Call for Entry: Online Group Exhibition - “Standing Where Others Stood” - Summer 2026
“Kinzua Viaduct, McKean, Pennsylvania” by John Sanderson
As summer arrives, many of us feel drawn outward once again toward winding roads, mountain vistas, coastlines, forests, deserts, and the countless landscapes that have inspired generations of photographers. For this online exhibition, we invite artists to consider the relationship between analog photography and the natural world, exploring how a medium rooted in materiality continues to shape the way we see, experience, and remember places.
Landscape photography occupies a unique position within the history of the medium. Since photography’s earliest days, photographers have ventured into the wilderness, documented national parks, mapped paths, and transformed ordinary stretches of land into cultural icons. Yet the landscape remains open to reinterpretation. There is something both personal and collective about standing where countless photographers have stood before - whether at a famous overlook, a quirky roadside attraction, a trail, or a place known only to you. Each photograph becomes part of a larger visual conversation, while simultaneously reflecting an individual encounter with a specific moment in time.
Working with film introduces another layer to this experience. Analog photography asks us to slow down and engage more deliberately with our surroundings. It encourages attentiveness to the passage of time itself. The limitations of the medium often become its greatest strengths, fostering connection to the physical world. In an era increasingly dominated by instant images and digital abundance, the act of making a photograph on film can feel both reflective and restorative.
At a moment when analog photography continues to experience a remarkable resurgence with new generations of photographers embracing film alongside the return of revived and newly introduced film stocks, this exhibition celebrates the spirit of exploration that has long been central to the medium. We seek photographs that capture the sense of wonder, curiosity, nostalgia, and discovery that accompanies time spent outdoors. Whether documenting vast wilderness, overlooked roadside landscapes, intimate natural details, national parks or places transformed by memory and personal experience, we invite artists to share work that reflects the enduring dialogue between film photography, the landscape, and the desire to venture beyond the familiar.
~ Dana Stirling + Yoav Friedlander
Deadline for Submissions: August 1st, 2026
Exhibition Launch: August 28th, 2026
ABOUT THE CURATOR
Yoav Friedlander and Dana Stirling
Float Photo Magazine, founded in 2014 by Dana Stirling and Yoav Friedlander, is a platform dedicated to sharing and celebrating contemporary photography from a diverse range of artists worldwide. Through curated online features, exhibitions, Instagram takeovers, printed publications, and collaborations, Float creates meaningful opportunities for exposure and dialogue. Float is committed to supporting work that pushes creative boundaries and expands the language of photography.
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