Slow Exposures 2026 — Main Exhibition

Slow Exposures is an annual juried photography exhibition celebrating the contemporary American South. The 2026 cycle is the 23rd edition. The exhibition is unusual in being structured around a regional eligibility constraint — work must be taken in one of 16 specified Southern states: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, or West Virginia.

The 2026 cycle is juried by Dennis Kiel and Coco Conroy. Selected photographs are exhibited first at the historic R.F. Strickland Building in downtown Concord, Georgia, then move to the Cochran Gallery in LaGrange, Georgia — a two-venue rotation that extends the exhibition's reach across the rural Pike County region.

Beyond the exhibitions, selected photographers receive a discounted entry fee for the festival's PopUp Tour and an invitation to the private Soiree on Friday, September 18, 2026 at Split Oak Farm in Zebulon, Georgia. Sales are facilitated by the festival with a 30% commission.

Eligibility is restricted to photographs taken in the 16 specified Southern states; the brief asks for work that captures the diversity, contradictions, and complexity of the contemporary American South. Up to 6 images per submission. Entry fee is $50.

The 2026 application window runs April 1 through May 15 at 11:59 PM.