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2024 will mark our fourth year of this event. Each year, we have received thousands of local and international submissions from all around world. This free library event has helped spark interest in photographers young and old in our community.

What Makes this event different?

We are a gallery-style event lead by the Gwinnett County Public Library's Learning Labs, a creative space among the Library. We strive to spark the creative interests in a variety of fields in patrons in and outside of our community.

Copyright Policy

Artists retain copyright to their images. GCPL reserves the right to use accepted images for purposes related only to the Photo Annual, including promotion, the exhibition, and the exhibition guide.

Image Usage Rights

Images are submitted through Google Forms and compiled for our Juror Selection. Only those selected for the Exhibition will be used by our organization.

Gwinnett County Public Library invites photographers to submit to the GCPL Photo Annual. Selected photographers will have their work exhibited at our beautiful Duluth branch and published in a handmade exhibition guide during the month of October. This year's theme is "Fortitude."

This year's entries are juried by Makeda Lewis. She is an artist, emerging independent curator and program coordinator living and working out of Atlanta. She has been the Program and Outreach Coordinator for Atlanta Center for Photography for the past 2.5 years. She has curated for MINT Gallery, Dashboard, and Swan Coach House Gallery, exhibited her work across the southeast.
Theme:

Tap into the strength of your creative mind and discover what empowers you with Fortitude. We are looking for broad interpretations of the theme, including fictional narratives, emotional landscapes, literal translations, altered timelines, alternative processes and more.

Any photographic, lens or light-based images are welcome for entry, including staged scenes, manipulated images, mixed media, alternative processes, or anything you can imagine. For submission, the work needs to result in a digital file that can be submitted and printed on large format vinyl for public installation.

For more information, visit the Event Website.