Last Chance to Submit for ‘So Slammed’: A Live Community Photography Event
PhotoAlliance
 Background image by Bill DanielSUBMISSIONS END TOMORROW AT MIDNIGHT!”SO SLAMMED” – A LIVE PHOTOGRAPHY EVENT, PRESENTED BY PHOTOALLIANCE AND PRETTY GRITTYSubmission Deadline: April 10, 2026 at 11:59 pm Acceptance Notification: April 14 Live Event: April 25, 7 – 9 pm, reception 6 pmPretty Gritty (former Rayko Photo Center Building)428 3rd St, San Francisco, CA You’ve heard of a poetry slam, right? This is our spin on a slam, featuring your photography! It’s your last chance to submit your photo project for a chance to present it in a live group photography event! We welcome all genres of photography-based work, and want to see what our artist community has been making! Photographers whose work is selected by our jury will present a 10-image slideshow from a single body of work during a live ‘Slide Slam’ event on April 25 at Pretty Gritty (former Rayko Photo Center) in San Francisco. The event will feature 20 chosen photographers in total, with 4 minutes to present for each.FULL DETAILS & SUBMISSION MEET OUR JURORS!  KELLYE EISWORTHKellye Eisworth is a San Francisco-based artist and consultant working with artists, institutions, and collectors. She specializes in archives, digital asset management, and writing. She has worked with numerous individuals and organizations across the country to develop exhibitions, publish photo books, and maintain physical and digital archives. Current and past clients include Lynn Hershman Leeson, Klea McKenna, the LA Art Show, and Scott Nichols Gallery. A Louisiana native, Eisworth received her BFA in photography from Louisiana State University in 2012 and an MFA in interdisciplinary media arts at the University of Colorado in 2016. Eisworth also serves as an editor and managing director of LENSCRATCH.  NIKKI GREENENikki Greene is an artist based in San Francisco, California, with a concentration in analog photography, written word and installation. Her interests are in non-linear storytelling informed by personal and collective histories, memory and perception. Her projects range from documentary to deeply personal reflections and narratives. Her recent show ALTARS, exhibited at Untitled Gallery Vol 2 in Oakland (2026), is a collection of photographic transfers on materials like glass, plexiglass and aluminum. The work explores isolation, intimacy and the internet.  ADRIAN MARTINEZAdrian Martinez is a photographer and independent publisher based out of San Francisco, California. His work has been featured in Open Space (SFMOMA) and the British Journal of Photography, and has been exhibited in various group presentations including Around Group f.64: Legacies and Counterhistories in Bay Area Photography at SFMOMA. In early 2023, he presented a body of work alongside Austin Leong and Henry Wessel in an exhibition titled With Soft Eyes at the Center for Photographic Art in Carmel, CA. A companion publication titled Soft Eyeswas released in late 2024 by Deadbeat Club. In 2016 Martinez founded illetante books, an independent publishing imprint, as a vehicle through which to collaborate with local artists and colleagues. He also co-directs Book & Job Gallery, a photographer-run studio, darkroom, and gallery space in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood.  ‘SO SLAMMED’ IS PART OF A BROADER COMMUNITY EVENT AT PRETTY GRITTY!Pretty Gritty (former Rayko Photo Center Building)428 3rd St, San Francisco, CAAdmission to events at Pretty Gritty are on a sliding donation scale, and are NOTAFLOF (No One Turned Away for Lack of Funds). 75% of the proceeds from Saturday’s door donations benefit PhotoAlliance! Artists who submit to this call will have venue admission waived. Saturday, April 25 – sliding donation scale; NOTAFLOF (no one turned away for lack of funds)Gallery open: NoonReception: 6 pmPhotoAlliance Slide Slam: 7 – 9 pmMusical Performances: 9 pm onward Sunday, April 19 – FREEGallery open: 12 pm – 6 pmFilm screening: 2 pm This event will feature live music, multiple installation walls, and a set of curated artwork from Photo Saloon. We hope to see you there! LEARN MORE |
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