intimate structures

Opening October 9, 2026
Slip Gallery, Seattle

Photo courtesy of: Gillian Peckham

Call for Entries

Eastlake Photo invites photographers working throughout the Pacific Northwest to submit work for Intimate Structures, a group exhibition presented at Slip Gallery in Seattle.

The Pacific Northwest is often photographed as wilderness.

Intimate Structures begins somewhere else.

It considers the region as a lived environment, where memory, labor, architecture, and landscape intersect to shape everyday experience.

We're interested in photographs that examine the intimate relationship between people and place—not as separate subjects, but as inseparable ones. Environmental portraiture, documentary, landscape, architecture, interiors, street photography, still life, and hybrid practices all have a place here. Labels matter less than a photograph with curiosity, honesty, and a genuine sense of place.

Workplaces, neighborhoods, shipyards, skateparks, ferry terminals, public spaces, and the shifting edge between the built and natural world all serve as points of departure.

Intimate Structures seeks work that is thoughtful, formally resolved, and emotionally resonant. We are less interested in spectacle than in images that reveal something essential about the Pacific Northwest and the people who live here.

Submission Deadline: September 1, 2026

Selected work will be exhibited at Slip Gallery in Seattle. All accepted work must be professionally presented and ready to hang.

submit your work

  • Artists may submit 5–15 pieces with no size restrictions; however, larger works may limit the number of pieces selected for exhibition.

  • All artwork must be framed and ready for display. Free-form installations must include a detailed installation plan.

  • Artists must provide the title, dimensions, and price of each piece. All sales will be processed through Eastlake Photo using Square. A 10% fee will be deducted from each sale solely to offset payment-processing and exhibition-related expenses. This fee is intended only to help cover the costs of presenting the exhibition.

  • All work must be submitted by September 1. Selected artwork must be framed, exhibition-ready, and delivered to the gallery one week before the exhibition opens. Complete details and instructions will be emailed to each exhibiting artist.

  • All submissions will be accepted through Dropbox. Complete the submission form and include a brief description of your work. Eastlake Photo will then email you a Dropbox link for uploading your images.

    Each filename must include the artist’s last name, artwork title, dimensions, and medium. Please use the following format:

    LastName_Artwork-Title_16x20_Medium.jpg

    Example: Wippermann_Back-to-Yakima_16x20_Framed-Giclee.jpg

    Please avoid spaces, special characters, and generic filenames such as IMG_1234.jpg.

Complete the form below to begin your submission. A Dropbox upload link will be emailed to you within one business day.