available for patrons of the gallery to go online and view, learn about the photographers and their work through the images and biographies and artist statements, and have the opportunity to purchase photographs. Each portfolio consists of 12 - 20 images.
RED -
INTERNATIONAL COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
EXHIBITION DATES - FEBRUARY 7 - 28, 2025
Red as a subject matter can be photographed from a variety of viewpoints, capturing images of red literally or conceiving photographs of red conceptually. The primary color of red can be approached in a straight forward manner in all of its tints, tones and shades - whether capturing red in the vibrant high chroma of scarlet and crimson, the darker shades of maroon and burgundy, the midtones of ruby, fuchsia or brick, or the subtleties found in the various muted tints of pink. Red can be used as the actual subject matter when a composition is predominantly comprised of the color of red, a contrast to the complementary color of green, or a design relief element with red as a highlight in the totality of the composition. Red can be viewed or interpreted psychologically as a symbol of passion, the red of a rose, one of the heart, the life giving qualities of blood or the fear of the bloody. Red being one of the highest hues vibrating on the color spectrum, red draws attention like no other color. It is a symbol to alert, to warn of danger, to highlight, or to stop. A person can use the phrase of seeing red, an implication of anger, of energy, one that motives us to take action. Red is highly linked to the longing of passion and love, red is hot, the feeling of desire and sensuality, as being found in the heat of passion. Among all of the various approaches to the concept of red, the photographs featured in the Red exhibition encompass a wide range of images of the interpretation of the color of red.
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UPCOMING CALL FOR ENTRIES
PERSONAL ESSENCE -
INTERNATIONAL PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
ENTRY DEADLINE - MARCH 1
EXHIBITION DATES - MAY 2 - 30, 2025
Open to all photographers internationally.
Documenting the personal essence of people in our lives by capturing the pure personality of a person through a range of emotional gestures is a rewarding visual experience. We all have the people in our lives that are important to us personally and the act of capturing a moment in time through taking a photograph of someone is one of the most flattering gestures that a person can give. As well we tend to seek out to photograph people purely because we find people who are visually interesting and wish to capture their visual essence. This exhibition will represent personal essence through photographs of people captured in all their forms; close up details, expressive gestures, head shots, body studies, images of a wide range of takes on the portrait photography genre.
Each photograph will be considered based upon the merit of individual images submitted by each artist. Theme based entries are not necessary, and a range of different images are preferred.
Selected artists will have their work featured in the exhibition and online.
PORTFOLIO PLATFORM 2024/2025
RED
