SEC4P Competitions / Calls for Entry
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Color
The Color photograph. We want to celebrate Color in all its forms at the SE Center. Our juror would like to see creativity and self-expression. He have no preference subject, or style but would like to be able to see the photographer's mind at work, his or her use of visual composition and original thinking.
Our Juror is Michael Pannier. Pannier is an internationally shown fine art and commercial photographer now located in Greenville, SC. Previously based in Maryland, Michael has spent over 30 years in photography and 25 years in the gallery and art world, opening his first gallery in 1987.
Relocating to South Carolina, The SE Center for Photography was born as an exhibition and education venue for fine photography. With an emphasis on presenting the work of Southern photographers and themes, the SE Center has hosted more than 150 exhibitions.
Michael is represented in galleries across the country, a frequent exhibition juror and curator, portfolio reviewer, and speaker on the business of fine art photography. When not in South Carolina he can be found leading photographic expeditions in Death Valley and the Eastern Sierras.
35-40 selected images will hang in the Virtual Gallery space for approximately one month. In addition, selected images are featured in the SE Center social media accounts (FB, IG, Twitter) and an archived, online slide show. A video walkthrough of each exhibition is also featured and archived.
Thoughts of Summer
Thoughts of Summer, that time of year for family, friends, fun and food. The time for vacations, the beach and the mountains. Share your best images that celebrate summer.
Our jurors for the Thoughts of Summer are Lisa Woodward and Mia Dalglish, the Co-Curators at Pictura. Motivated by a desire to create meaningful experiences with photographic art, collaboratively, they produce the gallery’s year-round programming. They work to generate thoughtful and nuanced exhibits, showcasing projects with strong formal sensibilities and depth of content.
They serve as portfolio reviewers for conferences and festivals such as FotoFest, Review Santa Fe, Photolucida, and Les Rencontres d’Arles. They also serve as jurors for photographic competitions and as guest critics for university classrooms.
Lisa and Mia have been known to finish each other’s sentences. Mia would like to thank Lisa for always having an emergency supply of snacks on hand. While usually a fan of brevity and economy, Lisa asserts that in this instance, two curators are better than one.
35-40 selected images will hang in the Virtual Gallery space for approximately one month. In addition, selected images are featured in the SE Center social media accounts (FB, IG, Twitter) and an archived, online slide show. A video walkthrough of each exhibition is also featured and archived.
The Woman’s Gaze
The history of photography has a long tradition of representing women as subjects but has less to say about women as artists. Today, the roles of women in photography are both behind the camera and in front of it. Who understands women better than women? The female perspective offers an important view of the many facets of womanhood and women’s role in society. This exhibition seeks women photographers who explore and celebrate the myriad ways that they render female-identifying subjects.
35-40 selected images will hang in the SE Center’s Virtual Gallery space for approximately one month. In addition, selected images are featured in the SE Center social media accounts (FB, IG, Twitter) and an archived, online slide show. A video walkthrough of each exhibition is also featured and archived.
Black, White, & Monochrome
Monochrome photography, images produced with a single hue, rather than recording the colors of the object that was photographed. The SE Center is looking for all forms of Monochrome imagery, black-and-white and toned photography- all subjects, analog, digital or antique processes, photographers of all skill levels and locations are welcome.
Our juror for Black, White & Monochrome is Michael Foley. Michael Foley was born in Delaware and grew up in Croton-on-Hudson, New York. He opened his gallery in the fall of 2004 after fourteen years of working with notable photography galleries, including Fraenkel, Howard Greenberg, and Yancey Richardson.
Art and photography have been a passion since his high school days as a staff yearbook photographer. His personal art-making practice is equally inspired by collage, cut paper, and painting. In 2006, he brought artists within these disciplines to the list of exhibiting gallery artists.
35-40 selected images will hang in the SE Center’s Virtual gallery space for approximately one month. In addition, selected images are featured in the SE Center social media accounts (FB, IG, Twitter) and an archived, online slide show. A video walkthrough of each exhibition is also featured and archived.
Dreams & Visions
Dreams and visions in art have long been a familiar and powerful motif. These mysterious and otherworldly images often serve as representations of our deepest subconscious thoughts, emotions, and desires. The dream in art acts like a wandering spirit, guiding us along the winding path of the imagination. It invites us to explore and question the complex relationship between the visible world we perceive and the invisible forces that influence our inner lives.
Our Juror Dreams & Visions is Michael Pannier, Opening his first gallery in the Washington, DC suburbs in 1987, Michael has continuously been involved in art and photography gallery circles. Initially concentrating on works on paper and multiples, he has been focused on photography for the past 20 years.
Based in his Greenville, SC studio, conveniently located between the Charlotte and Atlanta metro areas, he frequently travels to Los Angeles and New York maintaining studio relationships in both locations. Working on personal projects, Michael may be found wandering the streets of major cities or the desolation of the desert southwest.
35-40 selected images will hang in the SE Center’s virtual gallery space for approximately one month. In addition, selected images are featured in the SE Center social media accounts (FB, IG, Twitter) and an archived, online slide show. A video walkthrough of each exhibition is also featured and archived.
SE Center Open
The Open Call is just that, an open theme - all subjects, The SE Center is looking for images of any theme, media, digital, analog, or antique processes that show your best work. Analog and digital manipulation in all its forms welcome. Monochrome or color, all subjects, analog, digital or antique processes, photographers of all skill levels and locations are welcome.
Our juror for the SE Center Open is Alexa Dilworth. Dilworth, an independent editor, writer, and curator based in Durham, North Carolina, was the publishing and awards director at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University for more than twenty years. Currently a senior editor for Aperture’s Vision and Justice series and text editor of their Photography Workshop Series, she has edited the text and/or photos for over seventy books, including Larry Fink: Hands On/A Passionate Life of Looking (powerHouse Books, 2025),Pictures for Charis by Kelli Connell (Aperture, 2024), Graciela Iturbide on Dreams, Symbols, and Imagination (Aperture, 2022), The Pretend Villages: Inside the U.S. Military Training Grounds by Christopher Sims (Kehrer Verlag, 2021), and Road Through Midnight: A Civil Rights Memorial by Jessica Ingram (CDS/UNC Press, a New York Times Best Art Book of 2020).
35-40 selected images will hang in the SE Center’s virtual gallery space for approximately one month. In addition, selected images are featured in the SE Center social media accounts (FB, IG, Twitter) and an archived, online slide show. A video walkthrough of each exhibition is also featured and archived.
The Members Show
It’s that time again, the 2025-26 Members show. Anything goes, all subjects, any photo based imagery. Analog and digital manipulation in all its forms welcome. Monochrome or color, all subjects, analog, digital or antique processes, Member photographers of all skill levels and locations are welcome. If you’re not a Member, please Join and submit
Our juror for the ‘25-26 Members Show is Christopher Dant. Chris Dant is an Assistant Professor of Photography and helps oversee the photography area at the University of North Georgia. Chris is an image maker and mixed media artist who makes work about the struggle against generational trauma and the hopes and longings we experience as we navigate through this world. Chris received his Master in Fine Arts degree from the University of Notre Dame in 2016 and his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of North Texas in 2012.
40-50 selected images will hang in the SE Center’s virtual gallery space for approximately one month. In addition, selected images are featured in the SE Center social media accounts (FB, IG, Twitter) and an archived, online slide show. A video walkthrough of each exhibition is also featured and archived.
Landscape 25
The landscape, whether grand or personal, has been a subject of photography since the beginning and played an important role in establishing photography as a fine art medium. Early on, both in history and most photographers experience, the landscape was one of most accessible and familiar subjects available.
Our juror for the Contemporary Landscape is Jeff Schewe. Schewe has been an award winning Advertising Photographer in Chicago for over 30 years. He is accomplished in tabletop, location, portraiture and particularly accomplished in computer imaging.
Jeff shoots a variety of subject matter and likes to control as much of the production as possible. He does this by making his own models, designing and building his own sets, painting backgrounds and employing computer imaging. He has been doing his own imaging for almost 20 years in house on his high-end Macintosh systems.
The SE Center is looking for images of the landscape, whether grand vistas or more personal, intimate treatments. We're looking for photographers who can make a statement with their landscapes, pull us in and make us want to explore. Black-and-white or color, analog, digital or antique processes, photographers of all skill levels and locations are welcome.
35-40 selected images will hang in the SE Center’s virtual gallery space for approximately one month. In addition, selected images are featured in the SE Center social media accounts (FB, IG, Twitter) and an archived, online slide show. A video walkthrough of each exhibition is also featured and archived.
Masks
We all wear masks. At Halloween, Mardi Gras. At work we are one person, at home, another, and with friends we have yet more masks to choose from. We're looking for images with masks, literal and figurative, color or BW, analog, digital or antique processes, photographers of all skill levels and locations are welcome.
Our juror for Masks is Bootsy Holler. Bootsy Holler is an intuitive American artist who has worked in photography for 30 years. She is best known for her work as a portraitist, beginning with intimate depictions of herself and her friends at the center of Seattle's pivotal music scene during the early 1990s and 2000s. These formative years working both ends of the lens cemented her style and methodology. Her empathic journalistic approach informed her work as she segued into a thriving commercial and editorial practice while at the same time always creating art. Her art revolves around family, memory, emotions, eco-feminism, and giving feelings to the inanimate.
35-40 selected images will hang in the SE Center’s virtual gallery space for approximately one month. In addition, selected images are featured in the SE Center social media accounts (FB, IG, Twitter) and an archived, online slide show. A video walkthrough of each exhibition is also featured and archived.