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MONOCHROME: Light, Form, & Tone
Call for Entries
Photography has a remarkable ability to communicate through the simplicity and expressive power of a single tone. Without the full spectrum of color, light, shadow, texture, form, and composition take on new significance. From the timeless qualities of black-and-white photography to the rich warmth of sepia, the distinctive blues of cyanotype, and the countless possibilities of a limited palette, monochromatic imagery invites us to see the world differently.
PhotoPlace Gallery invites photographers of all backgrounds, genres, and photographic processes to submit work for Monochrome: Light, Form & Tone. We welcome landscapes, portraits, documentary, street photography, abstraction, still life, experimental work, and everything in between. Traditional and alternative processes, toned prints, and digitally created monochromatic images are all encouraged. Whether your work is purely black and white or explores another dominant single color or tone, we invite you to share your unique vision of the world in monochrome.
We are honored to have Sandra Burnstine as juror for MONOCHROME: Light, Form, & Tone. She will select up to 35 photographs for exhibition at PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury, Vermont, along with approximately 40 additional photographs for our Online Gallery. All selected work will be reproduced in the exhibition book, remain permanently on our website, and be promoted through PhotoPlace Gallery's publications and social media channels.
Banner image: Chris Allen
If Selected
The juror will select up to 35 images for exhibition in our Middlebury, Vermont gallery and another 40 images for our Online Gallery.
All selected artists receive:
- Inclusion in the exhibition catalog
- Permanent placement on the PhotoPlace Gallery website
- Promotion through PhotoPlace Gallery's social media channels with links to photographers' websites
- Eligibility for exhibition awards
Online Gallery selections receive the same catalog inclusion, permanent website archive, and promotional opportunities as Exhibition Gallery selections.
Important Dates
- Call for Entry Opens: November 10, 2026
- Submission Deadline: December 7, 2026 by end of day
- Juror Selections Announced Approximately: December 20, 2026
- Print Deadline (Exhibition Gallery): January 22, 2027
- Exhibition Dates: February 5-27, 2027
- Opening Reception: Friday February 5th from 4-7pm
Submission Information
Submission Fee: $39 for the first 5 images, plus $6 for each additional image.
There is no limit to the number of images you may submit.
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About the Juror
Susan Burnstine is an award winning fine art and commercial photographer, originally from Chicago and now based in Los Angeles. Susan is represented in galleries across the world, widely published throughout the globe, conducts workshops worldwide and writes a monthly column for Black & White Photography Magazine (UK).
Susan Burnstine is one of the few photographers today avidly pursuing alternative processes to create an idiosyncratic and deeply personal visual landscape. Initially, Burnstine sought to find a way to portray her dream-like visions entirely in-camera, rather than with post-processing digital manipulations. To achieve this, she has created twenty-one handmade film cameras and lenses that are frequently unpredictable and technically challenging. The cameras are primarily made out of plastic, vintage camera parts, and random household objects, with single-element lenses molded from plastic and rubber. Learning to overcome their extensive optical limitations required Burnstine to rely on instinct and intuition—the same tools that are key when attempting to interpret dreams.