A life takes shape slowly: through the spaces we inhabit, the objects we live among, the routines we repeat, and the ways our surroundings change with us over time.
For THE SHAPE OF A LIFE we are looking for photographs that show how a person lives and what their life feels like from within. People may appear in the photographs, but conventional portraits are not the main focus. We are interested in the relationship between a person and the world around them.
We welcome photographs of people, interiors, domestic spaces, everyday routines, personal objects, family environments, places of work or rest, and signs of presence or absence.
Awards - $1,000 Cash Awards
- First Place$500
- Second Place$250
- Third Place$150
- Two Honorable Mentions$50
- Human Presence AwardFree entry to a future exhibition of their choice
Cash awards are limited to one per photographer. Should a photographer's submissions be selected for multiple awards, the photographer will receive the award of greatest value only.
Selected Artists Receive
- Online exhibition by Decagon Gallery
- Publication in a professionally designed exhibition catalog
- Digital badges and certificates for exhibiting artists
How to Submit
- Open to photographers worldwide. All photographic processes and styles welcome.
- Submit JPGs sized to 2100 pixels on the long side, without text, watermarks, or borders.
- Name files: First Name-Last Name_Title.jpg
Meet the Juror
J. Sybylla Smith is an independent curator, podcaster, and consultant. Her creative framework, Concept Aware®: How You See & Why It Matters, provides visual artists with specific tools to bring their abstract ideas to fruition in image, text, exhibition, and book form. She consults with emerging and seasoned professionals to refine ideas and collaboratively contextualize their work, develop portfolios, write content, produce projects, create exhibitions, a…
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