Black & White

Form. Texture. Light. Shadow.

Black Eyes Gallery is looking for black-and-white photography of any genre, from landscape and street to portraits, experimental, and conceptual work that shows us the world in a whole new way.

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Black Eyes Gallery Call for Entry

Submission Deadline

11/20

Artist Notification

11/25

Exhibition Dates

12/5 - 12/26

Cost of Entry

$40 per entry (an entry is up to 5 photos)

Black & White Prospectus

Form. Texture. Light. Shadow.

Black and white is photography at its purest. Take the color away and what remains is the bones of an image: the curve of a shoulder, the grain of weathered wood, a shadow falling across a wall in the late afternoon. Without color to lead the eye, we slow down. We see the world with fewer distractions and notice what we walked past the first time.

Color is the default now. Every phone captures it, and every screen expects it. Yet so many photographers still choose to work without it, and that choice speaks to its power.

We want to see how you use it. Landscape, street, portrait, experimental, conceptual: any genre, as long as it lives in black and white. Bring us your photographs.

The details

The exhibition runs 12/5 - 12/26 at Black Eyes Gallery, 485 S. Stone Avenue, Tucson, with an opening reception on 12/5 from 5-8 p.m.

The call is open to photographers 18 and over. Monochrome work of any process is welcome, including toned prints and digital conversions. Images with selective color are not eligible.

How to submit

Submit through the link and fill out the full entry form.

Questions: info@blackeyesgallery.com

Selection & Exhibition:

  • 25 images will be selected for Black & White and will be printed, professionally matted, and framed for exhibition from 12/5 - 12/26

  • Images will be included in a permanent Online archive of Black Eyes Gallery exhibitions, with the artist's name, image title, and social link.

  • Promotion through the Black Eyes Gallery socials, email list, and website

  • A feature on the Black Eyes Instagram page.

  • Artists will be notified on or before 11/25

  • Any entry that is not selected will qualify for $5 off their next entry.

  • Entry Fees help support the administrative, promotional, and production costs (including printing, matting, and framing) of the exhibitions.

  • We want all artists to have the opportunity to submit, regardless of their financial situation. A reduced fee of $20 is available for two artists per Call. A reduced-fee form will be available on a first-come, first-served basis to artists who contact Black Eyes Gallery before submitting.

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Meet Your Juror

Douglas Fur is a nationally exhibited artist and photographer based in Tucson Arizona with fifteen years worth of photography experience. He graduated with his BFA from Cornish College of the Arts in 2006.

For the past two years he has worked for Decode Gallery in Tucson’s Barrio Viejo neighborhood, and is the current Artist Liaison and Gallery Manager for Tucson Erotica. Douglas is passionate about helping artists connect with other artists, buyers, and industry professionals.

A man with glasses and a beard wearing a white button-up shirt and gray pants sitting on stairs under a blue door frame, with a white wall on either side and brown tiled floor.

Before You Submit

  • Black and white is photography at its purest: absent of color, it relies on form, texture, light, and shadow, asking us to slow down and notice what we walked past the first time. Black Eyes Gallery invites black and white photography of any genre, from landscape and street to portrait, experimental, and conceptual, for an exhibition running December 5 to 26, with an opening reception on 12/5 from 5 to 8 p.m.

  • We’re looking for black-and-white photography of any genre, from landscape and street to portrait, experimental, and conceptual. Monochrome work of any process is welcome, including toned prints and digital conversions. Images with selective color are not eligible..

  • Work created entirely or substantially with artificial intelligence will be disqualified.

  • Photographers worldwide. As long as the work is original and belongs to you, or was made under your direction

    Black Eyes Gallery cannot accept submissions or provide services where doing so would violate applicable United States sanctions, export, payment-processing, or compliance restrictions

    • Submission deadline: 11/20

    • Artist notification: 11/25

    • Exhibition: 12/5 - 12/26

    • Open Reception: 12/5 from 5 - 8 pm

  • $40 for up to five images, or $50 for up to ten.

  • Entry fees cover the administrative, promotional, and production costs of the exhibition — including printing, matting, and framing every selected image at gallery expense.

  • A reduced fee of $20 is available to a limited number of artists per call, on a first-come, first-served basis. Reach out to us before submitting, and we'll send you the reduced fee form.

  • Any entry that doesn't result in a selected image earns $5 off your next entry.

  • JPG or JPEG, minimum 1200 pixels on the longest side, between 500KB and 5MB where possible. Label each file: lastname_firstname_title.jpeg

  • Review criteria vary by juror, but in general we're looking at creativity, originality, interpretation of the theme, and how an image works in relation to the exhibition as a whole.

    Where possible, submissions are reviewed blind. Your CV and bio will most likely not factor into selection — the image is what's being judged.

  • It's optional, and we know some images stand on their own. But a short note on meaning or backstory often elevates a picture. Include one if it helps.

  • Twenty-five.

  • No. Black Eyes Gallery prints, mats, and frames every selected image at our cost. You submit a file; we handle production.

    • Black Eyes Gallery will Print, Mat, and frame your image for exhibition to be shown publicly September 26 – October 31

    • Permanent inclusion in the Black Eyes Gallery online exhibition archive, with name, image title, and social link

    • Promotion across Black Eyes Gallery social channels, our email list, and our website

    • A feature on the Black Eyes Gallery Instagram

  • Yes, and we encourage it. Listing for sale isn't required, but part of what we're doing at Black Eyes is connecting artists with collectors, not just with industry.

  • You do. In our experience, work priced between $200 and $500 tends to sell best.

  • Black Eyes Gallery retains 50% on gallery sales.

  • We will make one exhibition print.

    We may approach selected artists about offering small prints — 5×7 at $20, 8×10 at $35. Other arrangements can be made individually. No print is ever made without your explicit permission.

  • You do. Artists retain full copyright. Black Eyes Gallery will retain non-exclusive right to reproduce your image for jurying, exhibition presentation, archival documentation, and promotion of the exhibition. That may include our website, social media, email newsletters, exhibition catalogs, and related promotional materials.

    We credit artists whenever work is displayed or promoted, wherever feasible. You may request removal from future promotional use in writing.

  • We will reach out to selected artists with a form containing additional information. You will send over your high resolution file and confirm the sizing of the image for print.

    • If the image contains identifiable models, will need to confirm you have a signed model release on file.

  • Prints are held in the Black Eyes archive for two years.

    At the end of the two years, we destroy the print.

  • Where is the gallery?
    Black Eyes Gallery is located at 485 S. Stone, Suite 1, Tucson Arizona 85701.

    We are open Wednesday - Saturday from 11-6.

  • Get in touch with us at info@blackeyesgallery.com.