The Image Flow invites photographic artists closely tied to the LGBTQIA2+ community to submit work to our 3rd Annual juried photography exhibition Queer Conscience 2025.
We probably don’t need to inform you that queer rights are under attack unlike ever before. Abuses of power – ranging from executive orders that strictly define federally recognized gender identities to state resolutions seeking to overturn marriage equality – find our political leaders fomenting fascist ideologies in order to divide the working class and create a scapegoat of our queer neighbors.
Queer Conscience seeks to push back against these forces and affirm our own truths through the photographic medium. In this juried exhibition set to coincide with Pride month, we ask queer artists to express their resistance, and share their truest queer journeys with us. Join us in celebrating our community and our creativity with a clear conscience.
This call is open to all photographers who consider themselves members of the LGBTQIA2+ community; we 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 accepted artwork must be framed to professional standards.
For more information about submission policies, requirements, liability, and consent criteria please visit our Terms & Conditions.
Brian Paul Clamp is the owner and director of CLAMP, a gallery in Chelsea in New York City specializing in modern and contemporary art with an emphasis on photography. CLAMP mounts ten to fifteen exhibitions per year featuring the work of emerging and mid-career artists. Mr. Clamp opened the gallery in 2000. Aside from curating exhibitions at his own gallery space, Mr. Clamp has curated numerous photography shows at various venues throughout the United States, and has reviewed photographers’ portfolios at dozens of events over many years. Mr. Clamp is the author of numerous publications on American art to date, and also occasionally contributes written work to various art periodicals.
Nathan Lomas is a photographer, artist, and educator living and working in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is the Production Manager, Instructor, and Gallery Coordinator for The Image Flow Photography Center. He has taught courses at the Academy of Art University San Francisco in the Photography, Graphic Design, and Advertising departments, and is the owner of Heritage Tintype Parlor a portrait studio specializing in wet plate collodion photography.
Nathan developed the concept of Queer Conscience out of a desire to create more opportunities for queer photographers and artists to share their work. He is currently pursuing the creation of an LGBTQ+ artist residency program that hopes to provide mental health resources to its residents in addition to supporting their creative work and fostering connections to the broader art world.
The Image Flow aims to celebrate photography in all its forms and to provide a platform for photographers of all levels to create work, exchange ideas, and to innovate the medium of photography. Our staff and instructors are deeply engaged with photographic practice in their daily lives and bring that same dedication to our space each day. We remain committed to making photography accessible to the community by providing public exhibitions, free lectures, workshops, and imaging services.
Today, our workshops and services continue to be in support of The Image Flow founder Stuart Schwartz’s mantra – “It’s not a photograph until it’s a print” – driving toward photography in print form. We possess the tools and expertise needed to help bring your vision to life.
$35 non-refundable registration fee.
Artists may submit up to 5 images for review.
2500 px on the longest edge, 72ppi, JPG saved at 80% quality in sRGB colorspace. File size must be limited to 5MB.
Group Exhibition and Reception in The Image Flow gallery.
