Analog - Made by Hand

ANALOG – MADE BY HAND

Film, Alternative, and Handmade Photographic Processes
Call for Entries | Juror: Christina Z. Anderson

Deadline: February 9, 2026
Exhibition Dates: April 3–25, 2026

Analog – Made by Hand celebrates photography as a slow, tactile, and intentional practice. In contrast to digital reproduction, analog photography emphasizes craft, material engagement, and presence—from the moment light meets film to the physical act of printing. This exhibition highlights photographs shaped by time, chemistry, and handwork, where process is central to the photographic experience.

Rooted in historical traditions and sustained by contemporary practice, analog photography offers a deeply physical relationship between artist, material, and image. Whether working in the darkroom, with alternative processes, or through hands-on printmaking methods, artists engage photography as something built—not merely captured. Variations in chemistry, paper, pressure, and touch become part of the image itself, making each print a unique object.

PhotoPlace Gallery invites submissions of photographs created through analog capture and/or handmade photographic processes. We seek work where the artist’s hand and process are integral to the final image. While submissions are reviewed digitally, selected images should clearly communicate the material qualities of the finished print, including surface texture, tonality, and physical edge details when relevant.

Image: Michelle Robinson

ELIGIBILITY & PROCESS GUIDELINES

All accepted works must be captured and/or printed using historical, traditional, or handmade photographic processes, including but not limited to:

• Silver gelatin
• Chromogenic (C-prints)
• Platinum/Palladium
• Cyanotype
• Gum bichromate
• Photogravure
• Other darkroom or chemical-based processes
• Inkjet transfers
• Polaroids

We welcome photographs created through analog or hands-on processes. Techniques that combine digital capture with manual, process-driven interventions—such as inkjet transfers, hand-applied chemicals, or surface treatments—may be eligible when the artist’s hand is central to the creation of the final print.

DIGITAL PRINTS (LIMITED EXCEPTIONS)

If selected, digitally produced prints may be accepted only when a handmade or analog print cannot be shipped. In these cases, the digital print must faithfully represent the analog or process-based original and remain consistent with the artist’s intent.

JUROR

Christina Z. Anderson is an artist, educator, and author whose work explores alternative photographic processes, materiality, and photographic history. She is widely recognized for her contributions to contemporary analog photography and process-based image-making. 

AWARDS

• Juror’s Award $300
• Director’s Award $200
• Honorable Mentions $50

All selected photographers will have work published in a printed exhibition catalog, available for purchase, and be featured on the PhotoPlace Gallery website and social media platforms.

TIMELINE

• Submission Deadline: February 9, 2026
• Notification of Acceptance: Late February 2026
• Prints Due: March 20, 2026
• Exhibition Dates: April 3–25, 2026

ABOUT PHOTOPLACE GALLERY

Since 2009, PhotoPlace Gallery has curated juried photography exhibitions that connect photographers from around the world with collectors, curators, and engaged audiences. Exhibitions are shown in our Middlebury, Vermont gallery, with all juror selections featured permanently online. Artists retain full rights to their work while benefiting from professional presentation, promotion, and publication.