CONTEXT 2025
juried by Shana Lopes
Exhibition Dates: March 7th – April 19th, 2025
Opening Reception: March 7th, 6 – 9 PM
Filter Photo is pleased to announce Context 2025, our eleventh annual spring open call for photography-based work. This year's exhibition will be juried by Shana Lopes, PhD, Assistant Curator of Photography at SFMOMA.
All types of photographic work will be considered for this annual survey exhibition of contemporary photography. This open theme allows for the widest understanding of current photography practices.
Context 2025 will open on March 7th and will remain open through April 19th. A juror’s choice award and an honorable mention will be awarded. The juror’s choice award includes a $500 cash prize.
Important Dates
January 5th—Call Closes
End of January—Accepted Artists Notified
February 24th—Work Due to Filter Space
March 7th—Opening Reception
About the Curator
Shana Lopes, PhD, is an Assistant Curator of Photography at SFMOMA. Born and raised in San Francisco, she has curated or co-curated exhibitions such as Constellations: Photographs in Dialogue, Sightlines: Photographs from the Collection, A Living for Us All: Artists and the WPA, Sea Change, Zanele Muholi: Eye Me, and the upcoming 2024 SECA Art Award. Over the past sixteen years, she has gained curatorial experience at the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, Arizona, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.