Call for Entry: The Instant Photography Show
Submit your work today to The Instant Photography Show - 50th Anniversary Online Exhibition
Submission Deadline: Thu, Oct 9 by 11:59 PM (PT)
Exhibition Launch: Thu, Nov 6, 2025
Entry Fee: Free
In October 1975, five unemployed but passionate photographers envisioned a $40/month, 125 sq ft storefront as a space to exhibit photography. 50 years and more than 1,000 solo exhibitions and 60 group shows later, Blue Sky Gallery is celebrating its legacy with a new online exhibition series: 12 themed online open calls, one for each month of our 50th anniversary year.
The first of these - The Dog Show — a fresh take on one of our very first exhibitions, will be published online on Sun, Oct 5, 2025 — the day Blue Sky turns 50. Next up is The Instant Photography Show. The original show was almost all Polaroid SX-70 photography, but for this recruiting go ahead and submit up to three excellent photographs made with any of the various instant photography cameras that have come out since Polaroid got the ball rolling. Submit by Thu, Oct 9 at 11:59 (PT) via the button below. Grab your camera and help us recreate a classic exhibition from Blue Sky’s early days.
Submission Guidelines:
Please use the form above to submit up to three images per artist.
Please name image files as follows: lastname_firstname_title.jpg
You may include a short artist statement up to 100 words in your submission addressing your art practice.
Applicants do not need to be members of Blue Sky to submit to this exhibition
Accepted works will be viewable online only, and will not be for sale
You are not allowed to upload images violate Blue Sky's anti-discrimination policy or are otherwise deemed offensive in nature.
Submissions that do not follow guidelines will be automatically disqualified
If you have questions about this exhibition opportunity or the submission process, please reach out to us at photographers@blueskygallery.org