Pinhole

About this call

A Smith Gallery, a photographic arts gallery in Johnson City, Texas, invites photographers to submit pinhole images, digital or analog, for pinhole, a juried online exhibition. Juror Amanda Smith, the gallery's founder and co-director, will select up to 47 images in total. Each selected image is featured on Facebook and Instagram during the exhibition, discussed by the gallery directors in a GalleryTalk posted on the gallery blog, listed for sale in the gallery's online store and included in an exhibition catalogue; 27 of the selected images are chosen for The 27, a hardbound fine art book of the exhibition. The exhibition runs January 1 to February 28, 2027 and is permanently archived afterwards.

Who can apply

• Open to applicants of any nationality
• Medium: Photography
• Entry fee: $40
• Open to professional and amateur photographers working in all photographic mediums and styles; international entries are welcome. Both digital and analog pinhole images are eligible. Work previously exhibited in an A Smith Gallery competition is not eligible. At present the gallery prefers not to accept images created with Artificial Intelligence. Entry fee: $40 for the first 5 images, $5 for each additional image; no limit on the number of images; fees are not refundable. Pay by PayPal with the online application, or submit the online application and mail the printed confirmation email with a check payable to A Smith Gallery, P O Box 175, Johnson City, TX 78636. Images: up to 1800 pixels on the longest side, JPEG at 72 ppi, named with consecutive numbers followed by your name (1FirstName_LastName.jpg) matching the numbers on the application form; no watermarks. Photographers who submit 13 or more images get a complimentary 30-minute review by the gallery directors; with fewer than 13 images a review costs an additional $20. Results emailed December 11, 2026. Jurying is blind. The gallery keeps 30% of the sales price of prints sold through its online store; when a print sells, the artist either ships a signed print directly to the buyer or the gallery prints the image for the artist. Photographers retain full rights to their images; the gallery uses them for publicity and in the online gallery, online store, exhibition catalogue and The 27 book.