A portrait begins with attention. It is an act of looking — and of being looked at. Every portrait holds a tension between appearance and interior life. A face, a posture, a gesture, a setting — each carries information, but also ambiguity. Some portraits are direct and documentary. Others are constructed, performative, or conceptual. Some reveal intimacy; others explore distance, anonymity, or self-invention.

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To make a portrait is to engage another presence — or to turn the camera toward oneself — and to consider how identity is shaped, expressed, withheld, or transformed through the photographic frame.

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Praxis Gallery seeks photographic portraits that explore the depth and complexity of the human subject. We invite work that reflects lived experience, psychological presence, cultural context, or formal exploration through the lens. All lens-based photographic and lens-based art practices are welcome. Juried by Elizabeth Flinsch