Get a gallery – AlternativePhotography.com

Join the artist community at AlternativePhotography.com and have a gallery?

Are you an artist working in alternative photographic processes? Would you like your own gallery on AlternativePhotography.com? We invite you to share your work with a dedicated audience:

Seen by approximately 95,000 monthly website visitors.
Featured in our newsletter (8,000 subscribers)
Shared on our Facebook page (12,000 followers)
Shared in our Facebook group (98,000 members)
Posted on Instagram (16,000 followers)
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The aim of the AlternativePhotography.com gallery is simple: to give artists meaningful exposure and help generate valuable contacts within the alternative process community.

Because maintaining the site, publishing galleries, and promoting artists requires a fair amount of work, all exhibiting artists must be Supporting Members. The fee goes directly toward hosting, maintenance, and promotion. No one is paid; in fact, we often cover additional site costs ourselves, out of our own pocket.

Please follow the submission guidelines and send all requested materials to make our lives easy and the process smooth for everyone. If your work is accepted, it is typically published within a couple of weeks. All galleries are uploaded manually, so please allow time for this work. We look forward to seeing your work. Welcome to the community.

“As an artist on this website, you are more than just another photographer – you are part of a unique creative community.”

Only alternative photographic processes are allowed in the AlternativePhotography.com gallery!

Please note that we only accept alternative processed images, see the definition here, since the site is dedicated to this. I’ll say this again: we ONLY accept alternative processed images. Silver gelatin, pinholes and transfers can be accepted if you also have other work done in an alternative process. Ask if you are unsure.

Which processes can I enter?

Digital or pinhole negative?

The way we see it is that which camera was used is irrelevant. If it were a 35mm, digital or pinhole, it doesn’t matter; what matters is that an alternative process was used before, during or after the image was taken. It is more interesting to see how different techniques can be combined.

For example, a photograph that is taken with a digital camera and printed out as a negative. The negative is then developed using an alternative process. OR a pinhole and cyanotype are combined. Or any other way your experimentation comes up with.

This may seem controversial to the hard-core alt. proc. purists or historians, but we feel that limiting the way a negative is created is limiting creativity. Alternative processes are sometimes very technical, and embracing new technologies and combining new and old is a positive thing.

AI-generated text or images?

No. We don’t allow AI-generated texts and images. Read why here.

Anything except NUDES…

Please note that we don’t accept nude photography, even if it is done in a very tasteful manner. We don’t like too many rules, but there are a couple of reasons:

This site is open to everyone, which includes educational institutions and cultures where nudity may be offensive.
Access would be limited for people with children who have their Safe Search or ‘adult’ filter on, and people surfing at work, where companies have these filters in place.

Apart from that, any other subject is good. And if you’re not sure if your images would be accepted or not, please ask.

Updating your gallery

Keep your gallery up to date. Updates are free as long as your Supporting Membership is active. If it’s expired, all you need to do is sign up again.

3 simple steps to joining the gallery

1. Prepare your work

Size images at 700 pixels wide or tall at 72 dpi.
Name images with process and title. If the image is a Cyanotype called “Blue Flower”, please name it: Cyanotype Blue Flower.jpg (not blue-flower-001.jpg or IMG000098.jpg or similar).
Processes: Only send us images made with alternative processes on this list. Think “quality” rather than “quantity”.
Biography written in 3rd person between 200-500 words. Make it personal rather than a list of exhibitions.
Self-portrait sized 150×150 pixels. It can be abstract if you are the shy type.
A quote (10-30 words). Something you said or think in your own words, perhaps about why you work in alt. proc. or why you photograph.
City & country you work in. If you’re American, please also write the name of the state, not just WA.
Contact details, email (you can use one for the internet and one for private emails to reduce spam) and website (optional).
Social media, if you want us to tag you in our social media channels (optional), send us your Instagram handle, Twitter and Facebook profile.

2. Become a supporting member

This is a requirement to join the galleries.

3. Send your work

Email your work to:

If the files are too large to email, you can send them by file transfer services such as Dropbox (get a free account) or WeTransfer, etc., upload the images and send us the link.