The Call For Slow Exposures 2026
is OPEN April 1-May 15, 2026.
The SlowExposures Photography Festival is a wonderful weekend full of photography in and about the contemporary South. We would love to see your photography in the Main Exhibition for 2026. Deadline is 11:59pm, May 15, 2026. Dennis Kiel and Coco Conroy are our 2026 jurors. Images selected for the Main Exhibition will be displayed at the historic R.F. Strickland Building in downtown Concord, Georgia before moving to the Cochran Gallery in LaGrange, Georgia, where they will be on display for a month.
The SlowExposures Photography Festival will present three days of amazing photography–all displayed in historic, late-19th century buildings throughout rural Pike County in west central Georgia, only an hour away from Atlanta or Macon. The selections for the Main Exhibition will highlight a weekend of over a dozen satellite shows, PopUp Tour stops, seminars, and career-changing networking opportunities.
Your entry in the Main Exhibition will also mean a discount on the entry fee for the PopUp Tour (that call opens June 5), and whether Juried-in to this year’s Main Exhibition, or not-this-time, your entry is your invitation to join us as honored guests at the private Soiree on Friday night, September 18, 2026, at Split Oak Farm where conversation, contacts, and collaborations happen every year.
Slow Exposures Theme
We invite photographers to submit work that captures the diversity, contradictions, and complexity of the Contemporary American South.
Your participation in 2026 starts by entering up to six images of work taken in Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
2026 Book Fair Call is Open
Showcase your photography book during SlowExposures!
The Book Fair is planned for Saturday, September 19 from 1 – 3PM EST at The Strickland Building in Concord, GA. We invite you to attend in person to speak about your body of work, answer any questions, and most importantly, sell your book. This event will be open to the public and advertised via our social media platforms and throughout our programming materials.
This call is open to the first 10 photographers who register.
In lieu of a registration fee, we are asking each photographer to donate one of their books, which will be featured in this year’s print raffle event held at Strickland’s during the Saturday evening dinner. This will provide additional visibility to your book during this highly attended event.
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to highlight your ability to showcase your tangible storytelling abilities through your beautiful photography book!
The 2026 Pop-Up Call is OPEN June 5, 2026.
We are pleased to welcome the return of Nashville’s Jerry Atnip as our 2026 PopUp Juror. He is celebrated for his photography, his enthusiastic support for up-and-coming and established photographers, and his long-time support for SlowExposures.
The PopUp Tour will be open for visitors from Friday to Sunday afternoon (September 18-20). It’s the signature Saturday afternoon event, culminating in the PopUp Raffle at the Saturday Night Supper that evening.
