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Skip to Content OverviewCall for EntriesCurrent ExhibitionsUpcoming ExhibitionsPast ExhibitionsMembers’ ExhibitionsCall for Entries⌖ LACP offers calls for entries throughout the year, which reflect and respond to central issues in contemporary photography and the ever-changing social landscape – locally, nationally and across the globe. Browse through our upcoming and past opportunities to learn more. Closed The Crux of Visibility: Portraits, Vision, and Empathy (Virtual)Deadline: Sep 23, 2026 • Learn More about The Crux of Visibility: Portraits, Vision, and Empathy (Virtual) Current The Nature of the City: LACP’s Annual Faculty, Staff and Work-Study ExhibitionDeadline: Oct 6, 2026 • Learn More about The Nature of the City: LACP’s Annual Faculty, Staff and Work-Study Exhibition The Nature of the City: LACP’s Annual Faculty, Staff and Work-Study ExhibitionDec 3 – Jan 9, 2027 | This open call invites submissions from LACP staff, faculty and work-study students, to observe how the natural world is discovered in the city, and how human nature engages with, resists, or embraces the natural world.Juror & Curator Dr. Rotem Rozental, Los Angeles Center of Photography Executive Director and Chief Curator Deadline for Submission Tuesday, October 6th, 2026 at Midnight PST Notice of Acceptance Tuesday, October 20th, 2026 Opening Reception (In-Person) Saturday, December 5th, 2026, 3-5pm @ LACP Headquarters, 252 S. Los Angeles St, Los Angeles,… Learn More - The Nature of the City: LACP’s Annual Faculty, Staff and Work-Study Exhibition The Crux of Visibility: Portraits, Vision, and Empathy – Call For EntriesNov 19 – Feb 19, 2027This open call invites submissions for images that consider photographic portraits as a possibility for connection and unexpected encounters, whether those exist in the worlds of conceptual, documentary, digital, or candid photography. Learn More - The Crux of Visibility: Portraits, Vision, and Empathy – Call For Entries In Community: LACP’s Annual Members’ Exhibition – Call for EntriesOct 1 – Nov 5, 2026 | Open call. Winners and honorable mentions will be shown at an exhibition at LACP’s DTLA location.Juror Chandra Glick, Photo Director at Artforum magazine, New York Prizes 1st Place winner will receive $500 cash; 2nd Place winner will receive a $250 LACP gift card and one-year complimentary membership; 3rd Place winner will receive a $250 LACP gift card. Honorable Mentions: Other artists will receive honorable mentions and… Learn More - In Community: LACP’s Annual Members’ Exhibition – Call for Entries Expand and Contract: American Documentary Photography in the 21st Century (Virtual)Jul 16 – Oct 16, 2026This open call invites submissions for works and projects that consider the relationships between photographic technologies and other visual disciplines and media, including, but not limited to, 3d and 4d spaces and objects, sculpture, painting, performance and craft. Learn More - Expand and Contract: American Documentary Photography in the 21st Century (Virtual)Little Amal Walk “Looking for Home”, Skid Row, 7th street Nov 2, 2023 As Amal walks through the urban core of Los Angeles she witnesses how the arts can help us build a human connection with compassion in the face of societal struggles and challenges. In partnership with: Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (ICA LA), Dorian Wood, Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD); Automata, Inner City Arts and Students Rebuild. Thresholds 2026: Up Close and Personal, Open CallMay 7 – 31, 2026LACP at the Helms Design District Juror Michaela Norah Mohrmann, is the assistant curator at UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art Prizes 1st Place winner will receive $500 and free one year membership; 2nd Place winner will receive a $500 LACP gift card; 3rd Place winner will receive $250… Learn More - Thresholds 2026: Up Close and Personal, Open Call"Distant Memories Voyage" by Richard Chow, 2016 Fast Forward: Analog Photography as a Third Space – Open CallApr 10 – Jun 13, 2026 | Open call. Selected images will be shown at an exhibition at LACP’s DTLA location.Jurors Aline Smithson, Founder/Editor Lenscratch, Photographer, and Educator & Dr. Rotem Rozental, Los Angeles Center of Photography Executive Director and Chief Curator Prizes The top three selected winners will receive a combination of LACP gift cards and tangible analog prizes such as toy cameras, film, and fine art papers. Honorable… Learn More - Fast Forward: Analog Photography as a Third Space – Open Call Atlas of the Present: Collage and Photography Today – Open CallFeb 19 – May 19, 2026This call invites submissions for collage-based photographic works that respond to this moment and acknowledge earlier predecessors that continue to inspire the here and now. Learn More - Atlas of the Present: Collage and Photography Today – Open Call Into Your Eyes: Photographic Portraiture in the Digital Era – Open CallNov 13 – Mar 13, 2026This open call invites submissions for works and projects that consider the relationships between photographic technologies and other visual disciplines and media, including, but not limited to, 3d and 4d spaces and objects, sculpture, painting, performance and craft. Learn More - Into Your Eyes: Photographic Portraiture in the Digital Era – Open Call Lost and Found: Open CallOct 2 – Nov 1, 2025 | Open call. Selected images will be shown at an exhibition at LACP’s DTLA location.Jurors Matthew Finley, Queer Artist & Dr. Rotem Rozental, Los Angeles Center of Photography Executive Director and Chief Curator Deadline for Submission Thursday, August 28th, 2025 at Midnight PST Notice of Acceptance Tuesday, September 9th, 2025 Opening Reception (In-Person) Saturday, October 4th, 2025, 4-6pm Exhibition Run Dates October 2nd, 2025… Learn More - Lost and Found: Open Call FEARLESS: LACP’s Annual Members’ Exhibition, 2025 – Call for EntriesAug 21 – Sep 20, 2025 | Open call. Winners and honorable mentions will be shown at an exhibition at LACP’s DTLA locatio