13th Annual Self-Published
Photobook Show
ONE CALL FOR ENTRIES
TWO EXHIBITIONS
PLUS Online Catalog
Davis Orton Gallery + Griffin Museum of Photography
Deadline: October 1, 2022

PHOTOBOOK 2022 Jurors
Crista Dix
Executive Director, Griffin Museum of Photography
Karen Davis
Curator/Cofounder, Davis Orton Gallery
13th ANNUAL EXHIBITION
•All selected photobooks will be exhibited at both the Davis Orton Gallery and the Griffin Museum of Photography.
•All selected photobooks will be presented in an ONLINE Catalog at Davis Orton Gallery website (2021) and the Griffin Museum of Photography (2022).
Davis Orton GALLERY EXHIBITION Hudson NY
November 19 – December 18, 2022
GRIFFIN MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
Winchester, MA. (January, 2023: dates tba)
Submission Guidelines
PHOTOBOOK, an annual competition, is open to photographers in the United States and abroad who have self-published a photobook. The photobook may be solo creation or completed with assistance of others such as editors, writers, designers. There are growing options available for self-publishing a book such as on-demand (blurb, lulu, magcloud, mixbook, etc.); small run offset or web printing/publishing firms, binderies. If they have been hand-made/bound, they must be available in a multiple of at least 15.
Entrants may submit up to three different titles that are self-published photobooks of any size, format, or style.
Photobooks will be juried by their PDFs. They will be judged on the basis of: book design including page layouts, text, cover; strength of the photography and the emotional impact of the overall book. All judging is at the complete discretion of the gallery/museum and all decisions of the gallery/museum are final.
All Submissions must be original works of authorship created by the photographer who submits the entries.
By entering, Contestant warrants that your Submission does not infringe any third party’s rights, and that you have obtained any necessary permissions from any third party to submit the Submission.
Once entered, all Submissions are final; no changes or edits may be made to your book.
ARTISTS WILL BE NOTIFIED OF SELECTION BY OCTOBER 10.
THEY ARE EXPECTED TO SHIP THEIR BOOK TO DAVIS ORTON GALLERY IMMEDIATELY.
SUBMISSION FEE
The fee for submission of up to three books is $35.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
Entries must be received by OCTOBER 1, 2022
Three Steps to Enter
Step One – Send PDF of each submitted book via WeTransfer.com to karen AT Davis Orton Gallery DOT COM
This “jury copy” of your book(s) will be deleted upon completion of jurying by the two jurors.
Step Two – Complete Entry Information Form