The Image Flow invites artists closely tied to the LGBTQIA2+ community to submit work to our juried photography exhibition Queer Conscience 2023.
What could you do with a clear conscience? Who could you be? How could you live, free of judgment, shame, expectation, or fear?
The queer experience is unlike any other, and even within our vibrant community, no two queer identities are quite alike. This is what has the power to unite us; a respect for our differences that can create bonds like family. Living as a queer person can be complex, and frightening, and beautiful all at once.
In this juried exhibition set to coincide with Pride month, we ask LGBTQIA2+ artists to share their truest queer journeys with us, and allow us to see your personal ✨queer conscience✨.
Our panel of jurors will select approximately 35 images for exhibition in the San Anselmo gallery and our online gallery.
All explorations in photographic media will be considered for this exhibition.
Photographers whose work is in a digital format will have their work printed and framed by The Image Flow for exhibition. For original/analog pieces, framed work must be shipped to our gallery with return shipping labels.
This call is open to all photographers who consider themselves members of the LGBTQIA2+ community; we absolutely cherish and love our straight friends and allies, but for this exhibit, we hope to amplify queer voices.
This national call for entry is open to all photographic artists living or working in the United States and its territories. All entries must be original works of art and entirely the work of the entrant. Accepted entries will be exhibited at The Image Flow in San Anselmo, CA, and in our online gallery.
All original artwork must be framed to professional standards. For details see Terms & Conditions.
Image submissions should be sized to 2500 px on the longest edge, 72ppi, JPG saved at 80% quality in sRGB colorspace.
File size must be limited to 5MB.
For more information about submission policies, requirements, liability, and consent criteria please visit our Terms & Conditions.
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Kari Orvik is a photo-based artist and educator. Her work engages ideas of presence and absence through portraiture and site-specific narratives, across multiple photographic formats. She has been an artist in residence at Headlands Center for the Arts, RecologySF, Rayko Photo Center and Kala Art Institute. Her work has shown at SFO Airport Museum, the Berkeley Art Museum, the Oakland Museum of California and SF Camerawork, and she currently teaches photography at Stanford University. On Instagram @kariorviktintypes |
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Nathan Lomas is a photographer, artist, and educator living and working in the San Francisco Bay Area. He holds an MFA from Rochester Institute of Technology, and a BFA from the College for Creative Studies. He is an instructor, gallery coordinator, and production manager at The Image Flow Photography Center in San Anselmo, and has taught at the Academy of Art University San Francisco. He is also the owner of Heritage Tintype Parlor, a portrait studio specializing in wet plate collodion photography. |
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The Image Flow Staff |
Submissions Open | February 10, 2023
Submissions Close | April 3, 2023, at 11:59 PM
Deadline Extended | April 10, 2023
Selections Announced | April 17, 2023
Exhibition Dates | May 29 – July 7, 2023
Opening Reception | Saturday, June 3, 5:30–7:30PM
$35 non-refundable registration fee. Artists may submit up to 10 images for review once registered.
All selected artists will have their work displayed in our San Anselmo gallery and our online gallery.
