2026 International Alternative Processes Competition
Submit 5-15 photographs created using alternative photographic processes for international juried competition.
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Get matched →- Deadline
- 34 days left
- Entry fee
- $45
- Award
- $300
- Location
- New York, New York
- Exhibition window
- Dec 2, 2026 → Dec 20, 2026
- Size cap
- ≤ 40" max dimension
About
Overview
Soho Photo Gallery, New York's longest running cooperative gallery, announces its 22nd International Alternative Processes Competition. This will be the second Alternative Processes show at the new gallery location at 539 West 23rd Street.
Key dates
- Opening: Wednesday, December 2, 2026
- Closing: Sunday, December 20, 2026
- Opening reception: Thursday, December 3, 2026, 6–8 pm
About alternative processes
Alternative processes include, but are not limited to: albumen, cyanotype, van Dyke brown, platinum/palladium, gum bichromate, bromoil, salt print, tintype, ziatype, daguerreotype, image transfers, liquid emulsion, anthotypes, photogravure, and chemigrams as well as handmade prints created from digital negatives. As long as the image originates using alternative processes and is not generated by AI, it can be entered.
Media & size requirements
- Submit 5–15 images (digital upload via callforentry.org)
- Maximum 1 video allowed
- No image may measure more than 40" on the longest side
Eligibility
Open to photographers age 18 or older. Members of Soho Photo Gallery are excluded. No limitation as to subject matter.
Awards
- 1st Place: $300
- 2nd Place: $200
- 3rd Place: $100
- 4 Honorable Mentions
Juror
Amy Arbus, renowned photographer whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, New York Magazine, and The New York Times. Her photographs are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, MoMA, and The New York Public Library.
How to enter
Submit digital entries at callforentry.org where you will find submission instructions.
Contact
Soho Photo Gallery; phone: 914-826-3086; email: [email protected]
- Award
- 1st Place: $300, 2nd Place: $200, 3rd Place: $100, and 4 Honorable Mentions
- Entries per artist
- Up to 1
- Theme
- Photographers working with alternative processes—including albumen, cyanotype, platinum/palladium, gum bichromate, salt print, tintype, and other handmade photographic techniques—are invited to submit work.
- Eligibility
- Open to photographers age 18 or older, excluding members of Soho Photo Gallery.
- Audience
- Photographers age 18 or older
- Size & format
- No image can measure more than 40" on the longest side
- Also worth noting
- No image can measure more than 40" on the longest side
- Contact
- [email protected]
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