Untitled 2025 Call for Entries is Open!

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Untitled is an annual juried exhibition designed to showcase the best work – images that show your unique vision, creative passion, and individualistic style, titled or untitled. Each year we invite curators, editors and industry professionals from the international photo community to help curate our annual exhibition and fundraiser. This year we’re honored to welcome our jurors Shana Lopes, Assistant Director from SFMOMA and Alyssa Ortega Coppelman, an independent photo and photobook editor, writer, picture researcher, and consultant based in Austin, Texas.

Our jurors will consider all photographic submissions for an in-person exhibition where 20 images will be displayed, and the top three finalists awarded prizes, one of which will receive the ‘Best of Show’ honors.

Our annual call for entries is open to anyone from students to professional photographers and there are no categories.

APA members receive discounts on all entries. For details and to submit your work click here or visit the Untitledshow.org to view past winner galleries. The deadline to enter is October 13, 2025.

Entry fees help support annual programming and events for APA San Diego and Outside the Lens. 10% of all entry fees will be donated to Outside the Lens in support of their mission and programming.

Thank you for your support!

Untitled 2024 Call for Entries now open!

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APA|SD is proud to announce our 11th annual Untitled photo competition and exhibition. Entries are now open.

Untitled is an annual competition and exhibition designed to showcase the best work of APA members and beyond – Images that show your unique vision, creative passion, and individualistic style, titled or untitled. This contest is open to all photographers at any level. All entries will be curated by our jurors and the top 20 images will be selected to display for exhibition with the top three (3) photos awarded prizes.

While an APA membership is not required to enter, members receive discounts on entries as well as sponsor benefits and discount pricing for gear and services throughout the year.

We welcome this year’s jurors: Bade Turgut, Director of Weinstein Hammons Gallery and photography consultant, Julie Skarwecki.

You can find full details and submission guidelines at untitledshow.org.

Entry fees help support programming and events for APA San Diego and 20% of the entry proceeds will be donated to the Flashes of Hope a program of Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation that creates free uplifting portraits to honor the unique life and memories of every child fighting cancer.

Deadline extended to 12:00 PM PT on October 16th, 2024.

APA’s mission is to advocate, educate and elevate the professional photographic community.

Untitled 2023 Finalists and Gallery Exhibition

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Join APA | San Diego at Bread & Salt Gallery for a one-night only exhibition of photographic prints from our Untitled 2023 contest with 20% of the entry proceeds being donated to Outside the Lens in support of their mission and programming.

See all competition entries shown in a rotating slideshow and come out to support the photo community. Winning entries were curated by Ann M. Jastrab, Executive Director at Center for Photographic Art and Arianna Rinaldo, Independent curator, photography consultant and freelance photo editor.

Prizes will be awarded to the top 3 finalists.

When: Saturday November 11, 2023, 6:00-9:00 pm PST

Where:
Bread & Salt
1955 Julian Avenue
San Diego, CA 92113

To preview this year’s winners visit UntitledShow.org.

Thank you to our sponsors for making this possible!

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Untitled | A Photographic Exhibition

While an APA membership is not required to enter, members receive discounts on entries as well as sponsor benefits and discount pricing for gear and services throughout the year.

We welcome this year’s jurors: Ann M. Jastrab, Executive Director at Center for Photographic Art and Arianna Rinaldo, Independent curator, photography consultant and freelance photo editor.

You can find full details and submission guidelines at untitledshow.org.

Entry fees help support programming and events for APA San Diego and 20% of the entry proceeds will be donated to the youth photography organization Outside the Lens.

Deadline is 11:59PM PDT on October 3rd, 2023

Editing Live: A Look Inside the Process with Beth Huerta

Join us on Saturday, May 6th for our next workshop, ‘Editing Live: A Look Inside
the Process with Beth Huerta‘. As a follow-up to last year’s workshop,
‘Developing & Presenting Your Portfolio’, Beth will share more valuable insight on
her editing process and edit galleries live while we observe.

During this online workshop, Beth will:

Offer a review of her approach to editing (an abbreviated refresh of
the information that she covered in her first workshop).
Provide a front-row seat to study her process while she edits
photographer’s work in real-time.
Show relevant and important examples of what constitutes an
effective edit and discuss best practices in editing.

