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Atlanta Photography Group
Photo: Tevin Johnson
Storytelling 2025:
Documentary and Street Photography
The Atlanta Photography Group is excited to announce our next call for entry, Storytelling 2025, which celebrates street and documentary photography of all styles with images that reflect a strong narrative. We are looking for images which are a combination of candid depictions of everyday life, shadows of the city streets, the abandonment of a country road, subtle moments of joy, humor, love, fear or anxiety. Think of work like that created by Diane Arbus, Bruce Davidson, Robert Frank, Josef Koudleka, Helen Levitt, Baldwin Lee, Roy DeCarava, Mary Ellen Mark, Daido Moriyama, Lee Friedlander, Lisette Model, Gordon Parks, and Harry Callahan.
We are excited to have Lauren Richman, Ph.D., William and Sarah Ross Soter Senior Curator of Photography as our esteemed juror.
Lauren Richman, Ph.D.
William and Sarah Ross Soter Senior Curator of Photography
Norton Museum of Art
Lauren Richman is a curator and art historian, currently serving as the William and Sarah Ross Soter Senior Curator of Photography at the Norton Museum of Art. Prior to joining the Norton, she held curatorial and research positions at the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University, Bloomington; Smithsonian American Art Museum/Terra Foundation for American Art; and Amon Carter Museum of American Art. Richman earned her Ph.D. and M.A. in Art History from Southern Methodist University, and B.A. in Art History from Vanderbilt University.
Norton Museum of Art
The Norton Museum of Art was founded in 1941 by Ralph Hubbard Norton (1875-1953) and his wife Elizabeth Calhoun Norton (1881-1947). Norton was an industrialist who headed the Acme Steel Company in Chicago. He and his wife began collecting to decorate their home, but then he became interested in art for its own sake and formed a sizable collection of paintings and sculpture. In 1935, Mr. Norton semi-retired, and the couple began to spend more time in the Palm Beaches. They contemplated what to do with their art collection and eventually decided to found their own museum in West Palm Beach, to give South Florida its first such institution. In 1940, construction began on the Norton Gallery and School of Art located between South Olive Avenue and South Dixie Highway in West Palm Beach. Mr. Norton commissioned Marion Sims Wyeth of the distinguished firm of Wyeth, King & Johnson to design the Museum. The Art Deco building opened to the public on February 8, 1941. Norton continued to add to his collection until his death in 1953, and the works that he and his wife gave the Museum form the core of the institution’s collection today.
The Museum’s permanent collection now consists of more than 8,200 works in five curatorial departments: European, American, Chinese, Contemporary and Photography. Since 1954, many distinguished additions have been made thanks to the endowment Mr. Norton created for the purchase of works of art. They include masterpieces such as Stuart Davis’s New York Mural (acquired in 1964), and Jackson Pollock’s Night Mist (acquired in 1971).
Website: https://www.norton.org
ENTRY INFORMATION
CFE Submissions: August 11–September 13, 2025
All dates and times are Eastern Time (ET)
All submissions must be made by September 13, 2025, Midnight
Early Submissions – August 11 – 17, 2025:
2 works: $35, 4 works: $50, 6 works: $60, 8 works: $75
Regular Submissions – August 18 – September 8, 2025:
2 images: $40, 4 images: $60, 6 images: $70, 8 images: $85
Late Submissions – September 9 – 13, 2025:
2 images: $50, 4 images: $70, 6 images: $80, 8 images: $95
Student Submissions:
2 images: $30, 4 images: $45, 6 images: $55, 8 images: $70
Selected work can be up to 36” on the longest side. White or Black frame. Must have wire on back for hanging.
Images which have been shown in either the Main or Maloof Galleries within the last 3 years are not eligible. This does not include Push Pin or Airport.
Deadline For Entries: September 13, 2025, Midnight
Notification of Accepted Work: On or about September 20, 2025
Delivery of Work: October 17, 2025 at 4pm ET – No work will be accepted after this date.
Show Dates: October 21 – November 22, 2025
Reception & Juror Talk: TBD
Pick-Up: Works must be picked up by November 6, 2025 at 4pm ET. Please provide return label if you аre shipping your work.
Open to APG members – Join or Renew Now!
FILE PREPARATION
- The juror will be selecting the images from all entries.
- Export images as .jpg. Resize to 2100 px on the longest side.
- Rename files to the titles of each work exactly as you wish it to appear (example: My Great Photo.jpg) Your name will be automatically prepended to the file upon upload.
- Create a text file with your 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.), and save this file as a Word doc or PDF.
- Once you have paid the Entry Fee, you will receive an email with a link to upload your files
In order to submit your work you must be a current APG member. Join or Renew Now!
All entries must be completed ONLINE. Do NOT email any image files
- Complete Online Registration & Payment
- 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.
- Upload Files to the Dropbox link found in the payment confirmation.
- If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact – gallery@AtlantaPhotographyGroup.org
