Summertime Vintage

Close on June 03, 2025

Host: Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP)

Territory: Worldwide

Theme: Summertime Vintage

Eligibility: Open to all

Entry Fees: $25 for 1 image

Prize: Exhibition

Juror & Curator Dr. Rotem Rozental, Los Angeles Center of Photography Executive Director and Chief Curator

Exhibition Run Dates: Thursday, August 7 - Saturday, September 27, 2025

About
It’s summer, let’s play. Inspired by LACP’s location between the Toy District, Little Tokyo and the Arts District in Los Angeles, this call invites submissions for photo-based works that explore vintage and lo-fi aesthetics and technologies from a multitude of perspectives, practices and approaches. You might be shooting with a beloved 1980s Holga, or giving your images a Lomo touch on your computer. Maybe you chronicle the streets of your town with a Polaroid, or you’re capturing playful portraits of people in your community. You might be working with a combination of alternative processes and digital printing, or completely virtual forms of display. We don’t know, but we would love to see them.

1st Place winner will receive $500 cash prize + Holga Camera; 2nd Place winner will receive a $250 gift card + Holga Camera; 3rd Place winner will receive $125 Gift Card + Holga Camera. Winners and honorable mentions will be shown at an exhibition at LACP’s DTLA location.

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