The Nature of the City: LACP’s Annual Faculty, Staff and Work-Study Exhibition

Open Call

This exhibition begins with Los Angeles and looks across urban spaces to observe how the natural world is discovered in the city, and how human nature engages with, resists, or embraces the natural world.

In a cityscape like Los Angeles, the natural world is interwoven with urban environments. The mountains, desert, beaches, canyons and valleys are inseparable from the dynamic of movement across neighborhoods and communities—and wildlife are always much closer than we might think. Residents of LA love their hikes and parks, and their identity is also a reflection of their specific relationship with nature—whether they live in the depth of the valleys or at a walking distance from the ocean. Synergy with nature is key to life in this region, and the local creative ecosystem is also shaped by the presence of nature, which seeps into all forms of expression.

You can submit up to submit up to six images for consideration. Everyone will have at least one image selected for exhibition (some might have more). No fees are required to submit.

Juror & Curator

Rotem Rozental, Ph.D, is the Executive Director of the Los Angeles Center of Photography. Between 2016-2022, she served as Chief Curator at American Jewish University, where she was also Assistant Dean of the Whizin Center for Continuing Education and Senior Director of Arts and Creative Programming. Her upcoming book, Pre-State Photographic Archives and the Zionist Movement will be released by Routledge Publishers in March 2023, and was named recipient of the Jordan Schnitzer First Book Award by the Association for Jewish Studies.

Rotem is a lecturer at USC Roski School of Art and Design Critical Studies Department. She mentors artists worldwide and contributes regularly to magazines, journals and exhibition catalogues. Her writings about contemporary art and image-based media, as well as Jewish and Israeli art, were published in Artforum.com, Photographies, Jewish Currents, Tablet and Forward, among other outlets.

Eligibility and Guidelines

The exhibition is open to LACP staff, faculty and current work-study students only.

The deadline to submit digital files through Submittable for consideration in this call is: Tuesday, October 6th, 2026 at Midnight PST. No exceptions.

Acceptance Notice

The selection process will be blind. Once the juror has made selections, all entrants will be notified. Those selected will receive an email from LACP with the image selected for the show. Some selected images and artists’ names will be posted on LACP’s website.

LACP reserves the right not to use a particular selected image(s) for promotional purposes if the image(s) is deemed inappropriate for use on LACP’s social media, newsletter feed, and/or on in any other marketing material.

Entry Fee

FREE for 6 image submissions.

We are only accepting 6 images from each person. Juror will pick 1 at least one image, possibly more. Print will be mounted with magnets to the wall, so no frame needed.

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LACP staff, faculty and current work-study students will be emailed the link to submitt. You will be taken to Submittable.com. You will need  to create a FREE Submittable profile to submit your images.

If you have not received an email from LACP with the link please email us at info@lacphoto.org

NOTE: Please DO NOT watermark your images when submitting. Thank you.

Please do not share this link with anyone as only a small group is invited to participate in this show.

Each photographer retains all copyrights to their images & works. Photographers whose submissions are chosen for the exhibition grant the Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP) the right to use their images for display on LACP’s website and for the purpose of promoting exhibitions, promoting LACP’s programs, and promoting the artist. Promotions and images may also be placed on social networks for LACP with artist credit. Artists grant the use of their image(s) as stated without further contact from LACP. The artist understands that LACP will not be held responsible for loss, theft or other damage, whether caused by the negligence of its officers, members, or others. Photographers are welcome to sell their photos during the online exhibit, with 50 percent commission to LACP. Submission of application will constitute an agreement to all these terms and conditions.

For questions please email info@lacphoto.org