Memory: What Remains

Every photograph becomes a record of something that no longer exists in precisely the same way. A moment passes. A place changes. A person ages. A relationship ends. A building disappears. Even as photography attempts to preserve experience, it simultaneously reminds us of its impermanence.

Memory: What Remains explores this tension between preservation and loss. The exhibition seeks photographs that investigate what endures after time has passed and what traces remain when people, places, and experiences recede into memory.

We invite artists to reflect on the visible and invisible remnants of the past and to consider how photographs themselves function as vessels of remembrance.

• Personal and family histories
• Cultural and collective memory
• Archives and found photographs
• Identity, ancestry, and belonging
• Nostalgia and remembrance
• Loss, absence, and grief
• Aging and the passage of time
• Objects as vessels of memory
• Memory embedded in landscapes and architecture
• Home, migration, and displacement
• Reconstructed or imagined memories
• The relationship between photography and remembrance

• Open to photographers and visual artists worldwide, ages 18 and older.
• Digital, film, alternative process, documentary, fine art, conceptual, experimental, and mixed-media photographic works are welcome.
• Individual images and cohesive series may be submitted.
• All submitted work must be original and created by the submitting artist.
• Artists are responsible for ensuring that submitted works do not violate copyright, privacy, publicity, or other rights held by any third party.

Approximately 35 images will be selected for Memory: What Remains, an online exhibition presented by TCG Gallery.

Exhibition: September 1 – September 30, 2026

Selected artists will receive notification by email on or before August 25, 2026.

Submissions may be retained for up to one year for administrative purposes and possible consideration in current or future TCG Gallery opportunities.

Submissions are reviewed with attention to image quality, originality, theme relevance, and overall exhibition cohesion.

TCG Gallery uses a blind review process whenever possible. Submitted images and titles are reviewed with emphasis placed on the strength of the work rather than artist biography, résumé, or prior exhibition history.

Providing an image description is optional but strongly encouraged.

Artists may choose whether their selected work is listed as available for sale. Artists may also mark work as not for sale.

If an artist chooses to make work available, TCG Gallery may direct interested collectors or inquiries to the artist or may assist with communication when appropriate.

TCG Gallery retains a 30% commission on any work sold through TCG Gallery.

Artists retain copyright to their submitted work.

By submitting, artists grant TCG Gallery the non-exclusive right to reproduce submitted images for jurying, exhibition presentation, archival documentation, and promotion of the exhibition. This may include use on TCG Gallery’s website, social media, email newsletters, exhibition catalogs, and related promotional materials.

TCG Gallery will credit artists whenever work is displayed or promoted whenever feasible. Artists may request removal of their work from future promotional use in writing.

Submitting work created by or substantially altered with artificial intelligence is prohibited unless a specific call explicitly states otherwise.

The entry fee is $15 USD for up to 3 images.

Entry fees help support the administrative, promotional, web hosting, and production costs involved in organizing online exhibitions.

Financial circumstances should not prevent artists from sharing their work. Fee waivers are available on the honor system for artists who need one. Artists who need a waiver may contact TCG Gallery before submitting.

You may submit up to 3 images per entry. You may submit more than one entry.

There is no size or production year restriction for submitted images unless a specific call states otherwise.

Please list print dimensions in inches or centimeters if the work is available for sale. If the work is not for sale, you may mark it as NFS.

Please upload JPG or JPEG files with a minimum of 1200 pixels on the longest side and a minimum file size of 500 KB when possible.

Suggested file format: firstname_lastname_title-01.jpeg

TCG Gallery cannot accept submissions or provide services where doing so would violate applicable United States sanctions, export, payment-processing, or compliance restrictions.