About Beth:
In her current position as Senior Agent/Editor at the award-winning agency
Candace Gelman & Associates, Beth has been fortunate to work with, advise
and represent renowned artists such as Sandro, Marcus Smith, Olivia Bee,
Kennedi Carter and The Voorhes, amongst others. She also works as a
freelance editor for photographers including Art Streiber and Tracy + David.
Prior to CG&A, Beth worked as a consultant/assistant for a bevy of internationally
acclaimed advertising and editorial photographers including Howard Schatz and
Theo Westenberger. Beth is a frequent workshop presenter and contributing
writer for the American Photographic Artists Association. She is an adjunct
instructor for the Photography program at Drexel University and has taught at
The University of the Arts and Columbia College Chicago. Beth serves on the
advisory board for FreshLens Chicago and is a Mentor for NYC Salt, a program
that creates opportunities in visual arts for under-served New York City youth.

Register today for this exclusive online workshop with Beth and learn how to
take your editing game to the next level!

Join us on Saturday, May 6th from 10:00 am – 12 pm PST

Reserve your spot now!
APA Members: $20
Non-Members: $40

Students with valid ID can receive discounted admission.
Contact director@apasd.org for code.

APA | SD presents: Peer-to-Peer Critique

Do you have a photography project or series that you are passionate about? Curious about what your peers and others think of it?

Join APA San Diego and the photo community for an in-person conversation to share your own work and/or to comment on the work of others. Five photographers will be selected to present and discuss their personal work or project in an in-person critique session.

Send us a link to your project for consideration. Submissions should be ready to share and present to an audience.

When:
Wednesday, April 19th, 2023
6:00 PM PST

Where:
5343 Banks Street
San Diego, CA 92110

APA | SD Members: Free
Non-Members: Suggested Donation $10

RESERVE YOUR SPOT HERE!

Email director@apasd.org to submit your project.
Deadline to submit is April 15th, 2023

APA | SD Happy Hour | Wednesday, March 15th

Join APA | SD for Happy Hour on Wednesday, March 15th, from 5:30 – 7:30 PM at Panama 66 in Balboa Park. This happy hour is 21+ and open to the larger photo and creative community. We’ll be outside in the covered patio area enjoying some drinks and food. Registration isn’t needed, but we would love to know if you could join us.

APA | SD members are encouraged to attend! Live music begins at 7PM with GILBERT CASTELLANOS YOUNG LIONS.

The Food & Beverage menu can be found here.

Panama 66 is located next to the San Diego Museum of Art in Balboa Park at: 1450 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101

Email director@apasd.org for questions and to reserve your spot.

APA | SD presents: Peer-to-Peer Critique

Send us a link to your project for consideration. Submissions should be ready to share and present to an audience.

When:
Wednesday, February 8th, 2023
6:00 PM PST

Where:
5343 Banks Street
San Diego, CA 92110

Free and Open to All

Email director@apasd.org to reserve a spot or to submit your project.
Deadline to submit is February 3rd, 2023

Untitled 2022 Winners and Gallery Exhibition

Clockwise from left: Rebecca Grant, Art Streiber, Dana Hursey

Thank you to everyone who entered Untitled 2022! Please join us to celebrate the artists at the one-night-only exhibition on Saturday, November 12th, 2022 at Bread & Salt Gallery in the Brick Room. The top three (3) images will be announced and awarded prizes. See all competition entries shown in a rotating slideshow, sip craft beer, and support the photo community. Our APA chapter will donate 20% of the contest entry proceeds to The Gordon Parks Foundation in support of their Arts & Social Justice Fund.

To preview this year’s winners visit UntitledShow.org

Thank You to our jurors:
Katherine Ware, curator of photography at the New Mexico Museum of Art; Photography consultant and curator, Julie Grahame; and Photo editor, researcher and founder of the non-profit, Free Juice, Allison Retina Stewart.

When:
Saturday, November 12th, 2022
6 – 9 PM

Where:
Bread & Salt Gallery
1955 Julian Ave.
San Diego, CA 92113

Thank you to our sponsors: