JRNL 23 WINTER 2025 ISSUE CALL

Incredibly pleased to bring Emily Keegin, truly one of the sharpest and most recognized Photography Directors in the industry, onboard JRNL this fall as the guest editor of the first issue of 2025! From Time magazine, to Bloomberg Businessweek and The Fader, Emily directed groundbreaking works for the best international outlests for years, so we just can’t wait to see the amazing selection of photographers and projects she will be bringing to her JRNL 23 pages in November! Today, October 20th, is the last day to submit your work to JRNL 23! Be sure to introduce yourself to Emily by 11:59PM PST tonight!

Photographers of all backgrounds, nationalities, and levels working analogically in any way, shape or form (scroll further down to see more detailed eligibility criteria) are invited to submit up to two separate JRNL 23 entries (each entry accepts 20 images coming from 1 or 2 different series). Emily will then personally review your submitted work over the course of the next 4 weeks in late October and through mid November, and select her top 12 photographers to be announced on Monday, November 18th!

Get started with your JRNL 23 submission now!

SUBMISSIONS
JRNL 23 submissions are open to all types of analogue work in existence today in reflection of our 21st century’s fast evolving photographic culture. This means a wide variety of methods of producing work is welcome from straight film to hybridized approaches marrying tangible medias of capture with digital intervention and editing. The core concept of work eligibility demands an essential “material step” must ground the fabrication of your images: this can relate to the capture of the information (film, glass, paper, etc.), its final presentation (hand printing, screen printing, etc.) and everything in between. Please refer to the “eligible work” section below for more details, and feel free to email us at info@fotofilmic with any questions.

As mentioned in the intro, submissions can include up to 20 image files coming from either a single series/project (encouraged), or from 2 different ones (10 images/10 images split). Photographers are allowed a maximum of 2 different submissions per call (40 images total). All valid submissions will be forwarded to Emily at the end of the call on Sunday October 20th, for her careful review. After a monthlong jurying recess, Emily’s final 12 winners will be announced on Monday, November 18th, 2024, with print copies coming available in early January.

PUBLICATION
Published photographers will each receive a complimentary JRNL 23 print copy in the mail presenting their work in a 2-spread format (23″x15″) including their short biography and artist statements. A most experienced lecturer on contemporary photography, JRNL 23 Guest Editor Emily Keegin will also write a brief foreword to the issue offering her general comments on the works selected. Finally, Emily will also pick the two photographs to go on the front and back covers of JRNL 23.

GUEST EDITOR EMILY KEEGIN

Emily Keegin is a photo director and consultant based in Oakland, Ca. She began her career at Time magazine, was the Deputy Photo Director at Bloomberg Businessweek and Director of Photography at The Fader. Other clients include Colors Studio, IBM, Nike, and Apple. She holds a BA from Bennington College and an MA in Fine Art Photography from the Royal College of Art.

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