Time(s) - 12:00 am - 11:59 pm
Location
Atlanta Photography Group
PORTFOLIO 2025
The Atlanta Photography Group (APG) invites photographers worldwide to enter images using any photographic process for our upcoming, juried exhibition, Portfolio 2025. This exhibition features strong, cohesive bodies of work (8 or more images as a series).
Our esteemed juror this year is Jane’a Johnson, PhD, Editor at Aperture and a contributor to the magazine and online platforms. Johnson will select photographic works from eight artists whose work will be exhibited.
The 8 exhibiting artists will be eligible for the 2025 APG/ Museum Purchase Award of $4,000, which is slated for placement into the High Museum’s permanent collection.
Jane’a Johnson
Editor
Aperture
Jane’a Johnson is editor at Aperture and a contributor to the magazine and online platforms. Prior to joining Aperture in 2024, her roles included artistic director of Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam and director of the Photographic Archives Research Group at Brown University. Jane’a has served on juries for the Louis Roederer Foundation Prize for Sustainability, Reims, France; PhotoVogue Festival, Milan; and C/O Berlin Talent Award. She holds a PhD in modern culture and media from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, an MA in cinema and media studies from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a BA in philosophy from Spelman College, Atlanta.
Aperture is a nonprofit publisher that leads conversations around photography worldwide. From our base in New York, Aperture connects global audiences and supports artists through our acclaimed quarterly magazine, books, exhibitions, digital platforms, public programs, limited-edition prints, and awards. Established in 1952 to advance “creative thinking, significantly expressed in words and photographs,” Aperture champions photography’s vital role in nurturing curiosity and encouraging a more just, tolerant society.
Website: https://aperture.org/
APG/Museum Purchase Award
One artist will be selected, from those chosen by the juror for the exhibition, to receive the 2025 APG/ Museum Purchase Award of $4000. Each year, a museum curator reviews the exhibition and selects works from one artist for the Museum’s permanent collection. APG purchases the work and donates the pieces to the museum. The Portfolio 2025 purchase award is slated for the High Museum of Art. The purchase award is generously funded by the Massey Charitable Trust.
High Museum of Art
The High Museum of Art is home to the most significant photography program in the American Southeast. The Museum began acquiring photographs in the early 1970s, making it one of the earliest American art museums to commit to collecting the medium. Head Curator, Gregory Harris oversees the photography department, including related exhibitions and programs, as well as its collection of more than 7,000 works spanning the 1840s to the present. With strengths in American modernist and documentary traditions from the mid-20th century and a robust commitment to contemporary practice, the photography collection features a strong base of pictures related to the American South, which are situated within a global context that is both regionally relevant and internationally significant.
Entry Criteria:
- Must be an APG member to enter. Join or renew now
- The entry must be a body of work consisting of either 10 or 20 images with an Artist / Project Statement.
Timetable: (dates are subject to change)
- Accepting Entries: January 18 – March 1, 2025 @Midnight
- Judging: March 1-7, 2025
- Photographic Artist Notification: On or about March 9, 2025
- Art Delivery Deadline: April 11, 2025
- Exhibition: April 15 – May 17, 2025
- Virtual Artist Talk / Opening Reception: (TBD)
ALL ENTRIES MUST BE UPLOADED AND FULLY COMPLETED BY Midnight ON March 1, 2025, OR THEY WILL NOT BE INCLUDED FOR SUBMISSION.
Purchase Entry Fee
Early Entry: January 18 – 25, 2025
– $75 for 10 images or $85 for 20 images
Regular Entry: January 26 – February 22, 2025
– $85 for 10 images or $95 for 20 images
Late Entry: February 23 – March 1, 2025
– $95 for 10 images or $105 for 20 images
Student Entry: January 18 – March 1, 2025
Must include Student ID & Current Class Schedule, to be eligible
– $55 for 10 images or $70 for 20 images
All entrants must be current members of APG.
If you are not a member, register to become an APG member, first. If you are uncertain, contact us at info@atlantaphotographygroup.org.
The link to upload your files will be sent to you in your payment confirmation email.
You will receive two emails after you pay. One will have the upload link. If you don’t receive two emails, check your spam folder.
Once you get this link, you must be logged into the website in order to successfully upload your work.
Entry fees are non-refundable.
READ ENTRY SPECIFICS BELOW
All entries must be completed ONLINE. Do NOT email any image files
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- Complete Online Registration & Payment
- Upload Files to the Dropbox link found in the payment confirmation.
- Once you get this link, you must be logged into the website in order to successfully upload your work.
- If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact – gallery@AtlantaPhotographyGroup.org
If you аre chosen, your artwork should be framed in black or white gallery/museum quality frames (other options will be considered, but must be approved by APG), they may be up to 40” on the longest side. WIRE HANGERS ONLY. SAW TOOTH HANGERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AND WILL BE SENT BACK.
Prepare Text File and Images:
- Entries not meeting the following criteria will be disqualified.
- Jpeg files only. No borders. No watermarks or names on the image.
- Entries of either 10 or 20 images depending on which you choose.
- The exhibition will include up to 8 images from each of the selected artists, no matter how many are entered.
- Size to 2100 px on the longest side. Larger files will be disqualified.
Individual files only, do not upload a folder or zip folder. - Work that is chosen can be up to 40” on the longest side framed.
- Images must be between 150-300dpi
How to resize digital image files:
- Rename files to the title of the work exactly as you wish it to appear (Example: My Great Photo.jpg). Do not include your name.
- File names should be letters and numbers only, please only use _ or – as symbols, do not use any other symbols in file names.
- Create a text file with your – Word doc or PDF only :
- Personal Info (name, email, phone, website/social media),
- Artist Statement (500 words max),
- Bio (250 words max), and
- Image list (in this order: Title, Year piece was created, Print/Image Size (H x W), estimated Framed Size (H x W) Medium (archival pigment print, inkjet print, silver gelatin, cyanotype, etc),
- Save this file as a Word doc (.doc or.docx) or PDF, – .pages files are not accepted.
