Vision & Viewpoint
IPHF Annual Open Call
Jurors: Amanda Smith and Kevin Tully
Directors of A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX
An open, juried photography competition
from the International Photography Hall of Fame.
Photographers of all levels of experience are welcome.
Open for Submissions: May 20 - July 1, 2025
Photo Credit: ©Amanda Smith, The Crow at Olson House
Images Selected by the Jurors will be Exhibited at IPHF.org
Photo Credit: © Kevin Tully, Tumbleweeds
Awards
Grand Prize Winner: $1000
First Place Winner: $500
Second Place Winner: $250
Third Place Winner $100
Photo Credit: © Amanda Smith, Minerva (Don’t Bother the Lion)
Entry Fee
First 3 Submissions Free for
Photographer’s Circle (and Higher) Members
$35 for Non-Members
Additional Submissions $10 Each
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Jurors: Amanda Smith and Kevin Tully
Amanda Smith and Kevin Tully are the Directors of A Smith Gallery in Johnson City, Texas. Amanda started the gallery in 2010. Kevin came on board two years later. A Smith Gallery was a physical gallery until 2023 and is now a fine art online gallery. The gallery is a champion of the creative potential of the photographic process through exhibitions and workshops.
Amanda has a thirty year background as a photographer and educator. Amanda, through the gallery, has been a champion of the creative potential of the photographic process and has curated hundreds of exhibitions for the gallery. She has juried for numerous exhibitions including All About Photo, High and Dry, Analogue Forever, Dodho Magazine, Lamar University Alumni Art Exhibition, Texas Photographic Society, Slow Exposures and Critical Mass.
Amanda’s personal photographic work began in the darkroom and has now moved into the digital world. She has been selected for numerous juried and group exhibitions including most recently an honorable mention in the 25th Julia Margaret Cameron awards. Her work is included in several collections including the Wittliff Collections, Concordia University Austin and several private collections.
Kevin is a photographer, designer, writer and artist. He has over thirty-five years of experience as a landscape designer, furniture designer, fine art painter and photographer. Kevin has taught workshops on various aspects of art and photography for over twelve years. He has curated and installed hundreds of exhibitions for the gallery and has been a juror for numerous calls for entry for the gallery and local organizations, as well as international exhibitions including All About Photo, High and Dry, Analogue Forever, Dodho Magazine and Lamar University Alumni Art Exhibition.