PWP Open Call: Small Works
In celebration of Professional Women Photographers’ 50th Anniversary
Curated by: Claudia Sohrens
Exhibition Dates: March 8 – 22, 2026
Location: The Breezeway at BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center, New York City
Overview:
Professional Women Photographers (PWP) invites women and non-binary artists to submit cell phone photographs for its inaugural Small Works Exhibition. Using cell phone photography as an instrument of curiosity, witnessing, and reflection, the Small Works exhibition considers the ways in which acts of seeing can become forms of collective storytelling, shaped and refracted by the personal, social, political, and environmental conditions of our time.
Submission Guidelines
- Open worldwide to women and non-binary photographers (18 and older)
- Submit up to 3 original cell phone photographs created in 2025.
- Each submission must include a Certificate of Authenticity (template).
- AI-generated or heavily manipulated images will not be accepted.
- Only one image per artist will be selected for the exhibition.
- Selected works will be printed 6 x 6 inches and exhibited in a grid at The Breezeway at BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center.
- Prints will be sold for $50, edition of 10. Proceeds support the PWP Documentary, premiering June 2026.
Image Submission Criteria
- Images must be a minimum of 2100 pixels on the long edge at 300 dpi.
- Submit as JPG (.jpg) files only. File size between 2MB – 10MB.
- Each submissions must include artist’s full name, title, and date created
- File Naming Convention: ArtistName_ImageTitle_Date.jpg (Example: JaneDoe_Sunset_2025.jpg)
- Files not meeting specifications may be disqualified.
Submission Fee:
- $10 for PWP Members and Students
- $20 for Non-Members
Deadline: January 31, 2026
Submission Link: https://www.callforentry.org
About the Curator
Claudia Sohrens is a Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist and independent curator whose work engages photography, collage, video, printmaking, and installation. Her practice reflects on visual culture through research in photographic representation, archival theory, and ecology.