Call Description

CURRENTS is the annual PhotoNOLA Showcase exhibition at Ogden Museum of Southern Art which highlights 8-10 portfolios of diverse photographic work created by New Orleans Photo Alliance Members.

Our juror this year is Brian Piper, Freeman Family Curator of Photographs at the New Orleans Museum of Art.

Brian Piper, Ph.D. is the Freeman Family Curator of Photographs, Prints, and Drawings at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA). At NOMA, his exhibition credits include Called to the Camera: Black American Studio Photographers, Picture Man: Portraits by Polo Silk, Show & Tell: A Brief History of Photography and Text, and Nicholas Floc’h: Fleuves-Océan, Mississippi Watershed. His current research and writing interests include the history of African American picture magazines, self-portraiture, chemigrams, and the everyday lives of photographs. He holds a Ph.D. in American Studies from the College of William & Mary in Virginia. 

CURRENTS is a showcase exhibition featuring up to four images per selected photographer and is designed to give an overview of contemporary photographic practices and projects. 

The exhibit will be open from December 12, 2025 - February 1, 2026 at The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, for the PhotoNOLA festival. 

Application Requirements

You must be an active member of the New Orleans Photo Alliance to enter. Before jurying process begins NOPA team will verify membership status.

Submission Fee (for Members) : $25 
Submission Fee + NOPA Membership: $60
 
The minimum number of images to be submitted is four and the maximum is ten. Files must be in jpg format with a maximum file size of 5mb. Size each image to 1800 pixels on the SHORT side for ease of viewing by the juror and for use in promotion if selected. 

Eligibility Criteria

Submissions are open to all photographers with current New Orleans Photo Alliance memberships. Applicants may join at time of entry.

We ask that you not enter if your work was accepted for the immediate previous year of CURRENTS. Please do not resubmit any images that have been featured in previous CURRENTS exhibitions. Different images from a previously featured series are eligible.

Please note that selected artists typically have multiple pieces accepted into the show. Shipping will be the responsibility of the artist.