Staring at the Cloud: Collage Between Analog and Digital, Open Call
Jan 30, 2025 – Mar 30, 2025

Juror
Dino Rekanovic, Director of the Rotlicht Festival, Vienna
Prizes
1st Place winner will receive $1,000; 2nd Place winner will receive a $500 LACP gift card; 3rd Place winner will receive $250 LACP gift card. Honorable Mentions: Other artists will receive honorable mentions and have their work shown with the winners in our online gallery.
Deadline for Submission
Tuesday, December 10th, 2024 at Midnight PST
Notice of Acceptance
Tuesday, January 14th, 2025
Opening Reception (Virtual)
Thursday, January 30th, 2025, 6-7pm online via Zoom
Exhibition Run Dates
January 30th, 2025 – March 30th, 2025 (Virtual)
Open Call
Disruption in photographic arts started long before artificial intelligence upended the contemporary visual landscape. Artists such as Hannah Höch, John Heartfield and Man Ray used collage in their work during the first decades of the twentieth century as a way to negotiate their own vision and shock their viewers, reflecting the world, its conflicted realities, and political dynamics by assembling, montaging and refracting images.
Bringing those ideas to the twenty-first century, this open call invites submissions for works that consider the histories, present and future of photographic collages at this moment. Inspired by LACP’s home in Downtown LA, nestled between the Toy District and Little Tokyo, this call is interested both in the tactile playfulness of manipulating images, and the ways in which the gestures of cutting and pasting highlight power relations in civic spaces and private lives.
Submitted works can include original pieces that make use of a variety of techniques including hybrids of analog and digital. In addition, works generated with AI tools will also be considered for this call.
The selected works will be featured in a virtual exhibition in LACP’s website.
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The Juror
Dino Rekanovic – freelance artist, gallery owner and curator – has been engaged in contemporary and historical photography for many years, with a particular focus on analog processes. As the founder of the Association for Contemporary Photography, Zigutamve, he leads projects, curate exhibitions, and serves on juries for various international photo festivals and exhibitions. Currently, Dino serves as juror for the Photodays Rovinj, Revela’T, and Los Angeles Center for Photography. In 2021, he established the Rotlicht Festival for analog and hybrid photography in Vienna, which is part of the international network APFN. Each year, Rotlicht presents over 30 exhibitions featuring more than 100 international artists, focusing on education through various workshops, artist talks, and portfolio reviews.
At his gallery in Vienna, Photo Cluster, Dino curates between 10 and 14 exhibitions annually and represents artists at international fairs for contemporary photography.
Eligibility and Guidelines
The exhibition is open internationally to photographers of all levels. The juror will select images based on creativity, originality, and quality. LACP invites photographers working in all mediums and styles to take part in the exhibition.
LACP Members are eligible for a discounted submission rate. Not an LACP Member? To become a Member, click HERE
The deadline to submit digital files through Submittable for consideration in this call is: Tuesday, December 10th, 2024 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 a list of images and artists selected for the show. The selected images and artists’ names will be posted on LACP’s website.
LACP is not responsible for connecting the selected artists with the juror. In addition, 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.
$25 for 1 image ($18.75 for LACP Members)
$50 for 2-5 images ($37.50 for LACP Members)
$75 for 6-10 images ($56.25 for LACP Members)
$100 for 11-15 images ($75.00 for LACP Members)
$125 for 16-20 images ($93.75 for LACP Members)
$150 for 21-25 images ($112.50 for LACP Members)
$175 for 26-30 images ($131.25 for LACP Members)
$200 for 31-35 images ($150.00 for LACP Members)
Click HERE to enter and pay. You will be taken to Submittable.com. You will need to create a FREE Submittable profile to submit your images.
NOTE: Please DO NOT watermark your images when submitting. Thank you.
LACP Members are eligible for a discounted submission rate. Not an LACP Member? To become a Member, click HERE
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.
Will this be an in-person exhibition or online exhibition?
Does LACP offer scholarships for the entry costs?
Do I have to be a member to submit to this open call?
Do I have to be a professional photographer to participate in the open call?
If chosen for the show, do I have to send in my print?
Will my work be for sale during the run of the show? Will LACP take a percentage of that?
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