ELEVEN: Upon Reflection

OPEN CALL FOR ENTRIES
Entry Deadline: September 14, 2025 at 11:59 pm PT.

Upon Reflection is the theme for ELEVEN, Viewpoint’s end of the year juried exhibition. Reflections are all around us. From the catch light in a child’s eyes, mirrors large and small, quiet waters, gemstones, puddles, hub caps, and windowpanes, reflections are fascinating. As glass allows both transparency and protection, it also opens our view to other dimensions and realities. Consider the layers seen by French photographer Eugene Atget in Parisian shop windows in 1910. Today, when driving we are reminded of the change in reality with the caution, “Objects in mirror are closer than they appear.” The world is altered in the reflection. Adding further interest to the theme is understanding reflection to mean pondering or giving serious thought. Reflection by this definition opens a window to the past while “upon reflection” might suggest a change in perspective through further consideration. This range whether reflections emanating from various surfaces or unwrapping puzzles in the overlay of what we are seeing to thoughtfully reviewing in the moment or from the past– are all open to your visual interpretation. Viewpoint Photographic Art Center welcomes your concepts, conclusions, creativity and craftsmanship as you connect with the theme Upon Reflection for the 2nd annual ELEVEN juried exhibit. We hope you accept the challenge.