Organizer Information:

Decagon Gallery, an online photography gallery based in Brooklyn, NY, specializes in contemporary photography. It offers curated platforms for photographers to showcase their work and connect with art enthusiasts worldwide. Discover the Decagon Gallery experience today.

Decagon Gallery maintains a robust online presence through its website and social media. It promotes itself via email marketing, social media, and collaborations with other art organizations. Join the Decagon Gallery community.

Title & Description:

Patterns in the Wild

Decagon Gallery invites photographers worldwide to submit to our upcoming online exhibition, Patterns in the Wild —a visual exploration of the rhythm and repetition that surrounds us in both natural and urban environments.

Whether found in the fractals of a fern, the geometry of city grids, the textures of rust and decay, or the symmetry in animal markings—patterns speak a universal language. They reveal order in chaos, beauty in randomness, and design where we least expect it.

We welcome work in all photographic styles and techniques, from traditional landscapes to abstract interpretations, macro to aerial, documentary to experimental. Show us how you see pattern in the wild.

Juror: Wendi Schneider

Her internationally exhibited work is held in permanent collections, including the Asheville Art Museum, the Auburn University Library Special Collections, the Center for Creative Photography, the New Orleans Museum of Art, and the Memphis Brooks Museum, among others. Schneider is represented by A Gallery For Fine Photography (New Orleans), Arnika Dawkins Gallery (Atlanta), Catherine Couturier Gallery (Houston), Etherton Gallery (Tucson), PhotoGraphic Gallery (San Miguel de Allende), Rick Wester Fine Art (New York), Vision Gallery (Jerusalem), and Wach Gallery (Cleveland).

www.wendischneider.com

Awards and Features:

  • First Place: $500 cash prize and an online Solo exhibition
  • Second Place: $300 cash prize
  • Third Place: $200 cash prize

Juror’s Awards and Honorable Mentions

  • All selected photographers will receive a digital award badge
  • Selected work will be published in a printed exhibition catalog available for purchase.
  • A short video presentation will be created and shared on our YouTube channel and the gallery website and social media.

Application Fee:

  • Fee: $24 for up to 4 images
  • $4 each for the next 4 images (entries 5–8)
  • Two additional entries (9–10) FREE if you pay for the first 8

Key Dates:

  • Deadline: July 31
  • Notification of Acceptance: August 15
  • Online Exhibition Launch: August 15

Category: 

Photography

Eligibility: 

All photographers over 18, internationally

Location:

Online

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

  • All submissions must be original works of photography.
  • Open to all photographers over 18, worldwide
  • Format your files to be at least 2100 pixels on the long side, and under 3 mb.
  • Name the files: “FirstName-LastName_title.jpg”

By submitting work to this call for entry, artists grant Decagon Gallery the right to download, store, and use submitted images and accompanying text for the following purposes:

  • Jurying and internal review
  • Promotion of the exhibition on the Decagon Gallery website, social media, email newsletters, and press releases
  • Inclusion in a Blurb-published print exhibition catalog
  • Inclusion in a YouTube video slideshow highlighting the exhibition
  • Archival documentation of the exhibition
  • Artists’ statements will be included alongside their work in the online exhibition.
  • Artists retain full copyright to their submitted images and text. Any use of these materials by Decagon Gallery will include proper credit to the artist. Images will not be sold, distributed, or used for commercial purposes beyond the promotion and documentation of the exhibition without the artist’s explicit written permission

Contact Information:

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