The Abstract Vision

The Southeast Center for Photography (SEC4P) runs a year-round program of themed virtual juried exhibitions from its Greenville, South Carolina facility. "The Abstract Vision" is the gallery's open call for non-representational photography — work that doesn't attempt to depict external reality but engages with shape, form, color, and texture as its own subject.

The brief accepts source material from any direction: nature, man-made objects, or figurative scenes can all be starting points, provided the resulting image reads as abstract rather than descriptive. Black-and-white and color are both welcome, as are analog, digital, and antique processes.

The 2026 cycle is juried by Catherine Fairchild, a Houston-based fine art photographer whose own practice centers on abstract work — particularly photographs of paper in various forms. The juror's perspective sits within the call's frame: abstraction approached through close formal attention to material.

Selection takes 35 to 40 images for an approximately one-month virtual gallery, with social media promotion across SEC4P's channels and an archived online slideshow plus video walkthrough. There is no sales commission — artists retain 100% of proceeds and all copyrights.

Entry fees: $35 for non-members for up to 5 images ($6 each additional, max 15), or $28 / $5 for SEC4P members. Eligibility is open globally to photographers regardless of location, age, or skill level. The 2026 submission deadline is July 15; the exhibition opens August 15, 2026.