Photobook Call for Entries & Artist Feature #38
With Work From: 24 Artists
We’re accepting submissions of up to 25 images for a new photobook & exhibition curated by Subjectively Objective founder & chief curator Noah Waldeck. It’s $25 to submit, and the Submissions Deadline is August 31st. We always accept free submissions, but the purpose of running this call is to raise the funds necessary to produce a high quality photobook. The submission fee goes directly towards creating the best possible book. Even if you’ve already submitted (or we’ve already featured your work), please submit to this call if you would like the opportunity to be part of the book & exhibition. If you can’t afford the submission fee, please contact me and we’ll figure something out.
Everyone who submits will receive a $25 credit towards purchasing the resulting book, regardless of whether their work is accepted. Accepted artists will appear in the book, online exhibition, and physical exhibition at Subjectively Objective’s Detroit area gallery space. Our primary focus is on contemporary landscape and documentary photography, but even if your work falls outside of that, please don’t hold back from submitting. Even if we don’t find a place for your work in this book, we’ll be looking for every opportunity to use it for something else, including our Substack Features, Instagram Features, Mini and Monthly Monograph Magazines, and maybe even a future survey book.
This call is the follow up to our previous book & exhibition call for entries: Investigations In Infrastructure, Everything Is Narrative, Observations In The Ordinary, and The Vernacular Of Landscape. Those calls resulted in survey books featuring 516 artists, physical exhibitions in Detroit and NYC, numerous online exhibitions and Instagram features, 47 of Subjectively Objective’s monograph magazines, and 4 full size monographs for the artists who submitted their work. In the past we’ve received so much great work that it’s never possible to include everything, so even if you’ve submitted before, we’d absolutely love to see your work again!
Kyle Everett Smith – @instatrife – kyleeverettsmith.com
Paul Frederiksen – @iamdesertpaul
Valerio Geraci – @valeriogeraci – valeriogeraci.com
Noah Waldeck – @noahwaldeck – noahwaldeck.com
Peter Croteau – @roadsidesublime – petercroteau.com
Matthew Santomarco – @santomarco – santomarco.darkroom.com
Josua Dunst – josuadunst.de
Peter Nicholson – @pnicholsonphotographs – peternicholson.net
Russell Volksen – @russell_volksen
Robert Donat
Robin Michals – @robinmichals – robinmichals.com
Ritchie James
Kamiel Scholten – @_crooked_teeth – kamielscholten.com
Dino Kuznik – Dino Kuznik – @dinokuznik – dinokuznik.com
Ryan Parker – ryanparker.info
Chris Round – @roundtheplace – roundtheplace.com
Simon Martin – @simonmartin.ph – simon-martin.org
Andrew Davies – @andrewjdavies
Arthur Van Erps – arthurvanerps.com
Austin Irving – @austin.irving – austinirving.com
Jerzy Nosek – @jurek.nosek
Jacob Howard
Paul Seaton – @ptseaton – paulseaton.ca
Rob Perez – @sorobvious
All of these images are all from our previous call for entries book, Investigations In Infrastructure. It’s a survey of contemporary photography exploring the infrastructure of our everyday environment, featuring work from 162 artists from around the world.
Comment on our Substack posts for the chance to win a Subjectively Objective book of your choice for our July Book Giveaway. The more you comment and like by July 31st, the greater your chance of winning the book.
We’re also going to be doing a Q&A post at the end of July, where I answers your questions on anything photography or photobook related. Submit your questions in the comments. (They count toward the book giveaway too.)
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A Yearly Portfolio Review with Subjectively Objective founder & chief curator Noah Waldeck
Access to the Paid Subscriber Chat where Noah will answer your questions on photobook making and much more.
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Very exciting! Investigations In Infrastructure is such a great book. So many beautiful images and the parings in the book are stunning.
Each image offers inspiration. I especially appreciate the coziness of Kamiel Scholten's cabin in the woods, Andrew Davies's black 1977 Chevy Malibu, Jacob Howard's high-desert community of pink buildings, and the colors of Paul Seaton's Olympia Motel.